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Those desiring to advertise by the year can doso or liberal,terms-it being distinctly understood that con. tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate; legitimate business of the firm or individua contracting. Transient Advertisements must be pai for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, it ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to b paid by the Magistrate advertising. INCIDENT INTHE HISTORY OF NORTH CAlLItNA At the late commencement of the Universitl of North Carolina an address before the literary societies was delivered by George Davis, of Wilmington. His theme was, " The Earl; Times and Men of the Lower Cape Fear." The speaker recited, during the.course of his oration the following thrilling and ever memorable inci dent in the history of the Old North State. It speaking of the position of North Carolina it the great struggle for American freedom, h said: In the first of the year 1766, the sloop of wai Dilligence arrived in the Cape Fear, bringing the stamps. Now, look what shall happen She floats as gaily up the river as though she came on an errand of grace, with sails all set and the cross of St. George flaunting speak her cannon frowning upon the rebellious littli town of Brunswick, as she yawns to her anchor People of Cape Fear, the issue is before you The paw of the lion is on your heads-the ter rible lion of England ! Will you crouch sub missively, or redeem the honor that was pledgei for you? You have spoken brave words aboul the rights of the people-have ye acts as brave Ah! gentlemen, there were men in North Car. lina in those days. Scarcely had the stamp ship crossed the bar when Colonel Waddell was watching her fron the shore. He sent a messenger to Wilmingtor to his friend Colonel Ashe. As she rounded tc her anchor, opposite the Custon House al Brunswick, they-appeared upon the shore, with two companies of friends and gallant yeomen al their backs. Beware, John Ashe!-Hugh Wad. dell, take heedA Consider well, brave gentlemen the perilous issue you dare! Remember that armed resistance to the King's authority is trea. son! In his palace, at Wilmington the " Woll #of Carolina" is already chafing against you; and know you not that yonder, across the water, England still keeps the Tower, the Traitor's Gate, the scaffold and the axe I Full well they know; but They have set their lives upon the cast, And now must stand the hazard of the die. By threats of violence they intimidated the commander of the sloop, and he promises not to land his stamps. They sieze the vessel's boat and hoisting a mast and flag, mount it upon a cart and march in triumph to Wilmington. Up. on their arrival the 'town is illuminated. Next day, with Colonel Ashe at their head, the people go in crowds to the Governor's house, and de. mand of him Jamnes Houston, the stamp master, Upon his refusal to deliver him up forthwith, they set about to burn his houso above hir head. Terrified, the Governor at length com. plies, and Houston is conducted to the market house, where, in the presence of the assembled people, ho is made to take the solemn oath nov. er to execute the duties .of his office. Three glad hurrabs ring. through the old market house and the stamp act falls stillborn in North Caroll. us. [Cheers] And this was more than'ten yeari before the Deelaration of Independence, nn before the Battle of Lexington, and nearly ieight before the Boston Tea Party. The de struction of the tea was done in the night by men in disguise, and. history blazons t, and New England boasts of ir, and the fame of ii is~ world-wide. But this other act, more gallani and'daring, done in open day by well knowi men, with arms in their hands and under the King's fing-who remembers or who tells of it When will history do justice to North-Carolina1 Never, till some faithful and loving son of he, own shall gird his lions to the task with un. wearied industry and ulanhing devotion to the honor of his dear old mother. COLONIZATION OF KANSAS. *The Rev. Mr. Starr delivered a lecture in New York last week, upon the subject of the Colonization of Kansas. lie was somewhat severe upon the Bostonians for the loud preten. tions! made respecting the funds to be raised and the men to be sent to people Kansas Term tory; and in connection with his remarks there. upon, gave some rather happy delineations of local eharacteristiets: " The instant the Kansas.Nebraska bill passed last year, we had a great demonstration made at Boston, and they said were going to raise a capital of $5,000,000 to send 20,000 men of grit and pluck to Kan'sas. I don't know what bas become of the S5,000,000. But when they talked- about $5,000,009 and 20,000 men, that sounded large to ~the people in the State ol Missouri, wh'ich is a slave State, and men who did'nt want to have their property depreciate 25 per cent. or so in the course of a couple of years, took alarm at all this big talk-which, by the way, did'nt mean anything-was nothmng but gas. That.kind of talk led the State o1 Missouri to say: "Who's going to take that Kansas? If they've got $5,000,000 we've got $50,000,000. There's one thing at any rate we can do-we enn out bully them and out fight - them." For they all have the idea that oe Southern, man can whip fifteen Northerns. have friends there who have just this ides, that a Northerner can't fight, don't know how to fight, has'nt got any blood in him to fight, and that one Southerner is equal to fifteen North, ,erncrs at any time in any thing. - People at the North all-the while talk aboul Southern chivalry as though: there was not any there; they think that when they come to talli right up to a Southerner he will come down At the South they say the Northerners do noth. - ng but gas all the while. Now, to my mind theyare both badly mistaken. In the Soutl there is an 'utter recklessness about which .wi *kno'nothing at the North; they are diway. ready to fight at the drop of a hat. They hac just as lief die about a sixpence as about a mil lion of dollars when their blood is up. Here a *the North. are of a different temperament. Ii the South, tell a man he lies and' say, " I wan an apology or I'll kiII you," and he is taught t< keep excited until he will kill you. Here at tha North, tell a man he lies and he is very muel obliged to you, but until you prove it, is merel: an assertion. I suppose men. North can figh just as well as men South, but when the Norti think the South have got no pluck they are jus as badly mistaken. s-The Northerner fights fror a feeling of duty, the Southerner from excite *mont. SLAVS ARRESTED.-Three negro men, at tempting to make their escape from .the- servie of their masters, were arrested yesterday o board of the passenger cars of the Charlotte o Columbia Uailroad by the conductor, Mr. F. C Fowrler, snd.broughat back to the city. The -had forged pa'ises in their possession, by mean -of which they had purchased their passag .tickets. The officers of our Railroads cannc be too cautious. It would be well, if all appia aations for passage of negroes werel refused ur less made by their owners in person.-Colunat bia Times. *Tire Fos'iE I'T CnvouqxL.-A pabrtion c the citizens of Cineinnatti, having made arrange meets for a celebration on-the 4th of July, frot whish Catholics are to be excluded, another eel .eratonls,being got up withoute referene.Q party or sect. Mayor.Fars, U. S.'Senator PugI and other well known gentlemen are among th .ad..ae of this nati.etarian movement. ARTHUR SIMKInS, EDITOR, EDGEPIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 4,1855. . APOLOGETIC. RAINY weather, sale-day, grass, scarcity of news, short nights, laziness, dimness of fancy, " fish to fry," dullness of intellect, and several other circumstances, enter into and make up an apology for this week's edi torial pretermission. We would give these several grounds of excuse more in eztenso, did it not occur to us that every American has an indisputable right to his perfect freedom on the still-glorious 4th of July. 12 WE are requested to state that Rev. Mr. ZrM MERMAN will pr.each at Jeter's Church on the 3d Sunday in this month, at 3 o'clock, P. M. FO1 THE ADvERTIsER. EDGEFIELD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Agreeable to appointment the citizens of our Dis trict assembled in the Court House on Monday last, and formed an Agricultural Society in order to co operate with the proposed State Agricultural Socie ty to mest in Columbia some time in next month. The meeting was called to order by Col. A. SIx xIN. Dr. JonN LAKE being called to the Chair, briefly, but pertinently, stated the object of the meeting, and offered the book for the signature of all those who wished to become members: where upon about fifty names were immediately subscribed, and the Society .proceeded to business. On motion of Maj. G. A. ADDISON, a Committee of ten was appointed by the Chair to nominate Offi cers, and the following gentlemen were nominated to their respective offices for the ensuing year : Col. JoHN HIE-r, President. Dr. Tuos. LAKE, let Vice President, Maj. T. WATSON, 2d Vice President. . Dr. E. J. Mis, Treasurer. JAS. H. M eats, Recording Secretary. Col. A. SINKINs, Corresponding Secretary. On motion of Jos. AsaNEy, Esq., the President appointed a Committee to draft a Constitution, &c., to be submitted to theadjourned meeting, sale day in August.. The following gentlemen were ap pointed: Joseph Abney, Dr. John Lake, . E. W. Perry, S. S. Tompkins, J. A. Bland. On motion of .Maj. AD6IsON, the following gen tlemen were appointed delegates to represent the Society in the State Agricultural Society, to wit: Maj. T. Watson, G. A. Addison, S. S. Tompkins, J. B. Griffin, John Lake, A. Simkins, E. W. Perry, Mt. N. Holstein, John Jennings, Sr., James Sheppard, O. W. Allen, Win. J. Walker, Lod Hill, E. J. Alims, J. A. Bland, S. W. Nicholson. On motion of Maj. W. L. COLEMAN, it was or dered that the proceedings of the Society be pub lished in the Edgefield Advertiser. On motion, the Society adjourned to meet. again on sale day in August. - J. 11. MIMIS, Recording See'ry. P. 5.-Gentlemen wishiug to join the Society, are hereby notified that the Book is open at the Clerk's Office, and we earnestly solicit the signa ture of every one interested in the success of the enterprise. "Speed the plow." FOR TU1E ADVERTIsER. ATImli ILE AND TRACT SOCIE. Turn first annual meeting of this Society was held on Monday evening last, the 25th June, in the Baip tist Church, at Aiken. 'The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Sraxwzm. The Report of the Executive Committee was read by Mr. JonN LEGARE, Chairman. The meeting was then addressed by Rev. W. W SEAR, President of the South Carolina Tract So eiety. On'motion it was resolved, that the thanks of the Society be returned to Mr. RODGERS, for giving to the Society the use of his shelves as a depository for their books-to the South Carolina Tract -Society for the gift of a large box of Tracts-and to the Rev. Mr. Sp,aa, for his Adadress. Th~e last resolu tion was passed by the whole audience rising. The following preamble and resolutions were proposed and advocated by Rev. Mr. SrAI.DING, and passed. WHIEREAS, the American TIract Society, at the instance of, and in co-operation with tho South Carolina Branch, has resol'ved to establish an effec tive system of Colportage in every State, and has already began this work in our own District, with the best prospect of success. Therefore Resolved, That it is the duty of our citizens to relieve thle Tract Society or thle expense of this undertaking, as far as in our power lies. Resolued, That we will use our best exertions to raise the sum of $200 per annum, in subscriptions, payable quarterly, to be appropriated to this pur pose. On motion it was Resolved, That the Report of the Committee and the proceedings of this meeting be published. Adjourned with prayer by Rev. Mr. SPEAR. The following is the Retort. FIsT ANNUAL. REPOR'T OF vHE ExECUTrIvE COMMIT TEE OF 'TUE AmIEN BISL.E AND TRAC'r SOCI ETY. A year having elapsed since btg organization, the Executive Committee present to the Society the following Report of our operations. The whlole amount of contributions received by the Treasurer is $49,95. A Depository for our books has been kindly furnished by Mi-. RoGEas, at whose Store the sales have been $3,41. For Bibles, or dered from Chnrleston, the Treasurer has paid $42,45, and for Tracts $7,50. Our Society being independent, and not auxiliary to any other, the Committee have felt at liberty to selet any Tracts which they might desire to cir culate. Wishing, however, to confine the distribu tion to those which are of a general (not sect arian) character, they have adopted those of the American Tract Society ; and the Committee has agreed to omit such of these, as any of their number on ex amination, are unwilling to circulate, in order tc avoid any possiblea occasion for disputes, and to se ure a hearty co-operation on the part of all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. . The Committee desire to acknowledge the gift ol a box of Tracts for gratuitous circulation from the South Carolina Tract Society, and of forty copies ol their Annual Report. The Tracts have been placed in the Depository, and in great part are already distributed. Fro-n the above statements, it appears, that out beginning has been very small; but we hope that Slike many infants whose first months are marked by great weakness and little progress, our second year'. growth may be rapid, and our usefulness greatly in~ --reased. As a means of awakening more zeal among out Sfriends, the Committee, think proper to refer to thtt operations of those greater Societie, which bear tlhi r.same name as our own, and arc extending theit Sopratops throughout our District and State. The $#Aarleston Bible Society has not published tany Report of its last year's labors, so that we art 'without full informatiun as to its proceedings. *Wt -learn however that its Agent, Rev. Mr. BoL.IES, hal travelled over a large portion of the State-supplying hundreds of families with copies of the scriptures Fand obtaining considerable funds for thre prosecutior -of the'work. He has net visited us during the year ~.and therefore no speoial appeal has been. made foi Sfunds, in aid of this Oauss. We believe thatt n< e ollections have been made in any of the Churohe Sof Aiken, in behalf of it. en Soush Carolna Tract Societ y informs us it their last Report, just published, that the American Tract Society has aeceded to their request and un dertaken tosupplythiaState with a regular system of Colportage. The Society bas.scenred the servi ces of Mr. E. L. Kramxsot, a retired- merchant of Charleston, to superintend gratuitously its operations in this State.. The Rev. N. ALDRtaIn has been act ing as Agent for the Society, throughout the year past. In consequcnce of these arrangements, a great' impulse has been given to the cause. From official sources we learn that the number of permanent Colporteurs has been increased to fif teen, and that five students of Seminaries will give their services to this work, during their summer va cations. The receipts of this Society from this State have been increased to the amount of $5,000; but even this is not sufficient to meet the.probable- ex penses, as they propose to engage a Colporteur in each District in the State, which will increase their liabilities to about $9,000 per annum. A Colporteur of this Society visited our Town in November last, and spent three weeks. In his re port of his labors, he says, "As a general thing I was well received, especially among the poor; and seldom left a house without leaving some books,. either by sale or grant. Whenever I made a se cond call, 1 was welcomed, and new books were eagerly examined." Some he found without Bibles, even among those who were intelligent and affluent. " Within two hundred yards of the Depository,1 found two families in a house, neither of whom could read, or had a Bible, or had received a visit' of any Christian friends, though they had lived in the village three -years, and been sick most of the time." The friends of the Society were surprised at his success. Instead of a distribution mostly gratuitous, as they predicted, his sales amounted to three hundred volumes. How many others were gladly. received as grants by those who were not able or willing to pay far them, we are not informed. le adds that heleft Temperance Tracts at the shops where liquor is sold, and speaks of the sad sight he witnessed in more than one of these "where the victims of alcohol were gathered around the de eanters," with glaring eyes and sunken cheeks. But we rejoice to, think that such sights will soon be no more seen in our Village, as our municipal authorities have resolved not to renew the licenses of those who supply this means of misery and vice. Another Colporteur has been residing in the Vil lage, and laboring in' &te District since February, Mr. J. LAWRENCE. He has made many friends for the Society-and has found ample occasion for his labors. He has visited between three and four hun dred families, circulated by sale and grant upwards of seven hundred books, and more than one thous and tracts, and found families destitute of the Bible. We are informed that the expenses of the Society for carrying on its work in this District cannot be less than $500 ; and it is earnestly hoped, that the friends of the cause will at least relieve this Society of this burden, and recognize the duty incumbent upon us of providing for our own household. As we are under obligations to this great national So ciety, for its effurts to promote the best interests of our community, we should not be content with pur casing its publications, without also increasing its resources. Nay, we hope and pray, that He who las moved us to begin this good work, will enable us to carry it on with a zeal and liberality worthy of its object, so that we mpy soon be able to give important assistance' to the great work of spreading the Gospel thirough the darkest corners of our land and to th~e ends of the Eartif. FOaL THEl ADvERTIsER. MR. EDITrRn:-At the request of some of the pupils of Mlartintown Academy we attended an examination of that interesting School on the 13th of June. When we first arrived our attention was immedi ately attracted to the beauty of the spot, so h~and somely situated for 'the location or an Academy, surrounded by tall majestic oaks and hedged in with shrubbery, tinged with the different hues of the seaons. Some fifty yards below the building wve were 'allowed to quench our thirst from one of the most delightful springs in th'e District, the pure sparkling waters of wvhich, as they gushed forth in their lurid brightness, reminded us of that passage in the rieriptures where Moses smote tihe rock and brought forth water as pure as chrystals. .But snore interesting than alt, Mir EDrrOa, was the examination of the pupils, from the bright-eyed girl, just usher ing into womanhood, down to the dear young idea, just learning to spelt at their A. B. C's. The Latin class, moral science and compositions were remarka bly fine. The teacher is a young lady of rare ac copishments, and her winning manners and sweet amiable disposition has drawvn the love of her schol ar around her " like the ivy round the oak." But, als'the dearest tics of friendship are soon to be severed: the teacher leaves in a few day's, the fair sunny South, to visit her relatives and friends in a more Northern clime, perhaps to return no more. The Trustees and patrons of this School, will, in this event, sustain a severe loss, and one which will not be easily replaced. May God, in his Divine mercy, guide and protect her whithersoever she goeth. There 'was quito a respetable crowd collected on this occasion. I have attended many examinations but never was I so well pleased at one before. The eierises were brought to a close after the reading of a farewell composition by one of the scholars, which was prepared in an exceedingly happy style. T~e crowd then dispersed-and the patrons seemed much pleased to find th'at th~e little-ones and all had made such rapid advancement during die past ses sion. A SPECTATOR. LATEBPROXCUEA. A CAsE OF QUESTIONABLE LEGALITY. We have received, (says the N. Y.. Heral,) the following letter from Capt. Cole, master of the ship Sartalle, sent by the brig'Crimea, Capt. Hichborn, arri ed from Sagua la Grande on Sat urday: . To the Editor of the New York Herald.-The bark Delawarian, on her arrival at Sagua la Grando had one of her crew taken by the atu thorities of that place, contrary to the wish of her master.-I was informed by Captain Duncan, of the Delawarian, that this man signed articles on te 16th of May, and reported himself a na tive of Peru; he shipped for the voyage, but on the errival of the bark at Sagua, he said he was a Spaniard, and produced a passport dated' May 18th. The captain shewed the authorities that he was one of his crew, lawfully .shipped,'&e., but they took him away from the vessel. Four days after, they came alongside again and de manded his clothes. Captain D). refused to give them up. They then went on board and forci bly took possession of them. This is considered an otrage to the American fing. -JAS. E. COrLE, Master of ship Sartelle. RAIN-THE CnoPS,. &c -During the last thre weeks, we have had here copious and re freshing showers almost daily ; and never was there in Southern Georgia a brighter prospect for a first-rate corn crop than now. We are in formed that in some sections, the lice have made their appearanre in considerable quantities upon the cotton plant, and if the wiet ugeather contirn es much longer, we have cause to apprehend that the devastation of th~is hated insect will be vey great.-.Thomasvill Enterprise, 26th inst USE CoPPERAs.-The papers are everywhere urging the free use of copperas as a disinfecting agent. It is a cheap article, costing only three cents per po~und, and can be found at the drug gists. and many of the larger grocery stores. A couple of pounds may be dissolved in ten quarts of hot water, and the solution-poured into sinks, gutters, cess-pools, and..all other filthy places, with good -effect. We advise all housekeepers o purchase five, ten or fifteen pounds, and make aafre use ofit as above reeommiended. Cholera or no cholera, their dwellings and out-buildings will contain a purer atmospherei after thle use of From the Cronisle& Sentinel. - LORD 3Lh 0RBOGERWI.LIAMn. -. CRAWFonDVD.E, Ga, June 25th, 1855. Tt Rev. IL H. Tucker, LaGrange, -Ga : DEAR Six : I have seen your letter addressed to'me in the Chronicle 4. Sentinel of the 22d inst .whieh seems to look for an answer; and in sendiig iti shall resort to the same medium of communication adopted by yourself. The issue you join with me ab ut Lord Baltimore amounts to nothing. What 'said. in my speech in Au gusta is strictly true, as I understand the histo ry of the country. The Catholic colon of Maryland, organized under the auspices of Lord Baltimore was the first" to dstablish the princi ple of free toleration in religious worship" on this continent. Wht you say of Roger Wil liams is also equally true. He was the first champion of the principle. He proclaimed the. principle as early as-1681--perhaps earlier; and for his own religiosa opinions was driven from Massachusetts in f665 or 1666. He may be considered the founder of the -colony of Rhode Island, which contained in its charter, granted some years after, a guaranty that " none were to be molested for any difference of opinion in re ligious matters."' But the colony of Maryland, where this principle was-established and protec tion afforded to ali persecuted sects elsewhere, was founded in 1684, before Williams left Mas sachusetts. Williams is.entitled to the honor of being the first to advocate and proclaim the principle as an individpal. For this I have re peatedly given him full credit in my speeches. But the colony of Maryland was: the first to establish and give practical effect to the principle in her civil polity. In making this statement, it was not my purpose to do the least injustice to Williams, whose name should'be. held in sacred remembrance, nor was it my purpose theteby to become the "defender of Romanism, as some (not you, sir,) are pleased to style me, but to defend that same principle which Roger Wil'iams deserves so much honor for being the first to proclaim-that " soul liberty," as he, called it, which he was the first great apostle of in mod ern times, which now lies at the foundation of our happy institutions,'and which the Cotholics on this continent, so far from being opposed to, (as far as I have knowledge touching their views,) were thefirst to adapt. My object was not and is not to defend or assail any sect or any faith, but to defend in its purity real Americanism against bogus Anericanism. Yours, most respectfully, ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. PROM WASHINGTON. The following items are from the telegraphic correspondent of the New York Herald. We give them for what,they are worth: WAsEINGTON, June 25, 1855. Important despatches have been received here by the last steamer from Mason, our M inister at Paris. He has taken strong ground against the conduct and views of the French government in relation to the rights of neutrals in the Baltic, as illustrated in certain alleged acts of the allied blockaders. Mr. Mason had also called the French Minister of Foreign Affairs to account in reference to those late high-handed proceed. ings of Monsieur Dillon, the French Consul at Sun Francisco. Our Minister's despatches upon this subject so thoroughly fired up Mr. Pierce that he was for a war with France right off, but Marcy interposed and secured an armistice for one week, by which time he expects more pacific advices from Paris. Mr. Soule has left us for New York. He was here a whole dA'y en route from New Orleans. He kept aloof fro~m Marcy, and Marcy judiciously kept aloof from him. Thie President, however, was favored with a call by the ex-Minister, and seized the occasion to put in a labored apology for M~arey ; but from all I ca learn, this conver sation will not have the l'east visible effect on that, forthcoming book. I fear that Soule has not been in the slightest degree molified. Nous terrons. Trhere is a rumor about the city this evening that a change will soon be made in the Cabinet. Mr. McClelland falls to show his hand on the Know Nothing question, and- Guthrie says that every one who- do not come up.to the scratch will have tots ng. Russia's PLass.-It is stated that the last steamer brings private advices, ascribing to the Czar Alexander a warlike disposition, and a de sire to repeat to the United states the proposi tion regarding Russian America whlich had been made by his father. These later 'advices state that Alexander will not be in haste to terminate the war. The late successes of the allies in the Sea of Azoff are not of a decisive character, and the Russian policy will be to draw the enemy inland, where their fores can be cut off in detail. The calculation is, that if Russia can anni hilate the existing armies in the Crimea, the.al lies will find it diflicult to collect their like again, and Russia may then find an opportunity to strike a dangerous blow at Enrgland's discontented East India provinces. " Watch and see," is the significant hint with which one of these pro Russian letters -concludes. It is within the range of probability that Russia is preparing se cretly to strike a blow where England, now re posing in a sense of territorial and commercial security, may not be well prepared to meet it. South Carolinian. TE RIGHTs OFNEUTRALVYESSELS.-Lord Clarendonhas issued a circular addressed to the British -consular and-diplomactic agents, contra. dicting the statements of the circular of the Russian minister which alleges that the British fleet in the Baltie had violated the righ ts of neu tral vessels. A copy of the Russian circular was sent to Mr. Duehana; ~who laid it before the English ministry, and a circular, as above stated, was promptly issued, denying that the govern~ ment has any intention of "seizing enemy's property laden on board a neutral vessel, unless it be contraband of war.". SNGUVLAR CofNc:DENE.-The Romney (Va.) Intelligeneer, speaking of the murder of Orndlorff by McDonald a few weeks ago, in Hampshire county, relates astrange coineidence. McDonald was robbing Lockmiller's house when Orndorfl came up, and he shot him for fear of being de tected. Fifty years ago McDonald's grandfather nepr the identical spot, was robbing the house of a Mr. Lupton, when L.'s three little children came upon him, and for fear of detectipn, lie murdered, as he supposed, all of them, but for tunately one lived to testify against him, and he was hung. A REvOLUTIONARY -PATRIOT DEAD.--Thc Warsaw.New Yorker announces the death of Peter Besgnzon, at the advanced age of 93 years. It says the deceased was one of the noble spirits who eresed the ocean with Lafayette .to assist the Colonies in the struggle for independence. He was born in or near the city of Besazon, in France in 1'762-came to America at the age of 16-was present at the execution of Gen. Andre, and remained in the army untill the end of the war. ~ Mr. Besanzon was a devoted member oh the Baptist church for fifty-one years; a cherished brother of the Masonic fraternity, having been initiated by Gen. Washington in .person ; and Honorary member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Good Templars. He had resided for many years at Butternuts, Otse go county; he then removed to the western part *of the State, living in Perry, then in Middlcbury, and finnally in Pike, where he remained untill the time of his death.-Utica Gazette. GovEn oR RE EDEn, of Kansas, left St. Loui' for Leavenworth-on the 9th inst. In olhromng the fact the St. Louis Intelligenicer says: "If Goy. Reeder shall on his return to Kan. sas, address himiself with industry and fidelity tc the iterest of the Territory, and kepping elear of the ultra men on both sides of the agitatior question that disturbs the Territory, shall strive earnestly and boldly f'or the free and unrestricted operation of the principle of the Kansas bill, organization and settlemfen~t of Kansas affairs, we believe he will be sustained by the people o: Western Missouri and Kansai,; and have the approbatiop of the whole country. -We hopt for a peaceable and favorable condition of thng~ in future." .To KIu~r CoeKaoleIIEs.-A tea cup full o well brushed plaster of Paris, mixed with dou ble the quantIty of oatmeal, to which add.a lit te sugar, (the latter is not essential,) then strev it on the floor or in the chinks where they fre quent. This- is simple and being of little ecs is worth a trial. ARRWAL OF THE BALTIC. NEwORLEANS, Jne 28. The United States Mail Steamship Baltic, Captain Comstock, arrived at New York to-day from Liverpool, which port she left on the 16th instant. The Cotton market closed dull, with a downs ward tendency. Of the sales of the week spec ulators took 17,000 bales, and exporters 2,000 bales. Fair Orleans 7d., Middling 611-16; Fair Uplands 7, Middlings 69 16. Stock 549, 000 bales, of which 361,000 were American. The weather was favorable to crops. Canal Flour 40s. 6d to 41s.; Ohio 44 to 44s. 6d. White Wheat us. 9d. to 12s. 4d. Yellow Corn 52 to 52s. 6d.; White 50 to 51s. Consoles 91k. Money' easy. Bank rhte of interest reduced to 3b. THE WAB.--In etorming the Mamelon and. White Tower works, 5000 fives were lost. The French took 62 guns, and 500 prisoners. Their new position enables them to shell the shipping in the harbor of Sevastopol. The English have also captured the rifle pits in the quarries, hav ing, however, 500 men killed. Since then the firing has been slack. The fleets have burnt the stores at Taganrog, Marianople and Genitschi, and were about fit tino out an expedition against Perekop. t is reported that the Russians have evacua ted Anapa. There is nothing from the Techernays or Baltic. The latest from Sevastopol is unimportant. THE INDIANs seem to get credit for.some rob beries and murders in Texas which they do not commit. Mr. Walker, at Dripping Springs, forty miles west of Austin, being attacked by five men, apparently Indians, and killed, a negro who was with him at the time escaped and reached a settlement and reported the circustances. A party then pursued the marauders, killed four and gave chase to the fifth, who, being wound ed, was captured while attempting to cross the river. But the water washed off his paint and showed him to be a white man in disguise. On washing the faces of the four dead ones they also were found to be white men. The prisoner said that there was in the mountains a party of one hundred, who have been committing depre dations on the frontier, all of which have been charged upon the Indians. A friend writing us from Europe, furnishes with the following important information to travellers in that hemisphere: "Most persons leaving here for Europe sub scribe for one or more newspaperu, and order them to be sent to their bankers in London, with the view of having them forwarded from London with their letters, to the different points of their tour, from time to time, as they may direct. But by the law of England allforeign newspapers re-mailed there are subject to letter postage, and consequently the Bunkers will not take the responsibility to forward the newspa pers without express orders from the principals, after giving them this information. In France there is no such illiberal law; and further,-by treaty between France and England, mails are foruarded through England, even if they con tain foreign newspapers. Person, therefore, who wish to be furnished regularly with newspapers from home, on their tour, should order them to be sent to the care of some bankers in Paris, and they can re-mail theme to ingland, or to any part of the Continent, at the rate of newspaper postage. It is desirable that publishers of our newspapers should understand this, so that they may save their subscribers much trouble." THE MExICAN AND EASTERN WAns.-During the Mexican wvar, the English press, which be fore every battle predicted our defeat, became very merry over the slowvness of our operations. They made no allowances for the fact that the country was not prepared for war, and that-the United States, keeping on foot no large stand ing army and navy, has none of the udvant ages possessed by the great European powers for prompt and decisive measures on a grand scale. Notwithstanding these drawbacks, however, two small American, armies, not as large when com bined as the detachment which theaiea sent to Krteh, overrun Mexico and conquered a peace, in less time than the allies have been at war with Russia, without being able to conquer even the extremities of her empire.-Richmuond Dis patch. THE WirE's RIGHTs.-The Supreme Court at Harrisburg, Pa., has decided that no agree ment made before marriage giving a wife the control and disposition of her property is valid, and that after her death the property belongs to the husband, no matter what stipulation she may have made, and he consented to in regard t it before marriage. -THE TAMARND.-The tamarind has been grown in VirginiL from seeds, anid is highly spoken of as promising to be a valuable acouisi tioi to the fruit trees, especially on the prairie lands of the WVest. Its growth is rapid, its appearance very ornamental, and it is perfectly free from blight anit from the depredapions of insects. Last season the trees in Virgimia pro duced fruit as good as the imported. CAUTIONs TO PoSTMAsTEa.-The Washing ton Union publishes the following gentle hints to postmasters: Delivery of Letters, 4-c.-We understand fre quent complaints against ths department, grow out of the fact that postmasters too often, trust ing only to their memories, tell persons there is no mail matter for them when a subseqnent ex amination proves that there was. If postmas ters would adhere strictly to the rule of making a personal search every time letters and papers are inquired for, there would be more despach in their delivery. Post m'asters' Assistants to be Sworn.-Post masters at small offices, we learn, are too much in the habit of permitting incompetent members of their families, and other persons im their em plny (none of them being sworn, as reqmired by law,) to change the mails, and to perform all the other duties pertainingv to their offices. None but sworn assistants hould be allowed to have aecess to the mails.. Loaning Newspapers.-Sub58ribers to news papers make complaint of the non-arrival of their papers, ahd in some instances intimate that t loss is occasioned by 'the fact of the post master loaning to his -neighbors the papers of others for perusal. The papers fail to be re turned to their proper place, and hence the dis satisfaction. Postmasters are strictly forbidden to loan newspapers that- are in their oficee for delivery. TA LKING STIOYGL.--The Indiana State Sen tinel says :-Speaking for the democracy of In diana we proclaim that any party which refumses to adnit a new State on the same equal terms with the other States of this confederacy, but attempts to attach to her admission - conditions which 'trammel her co-equal . sovereignty, is a party which ought to die, will die, -and by the help of God, we intend to do all we can to make it die. PiAAGUAY -has succumbea 'to'the superiority of Brazil. The latest authentic. intelhigetnce advises us.ta the Brazilia Admirable has suc ceeded in securing from the Government of Paraguay the concession of the navigation of the Paraguay river, and that the Brazilian squad. ron was about to pass up- that stream to the Brazilian province of Mato Grosso.. This con cession places Paraguay at tlhe mercy of Brazil, which now may surround the whole republic at any moment by her armaments. IINRiY Two-Gumts (HA-JA-oN-GUEH) head Chief of the Seneca Nation of Indians, died at his residence on the Cattaragus Reservation, or the 17th inst., aged 75 years, Two-Guns was a stepson of the, famous orator Red Jackiet, and was hornwiihin the limits of the now city ol Buffalo. He was engaged in the war of. 1812 spousing the cause of his great father the President; participated in the battle of Bridge. water and Chipewa, and for a long series ol years exercised a controlling influence over hi! nation. He was distinguiahed for his command ing presence, probity of~ conduct, wise and mod' crate counsels, enlightened views of national policy, and en earnest advocacy of rellgidn, an~ of every enterprise~ which had for its o'ject th< ...e.i..,tion and improvement of his people.. 't- - - ,r TEE PEhCnEE-NORTH AMD SOUTH. We take the following from the Southern Christian" Advocate of the present week-the weekly organs in this city of the M. E. Churcr, commeneing its nineteenth volume: 'NIs it Te ?-We have seen the statement in several papera, that when it was made known in the New England Conferehce, in session at Chelsea. near Boston, that the Massachusetts House of Representatives - iad voted for the re moval of Judge Loring, because he acted as United States Commissioner in the rendition of the fugitive slave Burns, the Conferene rose and gave three cheers.- .We passed-the state ment'by as a matter two shamefal for credence, but we now see it stated as a fact by the Boston correspondent of the Congregational Journal. Can it be so? Has Methodism anywhere, even where it has become synonymous with fanati cism of the wildest type, so far degenerated, as to'glory over the unmerited disgrace of a man because he has kept his oath, and been true' to the laws and constitution of his country t" From the same paper we extract the following notice of the sermon delivered on Monday eve ning, at Bethel Church, by the Rev. W. H. Mil burn : "bWe heard him one evening last week, in Bethel Church, before the most crowded house we have seen in Charleston, vindicate most no bly the worth and dignity'of the Methodist preacher, laboring among the plantations, and for the religious. welfare of the slave popula tion." Such is the difference. The M. E. Church North, not satisfied with the session which re lieved them from the intolerable burthen of the episcopal services of such, men as Andrew, Ca pers, and Pierce, are still prosecuting the negro, and prostituting the functions' of the ministry into an auxiliary of political fanaticism and agi tation. The M. E. Church South. finds work enough for its ministry in preaching to the negroes the gospel, as entrusted to them, seeking neither to amend that gospel, or to force the negro into a position for which tod has not qualified him in his providence. Of the three thousand and fifty clerical signers of the famous Nebraska petition how many ever studied the negro's wants and qualities by the hill-side -or in the negro chapel ? -Charleston Courier. ' DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE ALLIEs.-An Eng lish writer says: " There is bad news- from the camp in the East. Not about the cholera-that will come hideously in bad time. But read the letters from the French officers (names carefully concealed) in the Independance Beige, which by the by is the best conducted journal in Europe, and you can infer as to the bad spirit prevailing between the cordial allies-the French blaming English inertness for the past failnres-and the English, with more regard to facts, ascribing the long action to two incompetent Generals, Raglan and Canrobert. But the feeling between the English and the Sardinians is the worst. Mr. Russell, the correspondent of the Times, started the joke that the Piedmontese were 'Sardines cased in English .tin,' the whole British army took it up; and there are too many interpreters about to allow us to doubt that the malicious moe would reach the fiery and proud Italians." DEA'iu of REV. S. W. CAPERS.-We deeply regret to announce the death of Rev. S. W. Ca pers, which occurred on Friday. morning last, after a few hours' illness. His general health had been failing for several. months, but his ia mediate dissolution was not apprehended. Thus it is, we know not the day nor the' hour when the summons shall come, " Prepare to'meet thy God." Mr. Capers had becn long a zealous and acceptable minister of the gospel of the Metho dist church. We have often listened with pleas ure and gratification to his words Qf sobernesil and truth, an'd can now recall many .pleasanl incidents of a religious characfer connected with this faithful servant of God.--Camden Journal HOMICIDE IN LEXINGToN.-We learn that Mr Daniel .Jacobs was killed, on Friday evening last on his-farm near Spring Hill, Lexington Die. trict, by Mr. Nathan Richardson, a near neigh bor. lBoth these men were lighly respectablk citizens, and theIdiffiiilty, one ofio5ng stamidmh origiated ab.,ut a disputed line between thein lands. They met at the point of dispute, each armed with guns, when Richardson shot him thirteen back~ shot penetrating his heart. Josepl Counts, esq., acting as coroner, held an inqupst on Saturday morning, on the body, when Mr Richardson promptly surrendered himself to the offiers ot' the law, and was committed to jail His counsel, Henry Summer, esq., of Newberry we understand, will make an' early applicatior for bail in his behalf.-South Carolinian. THE' METHODiST CHURcH SoUTH.-From the tenth' annual report of the Southern .Methodis Church, just-published, it appears that the so iety has'tundler care 368 missions,' 3.11 missionai ries, 128 churches, 79,050 ehurch 'members, 18. Sunday selkola, 25,031 children under relrgiou: instruction 9- '-manual ,labor schools, amid 48! Indian pupis. The contributions for the yes 1854 amounted to $164;366, of which $22,775 -the largest; amount--was received from the South Carolina Conference ; $20,970--the nex in size-from thme Alabama Conference. THE expected despatehes of Mr. Mason, oul Minister at Paris, in relation to the alleged con, fiscations of neutral property by the allies in the Bal tic, and as instigated by Count Nesselrode are reported at Washington. The telegraphic correspondent of the New York Herald sayl they take strong ground, and that they also enil to -account the French Minister of 'Foreig. Affairs in reference to the proceedings- of -Mon sieur Dillon, the French Consul at San Francisco This correspondent pretends to represent, more over, their effect upon the administration, and says that the President was considerably excited but that Secretary Marcy took them more cooly A young girl named Mary Erdman committed suicide by taking arsenic, in consequence of thc desertion of a young man to whom she was en. gaged to be married. The case Is creating con siderable excitement, for the " unfortunate girl was beloved by a large circle of friends and ac. quintanos." As illustrative of the universality of musical taste and perfection in Italy, an American thern writes: "It seems a little strange to' hear one of thos. fine operatic airs which our young ladies screnr ;at for a long time, and then never learn, whistled "irst rate" by a little, ragged, smutty faced,.cap, less boy in the street. Everybody 'here seems chuck full of music." 'N Irish soldier before Sevaito'pol' writes a. follows: E$very one goes on his duty as a lark aring as little for Russ or his balls as they d< for the -football they kick for sport.L As illpustra tive of this,a' few nights ago;'~while the 18th Royal Irish were going dow~n 'the ravine Shal leads to Greenhill battery, they being fortrencl duty, a son of Erin though he rould sinust himself with one of his fiative- airsa, when. he was reproved by an officer for daring to whistle in the ranks and while .going to duty.' Justsa the oficer' spoke, one of the Runs's balls came whistling over the ravine. Pat cocks his eyi up towards it and quietly said " There goes boy on duty, and by jabershow lhe whistles! OLD TIMES JN FENNsTLVAN1A.--The Pilsl delphia Bulletin republishes some advertisement< from the -Pennsylvania Gazette 'of the 23d June 1773, eighty-two years ago.' Amnong these arn some publishing runaway slaves,'and callimg at tention to "young 'ad likely negroes," whi wwer to be sold at public sale, at London Colibi House, at the corner of Front and Market streeti -FR EE niom DEBT.-Thel financial condition o Con. is enviable.. The' Comptroller'itihis re port shows that the State is free from debt, an< owns some 8400,000' of bank istock, independen of its School Fund of 62,000,000. The 'Code roller estimates the redeipts in 'the 'treasury fo the coming year at $198,871, 'and 'tf expeidi turea-at $155,000.. ELETION AT NoRoLK.-Hunter Woodis, ts Anti-KnowNothing candidate, was elected Mai or of Norfolk, on-the 25th'inst, by a majority.< 06 votes. A month previously the city- gave majority of 395for tho-Know Nothing cap4ida' O cang Kg& ARwR. * Weixtrast the following from the circular of Messrs -Ienfer & Hendrix of Charleston: The Present information from Tennessee, Georgia,'Solth and North Carolina, lead us to believe therg"will be an extraordinary heavy crop of wheat secured. We had hped that a market for all the wheat raised could have been found with the-millers in the up.country. and that in. stead of receiving shipments would bare received the flour. This, however, It appears, will notjbe the case, as from present appearances there 1 be lags shipments of wheat directed to this nprket;" 4 Rf i Od this accdunt we antilpate. ui anu - circuah . Heavy orders are here for~ wheatet limited prices; a sale of 2-,000 bushela redwheat has been made at $1,'75 per bushel of 6Gibs.,.o be delivered by 20th July, which' we consider a high figure, and one -that present indications will not warrant. Wheat must deeljee material ly as the seasoadvances. For prestiit dalIety here it might not.be dangerous, but .we doub whether Georgia and Tennessee can" get Oidfr wheat before Maryland and Virgina have theirs ready for a-market, as the; harvest has afready commenced in those States; in which se .the price we have named. $1,76.,wouldknot be ofe. .South and North Carolina, aygetconsiderabb to market before-any material. decline occurs, at they are nearer a market, but from Georgia and! Tennessee we' know by experiene that even at ter it is delivered at the depots on the red, - takes from 12 to 80 'days toarrivg-"bee, ar from Tennessee particularly. -The .Nortbwro markets are declining daily, buyers onrf supply ing themselves' for their immediate watt. *We think the decline will continue untill the-wheat crop. is fully ready for market, when -the price will settle down.toafigure that can be aepenled upon with more certainty. - Our advice to our friends is to operate .eautic ously, feel the market step by step .s theseason advances, and not base any heavy speclatl'ons for future delivery on present quotations:. Corn^ has also experienced a considerable- declinein our market' from $1.30 to $1.15 per bushel with. in the last 10 days ; in this, howevel ,yU are not materially interested -at present, as-you.wilLhave none to spare before the present crop has m tured. Our present tilarket quotationu. ara: Flour; superfine, $9i to $10, in sacks, and$I to4O in barrels. The stock is ample anddemind light. Some 40,000 bushels of corn have-,bel re ceived the past week, opening at $1.24 and-cie. sing at $1.16 bulk. - - . Large receipts of onts have put down prices to60-a65. - No wheat in. market ; orders here lipitted g $1.60; to be delivered- by the 201h:Juty. - THE Yorkville Citizen compidins- that the la. gitive slave law was peaceably carriedinto effect in that placo the-other day by..-a aqjrom the old North State, .who foribly. eirried off an ap prenticed white boy from his mastetr','laiming a previous apprenticeship to himself hltout howl ever, producing-any documentary~or -legal -tsu thority. - SHaivy OAMAoEs.-A verdict for $7.,0O hali been obtained in Hedderson roodmj, : Tnisses against Rev. JR. Graves,editor of the Tesedssie Bap tist, for libel uttered in'that piper. gW SmaoutAn Tzs-r.-A.young msawas dreyn-. ed in Trumbull county, bhio, a fes, days since,when two bundles of straw were placed.in thewater; -cee of which went down stream, but the othir floated di agonallyacrois, and remained turning in rotary 'nan her over one spot. Thbis'-spot was aragged .and the body found, the water being 15 feet In detli USEFUL Rnennnr-A cement, whicb gradua1h lbecomes as hard as, stonesmay .be made by mixing twenty parts~by'weight of cleanubr sand, two of litharge,. and one of whitingad making th~em intoa thin piutty with '~ n il. Fpr seams in roofs, a cement may heformed of whitseor red lead tliinnted with boiled linseed oil, into which some sharp dry -white sand is stirre4. -For the-joints of water and gas pipes, white lead cement is the best. . AxIns-, h ipailte of an Indian war are said to be every oiiiraig. A gentleman will a'equainted wihthe 16niian country, informs the Niew York Times that the Sioux, the Chayennes,thb Araphoes, the Snikes, and the Blackfoet combined, number at least a hundred thousand warriors. It is believed that frontiers men and hunters would'be mnueh more efficient to fight the Indians than United 4tates regular troops. If the various tribes are per mitted to combine, a troublesome,.-bloody and expensive war will be the result. Tan " Dog War" has been resumed in several of the large cities. On and after Monda alliun niuzzled dogs'found going at large in New Ydrk wvere to be the lawful prey of -the dog-killers. During the paist, month 883 dogsuare slain in St. Louisa If a few of the curs that infest our streets were put out of the way no great deal of harm would be done. - -A shocking accidentpoccurred orthe 12thfinst. at the " Eagle Foundry" in Wheelihg, (Va.) A man namned Burkett, from Canton, Ohio,- was exprimenting on a machine for grinding-plough he had patented, when, as the speed of the whe was 1000 evolutions-a minute, .the stonq burst, and a piece ofit drove the poor man'. skull in. MIs. SMIrBERS saysthe reason children aro so bad this generation is owing 'to the wearing of .gaiter shoesinstead or old fashioned slippers. -others find it too much trouble to untie-their gaiters to whip children, so-they go unpunished; but when she was a child, the way the old slip per Ased to do its duty was a caution. OPIUM EATVGo-The ci-asing for stimn lants sednia to be natural and universa-and shutting off its indulgeneerin one* direetion uniformly increases It in another. Tkids jubilutth year f839, when aff England was jui vn ith teinierance festivals-and socle ties,'and the fe-arts of philanthropists were gladdened with the hopes of the rsign of sobriety, it was suddenly discovered that the poorer classes weres becoining frightfully ad, dited to the use of Opium, and that they had forsaken their oldvi'ee only to take up one still more destructive. -So also with us, as the use of ardent spir its becomes more and more disreputable, we have constant evidence that. thie seiet use of Opium is increasing to 'an alarimig cx tent. Frequent paragrapi in. the newspa, pes' make mention of 'i. Tim inrae sle,f-pinm akeb it manifest. Andtha personal'ob~servationl of very many wiho rhed this article wvilt confl'rhi tr tmki of such atm increase. Yerf. manf .~Ube alile to cal to mind .within .the circle-of' their us~ain, tace those who-ai-e k town to be i'eu.'tn the secret use of (pium, and soine. will he able to testify to the destruction of li. liap pinss of fariailies caused by tie usebof' thia, drg by ons.of its heads. T1he eating of Opium isldimtted on all hads to ha inflnitely -nore destructive and inurable than indulgence' -teent spirits. In-China; where-incredible' sujns'ate etpen-. dd upon it; and iinmne quantities co ,sumd; despite the prohibition of -the Gov ernent, its effects on the syste*, although very injurious, are far less destretive than wh us. -There it is prepared and consum 'ed as tabacco Is here, by smoking; and-this species of indulgence, whien mot carried to ezibees, is far less.- noxious than when it' is eaten. It is.welhto be wvatehful lest while -o strenuous efforts are' being made to sup Spress int6mperanude-in ardent -bpirita more t tereible indulgne in iOpium Mauy bicorne fairly established in-certain- classes f sogie r.ty--N. Y. Times. OGd SodsaW* A PURE, Sparkling and Ounulne estyof this h~ealthy atnd- vgoalE eton. now rw oreewe 'new Onpodio Ppes, at the-Cduateri .' a; .j Dats~., TEAGUE. .May 23 - ..t 11