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KNOW-NOTHING PLATFORM IN PNSYLVA NIA We publish below a letter of Simon Came ron. esq., of Pennsylvania, containing as loath. some an abolition creed as could well be gotten tp. It will be borne in mind that Mr. Cameron Is the candidate of the Know-nothing party of Pennsylvania, for thu United States Senate. It will also be borne in mind that the Southern Know-nothings have been boasting of his sound ness-on the slavery question, and holding him up to the country as evidencing the sound and orthodox views of their brethren of Pennsylva nia. That the Southern Know-nothings may understand the character and designs of their Northern allies, we spread before them the creed of the Pennsylvania Know-nothing abolition candidate for Senator: HARRTSBURG, Feb. 9, 1855. DEAR Sin: I have, at 12 o'clock, received your letter of this morning, and reply to it im mediately. To your first interr6gatory. THave you ever, at any time been, or are you now, or will you ever be, in favor of the so ,called Kansas-Nebraska bill, passed by Congress at its last session ?" Answer.-From the day it was introduced in the Senate to this time, I have been opposed to the hill, nor shall I ever favor it. 2d." Would you, if elected to the Senate of the United States. use all honorable and fair means to effect the restoration of the so-called Missouri Compromise, which was literally and virtually abrogated by the passage of the afore. said Kansas-Nebraska bill!" In answer-I would. 3d. " Would you, if elected to the Senate of the United States, use all honorable and fait means in your power, to effect a repeal of what is commonly known as the "Fugitive Slave Law?" Answer.-The passage of the Compromise Measures was acquiesced in by the North, and I had hoped the questions growing out of it had been settled, but as the South has been the first to violate it, I hold the bill subject to revi. sion, and will act with the North upon this and all questions connected with the subject of slave ry. I answer-I will. 4th. " Do you recognize the right of Congress, and if so, would you act upon auch right, and use your vote :nd influence to legislate for all territories now belonging, or which may hereaf ter be acquired by the United States, to the utter and entire exclusion of slavery or invol untary servit ude in said Territories ?" Mv answer is, that I recognize the right and would so legi-lbite. - 5th. -"Wou!d you oppose by all and every honorable and fair mears in your power, the extension of slavery and involuntary servitude over territory now free, or anywhere or any time, now or hereafter, wherever, or whenever, it imav be endeavored, by its friends to intro dure itT" For an answer to thi<, I could readily refer to my senatorial course-especially my vote on the Wilmot Proviso; but that there may be no misunderstanding, 1 emphatically answer in the affirmative. 6th. " Would you at all times, and upon all occasions, protect and preserve inviolate in this respect, :as in all others, the rights, immunities, and privileges of the North. as guaranteed to them by our Constitutions and laws, against any and all'encroachments of our sister States, com prisiAg and composing the Southern part of our National Confederacy 1" Answer. A Northern man who would not proleet and preserve the rights of the North is unworthy of the respect (if any honorable man, and for those rights I would battle until the last, either iii a public or private station. 7m. Are yomu in favor of and would you vote, .c,. :,nd use voir influtence in favor of such a syteml ; public rates and duties, as would tiost effectually, and btyond all doubt, guard our home industry and manufacture against foreign competition and pauper labor? Answ er.-M2y principles have always been in favor ofI the & Americani system." I have never doubted as to what was the true policy of the country, and I aniswer your interrogatory itt the afti:mtuatute. 8th. De you still, in this respect, adhere to anid abide by the sentiments and doctrines con tainaed in lihe speech delivered by you in the Senaite of the United States on the 19th dayv of July, 1846 ? inswer.-1 most certainly do. 9th. Do you recognize the right of Congress to legishttre atnd make appropriations for the improvemetnt of~ our rivers and harbors? I do recognize rte right-greatly de'plore the executive vetoes on this subject, and will use every mteatns in my power for the passage of bills for the improvement of the rivers and liar bors. 10th. A re you itt favor of such a change in our national latws, pertaining to the natur:'lizat tie'n of tioreign citizens as will compel all of the-i arriving in this country, after the passage of sneh an act, to remain in this country at least twe'nty-one years before being* entitled to the rights oif suffrage as they now possess them, aid will yotu use your vote and influence to ac cimp ish eich change ? ~1This. your last interrogatory, I answer in the affirtmat ive. It was noon when I received your letter. Visitors and frhnds have crowded rmy room sinice I coemmenced writing, or I should have written m're in detail. Your inquiries were direct and to the point. Still I must regret that I had not time to elaborate them more fully. Very respectfully yours, &c.,' SIMON CAMERON. .. M. Kirkpatrick, Esq., Hiouse of Representa ltives. Ax a imEtrzENT WEsTER.N REFUBLTe.-A let ter.fre'm San Francisco artnou nces-what is impiortanbt, if true-that an extensive secret scheme is ad'vacing :here, to form a ntew repub .ic, 4:onsistitng at first uif ten States, three to be -caprised wihin the present limits oif the S-ate of California, three in Oregon Territory, two in Washingtn Territory, arnd twvo from the wes tern pairtion of Utah anrd New Mexico. The basis is to be a confederated government, and the P'resident, Cabinet, Senators atnd Represen taives. are to be .chosen by the direct vote of the people. Five of the States are to recognize sivery. :and the Sandwich Islands are to be g.urainied their independence. At least, so says rue letter; but all its statements require onfirmationa. FILLIBCSTERING.-Int noticing a statemuent that 660.000 htad been sub-cribed by the Brownts ville (Texas.) mearchrants fur the purpose of fit tinig out a fillibustering expedition agaiinst Mexi ci,, to be commnranded by Carvajal, thre Americtm Flag. published at liownsville, says: "Instead of $60,000, the merchants of Browns vilte have not. subscribed 60 cents to aid anty fil libuster organization, nor d, we believe that thre Maexicanns residinig hre have Our towns on the Rio Gratnde its yet, are chiefly commercial, ad fair this commerce we are dependent arlmost wholly upon our neighbors of Mexico. To se cure this trade, quiet on the frontier is absolutely nees-ary. and our merchants have had time to be taught by experience the futility of border reviout ions-revolutions instigated, in most in stances. by visionary aspirants for fame and place rather than from moitives of patriotism and the welfare of their countrymen." 31 a. MAsoN, our Minmister at Paris, is, we learn, almost restored to health. A report was circu laed, shortly after his sudden attack, that his mnd ha~d beciame somewhat impaired. '1 his, we ~are infoarred, un gooad authority, was air error. Mr. Mraon wars severely afficted, but his mind was ina no degree affected. Duritng his illness the iEmperor atid all Imperial family manifested much interest ini his welfare, and at the last di plnmatic gatheritng at the Tuileries the family f Mr. Maison were present, atnd were warmly -ogratulated ota the Minister's recovery.-N. Y. fournal of Commerce. SENTENCED TO THE PENITENTIAY.-Myers, e Jew pedlar, of whom we spoke in our last sus, was tried last week upon an indictment f larceny from a houise and found guilty. Judge erkins sentenced him to four years hard labor the Penitentiary. A man by the name of hornten wits also tried during last week for rceniy, and sentenced to the Peniteatiary for .... ..,.. A m.,.ic. Republican. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1855. 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 s. id notice of their indebtedness, will remit the amount as soon as possible. W Those who do not comply with the nbcve i-cquest 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. gV We are in earnest, gentlemen-send on your dimes promptly and don't compel us to deal harshly with you. Terrific Fires. Oua District has been visited, for the last week, by most extensive and destructive conflagrations. Every neighborhood has suffered, more or less. Houses, fences, fodder-stacks, and, in some instances, sheep and calves have been destroyed by the devastating element. To enumerate the losses sustained would fill a column. Neither would it be an agreeable task. We therefore beg our readers to content themselves with a bare statement, in general, of these alarming visitations. The heaviest loss in the District is that of our friends, Messrs. B. BETTs and B. H. MILLER, which is estimated at some eight thousand dollars. Our sympathies are with the sufferers, one and-all. The calamity has come at a most inconvenient time and may, we fear, materially affect the farming opera tions of the present year. But believing firmly, as we do, that it is "an ill wind which blows no good," we trustft'lly hope that such may prove to be the case with the wind of Friday, the 9th instant. Lightning Condnetors. TitosE of our citizens, who desire to protect their houses. barns, &c., from lightning, would do well to try OTIS' Inproved Patent Lightning Conductors. By application to Mr. S. S. BoYcE, Agent, at this place, they can procure these rods and all necessary fixtures, and, what is more, have ti-em well put up, all at moderate charges. These Conductors have been placed over our Court House and Jail by the Com missioners of Public Buildings. They are the best, decidedly, yet invented. Medical College Catalogtne. WE are Indebted to Dr. Tuos. J. LirSCOMBE for a copy of the " Catalogue of the Faculty and Students of the Medical College of South Caronma." The total number of students in attendance during the past win ter was 194. Th- Faculty numbers nine Professors, most of whon have high reputation. The graduates fur Edgefield are Drs. L. i5. WEVER and T. J. Lir SCOMBE. Glenn Springs. IT is doubtless a matter of general congratulation in South Carolina that these admirable medicinal Springs are to be again offered to the public as a Watering Place. The House is to he kept by that prince of landlords, JANNEY, and will be opened very early in the coming season. We really hope the en terprize will be libeially sustained by the people of our State. We need a home resort of the kind, kept on a scale of some munificence. The watersat Glenn are unquestionably of high character, the place is easily accessible to all parts of the State, the health fulness of the immediate locality has hitherto proven safe for visitors during the most sickly seasons, and it is surrounded by a good provision country. With JANNEY at the helm, we cannot see why a fine hotel at Glenn's should fall short of complete success. And afinc hotel is said to be the only kind of one JANNEY ever kept or ever proposes to keep. Business Notices. WARD, BURCutARD & Co., Atugusta, Ga. This House is rapidly raiswing its reputation. Established only within the last two years. it can already count a long list of iiberal patrons. Why ? Because they keep constantly on hand the best and richest assortments of Dry Goods they can possibly procure. We have tried them and know twhat woe say. Drs A. G. & T. J. TEAGUE, Druggists, Edgefichd Court House. Our District readers ar: well acquaint ed with the hitherto excellence of Dr.TE.AGUE's Drug Store. It will be seen by reference to his advertise ment that he has formted a :arttnership with Dr. T. J. TEAGUE for the more successful prosecution of his old business. V# e feel confident that the progressive disposition, which las all along characterize'd our friend, the Doctor, will tnow be enlarged and improved for the common convenience and advanta e of our District. Let not this laudable spirit go unrequited. H. L. .JEFFERs, Commision Merchant, ChiarI ston. The Card of 3Ir. Jr.FFRas on another column is re ferred to. It will be seen thereby thaat our former immediate fellow-citizen off'ers to the people of Edge. ield his services -in the Commi sion business. From what our people know of Mir. JEFFEats, it is probable that be will receive a large share of Edge. ield patronage. It is certainly very natural that heo should. ___ The Home Journal. Tuits is the best family paper without exception in the United States. For the last two years we htave been receivitng it as on indtvidual subscriher; or, per hps we shouid say, to speak more correctly, that it has been sent for that length of time to our " better half." Often attd over again have we flhoated through its columns, in our drezamy hours of leisure, revellitng amid its rarities and varieties. It has not been upon the exchange list of the Advertiser.--whay, we cannot tell, unless it be that the proffer was never made on eiter side. But this circumstance does not prevent our giving real merit its just dute. And we hereby recommend to our lady friends, and to outr literary readers generally, the " Home Journal," of New York, edited by MOIoaS & WILLIS, as the purest, Ithe raciest, the most high-toned, end altogether, the most charming literary weekly now extant on our side of the Atlantic. Southern Homse Gazette. WE have received the first number of thie paper NEW SaEs, under the editorial control of IMessrs. I MYTHIE & RoAcs, Augu-ta, Ga. Our readers re meaber the "Gazette" as it was in poor WHtYTE's time. After his death it was changed into the "South er Ecletic" But the change having given dissatis faction to a good many' subscribers. Mr. SaY-rnEz has thought best to restore it to its originaal style. Mr. S. offers to sell a half-interest in the " Ga:ette'-a g~od opportunity for any young gentlemani who n ish es to start out upon a catreer of literary speculations. For one, we are glad to see this publication in its old form. With the single exception that wye regard its general appearance a titul tuo haeasvy and solid f'or a mere literary weekly, the "Southern Home Ga:ette" numbers us among its applauders and well-wishzers. Simon Cameron. THtS gentleman's creed may be found upon the first column of this page of our pape--. Let the readler re member, that he is the boasted champion of the New Order in Pennsylvania, and beware of his fellaawsh p. IB'ut there is scarcely a necessity faor dropping a word of caution on this subject in Edgefield. If the party numbers a Corporal's guard in the District, it excee ds our estimate. The Gardiner Frauad. Tstts case, as the world knows, has gone out and out against the GARDntNERs attd all concerned with them. It is nlot known whether the Counsel, whose pockets were so handsomely lined by the Defendants, will turn out a clean inside on the occasion. The Government, it in said, wit' make the cflfort to recover the whole sum. Hard, if it is fair! Only think of it: A LA-rE Census of theo Town of Newberry shows the population of that place to be nearly fourteen hun dred, not conting Hslena, a shanty hamlet in the neighborhood which numbers two hundred souls. Again, the Town of Greenville, has gone on so far in the way of progress, that her citizens are nwac ally clamoring for a " Town Clock." So much for Roil Roads. Rejected. THE Tariff bill, of which we spoke last week, has been rejected by the Senate, contrary to the general Southern Quarterly Review. WE have received the January number of this pe riodical and find the contents to be I. TIME NORTH AND TIlE SoUTH. II. BLUNDERS OF HALLAM. III. POWERS OF THE GENEEAL GOVERNMENT. IV. TnE HUMAN FAMIILY. V. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. VI. CHEMISTRY oF CoMMoN LIFE. VII. PARTY LEADERS. VIII. RFCENT SOCIAL THEoRIEs. IX. CazTcAr. NOTICES. We have had time barly to glance atseveral of the articles here indicated. The sixth of the table appears to he 9ne of unusual interest. The appearance of the " Rcvicto" is evidently infe rior to what it haa been. The reading matter is less in amount and the material used not so substantial and respectable-looking as formerly. The " Critical No tices" too seem to be growing slim. We publish the following card, by the Publisher, " To the Public." " We were unable to issue this number at an earlier period, in consequence of the destruction of our office by the late fire in Columbia, S. C. The Books of the concern are so much mutilated that we find it impos sible to make out a full list of our subscribers, names and places of residence. We therefore request those of otr subscribers that have paid in advance, to give notice to us in Charleston, S. C., if they do not receive the January number in due time, in order that we may promptly supply the omission. We shall no longer send the Review to those indebted to us. Hereafter, subscriptions tt the Southern Quarterly Review must be paid in advance, or the work will not be sent. Wg Subscription $5 per annum, invariably in ad vance. C. MORTIMER, PUBLISHER. Charleston, S. C., January, 1855. The Know Nothing Humbug. A late number of the Richmond (Va.) Enquirer reveals the ritual and constitution of this new order Prefatory to the publication of these documents, the Enquirer discourses thus: " To-day we present the people of Virginia with a full and accurate explanation of the mystery of Know nothingism. In its ritual and constitution, of %, hich we give an exact and literal copy, not only are the objects and princilles of the order dis tinctly set forth, hut its cypher, formulas, signs, grips, and oilher scccrt work are clearly and completely dis closed. The mask is torn from Know-nothingism ; and it is exposed to the indianation (of the country in all the repulsive aspects of its vile anti hideous nature. " N- doubt there are members df the orderwho will attempt to hide themselves from the blasting gaxe of the public, and to cover up their shatne and guilt froin popular execration, by disputing the authentteity of these docutnents. Bound by the obligation of the most horrible oaths, and pricked only on by fear of the most dreadful penalties, to deny and conceal even the existence of the torder, its members will not hes tate to resor* to every expedient of equivocation and misrepresentation to break the force of these reve'a tions. Butt Know-not hingism canriot evade this blow. Ifany respectable person in the State questions the aithenticity of these puhlications, we pledge ourselves to establish their genuineness to his satisfaction. If any Know-nolting charges that 'hey are a fahrication, we will convict him o; falsehood before the country. We throw out the defiance; let any Know-nothing whso dares accept the challenge. ' It is possitle that in consequence of this discsure, the grips and sigtns, may he the cypher too, of the *der, have since heent changed ; but the essential na ture and operations of the thing are not affected by a chance of the svmhls-l of the or-ler. The secret is out and cannot he iecalled. Know-nothingism is unveil ed to ithe public gaze, and everybody may read and understand Is mystery and its meaning." MZaj. Perry, on the Patriarchs. WE observe that the " Due West Telescope" has taken laj. PERRY of the "Patriot" to task, fr speak ing of the Patriarchs and Mormntits in thte same breath, -or w% hiclh is pretty much one thirig tiith an editotr, wricittg of them in the same sentence. The Major, it seens, went so far as to brand Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, or some of their cu-tempor.tries and immediate desc.endants, with the term "savage." Whereupon the - Tclescopc" b-comes slightly savage upon the Major. At the last accounts, the Major had notreplied to the " Telescope's" strictures, which is of course an admission that he "stands corrected." Wont be Guarded. TttE Pee Dec Times gives the result of a municipal election recently held in Georgetown, in which the only question was, whether the Town should be pro vided with a nightly guard or not. The tax-payers voted for te guard ; bitt the non.tax-payers outnum hered them on the tither side a: d thte effort to establisht a wattch " flunked." This is reversing the usual order of thiings with a vengeance. Commonly it is the tax payers n ho kick against measures which involve in. creased taxaticon. IHere, it seems, the non-tax-payers were the resistance party. The fact is a little signifi cant of " somethitg rotten" in the State of George. town. They wont be guarded. We had clhoughit, considering the sea-port character of the place acid the frequent exposure of n grues to the influence of unknown schooner-captains arid occasional suspiciious interlopers, that a inighit-watch was a requisite to the security of our Get.rgetowvn fellow-citizens. Tney thinik otherwise hciwever. AndI as it is no pa ticu'ar businmess of ours, we here drop thle subject. Thc Sea-Wagon. ONE BULTros,of New Jlersey, has invented what lie calls a " Sea-Wagoin," and is about to take ohut a patent for his handi-work. It is nothing more nor less than a steam-ship, to be propelled onswheels or rollers, which are to revolve on the water ins ead of under it. These wheels are air-tight cylinders, the buoyancy of whic' is to be effected by an air-pump. The myth of old Neptune's chariot used to impress our childish fatmcy withI astioishiment ande admiration. IEhe pic tre in " Tooke's Panitheon," representing the watery god with the dashing accompaniments of his power' statids now vividly before us, dolphins. wvheels and all. But htere comes BULTrON, a modern mechanic, and heats the ancient god on htis own element. The wagoni, it is said, will soon be launched forth upon the sea of its destiny, soon after whtichu event it is to be hoped that wve shall " all take a ride." The Thirty-third Congress. "IlON" of the Baltimore Sun, now celebrated as the first political letter writer of the day, uses the follow ing cocmplimentary latnguage in regard to the Con gress which has just gone ont: "The present Congres', nciw soon to come tn the end of its term, has beent distin uished, in an erminent degree-, for iability, practical stacesmatnshtip, anid * n i ghtenedl anid liberal lecislation. It hait, iunder cir cunstances of some dlifficuty, preserveid the public pecee and public faith in regard to fureignt power :it has removed causes cif natioinal irritation at home, and openied a wide field fur the expansion of ciur ptiptlation and itnstitutions in lthe vast ierritoiries of the n. rth west ; it has carried into effect treaties whereby cour commerce is to lhe benefittedl atnd thte great principles ef inatiottal reciprocity and goo-i neighboerhicd exem plified ; it has solved the grer.L finanicial atnd political prolemo of a tariff, while it attains the legitimate ob ject cif re venue, i alike acceptable to differenit parties, sectons anid initesests; it has given reniewed lite, vigor and popularity to the ntaval estabtishm~enit; it has put or dipihcmatic and cocistilar systemn on a fo'iting of more respectability and efficiency ; it has reccogn~xed aid proivided origimal pledges of the faith of the coutn try to its revolutionary oiliers; acid it lia, with a wise forecast, anticilatmng the prrieses of the cottntry ad the pronminence of the Uniion, made liberal ap prepriaionts foir the putblic buildinigs at the federal city. Int fine, this Congress lies dine much for its owin famie acid the honor of the country. Mormsonism. TUE Sc. Louis Int elligcncer ex. resses mch concern at the rapid increase of Morn- nism. Trhe fact is in stanced, that a Mormon Elder has be" n elected Chap lain of the Calihortnia Legislature. " This fact," says the .itelligenccr, "' is accepied generally as the most natural thing in the world, while the casting oh a single vote for Bishop FrzPAraicK, (a Catholic priest) as Chaplain of the Massachusetts Legislature, tas arooseo a deal of itndignacnt .cotmment." 'rhe In tlligencer then adds: "'rThese are signu'of the times, rather humbling, perhape, to thme patriotic American who lias been ac custmned to boast . f this us act age aiid couintry of progreis, soc ial, political and religious; they are soina at least that the danigers which . ave runed society in the~ past, still exist in lull force amongst us, and thtat, in our age, ito tmore thtan anty oter, ate manikitid ex empt from temptattionis to tile miost degradicng super. stiton." eCourt Returns. Ova neighboring Districts, Abbeville and Newber ry, have exceeded us considerably in the number of cases returnied to the Spricng Court. -Abbeville num hers 6010, Newberry 500. We wecnt hut little over 400. When we compare the size, population, wealth, &c., of those Districts and ours, the advantage is decidedLy in favor of Edgefiel. __ Theo uses of Adversity. AN exchtange remarks upon this subject, that -' men are freqttently I~ke tea-the real strength and good. ness is not drawn out of them until they have been for some time in hot water." Why not carry the figure further, and say that after too long a soaking they are both apt to become bitteri --Vid OF TH BooKc OF Jo5," and " THE EXPcaz A. . H. N.Kr-., TEA-D.n." The Peace Prospect. PEarAPs it; is hardly correct to put " The Peace Prospect" as a caption, when we mean to copy be neath it an article declaring that " there is no peace." But we follow the example of others, supposing that they justify themselves on the principle of " lucus a non lucendo." The following is from the Paris cor respondent of the National Intelligenccr, who is said to be a reliable news-monger: Despatches from Berlin and Vienna inform us that the Emperor of Russia, in view of the probable exi gencies of the war, has just ordered " a general arm. ing throughout the whole extent of his empire." This does not rook much like an expectation on his part that peace will grow out of the late and coming con ferences at Vienna. In fact nobody now looks for this; and the date of the opening the conferences, and eve , the opening of them at all. is considered as more than problematical. The interpretation of the third point is understood to be the great stuimblng block which neither of the parties belligerent and ne gotiatin can get past in order to meet the other upon acceptable terms. Carthago de.enda eat is the irrevo cable sentence pronounced by the allies against the Russian stronghold in the Black Sea, Sebas!opol. French writers pretend to believe and strive to per suade Austria that the levy en masse said to have been just ordered by the Czar can only e intended for I e invasion of Germany, and Prussia is inconti nently advised to rush forthwith into the arms of the allies. The immense preparations of the allies for the ap proach ing campaign seem to me n the contrary, to be altogether of a nature to justi the bringing up.to the contest of all the resources that his vast empire can place at his disposition. The allies continue, it seems, to be knocking at the doors of all the petty dukes in Europe for their co-alliance and contingents against the Czar. In addition to the second and third rate States mentioned in my last, Tuscany and even Parma and Modena, are now enumerated as likely to join this Holy Alliance as it is represented to be. I shall probably in my next have to inform you that the Republic of San Marino, and the ex-sovereign of Monacoi, and perhaps his Majesty Soulouque of St. Domingo, have been called on for their contingents. " Every little helps" is evidently the motto upon which the Western powers are proceeding. It must be gratifying as well as amusing to the Czar to see the importunity of the allies, with regard to th- small powers, in order to make the campaign of 1855 more successful than that of 1854. Notice this, you Rascal. WE happen to know who are the, fnal recepients of our tutkies, which were stolen from, or rather lost front, our poultry-yard a week or two ago. And we-" hich is to say, the Editor of the Advertiser, -- ill make the fact known at an early day unless due reparation, or a sufficient explanation, is speedily given. Russian Roads. IT will not do to say that Russia is behir.d the other enlightened nationsof the earth in everything. How ever horrible the despotic sway of the Czars may appear at a distance, it is certainly redeemed in many in stan:es by works of singular usefulness. The effici ency, too, of the means exerted to carry out these works is attributable entirely to the essential nature of an absolute despotism. Where a Representative Guvernmer t would wrangle and disagree for years on any great scheme for the public weal, the despot has but to issue his mandate and the thing is decided. This one man power appears to be exercised by the present Czar in a manner worthy of the civilization of the age. We have been impressed with this fact in regarding the magnificent scal of improvements adopted by him for the promotion of Railroads and Pub lic Highways. We instance his grand Railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow, which is thus alluded to and commented upon by an American of high intelli gence: " I have with others, admired the progress made in velocit- on railroads up to even one hundred miles an hour on straight rails, which has been done in Eng land. But I enterta n views of railroad veloeir y far beyond Any yet ventured to he expressed. The Em peror of Russia has taken the first great step towards aiat I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel. " Instead of cutting a narrow alley through the country, or going around everything in the way of a straight line-he has cut a broad way five hundred miles, from St. Petersburg to Moscow-lie has made it all the way two hundredfeet wide, so that the engi neer sees everyt hing that comes on the road ! " Such is part uif the future; the railroad from point to point a mathemaical line; the rails ten times stron er than any now used; the locomotives on wheels of far greater diameter, say twelve or fifteen feet; the guage of a relative breadth; the signals arid times perfectly settled ; the road, walled on both sirdes, du ring thre transit of trains having the gates of the walls nil closed. Then, instead 'if onejzundred miles an hour! we shall more sar fely travel ice hundred miles an hour! Again. we ap~pend a brief account, given by a trav eller of the " Roads to Cronstad t,"a series of works conceived in the true spirit of liublic benefaction: " The Russian Government has this year hadt con strutcied in thre Gulf of Finland berween St. Pe ters burg and Consrtdt, a w de cause way, bordered on each side at every t wenty paces with young firs cut in ste neigh' oringr forests, and fixed in ice and snrow so as to form an even'ne. Every 1100 yards are also fixed pousts. rouighly Fsquared arid painted in the nation rat colors. with little flags on their tnps. Every mile and a quarter there arc huts made of wnodt planking, where good fire:, a-e kept up for the use of travellers. To light up te r at night above these huts are powerful reflectors which project the light a considera ble distance, and a bell which in foggy weather is rung w ithtout ceasing, to indicate the route to sucan as have strayed. "Half-way along the road there is also an enor mous batrrac k of wood planiking, which serves as an irnn, and whter -. there is tea, coflee, brandy, bread, meat, beer arid fire.'-in fact, every hing nece.-sary for warming and refreshing the body. Immense sta bles, well furnished with forage and corn, are attach ed to this establishment, where there are horses for t ire to supply the place of stich as the frost may have killed. A similar road hans been established between Peterhoff, Grienbaum, and Cronstadi. Annual Salaries of Governors and Judges. WE Compile the.fnllowing table from the American Almanac fur 1855. It will serve to show the respec tive norions of economy aippertaining to our severat State Governments. In Maine,..... ...Governor receives.. ..$1,500 ......Judge ' " ....- 1,800 " New Iamnpshire Governor " . -... 1,000 Judge " .... 1,200 " Vermont...Governor " .... 750 .....Judge " .... 1.500 "MassachIusuetts ..-.Gov rnor " .... 3,500 S Judge, "' ... 3,000 " Rhode Islangl,.. .Governor " .. -. 400 JIudge " ..- 1,500 " Connectictut. ..Governor " .. .. 1,1(0 Judge " .... 1.250 " New York...Governor "' .... 4,000 Judge " .... 2,500 "New Jersey...Governor " ....- 1,800 Judge " .... 1,400 " Peninsylvania.... Governor " .... 3.500 Judge " l,600to2.000 " Delaware...Governrr .... 1,3331 Judge " ... 1.100 "Maryland...Governor " ....- 3.600 Judlge. ai .... 2.500 " Virginia....Governor " .. -- 5,000 Judge " 2,000 to3,000 " North Carolina.. Governor " .... 2,000 Judge " .... 2.500 " South Carolina.. Governoir " .. .. 3.500 Judge- ' " .... 3,000 " Georgia....Governor " .... 3,000 Judlge " .... 2.500 " Alabama...Gvernor " .- -- 3.000 Flr . Judlge " .... 2.500 " Foia..... Governor " .... 1,500 Judge ." .... 2,000 " Mississippi....Go ernor "i .. .. 3,000 Louiiana Jdge " 2,000to 3,000 " Luiiaa.....Governor " - - - 4.000 Judge " 3,500 to 5,500 "Texas.........Governor " -- -- 2,000 Ju'tge " 1,750 to 2.000 "Kentucky. ..Governor " ....- 2,500 Jtidge " .... 1,500 " Ohio........Governor " -. -. 1.800 Judge " .... 1,700 " Michigan.....Governor " . -. -- 1,000 Judge " ... . 1.50 " Indiana......Governor " -- -- 1,500 "Arknsas Judge " .. ..'1,200 " Akna....Governor " -- -- 1,800 "*Tenessee Judge " 1,500 to 1,800 ".Tennesse.......Governor " .. -- 3.000 "Illiois Judge " 2,500 to 2.500 " Iios.....Governor " .... 1,500 Judge " 1,000 to 1,200 " Missouri.....Governor " --.. 2,000 Judge " 1,250 to 3,000 " Iowa.........Governer " -- -. 1,500 Judge " ....- 1,000 " Wisconsin...Governor " ---.- 1,250 Judge " 1,500 to 2,000 " California. .Governor " -.-10,000 Judge " ...-. 8,000 It wilt be seen that the extremes for Governor are 810,000 in California and 8400 in Rhoda Island-for Judge, 88,000 in California and $1,000 in several States. In some instn,-'es, as in Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, Arkansas and Missouri, the Gover nor's salary is enhanced by house-rent or an equiva lent threrefor. A Public Loss. IN the recent destruction of Cot. BENToN's house by fire, many valuable private papers are said to have becen lost-" papers," says the Washington Sentinel, " which were perhaps essential to the elucidation and illustration of the history of American politics for the lt.... a.i cen.. ." "Oratorical Sport." Tu following interlocutory specimen is what a re porter for the Washington Sentinel calls " oratorical sport." It is a life scene, accurately taken down in the American House of Representatives during the morning of Sunday (March the 4th 1855), on which day at eleven o'clock A. 3., the 33d Congress ad' journed. Be not alarmed, Christian reader! This is n- thing to what is sometimes enacted behind the scenes. " Mr. Mike Walsh, (standing in the area fronting the Clerk's desk,) I want to know, sir, whether it would be in order to have whisky punches brought in? [Laughter.] The Chair, (seriously.) I have no more discretion over the subject than the gentleman. Air. Fuller. I have with much labor, prepared a speech ot the navigation laws, which I ask leave to have printed. [A voice: " there are several fellows "half seas over." Ha! ha! ] Mr. Wentworth, of Illinois. Read your speech. If it's good, I'll agree; if not, I won't. Air. Fuller. If you can't take it on trust, I don't care. ir. Wentworth. Well,I'll take it on trust. I don't object. [A voice: "Print your speech, Fuller."] Mr. Chandler. We've got the door tiled, sir, and therefore can't get refreshments. Mr. Pratt. I want to know whether it would be in order to direct the servants to bring in breakfast ? A Voice. " Send Pratt a buiscuit." Ha! ha! Mr. Pratt. I'm hungry. (Many voices, in.succes sion: " So am I."] Air. Florence, tlaboring under severe hoarseness.) Have gentlemen l'orgotton that this in the Sabbath day ? A voice: " Let's havo a sermon, Colonel." Cries of " Order, order." Air. Florence, (elevating his voice.) It is said in the good Book, that for every ile word men speak they will have to give an account in the day of judg. ment. Mr. Wentworth. That's a poor qnotatio-. Mr. Florence. But the sentiment a true. Mr. Wentworth. Would it be in order to move that Gen--ml Sam Houston be elected President of the U. States? (Cries of "order," and " good, good.") If so, I make the motion. (Nerriment.) From the Colinbia Times. DRrADFUL CONFLAGATION. We are plaeed under obligations to J. C. Degaffarelly, Esq., editor of Lhe Lexington Tel egraph, for the annexed account of at destruc tive conflagration which was sweeping every thing in the neighborhood of Lexington Court House. Our fellow-citizen, Mr. F. W. Green, in com mon with others, we regret to learn, has suffered severely. LEXINGTON C. H., March 9. 4. o'clock, P. Af. E. H. BRITTON. & Co.-Dear Sirs: I have just tine to inform you that a disastrous Fire lats been raging itt the neighborhood of onr village tall day. The destruction to fences and houses has been great. The tmilk and tnachitte shops about four miles from the village, belong. ing to Air. F. W. Green, of Columbia, and man aged by Mr. S. J. Stewart, and the houmes, barns, &c. of Mr. Boozer, the houses, fences and barts of Mr. Wt. Shealy, and the saw will of Air. John Lown, with corn, fodder and other provisions, has been destroyed. How niany more it is impossible to tell, as the fire complete ly encircles our villtage, and was with great difli culty kept frot destroying oor little town. P. b.-56 O'Clock.-While I write, the fire is still ragttg, and threatens our village. God only knows but we. may be all burnt out to night, as the wind continues very high, and we tare completely surrounded by lire. 6 O'elock.-1 have just understood that Dr. E. J. Hay's house, barts and stables, about six miles fromn this place, together with all the hou ses andt barnas in his neighborhood, say six or ten miles aroutd, have been destroyed. FiRE IN THE WOODS.-Within the last two days the surroundiig country, both in this State and Souith C:tolina, has suffered mnch from tires which have brutten out in the woods. We publish in another place, the destruction of i Mill in South Carolina, and learn that another itn the vicinity of Aiken was also destroyed by the devoutritng element. Another Mill on the samtie side of the river was saved by hard ex. trtion. These fires have disarrancged our m.tils. The Georgia train due at 4 to'clock, it. in., did not ar. rive until about 1I o'clock. The deteaatiotn wras caused by thec burtintg of' the tack t'or the dis tatnce of about, 70 yards, two miles this side of Dearing. About three miiles further down, it was dikcovered that, a small portion of' the roatd hatd ailso beeni burnt. ''Te datmaige, however, will sootn be repatired atnd all will gao en atmooth ly agatin an the course of a daty or two.-Augus ta Gontituttioalist, I I th inist. DESTRUCTIvE FIRE.-A fire slasrted in the woods, a bout ficten mailes f'rom thle city, night bef'ure last, aid spread with great rapjidity atlontg the lane of' the Railroad, till, tat otur Itest inifor mationt last eveinag, it had reached the ive' Mite P'ost. 'Thei tre *s exceedingly t'ialent ittd destructive. and hats done grealt' iinjury tu the farms on its rotite. A traini, loaded with Cottotn taken in at ingsville, catngit fire ye'saer day f'rom the current of burating flakes, atid two ears, cotaaining eighty baikes, were burned. Th'le remliade-r ot' the train came on to the Five Mdle Poast, whent, finiding it impossible to pass with. Out extremte risk, they returned to thte Seven Mile Post, itnd the entgiateer catme to the city for orders. Durinag a great patrt of yesterday, thte city was compleItely shrouded itt smoke. Chareston Mercury, 10th inst. RIOT Ox THlE N. E. RAILaoAD.-WVe under. stantd that on Wednesday last, a numatber of' ha borers ott the Northeatatern R.tilroad struck fo'r higher walges, atnd ntot sattisfied with this, comn peled a lairge ntumtber of othera to ceatse work also. A watrranat was Issued for the arrest of the offentders, aitd the Shetriff, acecotmpantied by the President of the Road. promceeed ona Thurs daiy to the scenie of' the di.sturbanace, I8 miles fromai the city, for thte paurpose of executing it, but were resisted by the rioters, with threats of' vio lence if' atny attetapt was made to take them. Th'le Sheriff' then returnted to the city, and sumn mtnied a posse, atmoag whomai were three of our miliitary comnlj:ies, bt, fromt some 'eatt:e or other, aftter promaptly assemb~l inig, their eervices were not put in requisitton, and they we're dis missed. We itre informned thiat thte conltratctors, Messrs. Nye, WVlins atnd Co. after watitinig until 4 o'clock irn the afternoon, in expeetation of the arivaal of' tha Shteriff' anid his posse, ma'de terms with the rioters, by wvhich they atre to be paid off this tmorlning, and discharged.-Mercuryt l~th Itnst. SHOOTING AFFAI.-The villaage of Union ville wvas the scene of a traigical shtootinig affair, ona laast, 1Tursday tight, the I..t httstanit, the particuars of' which atre ats f'ollows, connunilnica ted to us by Mr. WV. R. ). 'Thttmpsotn, the tele graph aagent itt Chaesterville: A man by the niatme of' Maayor, a earrtatge trimmter by tratde, dischaarg ed a piastoat air. .J. Edwards Sims, the ball takinag effect just aabove the left eye, and passitig in towards thle batck of' the head. Mr. E. Gi. Fowler, who satw the pistol discharged, took. hold of Mr. Sims, ats he aas in atet of falling, dicovered he wvats in a dying coniditiona, laid him downt iad immediately statrted ini pursuit of' Mayor. 'The pistol used was a six batrrel re volver, which the homicide took with him. We are not itnformed whether Mr. Sima died from the effects oft the ivoiund, or whietfher Matyor had beni apiprehended.-Col umbia 'Times. BARNUM1 AFTER BURNs.-Barnum with his eye ever on notabilities, from the Feejee aler maid to thte Swedish Night ingae,-is now af'ter Buns, the Fugitive negro, who is on his way to Boston. The Boston Tfrtascript says that, in a letter to H-on. D. K. Hitchcock, of the State Senitte, received on Thursday morning, Mr. Batrtnum sayys: "1i see that Burns, the fuigitive slav e, is bought and is on his way to Boston. I'll give him $500 to go in my Museum five weeks, and therue tell his tatle to our visitors, provided he do't first appear elsewhere in New York. and aslso provided he will commence in New York by the 15th of March, and as mucha sooner ats may be." IIUGH STOKEs, Esq.-We regret to learn the deatth of this gentleman. He died yesterday af'ter an illness of a few days. Mr. Stokes wats one of the oldest resident citizens of Greenville, and a gentleman of greiat respectability. We have not time f'urther to speak of the deceased at present, but hope some friend will write an obituary notice of him.-Greienville Patriot, 7th instnnt. THE LAST OUTRAGE AT SAN JUAN. WASHINGTON, March 7. The party of Americans who were arrested at Greytown by the people on the San Juan River, were not fillibusters, ns the correspondent of the New York Times hints, but American citizens engaged in a lawful and peaceable en. terprise. The commander of the party, Julius de Brisset, Esq., is well known in New York and New Orleans as the late commander of the Mail Steamship Company's steamer El Dorado. Captain De Brisset was bound to Ecuador, being largely interested in the Gallipagos pro ject, and selcted the Costa Rica route as the shortest imid best. His riends were gentlemen who were desi rons of travelling in that country, with an eye to a future location there. It is rumored that Fabens, our Consul to San Juan, who is in the city, has brought on depositions sworn to by the most respectably people in that neighbor hood, fully corroboating these statements. We also know that Col. Kinney and Mr Fab ens have conferred together upon the state of affairs on the Miusquito coast, and that no ob stacle exists there to an immediate pursuance of the Kinney enterprise, and the expedition is now a fixed fact and will start now that the road is clear. KISOELLANEOUS FORZ|IGN rum 2 TE CANADA. The Globe of the 16th states that Lord John Russell's departure tor Vienna will be delayed by his severe indisposition for some days. Major General James Simpson, the present deputy Adjutant General, is selected to pro. eeed to the Crimea to take the command of one of the East India Company's forces on the Bombay Establishment and second member of the council of that presidency. A brisk canvass i; in progress among the members of the House of Commons, with a view to induce them to allow the inquiry into the conduct of the war to drop. Steamer Mauritius, preparing to receive troops at Southampton for the Crimen, was totally des troyed by fire on the 16th. No lives lost ; in sured for only ?18,000, and valued at ?80,000. incendiarism is believed to be the cause of the aisaster. A regular transport every ten days from the Crimena had been organized, by which the wound ed would be conveyed to Englnd. In reply to the Earl of Ellenborough, Lord Panmure said Sir John Maclean had no power either to appoint or dismiss; that power would remain in Lord Raglan, and to him Sir John MBaelean would report. The "resigned" admiral Dundas has called upon Mr. Layard for a retraction of the aceu ation of cowardice made against him in the letter "from the maintop of the Agamemnon," (since repeated, by insinuation, in 31r. Layard's article in the Quarterly Review:) and in the event of the demand not being yielded to, the admiral will proceed by a criminal information. The Leader states that Miss Martineau is so dangerously ill as to leave no hopes of her re covery. " Her disease is enlargement of the hleart; the end may come at any moment." Mr. Thackeray has declined the office of President of the Associate Societies of the Edinburgh University, as he expects t6 be in America the next winter and spring. Jaties 3lontgomery, the poet, who died last year, left at estate, which has just been sworn utider X9.000. Titnes have cl.anged since John. ston exclaimed on hearing that Goldsmith died ?8,000 in debt, " was ever poet so trusted be. fire ?" Southey died worth about ?7.000, and Wordsworh as much, while Rogers is a mil. lionaire. A letter from Washington says that ex-Sena tor J. Clemens has fallen heir to the respectable sum of over thirty thousand dollars, in the recent passage of a land claim to certain Alaba. mians. by Congress, being the atnount agreed upon for his services in the event of the mneas ure succeeding. STABBtNG AFFAI.-We are infortned that about 11 o'clock, on Tuesday night, a row com. menceed in thte yard of a man named Benjatnin Johtison, who keeps a dritnkittg shtop near the Augusta Factory, among somec six or eight peo ple, which was wound up in the street, near the Ishop, by a free use of knives. Three meni, Ad dison Attoway, Lewis Thompson, and Decatur Tanner*, whto were of the party, were stabbed the two latter serioeusly. In addition to the above, we are informed that. a spectator, Mr. John W. Zion, who was passing at the time, was by mi.<take stabbed in the back, btt not seriously. The blow was aimed at another per. son who ran around himu to escape the attack. Thte parties have been summoned to appear before thte Police Court.-A ugtusta Constitution PHtLADE LPHIA, March 7 1855. Police officer Johnson hats returned from llarrisburg, with a warrant from Governor Pol lock to remove Rt. WVarwick, charged with the labdc'ttion of a fe'malo slave from New Orleans. Mayor Conrad, however, has determined not to Ipermit Johnson to go to New Orleans with the prisoner, wvho will be retained here until the arrival of an cficer frcm that city. A uBIL. has been repcirted in the New-York Senate, which provides that n estate, real or persotnal, shall hereafter be bequeathed, demised ir conveyed to any corporation body politic or person, for pious or charitable uses, except the name be done by deed or will, duly ackttow! edged and attested at least six months before the decease of the testator. THE name of the gentlemnan who purchased the Webster tarm at Fratnklin is Rufus L Tay, Esq., and tnot Fay. as huas beeni annonneed by the papers. It is only a few years since lhe was ait apprentice to a carpenter at Concord, but came~ to Bostoni, was successful ini business, and now retires to his new pu.-ehase at Frantklin, as his ptermianienit residence. ILxECUTlvE PARDON.-In the ca-se of the State against L. M. CALDwVELL, for gaming, the Executive has remitted the sentencee of the Court. upon certain condlitionis. as recommended by solicitor Fair.-Times. AT the administrator's sale near Forest De pot, Bedford county, Va., 39 negroes-mten women and children, of all ages, from itnfancy to extreme ocld age-were sold for the immense sum of $28,194. averagitng $722 92. IT is a uingu'ar fact that although emery has been sought for in all parts of the wocrld, it has been founid in only two places-itt the island of Naxos, in Greece, antd in a few places in T'urkey. The annual production is at present limited to 2000 tons of Maxos stone and 1,600 tons of Turkish. ALLt the leading hotels and coffeo house kee pers in Cincinnati have signed ani agreement ledging themselves not to violate the Ohio pro hibitory law by the sale of liquor, save only the native wine and ale, those drinks being excepted by statute. R AIL ROAD TaoUBLES.-Yarious rumors wore in circenlatiotn yesterday, concerning some dis turbances ont the North Eastern Railroad line, ahot eighteen miles from the citx, in conse quence of a coilision between two forces of workmen. A band lately employed had agreed on a strik., for higher wages, which not being accorded, they united, and by violence atnd mena ees, prevented the progress of others who were engaged for the work. Our Sheriff accompanied by several gentlemen started fur the scene of the difficulty yesterday afternoon, and it is hoped the influence and ex ertiocns of the party may affect an adjustment without detritment to the work or seriotus viola tion of the publie peace. We refrain at present from attemptitng to give particulars as rumors are varied and co ntradictory.-Charleston Cou rer. Save your Corn, ANY Person can save Fifty or more Bushels .t.of Corn, per annum, by getting a box of PARKS' RAT POISON. Price, Twenty-five eta. per Box. A pply to TUTT & PELLETIER. Hamburg, March 12. 3m* 9 Merchants can obtain it from Messrs. SIMONDE, Run & Co., Charleston, so inake at least one hun BYKENIAL.1 MARRIED, in Hamburg, on Wednesday evening 7th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Binnic, Mr. M. A. RAN. sox and Miss EmmA C. USHER, all of that place. (AND then that delicious cake! Ah! bow blessed are we printers, once in a while, with the delica. cies of time and sense-especially, when the sexes are co-mingling in matrimony. 'Thank you! Thank you! dear Mrs Ransom, for the cake of the oce&. sion. We have received both black cake and white. Our wish is that good luck may attend you through life.) MARRIED, in Hamburg, on Tuesday evening, the 6th inst., by Rev Mr. Evans, Mr. OLjvER H. P. ScoTT and Miss Ax AuGUrA SALE, all of this place. 0- May pleasure and happiness be the lot of the amiable bride. Hamburg, March 12, 1855. MARRIED, on the 1st February last, by Rev. 1. T. Barthy, Mr. TuoMAs CORLET and 1iu Marna JENNINGs, da ..hter of the late Jceis Jennings, all of this District. MARRIED, by C. A. Atiiway, Esq., on the 11th inst.. Mr. PirLI IEAD and Miss JARRIT TAT0Ro all of this District. MARRIED, on the 1st inst., by UeVs JaM* Peter son, Mr. Joux ArrAwAy and Miss ELtuse-r CLARK, all of this District. COMIERCIAL. Correspondence of the Advertiser. H ASIIBURG, March 10th. Corrox.-Our rarket continues brisk, and pri. cen firm with an upward tendency. The demand fir the week has been brisk and prices very regular at from 61 to 81 cts. Sales and reecipts light. JD. Subscription Receipts. The fllowing persons have paid, up tothe time. affixed to their names': J. K. Powell, to 6th March 1855. John Mobley. Sr., to 8th Feb '56. George Getzen, to 28th March '5G . John Wright, to let January '55. John Dorn, to 8th .Jan '56. Mrs. Charity Cochran, to 7th Mar '56.. John Bodie, to 5th March '55. William Still, to tst .Jan '56. J. P. Cochroft, to 14th Feb '56. Col. B. M. 'ralbert. 9th Jan '56. Rev. J. W. Coleman, to 13th March '55. Capt. B. bean, to Ist Feb '53. B. M. Martin, to 31 April '56. V. A. Ilerlong. 24th January '55. Wm. White. to 16th Sept '54. Sampson Coppock. to 16th Nov '55. J. 1. Turner, to 10th March '55. Z. D. Carroll, to 5th lar '55. L. H. Carroll, to 6th April '55. Thos. L. Shaw, to 8th Feb '56. John Curry, to 8th Feb '56. F. M. Reynolds, to 7th Sept '55. D. G. Burnett, to Iit Jan '56. J. P. Barratt, to 7th Mar '56. J. W. Maynard, to 8th Mar '56. Gen. M. Graham, to 8th Feb '56. Isaac Johnson. to 16th larcb '56. A. Swearengin, to 1st Jan '56. D. L. Adams, to 7th Sept '55. A. J. Tlollman, to 7th June '55. Elbert Bledsoe, to 16th Jan '56. John I. Fair, to 3d March '56. Maj. Isaac Boles, to 2d July '56. J. A. Lott. to 6th Mar' 56. T. H. Clark, to 20th May '55. T. J. B. Jones, to 17th Aug '55. Jonathan Roe, to 22d Feb '56. John C. Porter, to 9th Jan '56. John B. Griffis, to 15th Dee '55. Bennet Holland, to 6th Feb '56. B. L. turrell, to 6th Feb '5. G. J. Sheppard, to 7th Mar '56. Dr. Thos. Lake. to 29th May '6. Elias Lake, to 27th A pril '56. W. B. Kemp, to 5th Oct '55. S. Stonaker, to Oct '55. John Seigler, to 15th July '55. A. D. Bates, to 24th A pril '56. B. HI. Miller. to 4th Oct '55. Maj. Wiley Timmerman, to l 6th Jan '56.. Maj. A . Jones, to Pth Feb '5G. Luke M. Smith, to 20th Feb '56. Mlaj. Geo. I). Huiet, to 7th Marcht '5G. Col. David Denny. to 8th Sept 156. Thos. Dunton, to 22d Feb'56. Johln G. Dagnell, E..q.. to 8th Feb '56. .1. R. Dagnell, to 7th Mar '56. Simnpson Ilarris, to 9th Jan '56. TI. C. Cuhbreath. to let Mar '56. Hiram A dams. to 2d A pril '56. M. 1[are, to 5th March '55. Mills & Mlills. to 4th May '55. Dr. J. P. Griffin, to 10th June'55. Mrs. Virginia Calmes, to 7th March '56. J. P. Nixon, to 9th Feb '56. Religious Notice. Tute next Ministers' and Deacons' Conference oP he Second Division of the Edgefield Baptist Asso eintion, will -neet at Goodhope Church, on Fri-. day before the fifth Sabbath in A pril next, to meet at 10 o'clock, A. M. Elder JAMEs F. PEmESON to . preach the lntroductory Sermon. Elder Joinx. TRAPr. Alternate. Subject for discussn.--Shouldl those Members whto fail to e.~mtribute anything towards the expen es of the Church be subjects of discipline ? Elder J M. CunILSs to write an essay on the im-~ portance of Church,-s nmeeting every Sabbath at tho the regular places of worship. Elder Joux5 TRAar to write an essay on the im portance of Churches enforcing the discipline of the New Testament. The subject on the importance of Sunday Schools in Churches, continued from Iast Conference. J. W. COLEMAN, MODERAroR. Ros-r. BRANa. 9r., Clerk. Masonic Notice. A REGUL AR Communication of No 50, A . F MI., will be held in their Ihall on Saturday evening, 17th Inst., at 7io'clock. By order of the WV. MI. A. G. TEAGUE, ,See'y. Mar 14 2t 9 Look Out ! 4LL~ Persons indebtod to the Subscriber must Lcome andl settle by the first Monday in Au gust, or they will posively find their Notes or Ac c'unts either in the hands of W. C. Moragne, Esq., or J. B. Talbsert, Esq. Necessity compels me to say so. That is all. R. T. PA RKS. March 14 3m* 9 SherifD's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEF[ELD DISTRICT, John Jones, 5' John Quattlebum and I W. J. Faulkner, Ex'ors. Other Plaintiffs, 55. The Same. I B)Y Virtue of the writs of Fi. Fa., in the forego Iing cases. I shall proceed to sell at the late residence of John Frulkner, dee'd., on Saturday the. 31st daty of March inst., the Stock of hlog,, Sheep and Cattle, H~ousehold and Kitchen Furniture. Terms Cash. LE WIS JONES, s. :. n. Mar 13 35 9 Found, A PURSE, containing a small sum of money, which the owner can have by call ing at this Office, proving property, and paying for this adver tisement. Mar 14. tf 9 Administrators Notice. 4LL Persons having any demands a the S Estate of John L. Richardson, de'. are no tified to render them in legally attested, within three months from this date ; and those indebted will please make early payment, as the parties in,. terested are desirous that the Estate should be brought to a speedy close. D. R. DURISOE, Adm'or. Mar 7 , 3m g