Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 18, 1855, Image 2

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THE EDGEFImlLD ADVERTISER IS PUBLISHED ZVMERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. DURISOE & SON, Proprietors. Q'O' "' TR3a 5Bo* Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FirTY C.x-s if not paid within six months-and THREE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, vill be consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at'the option of tho Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must INVARIABLY be accompanied with the cash or refer ence to some one known to us. ADVERTISEMENTS will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first in sertion, and 371 cents for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged ac cordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can dosoon liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, IN ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. From the Corres. of the N. Y. Herald. WASHINGToN, April 9, 1855. Tho President really has determined to make a demonstration against Spain at last. The selection of Commodore McCauley to command the Gulf Squadron is significant, and the rumors of an increase of the squadron, which I gave vou some time since, are all confirmed. As strong a naval force as can be spared for the purpose ias been ordered to cruise in the neigh borhood of Cuba, in the track of our steamers, and future insults to our flag seems likely to be promptly redressed. Captain General Concha is much frightened about the -l Dorado affair, and makes all the apologies in his power. The President has ta ken very decided ground in that matter, and assumed the responsibility of carrying out his own views of the measures proper to be adop ted. These, you may rest assured, are vigor ons and extreme. It see-ms that not only the El Dorado and the Daniel Webster have been brought to on the high seas by Spanish cruisers within the last month or two, but the Illinoise also was served the same way not long ago. She did not report the fact, however-such outrages, without atone ment, having become too common to be deemed ill the estitnation of her officers, worthy of notice. There will be troubled wiLl Spain soon, un less, with the usual pusillanimity of insolent imbecility, she tumbles to her knees at the first exhibition of spirit on the part of the United States. Prompt atonement will doutless now be made for the outrages upon the El Dorado znd the Daniel Webster. But they will be re peated, doubtless, in the cases of other vessels. The Spanish naval commanders. rejoicing in this oppertunity of indulging their hatred of ;os Yankees, will doubtless insist that they can not perform their duty without firing a shot at our patsing steamers, and pursuing their insult ing search. They will probably, therefore, quite 1 diregard Conclia's frightened exhortations to greater propriety; but the next time a Spanish cruiser brings to one of our mail steamers on the high seas, it is intended that a United States war vessel shall be near enough to participate in the entertainment by pouring her broadside into the Spaniard forthwith. Mark the truth of this. The instructions to McCauley will confirm what I say whenever they are made public. Such a demonstration will make an issue not to be evaded ; and we shall then learn the true clarac-er uf the secret protectorate of Spain maintained by England and France. What a capital privateer fleet our Cuban fillibusters would fit out in the event of a war with Spain arisig out of these events. Mr. Marcy is very backward about going into this business-so is Mr. Cushing. Messrs. o'ppo~so extilel&'iiieasulres. But the President h1as acted on his own impulses, although only Mr. Davis and Mr. Dobbitn warmly approve his course. DIIEcTIoNs Tro POSTMASTERS. Thle Fir.-t Assistant Postnmaster General has issued thle folhowing directions ton postmasters: " Books not weighing over four pounds may be sent in the m'ail, prepatid, at one cent an ilnnmie, any distance in the Umnited States under three thouisan~d miles, and at two cents an ounce over three thousand miles, provided they are .put up w~ithout a cover or wrapper, or in a cover or wrapper open at the ends or sides, so that their character may be determined withlout re moving the wrapper. If not prepsaid, the post age under three thousand miles is one cent and a half, anld over three thotusand miles in the United States three cents mn ounce. "It is a violattion of law to enclose or conceal a letter or other thing, (except bills and receipts for subscription,) or to make any memorandum in writing, or print any word of comnmunication after its publication upon any newspaper, pam phllet, or magazine or other printed matter. In all such cases letter postage shlould be demanded an~d, if the person addressed refuse to psy sulch letter postage, the package should be returned to the postmaster from whiose office it came, to proseente the sendler for the penalty of $5, pre scribed by the 30th section of the act of 1825; and all transient printed matter should be dis tinctly post-marked at the mailing office. "Postmnasters are itllowed one cent for the delivery of each free letter, except such as come to themselves, and two mills each on newspa pers (to subscribers) not chlargeable withl post. age. They are not allowed any commission on printed matter made free by the frank of a member of Congress. " Daguerreotypes when sent in the mail shlold be rated atd charged with letter postage by weight." Tu. .IlaSSACAUsETTs NUNNEnY CoMM~ITTEE. According to the testimony of the Lady Lupe rior of thle Roxbury Catholic Schlool of the sister of Charity, the Massachlusetts Legislative Committe of inspection hlave 'good cause to be hecartily ashlamed of their conduct at that insti tution, as they appear to be. Thleir in quiry into the facts and tile proonfs thus obtained sho0w that this visiting committee acted neither as gentle~men or Chlristains. Their conduct was riot only unlawi ful and unmannerly, but a viola tion of the principles of even common decency. The Know Notinps of Massachusetts maust do better than this or they will be repudiated by their brethleren in 0othler Stales, as bog us mem bers of the Order. SUGARt PROSPECTS IN LoUrs:ANA.-The Louis ianla patpers contain gloomy accounts of the prospects for a good sugar crop in that State. The Opelousas Patriot says it is riot unsafe to say that thu sugar crop cannot, under the most fa'vorable circumstances of weather and season reachI another year within thirty-three per centt, of the crop of tile past, and that shows at least twenty-five per cent, of a falling off from the crop of 1853. Touching the cotton and corn crops, a large pitchl has been made, and with a favorable season a far better yield may be an ticipated tihan tile last year. BL-raatNG AND LOAN AssocrIos.-The Mus cogee L.uan Association held its eight monthly meeting on Saturday evening last, and (tnclud ing previous loans there were re-sold,) the sum of $4,882 was put up. $2,000 were bid for at 50 per et. premium, $3,000 at 51; $1,000 each at 51 1, 51 1, 52, and 52b er ct.-the original sum thus drawiag the interest upon $10,000. The Macon Loan Association, at its last meet ing, loaned umoney at premiums ranging from 410 to 47 per ct.-being 10 to 20 per et. less than former premiums in that organization. MORE COLUMBIA COUNTY GoLD.--We wero bhown yesterday, another large lump of Georgia Gold, weighing 1540 pennyweights, from the McCormick & Leitner Gold mmlie in Columbia Co. It was only on tile 30th of March we noticed a lump of 1775 pennyweights from the same mine. This is counting up pretty fast, and proves this minie one of the most valuable ill thle country. This gold is from surface re fuse ore, mad e productiv~e by the superior ma .Mint'r emnpn,-eA-Aumstn onstitinislit. GREAT SNOW STORM I AriL.-The Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel gives an accoont of a great snow storm that visited that region on Monday last. The editor, who travelled in the cars from Watertown to Rome, says: "In many places the snow was higher than the tops of the cars, a channel having been cut through just wide enough for their passage. In many places the shelving drifts had extended half over this cnnal, while in the bottom an ne cumulation of two or three feet of snow, with i no room for depositing it from the scrapers, soon formed a barrier to the progress of the train, and the shovelers were again in demand." THREE MlEN KtLLED.-We lent-n (snyA the Savannah Journal,) from a gentleman from Emanuel county, that three men were killed in a ight in that county, on Monday week. The names of the parties killed were Cuyler Mose ley, 31atthew W. Williamson, and Samuel Wil liamson; the last named received three rifle balls in his body. We have not been able to learn the cause of the quarrel. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1855. EXCUSATOIY. TuE reader must excuse the ent;re absence of edi toral comments in onr present number. We reached home from Charleston just too late to find a place for our annotations on the trip. We shall endeavor to make up i.ext week by a full account of all we saw and heard. RELIGIOUS REVIVAL. A FRIEND who has been an attendant at the Vil. lage Baptist Chu; ch during the present revival in that Church, furnishes us the following: FoR the last two weeks the Rev. Dr. TEASDALE, of Washington City, has been preaching in our vicinity with great success. Fifty-one whites and ten blacks have been haptized and received into the Church, whilst many mourners are seeking the pardon of their sins at the foot of the Cross. God grant that this great and glorions work may be continued in our :nidst until every soul is saved. We are assured that no unnecessary excitement pre vails. but that the powerful reasoning and masterly eloquence of Dr. TEASDALE seems to convince all of the " error of their way," and to bring them to a firm determination to try and serve the Lord. This has been a remarkable season of refreshing to all Chris tians. Nothing has so far occurred to produce any unpleasantness, but every thing has been conducted "decently and in order." We take occasion to say in this connection that Mr. TAYLOR, who accompanies Dr. T., as Agent, to soli cit assistance from the brotherhood in building up the enterprise in Washington City, has been in our Vit lage for a fortnight past, and by his quiet and Chris tian-like deportment, l.as commended himself to the kind regard of all with whom lie has been associated. Condensed Items, to' RxEsiEUa that " Uncle Sam" has adopted the cash system, and no letter will be mai:ed unless the postage thereon is paid in advance. EgP By reference to our advertising columns it will be seen that Mr. FELIX C. BoDIE has declined being a Candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election. Wg Isaac Newton, the well-known proprietor of the Hudson River steamers, died in New York on Saturday. CT' THE Emperor Nicholas, by his will, which was opened after his death by the present Emperor, expresses a wish that the duration of the mourning on the occasion of his death should be shortened as much as possible. 85PO England imported 30.543,533 pcunds of tobac egjf_11 4 from which she received a revenue of flg So LATE a spring as tire present has not been known in Texas for thirty years past. Both corn and cotton have had to be replanted, on account of thie bad stand fron the first planting. las many instances planters have plowed up their ground entirely and re planted their entire crop. But tire drought continues, and there is now scarcely moisture enough to sprout the seed. The prospect is indeed discouraging. Never before have thre rivers of Texas been known to be as low as now, at this season of the year. So sarys thre Galveston News. 3g GREA'r FrtE.-Nearly eighteen hundred hales of cotton were destroyed by fire at Mlagnolia, Tera.e, on the rEigbt of thre 19th ult., the entire loss being esti mated at sixty thousand dollars, which is the largest ever sustained by fire in Texas. gg' A STEP Foaw Atw-Bya law recently paissed in Mlichigan, a enarried woman may receive, buy, sell, devise, mortgage, &c., her real and personal property, without the consent of her husband, andI also sue and be suedi, without joining the husband in the suit in either case. So the identity of the woman as an iindi vidual is beginning to be fairly recognised. gg TH E corner stone of a new Episcopal Church was laid by tha Rt. Rev'd Thomas Frederck Davis, D. D., Bishop of the Diocese of South Carolina at All Saints Waccamnaw, April, 2d 1855. Eg TirE TiMES IN CA LrFoRNIA.-Passengers by the steamer Illinois from California give a rather dis couraging account of business matters there. 31e chanics and laboring men, they say, can find but little to do in San Francisco, and the general business of the country is depressed to an extent far breyunid the representations of the public journals. gg IN U-rAI, a collision has occurred in Salt Lake city between thre U. S. troops stationed there under Cot. Steptoe and the Mormons, growing out of the soldiers expressing their opinion that Young arid Kimball are rakish old reprobates. Some of thre sons of those worthies being present, a grand fight ensued, in which the boys fought with fists and clubs, and the soldiers used their guns. After much trouble, the milita.ny and civil officers succeeded in stopping the~ riot. A portion of tire militia w~ere called out and placed in the streets on guard. g7jg THrE barns and stables of Dr. C. 11. Black, at Iris plantation in MIarion District, were tnially con. sumed by fire on thre night of tire 2d inst. About five hudred bushels of corn, and eight head of horses and mues were consumned. The fire is suprposed to have been the work of an incendiary. PAUL R. GEORGE, of New Hampshire, is a candi date for the United S-ates Senate. Hie used to boast of being the mars that nominated Gen. Pierce in the Baltimore conventicn. g7' TuE importers and dealers in wine and spirits in Ne w York city are to have a meeting in tire Park, some day this week, to protest against legislative in terference with what they claim to be their constitu. tional rights. g' Mr. Stratton, father of the welt known d warf Tom Thumb, rendered famous by B rnum, hits be come insane, and is now an inmate of the Hartford Lunatic Asylum. gg' TirE Hebrew population of Chicago seems to be quite numerous. During the recent celebration of t.he Feast of tire Passover there, about six thousand pounds of unleavened bread were sold to them. gvg A New York journal slates that a lady in that city has made a quarter of a iilion of dullars by keeping school. gg IF thou hsast but little, make it riot less by murmurirng. If thou hast enough, make it not too much by thankfulness, lie that is not thankfully con tented with the least favor tie has received, hiatha made himself incapable of the least favor hre can receive. gg TitE Tallahassee Floiidian of the 7th inst., says: " A sale of land known as the " Harris H1am mock," about seven miles from town, was made last Monday, under execution. The tract contained 2,132 acres, and was sold in a body at 821,06 per acre to Gen. Wmn. Bailey. This is the largest price that has been for land in Florida in many years. THE WIIEAT Cao.-The wheat lnoks much better than we supposed, and if no disaster be falls it f'rom this time we may expect a fine crop. Corn is searee, and a good wheat crop will save the country. The oats look very sorry, but the rains which we have recently had, iand the warm weather, may bring them out.-Greenville ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER*DIERICA. LATER FROM EUROPE. COLUMBIA, April 13. The steamship America has arrived at Halifax. LIVERPOOL MARKET.-COtton was firm and unchanged, the market closing buoyant. Hol ders are offering freely Sales of the week 82.500 bales, speculators taiking 11,000 and exporters 15.000 bales. Fair Orleans is quoted at 5 3-4 i Middling 5 3-16 ; Fair Uplands 5 1-2, Middling 5. Breadstuffs are dull and lower, except Corn. Canal Flour 38. Ohio 42. Corn 42. Money easier. Consols 93 1-3. The Vienna Conference had experienced seri ous difliculty upon the third point, although modified by the Allies. The matter had been referred to St. Petersburg, and the Conference postponed till the reply,althouglh the fourth may probably be discussed in the meantime. Nothing important from the Crimea. The Canada arrived out on the 25th. The latest news from London states that on Friday night, Drouyn do l'Huys, the French Minister of foreign affairs, had been there for consultation. He left to-night for Paris, where he will stay two days, and then go to Vienna bearing irrevocable determination. The Allies, upon the third point were closited with leading English Ministers for three hours on Friday. Subsequently they had a lengthened audieneewith the Queen. No favorable indica. tions from St. Petersburg. The New Belgian Ministry found that Espar. tero had resisted the demand for the democratic modification of the Spanish Ministry. Alliirs at Madrid were tranquil. The insurgents at Canton were gaining ground. FURTHER PER AMERICA. COLUMBIA, April 14. It is not true that the Peace Congress at Vi enna has proceeded with the fourth point, every thing hinges on the third point. The Western powers did not demand the de inolition of Sevastopol, but the reduction of Russian power in the Black Sea, offering return to evacuate the Russian territory. The Rus. sian plenipotentiaries had no power to act on this, and remitted the matter to St. Petersburg, and there it rests. The condition of the allies at Sevastopol is improving A formidable Russian force has assembled at Eupatoria, which virtually besieges the place. Raglan's latest despatch announces a steady fire without any change in the aspect of atTirs. The Russians are actively strengthening the place and have nightly encounters with the allied troops. Nine ships, the advance of the British squad. ron, had sailpd from Deal to the Baltic. Forzed bills of hiding have appeared in the Liverpool market to the extent of E14.000 ster ling, all shipped for Charleston by James C. Nicholas. The fraud was accomplished by in serting the word hundred after units in the body of the bills. It is oflicially announced that Napoleon and Eugenia will pay a visit to Victoria about the middle or April. The Vienna papers state that Spain and Por tugal had joined the Western powers. But this wants conlirmation. FittE.-On Stnday night, about eleven o'clock, the stable, carriage house, &c., belonging to Dr. M. B. Earle, in this town, were consumed by fire. Fortunately, the night was reniarkably cal, anDa owing to this circumstance the fire was confined to the point at which it originated otherwise the result must have been highly dis astrous, as the vicinity is occupied by stables and other combustible buildings, and is near the most thickly settled portion of the town. The large ivery stables of Mr. Jhon W. Walker were in great danger for some time, but were saved by the exertions of the citizens na hich the occasion assembled. The cngine was upon the spot at an early period, but as the company are not distinguised by any uniform, we do not iio~uJuei'drii thent'of stem naimifst ed in its operatiotn, that it must hare been work ed mostlyl by volunteers.-Greenville Patriot 12th inmet. Cossriacv DzscovEREDi Ix PAnIS.-Ptms.; March 22. 1855.-D~ay before yesterday a con spiracy to assassinate the Emperor of France was discovered at the criticail moment, and the parties are now ;in the state prisoni of Mazas. The Emperor wa~s to review a portioni of 'lie mperial Guard, wvhich is about to start for the Crma nte Court of the Tuileries. During tie review he was to have been assassinated, but by what tme-ts has not become public. All that the public know is that arrests were made at the nicanent whlen the review was about to comtmence, that the persons arrested were con veyed to Mazas, in separate celle and interrogat ed. Sonme of the highest faimilies in Paris atong the legititmists are said to be implicated in m he conspiracy. The at tempt is attributed Ito theo feeling which is ga owing tip in the coon try against the absolute power which is exer ised by thc Emperor, who does not cnsult the intrsts, much less the opinions of any of his people, anid whose conduct of the war is not conldered eminently satisfactory. That class of people who have serious interests at stake, Ito whom the honor and prosperi:y of their na tive coutntry is a paIramnount object, :tnd who have heretofore had some sort of voice ini the administration of public affairs, now find that those preciouls interests arc placed in thte hands of a man who scorns alike their good or bud opinions-who conducts the atfairs of state with an absolute secev adan inifrneto the opinions of others, as if he alone was thme body Iand soul of the country. It is impossible that Ithis state of things can last much longer. I [New York Commercial. THE PaoSPEcT OF PEAeE Iin EU1kOPE.-Th B erin correspondent of the New York Journal of Comnmerce writing under date 20th March, makes the following extraordiinary staitetment as to public opinion in the capitol, in reference to the prospect of peace in Europe. It is a curi OUS speenlation certainly, and Otto whieb seems 1 to us so fr rumored qutite improbable; yet there is no eoncetv ing to what excesses and extremes the wild ambition of Napoleon may carry him, Iespecially if the French people favor his projet-ts. If lie should adopt such a policy, it will, most assuredly be an awful responsibtdity, for which ie and they will atone at a heavy cost: The opiinion gains ground in Germany, that the Eumperor Napoleon is thme great obstacle to peace, aind that the achievemenit of glory from tme present war, like that wvhich his Uncle otce gained for the arms of France is the only safety of his throne. It is believed that Austria is now under the special influence of France, and that the sovereigns of both countries are eager for continued war. Men whlo are well infortmed have already begun to speculate upon thme prob abilities of an alliance between England, Prus si and Rusaia, against Austria and France, and improbable as this at first tho~ught may seem, it is not so unlikely to be a result of the stupendous movetents which are now in progress. No. one can fortelt the end of this great confiet. DEATH OF .IoSEr'u LAWroY, EsQ.,-It is witth deep regret that we announce, this morninig, theI death, in the 61st year of his age,. of Joseph Lawton, Esq., senior partner of the well known firm of Messrs. Joseph Lawton & Co., of this city, which melancholy event occured a littlo after nine o'clock yesterday tmorning. Mr. Law ton was a native of Yorksire, England, but for upwards of thirty years had tranisacted business in this city. For two or three years past he tins been in feeble health, but was only taken se riously sick on loniday, r.nd even on Wednesday rallied considerably. ie was highiy respected both in public and private life, and leaves a widow and a young son, who is in Europe, and a large circle of friends and acquaintances to mourn his loss.-Chatrleston Courier. THE Legislature of Wisconsin has enacted a lawv providIng for placing a copy of Webster's Unabided Dictionary, at the expense of the State, in "cacti school and eacth department, thereof" of the public schools of the State. THE Legislature of Massachusetts, has pass ed a law and the Governor tias approved it, gi ing Jurors the power to Judge both of the lauw WM. PENN oN THE SURRENDER OF FUGITIVE 3LAVES.-A curious document has been recent ly brought to light by C. L Ward Esq. of rowanda, Pa., by which it is shown that William Penn, the Quaker, did not believe in harboring ind keeping run away slaves when their masters lemanded them. The document referred to is aid Jo have been accidently discovered in one 'f the public offices of Peniisylvania, containing he early archives of the State. It was marked >n the outside, " Wm. Penn to the Susquehanna Indians," and is as follows; "1y Good Friends-The people of New York having again wrote earnestly to me about those prisoniers taken by you, especially the vonan and the boy, saying that they bought them fairly of the Governor of Carolina, who old them for slaves. And they being very ood friends and neighbors, and all under the iame King, I must therefore desi.e you to de iver the said woman and boy to the bearer tereof, Silvester, who will carefully carry them o New Castle, and there out them on board of ,f a vessel bound directly~ for New York-and )y so doing, you will greatly oblige your very ood friend and brother, WA. PENN. A NEW INvENTIN.-Capt. Whitfield Walker, >f our town, has shown us a hoe differing from my we have ever seen, and pronounced by many practical planters of this District to be a most pitital improvement on the hoe now in use. I'be said hoo is the invention of Capt. Walker, nantufactured to his order by the " American oe Company," and called the " Planters Cot. on'Thinner." The improvement consiste, in iarrowing the old hoe from within about an nch and a half of the edge, in a curved line on ither side, gradually diminishing it to the width )f the eye. We tiink it a capital invention. Captain Walker informs us that he has, or will pp'y for a patent; and that he has already re eived a number of orders from planters for the ext crop.-Newberry News Mirror. TiE following is an extract from the new Postage Act: " Ard all drop-letters, or letters placed in any postofilce not for transmission through the mail, but for delivery only, shall be .harged with postage at. the rate of one cent ach; and all the letters which shall hereafter be advertised as remaining over, or unealled for in any postoffice, shall be charged with one cent each, in addition to the regular postage, both to be accounted for as other postages now are." A liquor seller in Pittsburg got a severe sen tence on Saturday. Wd was convicted of selling to a confirmed inebriate woman, though he had been repeatedly notified not to do so. He was sentenced to pay a line of $50 and costs, and $20 to the prosecutor, and imprisoned in jail ixty days. A FEMIALE SLAVE, belonging to a widow lady, who was to start for Washington, secreted her self on board the steamer Jamestown, at Nor folk, a few days ago, and was not observed until the boat arrived at New York. Before she could be arrested by the captain, she was placed in a hack by th e colored cook, and made her escape. It is stated that should the Jamestown return to Norfolk she will Ibe forfeited by the laws of Virginia; and the officers and crew liable to be imprisoned for aiding in :.he escape of a slave. RUSSIAN PoSSESSIONs IN NORTH AMERICA. The Journal de Frankfort states that there is no truth in tie report which has been current, that the Russian government has formed the project of selling her North American possessions to the United istates. No such project, it declares, has ever existed. As to the Russian General ansurofi, who recently passed through Germa ni and Belgium on his way to the United States, and who.was supposed to have been charged with a mission on the subject, the above journal asserts that lie has never been employed in politi cal muatters, and that he goes to America solely oni military business. BALt PLACE FoR DocToss.--The Grand Jury ment, mace at the late term of their court men tioned the fact, that out of a population of four hundred in the county, there has niot been a sin. glu death in t welve months.-And yet, if at citizen tf Orange County shotnld attempt to etlect a lie insurance, he wouild be cha~rged a premiumi abore the ordintary rates, becaus~e a residetnt of Florida !So fixed is popiltar prejutliec, and so gross p~ublic ignorance in relation to the char ater of a State whose climate, the year routnd, is not otnly the most delightful, lint, the most salbrious' to be enjoyed in the United States. -Say. Courier. YousG AMERICA At SCttoo..-A little inici dent occurred in one of the schools in Wecst Lynn, Massachutsett.., samys thte News, which is, perhtps worth relating. ()te of the classes was reciting, anid the teacher asked a little American girl who nmas thte tirst man. She answered tl~at she did not know. Thte qutstion was put to the next scholatr, ant Irisht child, who answered : " Adam sir !" with appa. rent saisfaction. " La," said the first scholar, "you need'nt feel so grand abotit it., he wasntt ant Irishmam !"' NAsilvlI.LE AND Cr'TANOOGA RAIL.oAn. We learn, an itiquiring at the office of the Nasht ville and Chattanooga Railroad, that thte busi ness of the road exhibits a most, gratitmg itn crease over that of the so.me time last year. For the fonr months ending March 31, this year, the gross receipts were $3:2,000 per month. For the corresponding mnonthis last year, about $22, 000 per month. The average itncrease per ionth is $9,677, and the gross increatse for the four tmont.hs is $38,708. And while the receipts have thtus increased, the expenses of the road have decremased for the four months $10,000, or at thte rata of $2,500 per month. This is a most encouraging exhtibit. With a giod crop, the business will show a still heavier increase next year.-Nashville Union. BILL. SMvITH. a brother of Joe, the prophet, writes to the Springfield Journal that the " sys ten of polygamy got, up by Young. ttnd other evils which grow out of it, are a libel aitd slhm der upon the character of the prophet, whose botes now lie mouldering in a martyr's grave; and were Joseph Smith to conic forth from htis lowly bed, and view the conditioni of things in the Salt Lake country, he would spurn from his presence Brigham Youtng, and denounce htis loathsome and damnable doctrines." rTE MUr:DEi IN MArisoN, Fr.A.-We' men tioned a day or two sincee that Felix G. Liv ingston had beetn murdered in Matdisot villaga, Flt., by a man named Pcacock, of North Caro lina. T[he Savannah .Journal & Courier says: " Livingston was a youth of about eighteen years of age, and from what we can learn, most have been aeting tas clerk in a store, and refused credit to Peacock, whlo wvas a stranger to him. He was stabibed to the heart and died instatntly. The indignation of the citizens was so great, that Peacock wyas with, diflicult~y saved trom bc ittg itmmediately hantged on, a horse rack itt the street. He was arrested and will be tried in a few days. ________ LONDON TIMlEs A KsoW NOTHING.-In its issue of March 24, the Lottdon Tunes, whose hatred of the Union, Slavery, anid the South, enn scarce ly be described, says: "'Lhe late Congress has terminated its labors and its existence, and another assembly, elected under a new order of opinions, ha-s succeeded to it. Ttte members of this body are untried men, and the principles of what is termed the "Know Nothing party" htave not yet been seen in action; but, so far as we are acquaittted with ttem, we prefer them to the schemes of those demagogues who sought to supply their own internal weakness by foreign agttatton; and we are not without hopes that the good sense of the ntion may continue tc hold int cheek the folly and violenace of its rulers." NovEL RELIGIOus MovEMENT.-Gerrit Smaith Beriah Green, and a few other spirits of that order, have lately beeni holding a meeting of several days at Oswego, N. y., to tadopt imeas ure to break up all old religious deniommiations and organizations, and build up a new system of their own, to take the place of every other. They hold that all sectarianism i wrong, that there should be but otte univeisal church, and that honesty shtould be the only test, required to entitle ..m a pe n terights of membership. MIss BRENNAN.-PaUl Julien recently gave a grand concert in New York for the benefit of the poor. " The Musical Wdrld" notices it, and among other celebrities, has the following notice of our Columbia songster: " Among those whose artistic presence has gladdened many friends in this city the past few weeks has been that of Miss Ellen Brenan, the Southern sky-lark, who sings and soars so charm ingly, and whose very successful concerts at the south we have noticed from time to time. Miss Brenan has been for some time under the inter rupted, yet still continued, tuition of the accom plished and high-bred Sig. Badiali-his only pupil. 'It is significant of her success, both present and prospective, that Sig. Badiali thus interests himself for our fair young country woman. She could not have a more careful, accomplished- and experienced teacher. Sig. Badiali, taken all in all, is as fine a singer, and certainly as great a public favorite, as we have ever had in this country. His spirited perfor mance at the late charity concert in the Acade my was perhaps the redeeming feature of that otherwise very mediocre musical event-though rich in pecuniary success. Miss Ellen Brenan sails in the Spring for Italy where she intends to perfect herself in her nrt." Ti ERicssoN ExPERIMENT.-A New-York correspondent of the Boston Journal gives pub licitV to the followiug: The Ericsson experiment is at end. The in vention is conceded to be a failure, and poor Ericsson is a ruined man. He has spent all his fortune in building his caloric ship, and in the experiments he has made on the vessel. He has done more, he has spentall his wife's fortune which is great, and she, too, is beggared. But the worst of all is, that it has led to such re crimination and alienation that they have separa ated, never to be united again, perhaps. \VAR's DoINGs.-The dashing 93d Highland era, the pride of the English army, left Constan tinople eight hundred strong, and after their arrival in the Crimea received an addition of one hundred and fifty men. This gallant regi ment has recently returned to Constantinople reduced to fourteen men and five officers, still bearing with them their glorious and unsullied banner. HORRIBLE MASSACRE, AND BURNING OF A BRIT ISH SHir.-Information has been received of a tragical occurrence on board of the British ship Berenice, the master of which (Captain Cundy) with his wife, chief mate and others, have been massacred by the crew, who afterwards set fire to the vessel to prevent detection. The Berenice sailed from Shanghai on the 15th July, 1852, with a cargo of tea for Sydney. Her crew, shipped at Singapore, consisted almost entirely of men from different parts of Netherland India, who, thinking there was much gold on board, conspired to take the vessel. The captain, mate and three seamen were killed at the outset; the captain's wife dragged from between decks, where she had flown, and thrown overboard. A French passenger is also unaccounted for, and three Bengalese and Amboyna men were among the crew. All the money that the wretches got consisted of one hundred florins and forty Span ish dollars, which they divided among thema selves, and it was agreed among them to sail for Tauban, there to abandon the vessel after hav ing set fire to it. The ship gaining Tagal, which was taken fur Tauban, she was set on fire, and they took to the boats. Several were left be hind and were burned in the vessel. Finding their mistake on gaining the heights of Tagal, they were compelled to get 'rid of most of the plunder by throwing it overboard. The authori. ties, however, caused their arrest. Some of them confessed; four of the ringleaders were executed, and five othets sentenced to twenty years banishishment. AN OrItuu EATER CURED.-The partienlars of a case are given in the Medical Examiner. It is that of a physician, of Ohio, who had habitu ally used opium for six years as a stimulant. From the pleasant hallucinations and hopeful feelins experienced at the commencement of mefh ie e was sumbrnmg pang .' r~ is a awful description, and using the enormus quati tity of from fifteen to eighteen gratir~s of the sulphate of miorphiia in twenty-four nours. A ntimber of phivsicians of celebrity were consult ed, who allsmiggested a recourse to substitutes -extracts of belladonnta, neotnie anid cannibis were tried, btit without the least benefit. Rea. son was alreatdy pairtially dethroned, and death seemed ineviu:ble. Mr. Myers then aiddresse't a letter to Prof. Duniglisona, of Philadelphia, ask ing his advise, who, in reply, said thamt the nar. cotie indulged in must be diminished daily, ta. king during the depression and sinking of spirits, three or four times a day, from forty to sixty drops of the spiritus ammonia fotidus, of the " London and Edinbturg Pharmacgpolias, formu 1o for which are to be found in t'he Dispensato ry of the United States." This plani, persevered in with the most determined resolution, ditmin' ishing, almost imperceptibly, the dose fromo day to day, was enitirely successful in twenty weeks in reclaiming the . ictitn, and curing him of the~ pernicious habit. TiHE GADSDEs PUtRCHASE.-A correspondent of one o'f the California papers says that mines of gold and silver exist in the country purchas ed from Mexico by the Gadsden treaty, aind that a numbher of' small parties who hamd gone thither in search of the precious tmetals, fotind nutter. Otis gold placers. but were obliged to abandon them, owing to the hostility of the Indians and the difliculty of procuring supplies. It appears to be beyond a doubt that gold does exist in the head waters of the San Pedro and Gila, but the writer from wvhom we quote says that the whole country is as rich in gold deposits as Cal ifornia. He also adds that within less than twenty miles of Ash Spring there are silver mines now in the possession of the Apache Indians, richer and more extensive than the famous Chihuahua mines near Corolitas. In the Western section there are also said to be mines of almost pure copper, and around Tucson iron has been found in abundance. Should this news be verified, this strip of territory will not prove so hard a bargain as has beetn generally believed. SPECIE FoR THlE CRItEA.-We were startled a few days ago by thme statement that seventy. live tons of coin had beeni engaged as part of a cargo of a vessel now loading here for Con-. stantinople. We learn to-day that the shippers are anxious to engage far ty-five tons more, hay. ing one~ hundred and twenty tons to ship. Lest this heavy shipment, of coin shuld :ularmn the Walstreet financiers, we may as well add that it is all in krctitzers, (the copper coitn Of Ger many, nearly eqtial in value to our centt,) and comprises a collection miade probably from the money broughtt out by emigrants. It was taken by the vessel at eight dollars per ton freight. When it arrives the Mussulmans will be well supplied with " smatll change."-New York Jour. nal of Cotnmercc. A TOUCHING t.'USTo.-A commoni practice in Paris, which impresses a stranger favorably is that of lifting or taking off the hat when a fun. ral passes. A writer on this subject relates the following: " Some years since, we were one of that rush. ing crowd ever pouring up and down B3roaudway. When in front of old SL. Paul's all eyes were at. tracted by the appearance of the crew of the French war vessel, La Belle Ponie, which then visited thme United States under the command of the Prince de .Joinville. The crew were in theii naval dress uniform, bright and beautiful, and were sauntering along seeing the sights. All at once they stopped. formed a line, faced inward, and uncovered. How exquisite and touchin~ was the scene when we discovered in that thoughtless, busy, hurrying crowd, a man of foreign birth, evidently poor and friendless un der whose arm was carried a tiny coffin, and b3 his side the stricken mother. They were ir search of a burial for their babe, and were jostled and unheeded in that gay torrent of humanity, until they met these hardy tempest-tossed mari ners, who on the instant, with bared heads, stood in silent respect, while the sacred ashes 0f the unknow'n infant were passing. Such are French manners." CoNDElED.-The negro boy Jerry, belong ing to Win. N. Martin of this district, has, upor trial for inffiicting violence upon the person ol Mrs. McConnel, a white lady, been co ndemned THE New York Times of the 28th ult., bur the following paragraph: One of the darkest shades of New York life will be exposed to-day. Forty-five women ar rested upon Broadway last evening, are to be brought up before the police courts to receive sentence as vagrants. The Mayor's broom has reached the sidewalks. He determines that one of the spots on the character of the city shall deface it no longer. The effort is none the less salutary because it has been so long delayed. Scenes of debauchery, midnight disturbances and boisterous quarrels, partly incited by this nuisance of nightly repetition, will find a check if the Mayor perseverance. REv. BASIL MANLY, D. D.-We learn frot the Southern Baptist that this distinguished gen tleman (now the President of the University of Alabama) holds under consideration an invita tion to assume the Pastoral charge of the Went worth-street Baptist Church in this city. Dr. Mlanly is no stranger to us. He gradua ted with the highest distinction at our State College, and the early years of his ministry were spent among us. During the long period of his residence in this city as Pastor of the First Baptist Church, no man possessed more of the confidence and regard of the entire commu nity ; and the large assembly he addressed on last Sunday affords the strongest assurance that he is still affectionately regarded. Our citizens would give him a warm welcome should he now return to reside with us, and we can but express the wish that the Church to which he has been invited may be fortunate enough to secure his services.-Charleston Mercury. RELATION.-A Hoosier girl stepped on board a steamboat as she was lying at a certain point on the Ohio river, and called out: "Is the cap. tain aboard?" The captain, who standing among the crowd, responded, " Yes, what do you want with him r . Oh. nothing particular; lie's a distant rela. tion of mine, and I'd like to see him." " A relation of yours !" inquired the captain, some-what surprised. "Yes, a slight relation. He's the father of my first child." You'd better believe the captain sloped, while the crowd eyed the sport to their heart's content. FOR THE ADvERTIsER. Ma. EDIToR:-At a meeting of the "Ready Guards," held April 7, 1855, the following Pream ble and Resolutions were unanimously adopted. WHERFAs, it bath pleased Almighty God, in the dispensation of his Providence, to remove, by the hand of death, from our ranks, a worthy member, Mr. SA MUEL BRUCE. Therefore, Resolved, That in the death of Mr. BRuce the community has lost a good citizen and this Compa ny a most worthy member. Resolved, That by his death this Company hat sustained an irrtparableloss. Resolved, That as a testimony of our feeling foi this young man we wear the usual badge of mourn ing 30 days. Resolved. That we deeply sympathize with the family thus bereft. Resolred, That a copy of these Resolutions b< given to the family of the deceased, and a copy o the same be sent to the Edgefield Advertiser, foi publication. JOHN M. DENNY, CHAIR. CO M MD ER CIA L. Correspondence of the Advertiser. HAMBURG, APRIL 14. Co-rro.-The demand for this article for thi week ending to-day, has been quite animated, a very full prices. There has been no improvemen in prices, but sales have been effected inore readil: at prices current of the week previous. The mar ket closes with a firm and brisk demand, at price within the range of 7 to 91 cts. D. The Black List. The following gentlemen have never paid on, cnt since the date appended to their names. W< hope other P'ubbssters Wvil observe these niames and see how they stand on their books. Col. Thos. Penniington, Ala., to 7th June 1845 W. L. Culwert, Ga., to 14th Fetb. '46. D)r. Lawrence Finly, Ga., to 5th January '43. Htenry C. Waters, Miss., 10th January '45. L,. M. Williams, Ala., to 8th Feb, '47. hlaj. J. T. llendrix, Fla., to 2th March '43. D~r. Levi M. R oswell, Ga., to 12th Sept., '47. John P. McComiek, Esq., Fla, to 3d A pril '4.. Milledge Edditns, La, to 4th March, '48. A. II. Princeton, Miss., to 2th Dcc, '44. We have on hand another set or two, which after publishing these three weeks, we will preseni to our readers. So, gentlemen, sonic of you ye havc a' few days," to reflect. Religious Notice. TiiE next F~fth Sunday Union Meeting of th 4th division, Edgefield Baptist Association, will b held with the Rlepublicon Chiurh on Friday befor 5th Sunday in A pril. Qr~a.-Is famiily prayer a duty obligatory upmi the head of families, who are members of thechureb A ppointed the'Rev. G. H. C~VA-rr to preach sermon on Sunday, on the samne subject, Rev. D D. BaUNsoN his alternate. S. P. GETZEN Mon'ou. GEO. W. NlXON CLErRK. Religious Notice. TilE next Ministers' and Deacons' Conference( the Second Division of the Edgefield Baptist Asso ition, will -neet at Goodhope Church, on Fri day before the fifth Sabbath in A pril next, to mnec at 10 o'clock, A. M. Elder JAMrES F. PirrasNt preach the Introductory Sermon. Elder Jot: TAarr. Alternate. - Subject for discussion.-Should those Member Iwho fail to contribute anything towards the expen ee of the Church be subjects of discipline I Elder J. M. Cun.Es to writei an essay on the im portance of Churche-s meeting every Sabbath at th the regular places of worship. Eldt-r JouN TRArr tol write an essay on thie im portane of Churches enforcinig the discipline of fth New Testametnt. The subject on the importance of Sunday School in Churches, continued from last Conference. J1. W. COLEMAN, MoDEr~a-roat. Roa-r. BRAN. Sr., Clerk. Notice, I BEG h-ave to inform the citizens of Edgefiel District, that I have withdrawn from being Candidate for Sheriff at the ensuing election, as mi present situation does not admit of it. FELIX C. B3ODIE. A pril 18 I t 14 Edgefield Collegiate Institute FOR YOUNG LADIES ! NUMtuR or PUil.s IN ATTENDANCE, Firry-Foca. '[IE winter Session closed last week. The Sprin .and Summer Session will commence on Mori day, April 23d, and continue fourteen week. Rates of Tuition, &c., the same as stated in prc vious advertisement. CIlAS. A. RAYMOND, PRINCIrAL. A pril 18 tf 14 HIAVNG sold my Stock of Medicines to Dr. ZC. W. KENNERIY, I design to discontinue tlt practice, except in cases of consultation and Mid wifery. Dr. KENNEtL will continue the Shop at m: house, where lie may be found at all times durn the day, except when on professional business, aa< at M. Martin McoCarty's at night. Dr. K. will have my counsel in all extreme eases J. C. READY. A pril 18 3t 14 Rich Spring Goods, R AY BROTHERS, Augusta, Ga,, have jut received the Largest, Richest and Cheapet Stek of Spring SILKS, that they have ever brougli to this market. No one should make their Sprin; purchases in SILKS, without looking through os extensive stock. Head-4darters, 10Ti REGIMENT, S. C. M., Matz Caax, Apr 14, 18. S O6DERS:NO - T HE-Upper Battalion will assemble at Scmav's on-S itrday the 19th May. The Lower Battalion -will assemble at Mt. WiI' ling on Sattday following, the 26th May. The Commissioned and non-Commissioned Offi. cers will assem6le the day-previous. Lient. Col. HoLmAwA' and Maj. SAm WATOt are charged to extend:itese-orders. By order of Col. A. J. NEAL. T. PIncEKNEY MAYNARD, Adj-t. April 18 St -14 Haw Gap Beat Company, ATTENTiON! Y OU are hereby commanded to be and at Curryton, on Saturday th'e 28th inst., armed and equipped as the ladi-- - recta, for Drill and Instruction. By order of Capt. THOS. P. SWi . JonN L. ADDISON, 0. S. April 2 3t rk Fair Notice! ON the 4th inst., a rather suspicious looking character put up at the Graniteville Hotel, calling himself Boiling. He was riding a SORREL MARE, 6 years old and 16 hands high. In order to try nim, I told him that there were then in the Village two men from Augusta looking for a dertain' man, and perhaps he was the person. Soon aftes' this, Boiling made his esepe through my back; yar d. leaving his horse in the stable, and when last heard of was about ten miles from here, travelling' in a hurry. The owner will come forward, prove property pay charges, and take said Mare otherwise she will be sold to pay expenses. JAMES A. MOSLEY. Granitevilte, April 164t 14 Spring lMantillas. RAY BROTHERS, Augusta, Ga., have juss received the most splendid Stock of SPRING MANTILLAS that they have ever brought to this market, and to xhieh they would respectfully invite the attention of the Ladies. Augusta, April 16 tf 14 Ranaway F5ROM the SubsLriber's residence, on the 289ot F March, his negro boy HENRY, about five feet high, well built, thick lips, and is a full-blooded mulatto. He formerly belonged to Barrel Hobbs, and is well acquainted about Liberty Hill, and per haps is in that neighborhood now. Any one lodging said boy in the Edgefield Jail, or any other Jail so that I can get lim shall be libe rally rewarded. WM. CULCLAZIER. April 18 21 14 Brought to the Jail, OF this District, a ni-gro man who says his name is WASH INGTON, and that he belongs to Mr. Jonathan Miller. of Beech Island. Said Wash or Washington is about 5 feet 6 or 8 inches high, between 25 and 30 years or age. and dark com plected. He says he formerly belonged to the Es tate of L. 11. Mundy, dee'd. The owner is requested to come forward, pri * property, pay charges and take her away, otherwise she will be dealt with as the law directs. rW. W. GOODMAN, j. X. D. April 18 tf 14 "Economy is Wealth V" OOD clean Rage of every description will be ,A purchased at the " Advertiser Office." Price, 3 eta per pound. Now, here's a chance for almost every bodF, and old bachelor's too, to make money. A pril 18 tf 14 Wanted, A GOOD COOK-one capable of serving in a r . Hotel. Apply at this Office. April 18 3- 14 Sheriff's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Geo. W. Jones, u.Writ in For. Attachment Geo. Kelly. IjY Virtue of an Order issuing out of the. Cout of Cmmon Pleas for Edgefield District, in the above stated case, I shall proceed to sell on tdie first Monday in Miay next, at Edefeld C. H., Two Negro Slaves, viz: Queen and Annet, levied on as the property of the Defe.ndant George Kelly. Terms Cash. LEWIS .JONES, s. a. n. A pril 19 3t 14 Administrator's i'otice. ~L L Prsons indebted to the Estate of Thomas Ferguson, dee'rd., are required to make im mediate payment, and alhl claiming to be creditors of the s'ame to present their demands in due form to the Subscribr. ELLINGTON SEARILS, Adm'or. A pril 18 5te 14 Take Notice. ALL Persons are cautioned against trading for a ,C.note of hand given by the Subscriber to B. F. Strom, drawn on the 16th March last, for $95,19, as said Note was given through a misun derstanding, and I am determined not to pay it un less coumpelled by law. G. W. BROADWATER. A pril 18 3t 14 aIState or South Carolina, IN ORDINARY. BY H. T. WRIGHT, Esquire, Ordinary of Edge field District: Whereas Burdett Corley has applied to me for Let ters of Administration , on all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Nathaniel Corley, ate of the District aforesaid, deceased. These arm, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceas ed, to be and appear before me, at ournext Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Edgefield C. H., on the 27th day of A pril next to show cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 13th day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand etght hundred and fifty-five and in the 79th year of Ameri can Independence. aH. T. WRIGHT, 0. E. D. -April 18 2t 14 State or South Carolina, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. BY H. T. WRIGHT, Esquire, Ordinary of Edge .1 feld District. -Whereas, Charlotte Merchant has applied to me for Letters of Administration, on all and singular the goods and chattles rights, and credit of Wesley Mar chant, late of the District aforesaid deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceas ad, to be and appear before me at our next Ordinary's Court for the said District, to be holden at Edgefield C. H., on the 27th day of April inst., to show cause, if any, why the said administration should not be Given under my hand and seal, this 13th day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fti five and in the seventy-ninth year of Amed cnnependence. IL. T. WRIGHT, 0. E. D. YApr 18 ~ 2 '14 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, EDGEFIELD DISTRICT, IN ORDINARY. B Y H. T. W RIGHT, Esquire, Ordinary of Fags .1)field District. Whereaa, Juliua Banks has applied to me for Letters of Aministration, on nli and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Samuel Banks 1ata of the Distnect aforesaid deceased.. therthierefore, to cite and admonish all and1 inlatekindred and creditors of the said de-. ceased, to be and a ppear before me, at our nest Ordi. nary's Court for the said District, to be hiuldeni at Edgefield C. H., on the 27th day of April inlS., to show cause, if any, why the said adesiuitationshul not.be granted. -Given under my handand sea)..this 1311h day of AprR in the year of our Lord one shousand eight hundred and 6ifty-five and in the seveatyith year of Amtede can Independence ,TWRI TOF . April 18 Is '4 Fine Brandy.. ported BRANDY, wiih I will sell low for esb. This Brandy is of excellent quality anld will suit the taste of the mnoasfytidious. S. E. BOWERS, Agent, Hamburg, May 20 tr JutReceived4 a2d"Half'B'r'els b.-3, MACKE rel) REL. bblko ' a t r.,.Jan 24 If 2