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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 ADvANcZ. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. [From the London Times of the 23d.) ITEMS FROM THE WAR. In the present state of the siege of Sebasto pol, all that the allied Generals can hope to effect is to subdue and octupy some of the outer works which the Russian engineers, under the command of General Tolleben, have constucted with so much skill, hardihood and efficiency. Accordingly, while the principal efforts of the French are directed against the tripple battery which they call the Flagstaff battery, but which is commonly described in our plans as the Gar den battery, our fire is mainly directed against the Great Redan, itn front of our own Lancaster battery and Picket's-hill; and the French attack on the extreme right is occupied with the works in front of the Malakoff Tower. Of these three pints of attack, the first is ti.e most ad vanced, and that whiLh nearly threatens the inte rior of the town. We do not anticipate that the effect of the fire, which commenced on the 9th of April, will be the immediate reduction of the place itself. and we shall be well satisfied if this attack leaves the allied armies in possession of some of the advanced works which are the main defences cf Sebastopol, and have hitherto proved the most formidable obstacles to the success of the siege. A decided advance of this nature would be the surest pledge of our ultimate success. Several occurrertces which were announced by the last, mail clearly indicated that important events were shortly to be ex ected. We receiv ed at first with some uncertainly the statement that 15,000 Turks under Omer Pasha had landed at Kamiesch. Bty; but it is now ascertained that early in the present month Colonel Simmons was sent back to Eupatoria to organize this ex pedition. Five French steamers arrived to con vey the troops, and, although the weather in the first week of April prevented their immediate embarkation, it is certain that some of the finest regiments in the Turkish service have been con veyed to Sebastopol to take part in the ensuing operations. At the same time, we learn that the Egyptian division, which is composed of ex cellent troops, organized by French officers, has been dispatched in all haste from Constantino ple to the Crimea; and before long the first detachments of the Sardinian corps will have proceeded to the seat of war. Before tle month of May is much advanced it is certain that the allied armies in the Crimea will amount to a far larper force than had been anticipated. The medical officers have been instructed by Lord Raglan to make further preparations for the contingencies of active war. Dr. Hall reports that 1,400 patients catn be accommodated in the hospitals on shore in the Crimea, including the new huts applied to the service, and that 620 can, if necessary, be embarked in steamers fitted up as hospital ships. -----tha ontinued entered the town and that other Vces a ... have quitted it. There can be no doubt that a powerful Russi..n army occupies the sttrageticatl position of Simpherpool, with a view either to relieve the phace we are besieging or to flall at a suitabie moment ott the works near Balaklavai. Hence the importanace of incereasing the strettgth of troops who have to guatrd our extended times of countervallation, attd to cover the whole of our own entrenchnments while wve are workitng steadily onwards towards Sevastopol. WVe find, however, nothing in this recent itntelligence to divert us from the conviction we have repeated, that although the attack upon the southerti side of the place nmay be carried on as fat- as possible with the means we haive for its redu-:tion, no decisive success enbe obtaitned until we are ini a condition to invest thte north side also, by the operation of some part of the allied armies on the Belbek or in the interor of the Crimea. Withtin the last two' months tno less titan ten whole compatnies of artillery havt~e sailed for the Crimea frott Etngland. During the week ended April 14, no less than 5.000 infantry left the shores of the Utnited Kingdont to reinforce the battaliotns in thes Critmen. Early in May there will be full 6,000 British cavalry at the seat of war. No HOPEs OF PEACE.-WVe take the following f.om a leader in the Times of the- 23d. It shows we imagine, that all hopes of peace are dissipa ted: "The war cotintues, and is likely to contittue. Our money anid our bload are poured forth like water. We desire no peace but an honorable peace, atnd are willing to endure all the suffer ings, all ithe privations, and all the losses, that mar be necessaryto obtain it. Whether with or vitouttheassstaceof thtose powers to whotn we have beeni taught to look for support, we hold that the couuntry ought to be prepared to statnd to those terms and insist on those cona ditions which we required before we took up arms; but we havena right to detmatnd from our government that our sacrifices and our devotion shall be met by them in a correspotnding spirit. We havena right to ask that our statesmen shall rise to the height of the emergency, and shuke off those miserable practices which might be tolerated in the quiet timnes of peace buL which become absolutel.: ittsupportable unde:- the iron pressure of war. Of all the persons who have been pointed out as uuilly of the disasters be ing recalled, what ef art has been made to re place theIr proved inefficiency. what exertion to supply their acknowledged negligette? They remain, to ruin a second army, as they have dotte a first, and to overwhelm the millions of this year it the same bottomless abyss the millions of last." RAr, Ro.e M EETING.-FromI the Advertiser, we learn that thte citizens of Edgefield held a meeting on the 25th ult, to consider the merits of what is set down as aa our last and best chance for a Rail Road." It seems that the people of Edgefield design cutting the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road, aind turning to the Sttvan nab Valley Rail Road to secure the benefits of a road to their town. We feamr the Greenville and Columbia Rail Road Company have not been watchful enough of their interests in this quarter. rtdgefield is alive to their interests, and if slighted here, will naturally turn to ano ther sourco for aid. The branch from Ninety Six to Aiken wotuld be an important auxilliary ; if diverted to thu Gold-Mine will, we fear prove a sap This Company should awake to its in terets.-Newberry "News Mirror." TE R IGHT OF SUFFRAGE.-The New York House of Assembly has adopted a resolutiona proposing. 'to amend the constitdtton soas to etend thme night of suffrage to colored citizens, without the property qunthicationi. A Fa.-Michael L. Sullivan, an Illifnois farmer, it is said, is about to plant 10,000 ateres f land in corn. Tri C) oPS in EUaoPE..-lt is adated that pri ate letteis received in New York by the Atlan ie fro6m good authority speak encouragingly of he innsncts of' -the nert harvest.' TnE WHEAT Cop.-The abundant showers which fell in Upper Georgia for more than a hundred miles above this point, on Thursday and Friday last, and again on Monday insure an average crop of wheat, unless some casualty shall occur after thie. We directed particular attention to the small grain crop in several of the upper counties in a recent trip in that, por tion ot the State. Upon their red lands, the crop we think, has been materially hurt by the late four weeks drought, and we thir.k the stand a bad one. But we walked through crops of wheat in Gordon county, after last, Thursday's rain, that were the finest we thought we ever saw. The farmers in that section, of whom we enquired, seemed highly elated with their pros pect of a heavy yield. We are sorry to say that we cannot report so favorably of the oat crop. Much of the fall sowing %'as killed, and the dry spring has left but little chance for anything above an inferior yield. The lateness of the spring sowing, how ever, will be favorable to the oat crop, provided the seasons in May shall prove good. Upon the whole, we are very sanguine that breadstuffs must decline, and that all kinds of grain kept back by the recent panic, will now come forward to our relief.-Atlanta Intelligencer. Tn CRors, notwithst'nding the dry weather, look better .i this section than we have ever seen them. Corn, though backward, is remar kably promising, and the stands of cotton are almost universally good. With fair seasons from now till the crop is made, abundant yields would most certainly ensue. The wheat crop is also very promising and if no mishap befals it, t will be much more than an average crop. Such a consummation is most devoutly to be wished as " hard times" is around, both as re gards something to- eat and the money to buy with. We have had one or two small showers since our last, but nothing to brag on. We understand, however, that a few miles below this place on Friday there was a very heavy rain.-Brunswick Advocate, 8th inst. RA14 AND HAn.-Since our last issue, we have been blessed with copious rains. On Thursday evening we had a gentle shower, and on Friday the hardest rain we have ever witness ed, accompanied with hail. We learn that the hail did very little damage. Monday night there was another heavy rain. From our exchanges we learn the rains have been general. We have information from various sections of our own State, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee, and the accounts from all are of the most cheer ing character. In one week the prospect of a famine has been changed to Lhat of an abundant harvest, for which we should be grateful to the Giver of all good gifts.-Athcns Banner, 10th inst., ___ BETTER PRosPECTs.-Since our last (says the Abbeville Independent Press) we have had fine rains, atid so far as ascertained, they have been general, throughout the District and State. How refreshing to all nature are the genial showers after a lengthened dearth! The flowers look up and smile, the birds sing clearer and sweeter, the grass waxes greener and thicker and taller, and the whistle of the ploughman more cheer fully marks time as lie marches to a contest with with it! Let us be thankful for these, and trust for tle " latter rains." THE WESTERN WIHEAT Ciop.-The Roches ter Democrat learns from Ephraim Gess, of Pittsford, who has just returned from quite ai extensive western tour, that in the six States through portions of which lie passed the wheat crop looks well, and .there is a pretty large breadth of land sown. But in Southern Michi gan it surpasses anything heretofore seen in the western country. Caops.-The Advocate, published in Marion County, Georgia, says that notwithstanding the dry weather the crops "lo:k better in this sec tion than we have ever seen them. Corn, though backward, is remarkably promising, and the stands of cotton are almost universally good. - ins from no'w till the cro~p is made .s would most certainlj ensue. sp is very promising, and if no .t, it will be much miore than an 2phz is informed by a gentleman in .Lexington D)istrict, that the hail sek in the neighborhood of the sent down stones of the moderate size of goose eggs !-in fact, one of themn weigh ed two and one-nalf ounces ! These were not scattering missiles either, but when the storm was over they had aceumulated along the strings of fence and in the furrows of the field to the depthi of six or eight inches. When this is swallowed, the additional statement that the crops were in consequence nea:ly all injured, if not destroyed, goes down very easily. TInE Gr.ANARIIES OF THE WEs1f the re ceipts should continue as heavy as they are at present until the close of the season, the year with us will prove one of the most, remarkable, in a commercial point of view, ever knowni. Wheat, corn, oats, rye and flour are largely over last year's receipts for the same time, and the amounts coming forward appear to be increasing every day. The Upp~er Mississippi which usu ally sends out larger supplies of grain than the tinois, this season tells 'far behind her aggre Igate of shipments. should that section gis e anything like the suppiies heretofore received, we have no hesitation in stattivg that the grain business of this market will show, at the close, an increase of at least twenty-five per cent. over the operations of ainy preceding year. The compatrative paucity of receipts from the Upper Misssippi is attributed by miany to low waters and high freights-by others to a scanty surplus. We hear, it stated, however, by those who atre in constant communication wi'th traders at prom inent poinite, that large lots of graini are held ready for shipment, awaiting only fair opportuni ties for tranisportation. it is somew~hat singular that withi these liber al supplies, and a fair prospects for their continu ance, that prices should be at the figures which our market, reports exhibit. WVheat, corn and oats are nearly at twice the sum they comman ded one year ago.-St. Louis Republican, April 28th. CAYUGA LAKE.-The Ithtien Journal says that a phelomenoa similar to the one noticed in the water of the Seneca Lake has been obser ved in those of the Cayuga. The waters sud denly rose about three feet, five inches mtd re mained at that height six or seven minutes, then sub-sided, and after a brief interval, aigain rose two feet and then fell to its original level. It is stated that while rising like a huue wave, the water turned up t wo old wrecks of boats rear the pier, which were completely imbedded in mud. in the reflux an old boat turned up neatr the pier, which no onie ever remembered having seen. An oid fisherman said he had lived be side the Cayuga fifty years, and he never knew it to cut such tantrums before. THE Huntsville Democrat, of the 10th instant, says:-" We regret to state that William Brad ford, son of Capt. David Bradford, of this vicini ty, was, on Tuesday morning last, killed by ,John E. Spotswood, of this place, who was im mediately arrested, and at the time of our wvriting was awaiting an examnination. Wec understand the parties had a difficulty at the fire on the night previous; that they met on the square the next morning, when the difficulty was renewed, which resulted in the death of Mr. Bradford by a pistol ball in a few minutes. .THE English are discovering that it is impos sible to carry on a cheap war, and the taIxes are beginnng to press upon the nation. The Lon don limes, reflecting uponi the thirty millions of pounids a year which the war now costs, says that, in order to pay for one soldier at the seat of war, or one horse, or to -supply a Lancaster gun for half an hour, they must paiy wvhat would maintain four or five families in* comfort, keep up a good parish school, provide an active clergy man for a neglected distri~t, or do some other good work that, maty be will never be done. As there is now' no prospect of a peace, newr expen. s(s must be incurred to carry on the war su cesfully. . . gg We learn, says the Columbus Enquirer, that a. slight frost was perceptible on thte 12th inst., Wed neday morning, in Russeit county, Ata, about eight Oye abVertiser. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGElIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1855. 5w" TuE sickness of the Editor will account for the absence of editorial matter this week. LEIGH'S CARRIAGE ESTABLISHMENT. THE reader will please look over there on that col umn of new advertisements and ree what LEaG is after In the Carriage line. Success he is evidently de termined on, and with " Busu" as superintendant we think he can't well fail of it. DISTRESSING AFFAIR. WE regret to learn that on Thursday last Mr. L BUTLER, a highly respectable citizens of our District, suffered a severe accident in the loss of one of his legs. The following letter, for which we are indebt. ed to .a r. W. A. STROTIsR, will show the particu lars of this unfortunate occurrence. MAY 9th, 1855. DEAR COLONT.,-It was my painful lot with seve ral of my neighbours on yesterday, about one o'clock, to be an eye witness to the amputation of Mr. L. BUTLER's right leg, by Drs. MAYER, MAYNARD and YARBOROUGH. Mr. B's leg was taken off half way up his thigh. Mr. BUTLER met with the accident which made it necessary that his leg should be amputated, whilst re pairing and training a Circular Saw at Coleman's Mall. He had put the saw in motion, but having no weight on the carriage did not run steady. Mr. B. stepped upon the carriage himself in order to make the saw rum smooth, at the same time had a negro boy at the handle of the gearing; Mr. BUTLRR speak ing to him, and the boy misunderstanding him, imme diately threw the saw out of gear, and the carriage suddenly stopping threw Mr. BUTLER backwards across the saw which nearly took off his leg abovethe knee. Yours, &c., W. A. STROTHER. Condensed Items. g The St. Louis Republicanof Wednesday week says: " We have known for some time that cholera existed among the new recruits at Jefferson Barracks, but it did nut strike us as of so alarming a character as to require special notice. The disease now yields readi ly to prompt treatment, and of the total number of persons attacked-abuut seventy-only fourteen cases I terminated fatally." C" An inquiringgenius has 'diskivered'theinsigna of the Know-Nothings. He says it consists of the American eagle holding in his bill a ' furriner,' by the seat of his breeches. W" There is living within five miles of Louisville, a child that has a fatherand mnther, grand father and grandmother, great grar dmother and great grandfa the:, great-great grandfather and great-great grand other, all living in good health. gg" The Treasury Department publishes that it has no means of determining between genuine and counterfeit Continental bills, and that it is authorized to redeem genuine ones for half a century only. g7 Forty-one first class three story residences, and a hundred smaller classedliouses, are in progress of erection in Washington City. rw Men's happiness springs mainly from moder ate troubles, which afford the mind a healtiful stimt. lus, and are followed by a re-adion which produces a cheerful flow of spirits. L3 A man who lives beyond the usual term of lafe, is like a boy who stays beyond the usual age at school. He becomes solitary, and the routine is tedi ous to him. CT' A writer of high reputation is often praised for his fautti, because, in criticising acknowledged genius, men think it safer to praise than censure. ZV It is stated in one of our exchanges that dur ing the present year, there will I robably he raised a grape crop sufficient to make 600,000 gallons of Ca tawba wine. The demand for the article far exceeds thec product. gg The Liverpool Times has an article express ing the hope that, if a war betwcen Spain and the United States arises out of Cuba, Enagland will not not take sides wvitha either. It says thtat such is the ,mniversal sentiment of England-even of the aristo cracy-and that its sympathiles, in such a contest, would be with thme United States. gg' Thae London Morning Post says that arrange ments are in progress in Canada for raising two regi mnents of Infantry foir the Crimea, arnd that thte dtaty of organizing this force hans been entrusted to Cul. J. LI. G. Tuilloch, the military superintendent of pen sioniers in British North Amnerica, a most able and experienced officer. gg' The H~on. N. P. Banks, of Mlassachusetts,lhas been pot on the track fur Speaker of the House of the United States Representatives. Mr. B. is a Know. Nothing. 1W" A public meeting at Lexington, Mo., on the 19th of March, resolved to raise 10,000 to assis: emi grants to Kansas from the slaveholding States. ggY The Cotunty Court of Washington county, Kentucky, has appropriated one thousand dollars to buy corn to relieve the needy. 27 At the present session of the Supreme Court in Springfield, Lucinda C. Nevers of Longmeadow, recovered $5,249 34 (If Samuel C. Booth, forinjurles stustainied by thte bite of defendant's dog. 27 A t a meeting of thes Board of the Trustees of South Carolina College, held last eveniing, S. J. Mc Aliley, esq. wits elected to fill a vacanicy in the Board caused by ihe dleath of Guv. Johnson.-Carolinian. 5W" A counsellor at law was fined two dollars and costs ont Wednesday in a police court for smoking a cigar ini the streets of Boston. gW" Professor Agassiz, P'rofessor of Natural His tory in Harvard College, hats, it is stated, had the of fer of a sinmilar positio~n in thec University of Edinburg, Scotland, at a salary of $10,000. He declines the offer, preferring to remain at Harvard, from his desire to mould and devehope scientific learning in thtis court try. gg Samuel Rogers, 'the poer, is greatly improved in health, and is now enabled to take carriage airingi daily. The venerable poet enters his 93d year in July g5 The Scientific American caistions its readers against the use of painted pails, and says the oxide of lead, with which pails are painted, is dangerous pois on, and has been known to be productive of evil in many cases. 5gT James Willoughby shot himself dead last w 'eek in Louisa couinty, Va., b-icause a young lady re fused to marry him.. 5W"- A detachment of U. S. troops has left Baton Rouge, La., to reinforce Kentaucky West. 5gW" One of the largest distilleries in Scotland the Leith distillery, where 1,200,000 gallons of whiskey used annaually to be nianaufactured, las just been con verted into a flour mill. 5W"'Jacktson Waffle forged an order for $10 in Rochester, but it was hard to prove it. The Justice however, asked him to write a few words, when he betrayed himself by spelling " have," " halve," as lie had also dlone in the rorged order. The 1 sent the poor fellow to jail. A Cockney friend observes that a per sistance in bad courses will probably send him to 'h. gW' About three years ago, a man named Wells was sentetnced, int Washington, to be hung for murder, and, after the gallows had been erected, President Fillmore commuted the sentence to imprisonment for life. A few days since, Wells employed coutnsel to bring hitm up on habieas corpuss, and contend for his hang toor pardon onhiam.thrnot 525i' A haul of herring was made in the Arkendahe anding, on the Potomac, on Monday 23d ult. ET" The A bbeville Bainier, speaking of tihe Lo. csts, says, " This mysterious insect, we learn, has appeared recently in our District in large nuambers the fences, ground, and trees in some places are alive with them. 'What does it portend ? 3W" The quantity of snow still remaining at the North, is given by some authorities as the cause of the backwardness of the season. SSno'W f.l in Buflbio; N. Y., on Monday 'af OBP The editor of the Eastern Argun, who is at present Secretary of Legation at London, writes home to that paper.that the French Emperor, during his re cent visit to England, received our Minister, Mr. Bu chanan, with marked civility, and expressed the I ope that America and France might always be at peace. gg A letter from Turin, In the Eco d'Italia, says that Victor Emanuel, King of Sardimia, has witten to the Emperor Napoleon, expressin? a desire to ac* company him to the Crimea. The Emperor is said to have been pleased with the idea, and readily give his consent. Oy The Calcutta correspondent of the London Times states that a great eflbrt will now be made to establish a direct communication between Australia and England, across the Isthmus of Panama, as soon as the completion of the Panama Railroad is known in those distant regions. For the Advertise. MRa. EITo :-In your last paper I see an arti cle upon the subject of the Apostolic Succession, denying this dogma of the Church, upon which, in my opinion, the fact of is existence on the earth depends. I am no Catholic, or Protestant, but I wish to be shown more clearly than your courteous writer has done, the truth of what he indirectly but obviously holds, vi-e: that this succession, as held by the Church, is erroneous, before I avow positive infidelity. When I look around me and see the distinguished personages of our country avowed infidels, and see men and children flocking into the church-a they call it, without even having heard of the Apostle's creed, or being able to give one solid reason for their faith-living without any knowledge of the law of God, and yet claiming the right to teach their teacher, to contemn him in his old age, to eject him from the ministry, aid to dis regard him as a messenger from God, I refer it to the general conclusion amongst us that there is really no teacher from God-and that the ministry is a matter of indifference, in the discretion of the hearers. As I have nothing original to any, I will oppose to the argument in your paper wha .1 have seen somewhere, and leave to the conscientious mind to determine whether it does not deserve the most. solemn cobsideration. If there be no such succession, infidelity is inevitable. In proof of our position, that Jesus Christ has ap pointed, commissioned a body of teachers with an thority to teach, we quote the well known passage in St. Matthew's Gospel,:28th chapter: " All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye, therefure, and teach all nations; * * * * teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com manded you ; and behold I am with you all days unto the consummation of the world." Also, St. Mark, 16th chapter: "Go ye unto all the earth, and preach the Gospel unto every creature." And Epheasians, 4th ebapter: "And some indeed he gave to be Apocitles, and some Prophets, and some Evangelists, and others Pastors and teachers. These are cononleimve its to the fact that Jesus Christ did commi or insti tute the Ecclesia .n is from one who had aut from one unto whom-was n and in earth ; it was a , teach all nations, to preach -reature" -equivalent, to s s and in dividuals-and to -er Jesus Chriat himself co The commissioi is express, as unequivocal, a' to and was given by our bles surretion, immediately befo. That this was ion to the Apostles >ersou ie ternis of the commission i. th which it closes. It was t .nissioa of a body or corpors ', beginning with the A postle etclbd they were, must i:aino the world. For they who -ecmad ed to teach all n ..,adi h order of successi -c fe~x istence, for such ftetrs fulti, fora1 nai. , usng the term ai~ o imply .nto thein univer~slity havee term cof The .,ie f hre thngs 1t. he potle whih i to ulilthecomad o tei nisi n of. au blesed Li ave n ipracica lentimand bor, d.Th comisio ws nt o te potes inmmand commisionwas o th Apoat~e, an tandefor the bodyof eacersmustin ein wabeidentca of it-ex indiputaly adres~d o th Apotle themselves. But they cmareietca hh nAley din but twi, or as: 1st. pesnly- d -cnrusingethe Thiey rcoty paernlyieniafrthat would make thlti ite frodurin therlpersnas niu-tmeiall ntoadindividuals c wee nt seven the arcistec. Then they ofthree i at.l ihenApostle. aien toflthe commwanda rrto of thiniseacerd.Ou Tee ord,,sso gave ampcible cutommand to torh 3ThefrJsshrsdi commission waa oteAote bod thfi tpersa ih ample.e utoisy oeher ofd the cummissioneda to tah Allo'tis and therefiruathe inoth ordaerfucstsion sm wllao beeitencleit athea or evident fromithe corpoatnd "Ghye, theisutay ettrefsed onthiesio supstes ouremsi-es But tey cane ithenticwh the omstls in clost twows : stn.- ersold am with yoroatlly uTo he oenotmmerony ofnia o thal. htwo wmet ththe promises tmaevend wit whmeria Thiou they mto be'resnwey identical. wThen Ate.ormissioas to th coportion of teacwhe. furhe cosasio gav ampoll atoys uto teacn suaers ofith ae wold"thit ch' ann d spplyce eterniysione whic tec diviaions tiedo inotviduals, inThe wrer not thceApssiones perslly, bfcaxsenour blesse Sahe sa.- aiehol I am withm you nll days unto the consummation of the world." wheyi itom wog tinc ceasewasmad, asnabitt o te Baiu a the set were identical with thean AoTeefor the prsea s to ewt the A pos-ls mwt you uThe were ~tio n time that world.i lfe fot. herefore "amth boyust days unto the n csummation of te world"wihcnntapyt etertfoin ohir bhesdvsin Lod hsintimudoen, obain. Teahers weenth the Apotlssperontinuingecaueir authosit Sanidu which again 4reain utou the con uttcosummation of the world ,"wih.sa en stiftue alsndhbilmb the bleesnle dAos len sline ease quoxite sromhbitans inns 4the but otles, were somenia prophthepss, andsoevng isin notersoal theomt be patr necer,"rakeyien Godheeor he prse sei the Cihurhe Aprst, atles sodly roporatioo teahirly, teaes; after taomro.et the gracmtinoftes ofd. ng helts goheretsheid body touesmint.entoeta tonsummtio oftches wold Teahes idexticar with th aeA otheoniun clern dithority asertitGhuset min u the ucor congreation of thelievrspso. tahrsa e ayobti thesae ult from pheiend, for Ich an thetbe pastors and teachers," ppiten o athe rguthat mirad the t graes onheaing, Thes thex sormn fau as weaddIe the enerl tond attained cannot be attained without assuming the au thority and perpetuity of the body of pasturs and teachers, we have a right to conclude their authority and perpetuity; since they are appointed by God himself,who cannot fail to adapt his means to Iis ends. For what end, then, has God instituted this body of pastors and teachers ? The Apostle answers, "For the perfection of the saints, for the work of the minis try, unto the edification of the body of Christ, till we all meet in the unity of the faith. and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the age of the fulness of Christ; that we may not now be children tossed to and fro, and cairied about with every wind of doctrine, in the wickedness of men, in craftiness by which they lie in wait to deceive; but performing the truth in charity, we may in all things grow up in him who is the head,Christ ;" Eph. 4 chap. 12-15. This needs no comment. The end here proposed fur which the christian ministry is instituted is one which always and every where subsists, and must so long as the world remains. But this is an end which obviously cannot be secured but by an author tative and perpetual body of teachers. Therefore the body of tea-:hers is authoritative and perpetual. Therefore God, or God in Jesus Christ has appoint ed, commissioned a body of teachers, the Eeclesia docens, as an authoritative and perpetual corpora tion to subsist unto the consummation of the world. INQUIRER. NATIONAL WASHINGTON MONUMENT.-The Board of Managers of the fund have issued an address, in which they make the following ap. peal for means to complete the Monument: - A new Board of Managers have now been ap pointed. We come into office under favorable auspices, and with well founded hopes of means to prosecute the work. Since our election, on the 22d February last, we havi not been idle. Our arrangements have been begun, and are in progress. We appeal to the people. We wish no legislature aid. We look to free hearts; we call upon all, not the liberal and the generous alone. We call upon each man who this day walks erect in all the panoply of freedom in this broad land, who is not dead to the common im pulses of humanity, who is worthy in the least degree of the countless and diversified blessings by which lie is surrounded, we call upon men everywhere to contribute each his mile. A great and ighty people of twenty-five millions can not be so dead to the sensations which are in nate in every breast at the bare naming of such a benefaction as to refuse or neglect to give their aid in such a cause. Let every man, then, who feels his,heart beat with American pulsnti>ns, and every man who reveres the name of Washington, singly or in companies, communicate directly with our See retary, and send in hi, contribution to our Treas uror, or suggest a mode for its coilection. AN INCIDENT OF WAa.-We extract the fol lowing passage from the letter of a private sol dier, dated at Sevastopol, and published in the London Times: " Having seen Mr. Russell's growing descrip tion of the battle of Inkermnann, I need not at tempt to say a word on the subject. From his description all you wanted to give life to the word-painting was to hear the roaring of the cannons, and listen to the clash of arms. One scene, however, I cannot withhold, as it affected me so much. In the heat of the battle a young Russian officer made himself very conspicuous, and appeared indifferent to danger. He was yuong, tall, handsome. and indeed beautiful. Twice I had my rifle raised to shoot him, but my heart smote me, and I turned it in an.ther direction. In an hour I saw him again, but, oh how changed. His cheeks, which had been flushed with the heat of the strife, were now deadly pale. He Ivy, or hailf-reclined, on the edge of a hillock, and held the miniature-like ness of a pretty young lady in his hand, which had been tied to his neck by a small gold chain. His eyes were fixed upon it, but they were fixed in death. I cannot tell you what my feelings were. .Indeed,! cannot venture. It would un mnan me." A GAY SCENE IN ParIs.-A late letter from Paris. alluding to the preparations for the great fair, says: " The shopkeepers here, especiatlly the jewel lers, are filling their windows with their costly wares, to dazzle the eyes of the fair vi.iturs, and extract goodly bumns from the pockets of their "worse halves." In the Rue de la Paix, Palatis Royal, anid Boulevardse, more than 100) millions of francs' worth of diamonds alone are offered to the admiring eyes of the Janears; and other jewels are displayed in proportionate prouson Another of the signs oi the time..s is the immense inrease in the price of~ furnished aparttments -for lodgings which were dear a feiw weeks ago at 300 franecs p)er month-1,000 and 1,500 francs are now demanded as a mere matter of course." No MERCY FOR SEBASTOPo-The London Times is in a rage at the obstinate resistance of the Russians at Sebastopol, and thtus cries out for vengeance: Never was there a town so little entitled to mercy as Sebastopol. It is no ancietnt city that has grown up undcr the influence of arts and manufactures, and is threatened with destruction because its evil destinies hatve made it a lortress: It has been built for the purpose of menace atid attack upon aii offending necighbor; it is ilic in-. strumient as well as the syttbol of aggression. To destroy it would he a signal service to hu mnity-one of. those catastrophes of war at which the sta~te~smant and philosopher itight'equah ly rejoice. ___ SINGULAR ESCAPE.-A few days since, while Mrs. D~anforthi, of Wairren, Pa., was engaged ini her u~sual duijes, at heavy thumder storm cnme up, aiid in the mzidst of its fury a iighttning stroke descended upon hier, burniing the hair fronm the crown of the head to the back of the neck, melting tier hair pins, and proceedinug down tier body-leaving its mark as it went-until it patss ed through the floor. Strange to say, the lady lived and is rapioiy recovering. En OF THE AE IU; L TRP.-New Orleans, La., papers of Wednesday, 2d inst., announice the safe arrival of Mr. Goiddard and his balloon at Veksburg, Miss., on the precedinig Mlonday-at distance of four hu::dred mites fromt New Or leans, which was performed ini a few hours, in eluding a stoppage at Port Gibson, Miss., and landing three of the passengers at that place. SINGULAn ACCIDENT.- The Brownstown, In* diana, Democrat records a singular accident which happenied to Mr. W. Cunniinghuam, of thait vicinity, on Friday hast. ilMr. C. had cut off the joint of~ a green alder, and forced the pith tight together at one eiid, and filled the openi end with molteni leatd, which condensed steam from the green alder att the bottotm and exploded, making at report like the. firing of a pistol, and forced the contents, about a poutid of lead, in the face of Mr. C., injuring him seriously. Dr. Wort ex tracted several pieces of lead, buried in C.'s face, as large as rifle balls. The injury is very serious but not supposed to be mortal. CUROUS REWARD OFFERED fOR RETURNING A RUNAwAY WIFE.-A husband, residing in a small village in the interior, thtus announces the .deprture from hts "bed and board" of~ his dear ly beloved: My wife Annie Marie hits strayed or been stolen. Whoever returns her will get his head broke. As for trusting Jher, any body can do as the sees fit-for as I tnever pay may own debts, it is not likely that I will laiy awake nights thinking iibout other people's. THE MioRMos.-From all accounts the miis sionaries oef the Mormons are proselyting vigor ously in Europe just now. It is stated that more thiat five hundred Latter Day Saints arri ved at Phiilitdelphia froit Liverpool on Saturday in thie ship .turenta, and, four hunidred and twen tyfour zealeits reatched thie same port a few days previous, all bound direct for Great Salt Lake City. BETTER TIME:-lt is noted, as a sign of better times, that the newspapers being to ex hibIt an unusual number of marriage notices. During the late prtissure this department of the daily journals fell off just in proportion to the pres.ure and the prie t afoond. From the Richmond, Va., Enquirer. TIE SOUT KUST PBEPhAE 20E TE WORST The ' Atlantic" has brought us the speech of Louis Napoleon, in reply to the address of the municipality of London. This speech, if there had been a reasonable doubt before the subject, fully reveals the ulterior purposes of the entente cordiai in the following sentences: Indeed, England and France are naturally united on all the great questions of politics and human progress that agitate the world. From tiLe shores of the Atlantic to those of the Medi terranea)-from the Baltic to the Black Sea from the desire to ABOLISH SLAVERY, to our hopes fur the amelioration of all the coun. tries of Europe, I see in the mu)al as well as in the political world for our nations, but one course and one end." (Applause.) Such were the words deliberately pronounced by the Emperor of the French at Guildhall, in London, on the 19th ultimo. They are of the very gravest import to the South of any that ever proceeded from human lips. They confirm every thing that we have at repeatedly said of the object of British and French intervention in the aflairsof this Continent. That object is now boldly, distinctly emphatically avowed and ap plauded by the most illustrious personages of the British realm. SLAVERY IS TO BE ABOLISHED under the operations of the An. glo-French alliance! We have not only an in. sidiuus, internal enemy arrayed against us, but the most powerful and apparantly determined external one that could possibly be formed. The time fur the united and resolute action of the Southern States has at length arrived. Their inhabitants cannot longer fold their arms and shut their eyes to the danger which mena. ces their political existence. It has become a palpable reality. They are threatened from without and within the Union, and if they do not prepare to resist the execution ot the threat, they will assuredly lose all that renders life any thing but a curse to them, since they will be shorn of all its blessings. it immediate action, and that in the closest bonds of cemented broth erhood, their security alone depends. In the abolition of slavery France, like Eng. faid, has ruined her Conlonies. She has, there. fore, a peculiary interest in its abolition in this hemisphere. In the Island of Martinique, pre. viousto the emancipation of the 75,000 slaves there, an average crop of sugar amounted to 28.000,000 lbs. The year after the event the pro. ductioti was diminished to 15,000,000. In Guad. aloupe, previous to the emancipation of the 100, 000 slaves there the yhild amounted in the ag. gregate to 33,000,000 lbs. The year after the eveinit fell to 12,000,000 lbs. In the Isle of Bourbon, previous to the m:ncipation of the 65,000 slaves, there the yield amounted to 26,. 000,00U lbs. The year after the event it fell off one-half. The hope of Louis Napoleon for ic suscitating the estaites in those Colonies, is in abolishintg the slave labor with which they have to compete, in Cuba and elsewhere. But there are a few weightier considerations which inliuenced him to announce at London hi.s intention " to abolish slavery." If lie had not perceived sati.factorily before he crossed the channel that Great Britain stood in a humilita. ting position before him, it was rendered clear enough by the adulatory manifestations which accompanied him from the time his folit touched British soil until he re-embarked. In Gnildhall he beheld " Inperi..l England" at his feet. The only puwtr on earth which be regarded as a rival, growing fron day to day more grand, was America. To subjugate her, he knew, was an idea too absurd to be entertained even by a fatalist. " Divide and conquer" upon the Exeter Hall principle was impossible. loreover, the notion was pCCiliairy flattering to British pride and complimentary to British philanthropy. In the name of the South, we thank the Em peror of the French for this declaration of his intentions to abolish slavery. We have no lon ger a concealed enemy to prepare for. We now understand him, and if we fail to bring all the force that we can commund to thwart him in his purpose, it will be itecause we are fit to be ciush. ed and for nothing else. We have had fore warnings enough, the last an unmistakable one. For a time, the allies are likely to have a suf fi-iency of emiployment for their navies in the Black Sea and the Baltic. :The war iseof more uincertain duration than ever. A monthi may terminmate it ; or years may not. When it is fin ished, the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea may be covered with French and English erni sers, and the Africaniization of Cuba completed even without the consent of Spain, were that consent with-held or in any manner conditionail. This would be a spectucle wh~ich we can scarce lv sulpio any but the mnyst soul-hardened Knrow Nothinigs could contemplate without be ing terror-stricken. The suecess of the Secret Order would invite it. Such an occurrance in Virginia would be construed abroad into a tacit acquiescenice of the sentiments expressed at Guildhall. We fear- no such results, however. We know that there is an abundance of patriot. im in the South to shield it from encroachments whenever it is rallied, and it will rally when it learns that such designs as those expressed by Louis Napoleon are deliberately entertained by him. IMr. Mason, in his masterly speech at the last session of Congress, upon F"rench and Eniglish interference on this continet, stated that lie had nodoubt a that measures, if not nmow in progress, will be speedly taken to bring this matter of Europeatn interferetice, in questions purely ol American ai:nd domestic interest, to an issue, that we may know the mueaning of it. how far it goes, aind to what it tends. When that issue is preented to the A met ican people, if I am capa. ble of uniderstatndiing the hearts of my country. m.n, there will be bitt one voice." Without further enquiry on the subject by our Government, we think this meaning of thet interference has been very explicitly explained in Guildhmall. Let the voice of the South, whether the North responds or not, be mnanifes ted upon it in our elections. AN ENGLIaHMAN's.OPIsioN OF AFFAiltS IN HIs oWN CoUNTRY AND ELsEwHRE.-An Englieb man in New York senids to the Courier and Ennirer the subjoinied article, stating that it is fromt one of the coolest heads in England-a member of the aristocracy, anid of a family which for antiquity aind public service has no superior in thait country. The extract, reads thus: " You of course know that we have no army and no known Genemratl; that we have a raw mil itia at present useless, a great want of sailors, and a very discontented public, their brutal voice crying out for more victims now, when the Rusian power in the Black Sea is paralyzed for many years to-come. It must be strange to the intelligent regard of foreign countries, that we should, confessedly plaiying second liddle with perfect complacency, allow our mierro~w ic be sucked out, by France in destroying the naval power of our natural friend in. the Mlediter ranean. The eyes of other nations must be closed, not to observe with distrust the two great nuaval powers of the world, joined to dictate; anid the possession of Gibraltar and Sinhta, distrusting the 'holder of Sebastopol, declaring that the acquisition of the Crimea is unjust, while Algiers is a French possessionti We may expect a row about Poland, but, what, is to be dune with Hungary ? We gave away Norway, and now talk of taking back Finland! Europe will either be under the power if a Na pti on, including England, or must become one vast Federal power. I cannot say that the mob arguments are in. consistent with Republican, or rather Democratic propagandism; but they are itnconsistent, with a1 French or German alliatnce; and if such opin, ions may govern our Foreign Offce, no Pence can be made in which we are not silenced; for we have now demonstrated that we aure scarcely a third rate pow~er its a military nation. In our external policy we'want a thrashing, having offended Heaven in our swagger; while at home every sign speaks but t9o significantly of Rerolution. DE~iCATE . MuiUNPICf.qC.-On Sundiiy last, among the contributions at the Church of the Holy Communion, to the funds of St..Lukc's Hospital, wits a roll of live one thousand dollar bills. They wvere dropped so quietly into the plate that not even the gentlieman who~ received them knew from whom they came. The givet is to be envied: less for his ability; to spare such a sum, than for the. disposition which led him to bestow it on such a cause in such a wat -Ne York Enquire - The anti-slavery sentiment in -Massachusetts has been showing Itself recently in very decided forms. Since the Burn3 cue and the passage of the Nemlisba Kansas act by Conkress,the opposition to-th fughive slave law has become so intense that it daounts almost to a pianis among a large proportion of the people. In the Bassachutetts Legelatere the overwhelming mnjority in favor of' the removal of JudgeLor, ing shows how deeply fined and general Is the determination to prevent the execntion of the law in Massachusetts in future... But A bolder step titan the removal of Judge Loriugis abo'it to be taken. An act, with' th-title,."An anet to protect the rights and ribeirtis of'tfie people of MasAnchiusetts," has been reported to the Senate, which according to the 'Naeei pro ' poses "the rankest wileation." Ftom' that. paper we copy an outline of the bl. It provides that every alleged fugthir fromi -' service shall be estilled to the benefli of"the writ of habeas.corpus,.which may be' issad-4by. the S'opieme Court, Court of Common P'eas,. any Justive's Court, or Police Court of any cit or town, by any Court of Record, or any' Justices, of either such, courts, or by any udge - of Probate, or even b ny Justice-of the Peaee' if none' of thd before.'nawed ma'tntes are known to be within five miles of the place where the party is imprisoned. Any comrt befoir which this writ shall be made retvnoible shalb be authorized to order a trial by jury fa eltiost - to the facts, or *to admit the party to baffin. sum not exceeding $2,000. Any claimant 1 - the person for whose benefit said writ is sued out shall state in writing the facts on which he relies, ar.d neither the claimant of the alleged fugitive, nor any person interested in his service or labor, nor the alleged fugitive, shall be per mitted to testify at the trial; and no confessidnas, admissions or declarations of the alleged fugi;s tive against himself sh.ll be given in evidence.. No person holding a State office is allowed to issue any warrant or grint any certificate under the fugitive slave act, of the United Stateb, or in any capacity to serve any such warrant, under penalty of forfeiting his office, and being forever ineligible to any oflice of trust or emolument under the laws of the Commonwealth fn the case of Judges, such administration of the law of Congress shall be deemed sufficient ground ' for impeachment ior removal by address. Any' person who shall act as edunsel or attorney for any claimant for any alleged fugitive from ser vice or-labor, under or by virtue of the acts of Congress, shall be deemed to have resigned any,. commission from the Commonwealth that he may possess, and shall be thereafter incapacita. ted from appearing as counsel or attorney iin the courts of this Commonwealth. Sheriffs, deputies, coroners, constables poliwp. offieers at.d the volupteer milita are all fo'rbiden to aid in any way in the arrest or rendition of a, fugitive .slave, under penalty of $1,000 W $2. 000 fine, each and every one them, and impris. onment in the State prison for one or two years.: The Governor is to be authorised to appoint a public commissioner in every county of the State to defend the alleged fugitive, and to defray all necessary expenses in doing this. No jail or other place of confinement in the Com. monwealth can be used as a place of detention, for any alleged fugitive. H-o1. HoWELL CoaB.-The Democracy of the Congressmonal Ditrit forinciy so ably re presented by lion. Howell Cobb. of Georgia, and laelv by Hon. Juains V. Hillyer, seemu to be unaniminous in asking the c-onsent of Ex-Gov. ermor Cobb to be a candidate at the'coming election. . There appears to belittle or no oppo. sition to him-Judge lillyer having withdrawn from the fie'd. This intelligence will' be most gratifying to the Democratic party of the conn. try. In all respeets Hownil Cobb is a model statesman, and a courageous and. consistent supporter of Democratic principles.. Should he. agree to come to the next Congress, he will be of great service -to the country, especially in opposing and defeating the schemes of those combined enemies who look forward to a victo ry over the only party that defies and assails them.-Wash. Union. . *T ~oNICLE AND, B3ETINEL FO -- - The ro'prietor of the Cronicle & Seinel ffers his establishment for sale. ft is an excellent opportunity for some man to make a fortune. Read the aInnexed card. In order to carry out a revolution long since formed-that of retiring from the printing busi ness-the undersigned now offers the above es tablishment for sale. It is ono of the best ap pointed officees in the State, with perhaps a lar ger circulation than any other. Attached to it is a large and extensive Job. Offiee and Book Bindery, and all th'e machinery propelled by steatm. Presuming that those desiring to ptur hase will call and look for themselves, wve deem it un:.eeessary to say tmore, than that the terms wi'l be liberal, and that a bargain can be had. WM. S. JONES. EZOIrUMET nr MIBSOURI. CumcAoo, Mfay 8.. The Platte (Mo.) Argus cotntains the proceed-. ings of a meetitng held at Weston, at which reso lutions were paissed declaring that self defence required the expulsion of every person opposed to negro slavery ; such persons being robbers and traitors who had no right to the protection of law. They also ratified the proceedings at Parksville, declaring the only argnuments against bolition paper, to be the Missouri River, the bon fire amnd the rope. They pledge.l themselves to go to Kansas to help expel those engaged in crrupting slaves. A grand meeting was called at Pitrksville for the 5th inst. DISGRACEFU;L ELEC'TIOM Rioxs AT LoUtWIJLLE. -On atudayan election was ,held at Louis vink., in ,o magistrates and comsstables, result. in ntesuccess of the know-nothings with out serious opposition. The election, howyever. was characterized by some disgraceful scenes. A mamn named Win. Gray fired twice at another person, but missed his arm. A - mob then pur sued Gray, who received two balls ,in his body, and it is said several passed through, his hat. A German. seeing some of his friends attacked with brick-bats, fired a revolver twice, and wounded two persons. He w:.s pursui d to his coffeehouse, severely beaten, and every thing in his estaiblishment demolished. The Louisvillo Jotrnal, from whichi we gather these particulars, does not charge any particular party with, being in the wrong, butt very correctly calls upon the authorities to punish them, no matter to what' party they tayv be attached. Tus CHEAPEST Foo.-One hundred pone of good wheat flour contain 90- pounds of pure' nut ritive matter and 10.pounds of waiter. On.e hundred pounds of potatoes contain from 20 to 25 pounds of nttritive matter, depending upon, the quality of the potatoes, say-.224 pounds, upon ano average, consisting almnost entirely of starch, and 774 pounds of water and insert mat ter. ft requires, therefore, exactly four hund'red pounds of potatoes to supply the same amounts of nutriment that one hundred pounds of wheat for supply. The best yotatoes walghabOa 4 pounds to the bushel, and a bushel eonitaini4 15 1-5 pounds of nutriment. At two doltara per busuel, or fifty cents a peok~fhi retail price latety ini our markets, the ~utriiv.pg9i of potatoes costs .a' fraction oyver thirteeno cents a pound. which is equivaleM ie twenty-thee dotl bars and fifty :cets fars barrel of iood flo.r W bile fiourhas 4qbl in pri~ee o4 potatog have Inereased at l'ourfod rate. AsTrcuuaTEDf T~aou~ i.E BosToi.-aThe prg hibitory liquor law. of Massachusetts goes iuhto operationonth'e20th instant,' and as its-pt-od sions are of the most resttictive .chataeter, fenam are entertained -in Boston of .open resistancef not riot and' bloodshed. TIme~ Ti'mes' of~ihi ity says there is a -secet orgainztlon of i,700 men pledged to resist the law;andithtanhenfrrt gallon of liquor ,destroyed .b Jhe. authw.t'jg wit be the sic mal fdf nation: -T ho3fayor', w ever, seems deteriwined't enforce the law,.and has issued his proclammuluon eilling-uy i~e citizens to observe its tirovisions, or take .th& consequencese' . 'WtmTi A NUTsu .LA0h London Times ay tht the lack Af sec'esi ef-the 'aillies 'bfof Sebastopol "may be satmmed tup in oesentenc --that the Russians have .shown inore science, strength and'inventl~nitheir inodfof uWehilic