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Those desiring to advertise by the year can do soon liberal terms-.it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. . For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in ADVANCE. Pbr Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be .paid by the Magistrate advertising. Condensed. Items, - IF you do what you should not, you must hear what you would not. g" HE who says all ho likes, will often - hear what he does' not like. g' Evu. thoughts, like unwelcome guests, make no part of a family, and will depart if not encouraged to stay. W "I really can't express my thanks," as the boy said to the schoolmaster when he gave him a thrashing. '"PaAY, don't mention it," as the man said when he was told by the tax collector that his rates were due. g?A man is under arrest in Trenton charged with stealing an umbrella. He is expected to plead in defence" the custom of the country." gg SoaE of the papers in Missouri say they will raise more corn this year than for any five years before. Much of the wheat land there averages 40 bushels to an acre. W' A ToAs.-The following toast was given at Biddleford, on the Fourth of July: The Clerp. All honor to the clergyman who follows his Master instead of his Paymaster. g H. S. A. PooLE having given up the offie of Sheriff of Spartanburg District, J. B. Tolleson, esq., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions, has ordered an elec tion on the third Monday the 17th, of Septem ber next. IN New York, the subscription for the relief of the sufferers from yellow fever has reached the sum. of 87000. Three remittances have been to Norfolk'and Portsmouth. Several phy sicians are to go thither as speedily as possible. In- Baltimore, the subscription has reached the sum of 85000. Philadelphia has already remit ted $2000 to Norfolk. S KNOW NOTHINGISM AT THE NoaR.-We learn from the New York Herald of the 9th inst., that at a mass meeting of the so-called American party, which was held at Pittsbu.g on the 4th inst., resolutions denunciatory of South ern slavery, the Fugitive Slave Law, the Nebras ka Act, and the platform of the Council at Philadelphia in relation to slavery, were p:.swed. One of the resolutions assert that Congress has the constitutional right to refuse the admission of any newv State which tolerates slavery.-Sa ;annah Georgian. .. g A SAFE INVESTM1ENT.-A Hartford (Ct.) paper tells a story of an American, who deposi ted 8100 in the hands of ain Englishman, for which he was to receive $25 per month until Sebastopol was taken. Trhis was the 1st of November last, and the American has received his 825 per month ever since that time. One hundred dollars could hardly have been invested better. g@" A well written paper has been publishaed, inviting all British Christians to unite in " spe cial -prayer for the descent of the Divine Spirit." The reasorra assigned for the proposal are, the disturbed state of the Continent, the proaspect of a protracted war, the spread of Tractatrinnism in England, and the religious necessities of Au.,ralia, China a India. It is intended that the period for sp al prayer shall be extended for at least a year, and that prayer in general shall be offered in secret, rather than in public atseemblies. gg-VacarroN.-In the p resent season of vacation at the schools, the followving saying of Mrs. Pai-tington will be recoghized by, most parents as highly appropriate and true. "Five weeks vexation in August," said Mrs. Parting ton, when she learned that the school was to have a vacation of five weeks. "Five wveeks rexation. It's a trying season for mothers, and weairing and tearing to their patience and the jackets and trowsers of their children. Talk about the relaxation from study. I - don't be lheve its half as bad as the green apples they get in the country." Q7'DEATH or ONE OF TEE ROTJIsCmrLDs. 'The Paris correspondenit of the New York Commercial Advertiser writes on the 2d instant that Solomon de Rothschild, the dean of the bankers of Paris-though himsef belonging to the Vienna Bourse-died in that city that week. IHis funeral was very sumptuous and attracted great attention, as it is not often that the popu lation can witness the Jewish ceremony con ducted on such a scale of magnificence. The tomb of the family is in the Israelite cemetery, 'a walled off corner of Pero lo Choise. gi A few nights ago, a' Mr. Bodkin, who had been out taking his glass and pipe, on going home late, borrowed ani umbrella, and wh'en his wire's tongue was loosened, he sat up in bed, and suddenly spread out parapudie. " What are you going to do with that thing ? ." said alhe. " Why, my dear, I expected a very heavy storm to-night, and so I came prepared." In less than two minutes, Mrs. Bodkin was asleep. [F A skeptical young man, one day con versing with the celebrated Dr. Parr, observed :that lhe would belicve tnothing which he could not understand. Dr. Parr replied, "Then, young man, your creed will be the shortest of any man's I know." f"GozING TO SI.EEP.-It is a delicious mo nment,-eertainly, that of being well nestled~ in bed, and feeling that you shall fall gently to sleep. The good is come, not past; the limbs - have just been tired enough to render the re mnain~ing in one posture delightful; the labor of -the day is -gone. A gentle failure of the per eeption ereeps over you; the spirit of-consci ousness disen .ges itself more and more, and with' slow a~ hushing degrees, like a mother detaching her hand from that of her sleeping child, the mind seems to have a balmy lid clos ing over it, liite the eye--'tis closed. The mys terious spirit is gone to take its airy rounds. BANK BaoKEN-We learn that .the Miner's and Manufacturer's Baink .of Tenneisee, located in Knoxville, Jos- L. King, President, H. L McClung, Cashier, is broke and that its notes, a good many of which are in circnlation, are . worthless. This institution has been in opera tion but a short time. It was chartered 'by the last Legislature-a fact which we doubt two - thirds of-the members of that body will be surprised to learn.-Nashville Banner. TuE- IlmAMf A BLACK LAt.-Our readers are .taware of the existence of a law in Indiana pro .hibiting, under penalty, any negro or mulatto from entering the. State. James P. Brown, a free colored man, of Ohio, traveling westward, stoppdat Fort Way no, when he was arrested, fine ten dollas and -sos, and in default of paymsent sent to-ail, Tim Decrease of the Brandy .Trade is stri kingly illustrated in the absence of all.American -vessels from the port :of a. Robienle for the at six months, a fa'et which: il 1a'sald 'never occnrred before. The Frenck -papers eibe it ~t(e failure of the- grape erops and the-tom movements in the.- United States. -The *umbis probably the moust efedtive citiser but -it Frcaba brandy is not now imported, what an imbliense amnount of poisonous substaneds must brandy drinkers be using. - ARTHUR SIMKIN, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1855. KWHERE, .HI TELL US WHERE" CAN the Eddior of the "Advertiser" be found? We presume be is so well entertained by the courteous host and genial company at some of our mountain watering places that he has not had time to encourage pa in our new vocation of Editor. We hope, however we will hear from him soon, as our stock of informa tion has gradually ooze.d out, and next week not a .parkling thought or original idea can be extracted from eur cranium. In truth, if it had not been for the kind assistauce ofa gentleman and friend, (who has prepared several notices for us) this department would have been very feebly represented this week. As it is, how over, we have quite an interesting sheet.-Foes. P. S.-Our" Devil" is still unwell. FINE BOOT AND SHOE STORE. Is this number will be found the handsome notice of Messrs. CLAaKE & ROYAL to all persons who de sire Shoes or Boots, of any every material or style. Ien and women, gentlemen and ladies, boys and girls, iggers and all others can be accommodated at their Iargeaand well assorted- Establishment opposite Ma sonic Hall, Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. REVIVALS. TnsaE seems to be a religious influence prevailing to an extraordinary extent at this time in many parts of our District. We were present on last Lord's day at the close of a meeting which had been continued for many days at Horn's Creek Baptist Church, a few miles below the Village, and which resulted in an ad dition of some thirty persons to the membership of that Church. This meeting, during two weeks, was almost olely conducted under the ministrations of Rev. E. L. WurLEY, our Village Pastor, who, we are happy to say, has peculiarly endeared himself to the people f that vicinity, and won high esteem from all who had the privilegeof hearing his excellent discourses. Appearances at the w inding up, seemed to indicate no abatement of the religious interest. There was an uncommonly large concourse of people present, and evidently a disposition to linger about the spot with which were associated many pleasing recollections. Not the least interesting part of the services of the day, was the administration of the Lord's supper to a large number of persons, many of whom participa ted for the first time in a ceremony which commemo rated the fulfilment of the "types and shadows," which, under a former dispensation, adumbrated the last Great Sacrifice. May their garments never be defiled with earth's pollutions. From many other sections, we also learn that meet ings have been held,,tlhat have resulted in the acces sion of large numbers to the Churches, and others are in progress, which promise abundant success. At ittle Stephens' Creek we understand over one hun dred have recently joined. THE ROADS. We have been requested to call the attention of the Commissioners and Overseers of our public Roads to the wretched condition in which many of them are at this time, particulariy to those in the upper part of the Lower Battal~on of the 7th Regiment. Our people will soon'have to attend Court and carry their cotton to market, which makes it very desirable that the highways should speedily be put in good repair. REV. C. A. RAYMOND'S SCHOOL. I- will be seen that the exercises of the Edgefleld ollegiate Institute for Young Ladies, under the charge of the above gentleman, will be resumed on Monday 17th September. The Principal of this Institute is fully prepared-with the assistance of the most com petent Teachers and a splendid Apparatus-for im parting to our young ladies a complete and finished education. iBut it is utterly useless for us tosay ought n reference to the ability or competency of Mr. R. or his Assistants to thoroughly instruct our children in the various branches of Modern and Ancient Lan tages, Music, &c., for every one is well aware of this fact. We understand that this School is now in a flourishing condition, and cordially recommend it to the citizens of Edgefleld District, as wortlay of their patronage. "HENRY VERNON, oR THE DREAM." Tus is the title of a new novel, whose publication has been looked for, with growing impatience, ever since it was first advertised as being in press. This ively curiosi'y to see the forthcoming Romance, we presume proceeded mostly from the general belief that t author, under the nona de plume of a "GEoao taN," was no less a personage than that able writer, courte ous Editor and accomplished gentleman, JAMEs M. MYT of Augusta. Disgusted with the usual trashy publications of the day, called novel., we confess that of late we have ot d taste nor inclination to plod through but little of the modern stufl-nd although a multiplicity of business engagements, added to an increased acquaint ane with the stern realities of practical life, have diminished our fondness for prose fictions, yet we are frank to admit that we too formed highi expectations f " HENRY YEa~IoN," and that those expectations have not been disappointed.. The characters are numerous and well preserved tnericans, English, French and Spa-aiards all move upon the stage, and as the scenes are laid in the same ountries whence the actors are drawn, ample scope is thus furnished the author for indulging his vast antd accurate powers of descripiion, which, in our humble judgment, are unsurpassed by any writer of the present day. A faithful picture is given of the revulutionary and bloody times of Ferdenand VII, of Spain, when the cruelties of that monster tyrant and the intrigtues of Louis Phillipe, allowed the proud, passsidnate, jealous, suspicions and revengeful Spaniards to run riot in the use of she stilecto and the horrid arts of Ciesar Borgia. Yet there is nothing in " HENRY VRior" to offenod even the most f.,stidious delicacy, while its syle is pure English undefiled. The whole al'is interspersed with sound principle. and elevated sentiments to which no correct taste can object. We predict for this novel a wide-spread and perma nent popularity, unless it be that our people from con stantly perusing the vicious and low productions of Sue, Reynolds and others of that school, have lost all relish for the high morality and refined feeling of Scott, Irving and the other masters in: light reading. The mass of men may damn " HEsav Vs.arioN" for its very virtues, but the " judicious fewv," at least will appreciate the bold eilbrt of its author to restore a healthy tone to our polite literature. Having said this mutch in just praise of the work, we feel bound likewise, as a faithful journalist, to tate that it has some slight fauhla, according to otur rules of criticism. Perhaps the quotations are too profuse, and it may be that the dialogue Is at time. too heavy, in- consequence of the author's eminent dscriptive faculty, givitig his speakers the character of essayists. -As a natural result, the interrogative and exclamatory sentences are too few, whIle the dclarative are too many, and the coneerationt of the characters is not divided enough to give variety and spirit and point to what is said. But these two little faults can easily. be corrected in fture, and they may be explained by the fact, as the author tells us himself, that the book is'" the ofrspring of a few hours, snatched occasionally from private cares and official duties." We shall sincerely hope to se-the promised "KINDRED Ysvoa" of " ENRI EINo, and to this end, we earnehtly recommend our readers to reward "AkGEoUGIAN" for what he has done, and to encourage him in the noble task *1 icli he proposes to undertake for the special benefli o the Southand thze cause of American literature. The bAk can be had by addressing JAs M. SurrnE, Augusta, Ga.. Single cgpies 75i cents-Clubs of three or more, as 50 it.-each.* TEE inAL-TH OF CHARLESTON. As the usual period 'of opening our fall trade is at hand (says the Charestd-Courigr) it aflords us pleas ue to be able to assure our country friends of the re mrkably favorable condition our cityhas enjoyed in health. There has nototnly bien alt exemption, Ebthre and complete, from fevers of a malignat- type, but a remarkable exemption from fevers of -all elases, anid in all other diseases, our weekly reports. have not ex. ceeded what must ordinarily be expecfe8. The ma. nine hospital has three wards entirely closed-a rate thing at this season-and for the past fortnight thern hae heen but seven patientsi 6f- all clansses Ins this etabsienat DR. ELBERT BLAND. Wa regret exceedingly that this scientific,Physiclan as advertised his Residence in our Village for sale, with a view of removing to New York. We presume that our friend, the Doctor, proposes to take this step that he may have a wider field of operations, particp larly in the Surgical-department, for which we know he has great partiality as well as skill. Although an enlightened. selfshness may justly prompt so many of oar young and enterprising citizens to emigrate from old Edgefleld, yet we' would fain remonstrate against those who are doing well here, wishing to do better, and who, for that purpose, are leaving troops of friends, as well as lacerating old and .cherished ties to form new ones among distant stran gets. We know of many who left here but a short while ago, with the- most flattering prospects ahead, that bitterly regret their exile now, as some of them call it. And when we consider all the enticements that surround- our young friend in Edgefield, a fine practice, a host of friends, a handsome fortune, a nice cottage, a devoted wife, a prattling babe, and the best garden of the season, we do think that he should. be content to abide with us, to aid in beautifying our Town, improving our society and promoting the gene ral prosperity of the place in which he is so favorably known, and so highly appreciated. We shall never have a Rail Road as long as our wealth, enterprise and intelligence continues to eml grate. Every one is in some way under obligations to stand by his birth place and "the dear school boy spot." If each one would only cultivate his own vine and fig tree to the best of his ability, every neighbor hood would blossom like the rose, and we should soon have a minature New York even in the dull old Edgefield. The Doctor has done his share, and we ardently hope that he will continue to act the part that he has so well begun. HORSE-STEALING. Tais oflence is becoming much too common in these parts for the comfort of our gentlemen who like fine turn-outs. About two weeks ago, Mrs. MARY GoMILLoN, an elderly lady of this District, had her stables entered by two stalwart young men, hailing front North Carolina, and a pair of her horses, most unceremoniously ab stracted therefrom. Her son, Mr. LovE?? GottILLtON, as soon as the villainry was discovered, made chase,. and overtook and arrested. one of the softly treading gentlemen, who calls himself Jous TuoursoN, and who had in his possession, a terrible slingshot and any number of skeleton keys and implements for forcing dooors. His comrade made his escapee but we are glad to hear, that'he has been lodged in Spartanburg jail where he is to swait condign punishment, perhaps for some other crime. TO THE KNOW NOTHINGS. Ws would like to hear a discourse from the Chap lain of the Know Nothings on the following texts found in the Bible. " If a stranger sojourn with thee .in your land, ye shall not vex him. " But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shall love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God."-Letiticus iii, 33, 4t. FOUND DEAD. The Newberry Mirror, says: " On the 19th inst., WILLIAM aMcDANIEL was found dead, in the upper part of this District. When found he was partly lying in a small branch, but not enough to canse death by drowning. He was a man of dissipated habits, and his death is supposed to have been caused by a dis pute with John Barleycorn. Foa TilE EDGEUtELD A DVERTISEa. Cuba--No. 6. LET us admit for the completeness of the a?;,u ment of thcse numbers, that the North American Union may never be dissolvcd, and I carnestly pray that our brethren may never drive us into dissu'u tion. Well, in that event, as much as I am epposed, generally, under our present constitution and politi cal orgauimation to an indiscriminaite and unscrupu bus extension and increae of our territory, I think it would be highly beneficial to the whole United States, as a nation, to acquire Cuba. Of course, as we have before said, it would be of incalcalable im portance to the slave States, in every sense of the word, fur us to possess that Island, whether we agreed with the Free States or not; and if we should disagree with thenm, it would be indispensablo for us to have it. But considering us to be a united and harmoni os people--considering a reverence to the graves of our fathers-their heroic efforts to achieve liber ty and the sublime institutions they reared, and con sidering us to lore one nnother with such right hearty good will, as to live in pence and happiness together forever, then the highest reasons of State or of policy present themselves to the mind, why every energy of the nation should induce her to plant her ensign on Mloo Castle, and make it a banner of protection, not only to the inhabitants of Cuba, but to those of many Islands of the Gulf, and to many Republics in Central and South A merica, as also to the subjects of the vat Republ'o of Mexi co itself. A certain forethought tias seeme~d to characterize every great nation that 'has existed but ours. " Coming events arc ever casting their shadows be fore them," and the ifatute and the enterprising have been able to anticipatei thtem, and to breast the storm, or to turn to happy account the otherwise fortunate occurrence. France has seen the present strupgle in which she is engaged for nearly a century, and the minds of lher peosple have been prepared for it. There is nothing but the sound of war ringing through her whole domain, and her young men are roused and strung with unquenchable enthusiasm to enter the fight, and battle tilt death, with the most giant power (in earth. Napoleon the First, had the sageity before his decease, not only to foresee this mighty alliance of France and England, at which the nations tremble, but alimost to foretell it in words, precisely as we hare witnessed its effectuation. But American diplomnatists seem to see nothing beyond the length of their own diminutive shadows. They are dcad to all but the moment, and tho changes and chances of the instant in which they are exist ing. It appears to me, that all real public spirit has become extinct with the spirit of the Revolution. The mighty genius and the burnming hearts that inspired the bosoms and lighted the counsels of Washington, and Jefferson, and Adamis, and Hlant ilton, have been buried with them; and we have nothing left but the veriest pigmies strutting and fuming on a lofty and gorgeous stage, where war ring giants were wont to contend for empire. Turn to the SOor.E Mission, and read It well. We looked upon the elevation of Mr. PixaCE -to the Presidency as an auspicious omen to the South, and to all lovers of freedom and Republieanism ini the Western world becaise he was a gentleman, and we believed him to be a patriot. For a time our lopes were not disappointed. The country nieeded Cuba, and the same possibly was secretly coveted by England and' France. A gentleman, whose views were in favor of its acquisition, and one full of zeal and courage, and purest chivalry, as well as of highest intellect, was deputed by the government to the Court of Madrid, to negotiate for this beauti fuI Island, to purchase it for the good understanding of the two nations-of all the nations-or, to per hps, represent to Spain, the actual fact, thist this country is bound tu have the Queen of the Antilles, if need be, by force, and to claim her by the voice of tea thousand cannons. This M~inister of ours, in vested with a portIon of the dignity of the govern ment, and of the President' himself, was insulted to suclh a degree by the. Spanish Court,. and by the French Minister, instigated, no doubt, indirectly by the Cabinets of Lonudon and Paris, that his proud spirit revolted from th~e edium, and both ho and his gallant son put their lives in peril to wipe the stain from the American esoutcheon. In 'the meantime every indignity that Spanish malice and supercilli oness could devise was hesped upon our ships and. seamen. Tihey'were, detained, delayed, their crews were- imprisoned, and., their. property confiscated. idour -government take a manly redress-one id it dismantle the Spanish Castles, and destroy the !nemy's towns ? Did it speak as a Jackson would ave spoken, through the mouths of great guns, ad by the force of cannon shot? No, even. the President himself, true as he is, from the clamors of , selfish, utilitarian cold-blooded and a lkw-minded opulatlon was compelled to truckle to Spanish ar ogance and insolence, and to sacrifice one of the est, and wisest, and truest men in the land. Spain vas wholly intractable and haughty, and defiant un il Mr. SoULS was re-called, and -a Mr. DODGE was lent on, who could summon up the humility to dodge he question at issue, and shamlessly and meanly form the virtuous good Queen Isabella and her Ministers, how mueh he and we loved and adored ier, and her government, and her dutiful, loving ,nd loyal subjects I Was there ever such another. nstance of lowly crouching, and of cowardly infamy recorded in the annals of a great empire.. The Irms of England.end France had already been ralized in the iron grasp of Russia, and we had nothing to fear except' from the spectres formed by )or own wild imaginations. Still we succumbed,. and :ondescended to ask for redress with our hats under >ur arms, and with the most-abject slavish obeisance. Why this country has nothing to fear from England, France and Spain, and any other one or two ordina y European powers combined; and she'could war with them, in a good cause, forflftyinstead of seven rears. Ah, it is not the want of natural courage in )ur men or our government-itis the hideous yell of abolitionists that has unstrung the nerves of our statesmen, and wrought the abasement of a mighty evincible Republic. I again most emphatically predict, that it is the lestiny, as well as -the duty of- our race' to rule, if not to colonize and absorb every people on this Iemisphere, and that the Island of Cuba is the key )f our dominion. ..The American plan of winning possessions is by colonization, and enterprise and ao iity in the pursuits of industry ; and I confess that mince any territory acquired by us has the almost bsolute and- perfectly constitutional right of being admitted as an equal into the Union, my feelings revolt a little at the thought of taking to my arms the debased and degenerate hombres of Mexico and outh America,.an'I would prefer that we should xtend our power in that direction, by rather diffe rent means than the usual ones we employ. The hot is though, that the, interests cannot be blighted, or the enterprise of our people checked ; and the nuniflnce of Heaven most lavishly displayed in uexico and South America, must be made, by the nergy of man, to redound to the glory of God and to the welfare and salvation of his creatures. To those who have confidence in the perpetuity of sur confederation of States, the reasons in favor of heextension of American power here advocated, are absolutely overwhelming. Neither may they ;hock the sensibilities nor awake the fears of those who believe in a separation of the North and South. Good and virtuous.men in contemplating their deaths to not neglect the things of the present, or turn their eyes from the uncertain and unknown future to which they shall shortly be summoned. It is only he chicken-hearted and cowardly that shrink rp palled from their approaching dissolution, and in abject terror of the grave, forget the means to hus mnd the vital forces to which they so eagerly cling. rhe coward dies oft-times before his real call-the Lrave never die but once. The advantages. of Cuba though, to the slave holding States, under ay complication' of circum itances that may occur, I trust have been fully shown. It only remains now to be ascertained what other sonsiderations than those given, should prompt the United States to raise her standard and establish her iway in that paradise which blooms so untended in the sea. If as a nation, we ire to absorb all the others on thicontinent, then, most assuredly, the prettiest trting point we cbuld" covet, is tho beautiful and salbrious Island of Cuba. Thence, we could spread our power and onr Lorces in every direction withog ny to make umrdfraiae. But whether we are bent' n annexation by colonization, or annexation by con quest, or whether we be averse from any annexution, we are fully determined, and it is our abiding policy long made known to the grcat powers of the earth, to exercise a superintendance and a preponderating influence over every Kingdom and Republic that now exiat, or that amy hereafter be created in the whole of America. Political sagacity therefore and far-seeing diplomacy would imsperatively demand of us to steadily marchy forward iith our acquisitions. In the course of time, either North America or South America must, preponderate, and if the Spanish Indian race be not supplanted by us, they many revive, and a dreadful contest of races may take place in the Western wvorld involving the lives of millions of men, and money beyond calculation. For such a crisis who would not be prepared. To meet a united effort of all the South American TRe publis, and to control their measures of legislation, why do we not haow, while we have the strength and resources, begin to put ourselves in proper po sition ? We mistake the deorees of the Most High, if we believe our nation (just in its infney) is to tread a Ilowery path to greatness and renown. All history proves the contrary, and ""man nature seals the proof. The temiple-of fame is on a mon tnin surrounded by seas of sweat and blood ; and hey who shall win it, must forget costs, must forget hardships, and must close their eyes to travail, and peril mnd death. Any unfriendly alliance of France and England touching our designs in the new world, is a hiumbug conjured up by gloomy imaginations to affright the womanly hearts of little amen. France and England cannot exist without rriendly relations. with the United States. We have less to fear from them than from any other people, and we have every thing to rivet our friendship, and eternize our intercourse with them. Let our injudicious officious govern meat, if sihe herself will not act, let her children alone, and by the blessing of God, and the aid of Heaven, we wilL have Cuba, amnd miore thtan Cuba, as the price of our labors, and as a compen sation for the blood and treasure we intend to spend -nay, to lavish in the aecoamplishmient of a series of the most brilliant enterprises, that have marked the courage and elevation of our species since the dawn of Christianity and the advent of Christ. CRITTENDEN. WE regret that it is our lot again to chronicle the fearful ravages of the yellow fever in the infected dlistrict of Virginia. Our cotempora ries of that region announce no abatement in he havoc dons by the felt destroyer. All those who can are fleeing from the dreadful scourge, and the cities of Nohrfolk, Portsmouth and Gus port, are now almost depopulated. The jyo gres of the diseease has -become such that most of the local physicians are either dead or pros trated, and additional aid is solicited' to adminis ter to the numerous sick. More than $40,000 have alreadybeen raised to assist them, but physicians and nurses are in great demand. Dr. Stone has left for Baltimore. His services at Norfolk and Gosport were productive of much AWFUL MURDE.-We learn by Mr. Cravaith, f hitewater, the following .particulars of a 'most revolting and awful murder at that place: This f'renoon an old man, aged about 68 years, named Win. Birge, father to Win. Birge, Jr., proprietor of the flouring mills at Whitewater, cut the throat or his wife, and- was then shot down by a young maon of Win. Birge, Jr. The, elder Brge, has long been addieted to intem~per ate habits, and the nassault upon lus wife was made in one of his drunken sprees. His wife is represented to have been an .estimable wo P. .-A later report by' telegraph 1says that Mrs. irge la'likelytto live, though there are no hopes of hter husband. The boy, a lad about 16 or 1'? years of age, shot in self-defence, his grandfather making an assault upon him after cutting the throat of his wife.-ansville (Ill.) THE COTTON CROP IN ALABArA. .The Mobile Prices Current of Saturday says "The following letter is from one of our most intelligent Cotton Factors, who has traveled during the summer extensively in Sputh Ala bma:" .DALLAS COvTr, August 11. DEAR SIR: Having seen much of .the cotton crop 'in South Alabama, I think I can give a correct report of its present condition. . For the last six " weeks, there has been an unusual quantity of rain, stimulating the exces sive growth of the weed, and preventing plan ters from killing grass. - This operated to the injury of the cotton, though it stood the rain better than-one would have.supposed. Recent. ly, however, we have been 'Hooded. We have had oceans of water and severe storms. All low land cottons are gone-a great deal washed up, and much submerged. It is now out of the question for the slough lands to make a crop its condition is past recovery. The cotton on the sandy lands is not so bad off, though it has turned yellow, and is shedding its leaves and throwing off its squares. The lower bolls have rotted, and the only hope now is 'for a top crop, consequent upon a late fall. Planters are migh tily down in the mouth about their crops, and not without cause. Fortunately, fine crops are made, but most'of the fodder has been lost. If they make but little cotton they will not have to spend that little to buy bredi. In this there is some consolation. The cotton crop was just in that state, when these prodigious ruins fell, to be greatly damag ed, if not ruined. The weed had grown prema turely fast, was sappy and tender, and required dry weather and hot sun to toughen it and to arrest its succulency. Whatever fruit was on it, was low down and shaded. In this critical situation, a succession of wet weather was most injurious, and I do not see how it is possible. that the crop can prove otherwise than short. I am aware of the -disposition generally to magnify the damage done the crop, which is not sustained by the result. But when I see whole fields knee deep in water and the plant dying, and the grass in many places nearly as tall as the cotton, I am bound to believe the injury is great, and at best a very moderate yield may be expected. This has been .a remarkable year in many respects, and one by no means favorable to the cotton crop. At one time, however, cotton was doing well, and fast recovering from the effects of late planting, and an unfavorable spring; but these encouraging prospects were of short dura tion, and at the present writing they could not be much gloomier. In the above, I have endeavored to present the true state of the case, and I dare say you will receive similar reports from reliable sources. Yours truly, OBSERVER. SA3fPLES oF DAMAGED WHEAT.-The rage, just now, of sending specimen heads of sprout e8 Wheat to - newspaper editors to frighten them, and through them the public, with stories of damaged crops and prospects of famine pri. ces, does not seem to have the effect desired. Sending a head of damaged Wheat as a sample of a whole field, or of a whole district, is very much like carrying about a brick as a specimen of a house. We presume there .are no Wheat fields in which some shriveled, or sprouted, or worm-eaten heads could, not be found. The farmers had better put a good face upon the present prospect of the crops,. and make up their minds to lower prices. We have no doubt there has been some damage done by the rains, but not, we have reason to believe, to any great extent, or sutficient to affect the prices of grain a cent a bushel. . Whatever damage may have been done to the Wheat by the rain, has been more than compensated by the benefit which the other crops have received from the samie eau.se.-New York Times. THE MORTALITY AT FORT RILEY--A letter dated at Fort Leavenworth on the 6th instant, and published in the St. Louis Republican. giv'es an appalling account of the ravages of the cho lera at Fort Riley, in Kainsas T1erritory. The letter says: "Some two weeks ago Major Ogden, with four hundred citizde, mechanics, stone-ent ters, laborers, &e., went out to Fort Riley, for the purpose of erecting. buildings and stables to be occupied during the coming winter by some dragoon companies. "Until last Wedne.'day the wole command was very healthy and got along well with their buildings, when the cholera made its appearanlce and in fo'riy-eight hours-i. e. from Wednesday until Friday noon-it took forty-five to iift'y persons to a better world.. "Major Ogden died last Friday. The wife and two children of Major Woods, the wife of' Major Armistead, Sixth Infantry, and forty-five or forty-six citizens died. All the troops had left except the band aind staff of the Sixth in fantry, one of which, the Quartermaster's Ser geant, died alho." AnoLunoY NEWSFrERs IN THlESoUTH.-The Fredericksburg Herald denaounces, with just severity, the Saturday Evening Post, which has a most extensive cirenlation in the SoutJhern States, on account of its literary pretensions, apd which has recently betrayed the confidence reposed in it by bitter and unrelenting attacks upon the rights and practices of the South. We concur with the Herald in the opinioJn that the abolitionists have indemnified the Post for any injury it might sustain at the South from the appearance of such articles in its coluns. If Southern patronage can be continued to that paper after this demonstration, it will be offering a premium by the South for the destruction of' its own institutions. Why should Southern men natronize thiese mammoth literary journals in the North, whose tendency in abolition and morals is often detestable, to the exclusion of their own excellent periodicnls 1-Dispatch. Ocan commercial reports for some time have indicted a. growing inmportaince in the wvheat and flour trade of this city, rind we are encour aged to believe., from alt available tokens, that this branch will be steadily and largely promoted during the delivery of the present 'crop. The ketch Comnmerce was cleared yesterday at our ustom House for Rio de Janeiro, direct, with 1.505 bbls. of flour. The,first case, perhap.', of a cargo of flour exclusively being shipped hence to a foreign port. Thue flour was furnished in abut equal proportions by the Etowah nard Granite Milip, of Georgia, and the Knoxville Steam Mills of Knoxville, Trenn., all of a super fine brand, and shipped by Messrs. T. S. & 'r. G. Budd, whose enterprise in this new line, we trust will meet a due'-reward. We lenrni, also1 that Messrs. Holmie & Sln ney have just chartered t wo first class schooners, each ca.pable of' taking 10,000 bushels of wheat, which will take cargoes immediately-one fo'r Alexandria, and the other for Richmond, Va. Wheat from our city to Virginia may be con sidered one of the novelties of the day, whieb, however, may soon cease to be notteeable. Charleston Courier. TEi Atlanta, Ga., Intelligencer of Wednes day says:' SWe-have been shown, by Mr. Jnmes Mc Pherson of this place, an admirably executed Ten Dollar bill, counterfeit, on the Bank of Georgetown. It diff'era-from the genuine only in execution, and is 'eak-tulated to deceive any but tiie most observant. The signatures of the Cashier and President, .D. L. McKay and J. W. Coachman, are 'so perfectly'- imitated as to defy detection. The-counterfeit bears date 1st July, 1846, and is somewhat shorter than the genuine. The shading of the X in thes middle of the bill, is defective, -where it is stressed' by the words Georgetowvn, South Carolina, Ten. The female head on the lo.wecr right hand corner., Is however, the best detective, being but a poor imitation of the genuine, and, ini wantof finish, showing unmistak able siga of countefeit. It is the opinion of Mr. Valentine, Cashier of the Atlanta Bank, that ire have among us.-some persons engaged in passing off these counter feits, as he has repeatedly of late, rejected bills of this description." ' KILLEMD ar LIGH'r5Isa.--We regret to learn 'that the mail boy, who carries the mall from this place to Clarksville, Georgia, was killed by lightning, between .Jarratt's bridge and Horse Shoe, i this district, omi Wednesday last. is horse was killed at the eame time.-Piekens Curir. GtaANITEVILLE-HE ANB UACUS, ti. WE find-in a late Charleston Standard, the following airticle from-a gentleman who is open ding his sumnner:reereation in Aiken, and who corresponds -to 'that paper, on Graniteville, her great success in her manufacturing establish ments, the industrious habits of her citizens, &c. I lately took a run to Graniteville, about four miles off, in the direction of Augusta, and I should 'have some difficulty in'giving expression to'the perfect satisfaction I experienced at the admira ble condition and prosperity of this manufactu ring establishment. About nine. years ago the waters of Horse Creek,.which spring from the high lands, scam. pered away to the Savannah river, with only the impediment presented by a straggling saw mill. In 1846. however, a few gentlemen of capital, among whom were Mr. William Gregg, Mr. Kerr Boyce, Mr. T. Street, Mr. Robert Mar tin, and Mr, John Springs,, determined -to take advantage of its capabilities, and selecting a lo cation at the confluence of Horse and Bridge Creeks, in a long valley overlooked by hils which rise on either side -to the height of near three hundred feet, they commenced improve. ments in the way of .a manufnothring establish ment, and the result is such as to reflect great credit upon- their taste and enterprise.. To. use the language of Montgomery, the superinten dent, "dams were built, canals cut, a saw-mill and machine shops erected, streets laid out, and one hundred houses put up, mostly in the Gothic style, besides two churches, also of Gothic archl-. tecture; a hotel and .-market ; and simultaneous ly with these, an extensive factory wi:h.-granite walls, was completed and filled with machinery ; and, strange as.it may-appear, in two years from the time when the first spade was put into the ground, the place was filled with a population of eight hundred industrious people ; two chur ches were organized, free schools were establish. ed, and the factory was filled with efficient and industrious operatives, the most of whom were drawn from rude huts and a condition of ignor ance and poverty." The whole village covers about eighty acres, and the factory buildings occupy about six acres. The factory buildings of granite, together with the packing house and machine shops, present a front of about five hundred feet. It contains 8,600 spindles and 330 looms, and turns off about 4,000,000 yards of cloth, consuming about 4,000 bales of cotton. The feature most commendable about 'this establishment is its admirable industry and or der. The adults are all at work, the children are at school, and in riding through the village at any period of the day, it is a remarkable fact that of a population of 800 souls, there is t9 be seen not one solitary lounger. Much of this is attributable to the efficient discipline of the in stitution, but more, perhaps, to the rule that no spirits can be bought or used within its limits. The Company own all the houses, and lease them only on this condition, which being broken the lease is forfeited and the party is removed. 'rie waste has become a garden in every phy. sical and moral aspect, and the experiment pos. sesses beside the especial charm that it has been entirely successful, and the place is, therefore, not only intrinsically beautifu , but affords in this fact a strong inducement to the capital of our country to seek a similar investment. To Dir. William Gregg the success of this enterprise is properly attributable. He was the first President of the Company, and though having been a successful merchant and lbeing powsessed, therefore, of littie experience, he is eminently practieat in his character. He- felt his way along wiih the utmost circumspection, and trusting rather to the dictates of his own~ experience and judgment than to the history of enterprises in other. sections of the country, he' has brought the work to what would seem to be the utmost possible efficiency and excellence. By reference to the last annual report of the President of this company, (whiich is an exceed ingly lueid exposition of the whole system of factory operations at~ the South, and which we regret our inability to publish ent ire,) it will be seen that the establishment has already paid, within a fraction of seven per cent upon the in vestment since it was first paid in, including the time during which the works were being origin ally constructed; that in 1854, eighteen per cent was realized ; and that-If the current year shall continue prosperous, the dividend,. will increase Ithe per centage upon the original investment, for tho whole time since operations were com mened, to nine per centt... The capital stoiek of this company wvas origi ally 6360,000 ; the total surplus capital and pro fits, after paying dividends as above stated, amount to $9~8,570,47. The cost of the cotton consumed dluring the last year was $122,078; the cost of labor, rep~airi, &c., 894,000 ; 3,854, 059 yards of cloth were mannuintured, and the nett earnings amounted to $64,954. To other inidustrial enterprises I will 'give at tention in my next. VIAToa. LOOK OUT FOR A blURDERIER !-We received this morning a detailed account of one of the most brutal umurders we have ever heard of. It w'as perpetrated in the county of Yadkin, six .Ines northwest of Hamptonville on Friday th~e 20th in'stant. The name of the murderer, is Christopher Robbinis, commonly cnlled "Kit Robbin." His victim was a poor old negro man, who came into his possession by marriage. He beat the old man with then butt of a wagon wip until lie wore it out, then lie used an axethandle, with which ho also knocked downt his own wife,) and finally finished the old negro by pourin hoL water in his cars. lie left t he neigh borhood on the morning of the 21st., starting in the direction of W-ilkesboro ; but it is believed he will tr o escape by the Railroad. Look out for him: He is of "medium size, about 15 feet 10 inchtes high, rather slenider, brown eyes, and dark hair. lie has a large sear across the top of thie left hand." That mark will probably bring him to just ice.-Salisbury Watchman. .WHmFFING AN ABOLITIONS.-News from Kansas to the 7th instant, contains an-account of the excitement created in Atchison by' the whipping of an aboliiionist from Ulocinali, named Kelly. A public meeting had b. n call ed, at which resolutions were passed deelarato ry of ani intention to rid the Territory of all abolitionists. A comamittee was appointed fo warn Kelly to leave the Territory within an' hour, but when the committee waited upon him h was not to be found, having gone to parts unknown during the previous night. A bill of a very -stringent character in relation to aboli tionists is now before the Katnsas'Levislatu're. It provides that every person who shall be con vited of raisinig a rebellioni of slaves, free ns groes, or mulattoes, or do any act in furtherance thereof, shall suffecr~deathi. Faos: all parts of the State we hear a favora Sble account of the growing crops. Our people. were, perhaps, never at any former period cheer ed with so fine a prospect of an abunidant yield of corn. This is truly -a gratifying state of things-especially in view of the fact that the two last crops were both short.--North Caroh. na Argus. GEN. .IoaN A.' QUITAIAN,' of.. MississippI, and hero of Chapultepec, made a political speech at New Orleans, acecording. to appointmient, on the 17th inst. He del ivered a lengthy eulogy upon the institution of slavery, which he believed had been one great cause of the prosperity -'of the nation. The principles of the American party were, he thought, opposed to the institution, and therefore every friend of the South shiould- rise up in opposition to the party. Thle South .had nothing to fear from' foreigners; 'but poly from nnatical Free-Boilers and Abolitionists. She must, therefore, look at this question in its real light, and not suffer it to be obscuredby party issues. -. . - Go -AIID DO IT.-Go- and do it-nov, thia moment, instantly. Go, run. " To do what?" say you. The comamandments .of God, all', every thing in the .Book,'the great nook, the book of Books the Bible : Whatever good thing thy 'hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. -" Ntlothful in business fervent in spirit; servinfg the Loi." Diffuse light, lite, and glory, scatter widely' the seeds~of benevolence. " Wash you make you- clean, cease-to do evil, learn to do well; seek judgo ment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless ,plead'for the- widow;" in a wor4'follow the goldeiule, keep thtyseif unspottd og thing EA2RRING, 6.0. A eor esepondent of the New York d.ourier af Ed *rer writes as follows of what he saw in Hamburg, on the 5th inst: To.day.being Lord's day, seems to beoqulte a day of jubilee with the colored race of this vi clnitv, and it some of the benighted Abolitionists of tle North could appear 1 our midst and wi. neo the happiness and privileges of our Seth era slaves, I dare say such scenes-would go fa in removing-many of the prejudices under whis we are now laboring with regard to slavery. I presume two hundred negroes assembled on the Augusta side of the Savannah- river, towitness the administration of the rites of baptism to some thirty-five or forty subjets." They oes. gregatad on the wharves in a cool retreat, undler the shade of the 4wo-bridges--the magunficenb Railroad Bridge and the. Passenger Bdge. There, after a few words of prayer, they commen ced the work of immersion, during which time, the congregation.united loappropriates'bonses and hymns, and by way of carrying out the Me, thodist religion to the extent; seteralasistra&i.$ brothers became so overcome with the-operations of the spirit, that-theer broke forth jualrouting, "glorytoGid," "' lelujah," andother like ek pressions, in such loud tones - were distinctly heard on the opposite . : he nsa. grees here have a nice little church, and in 4;. gusta have four; two of them handsome bul, dings, with colored ministers, who receive as good salary each.- Their finst choroh is andow the pastoral charge of a colored nister, whoy. for several years, was engaged in your-agi under Mr.'D., and there gained his edecation. The negroes here are truly happy and contbn. ted; they are not oppressed,. arb allowed every liberty, and know none of the cares which amiet their masters. They dress handsomely, and many of' them. richly ; a great number of them hire their own time, and- seem.as free as their owners. it ta the general inipression at the. North tiiat the farther South you. go, the spore oppressed you find slaves-a false idea altogether. I find thenm . much more. indulged, though there :is a limit 'to that indulgence; they are not made companions. of as'at Saratoga Springs. We have had a' pleasant summer so far; *0, yellow foeer yet, but an abundance of'mosqui%, toes; and with a dozen'or more sticking thei bills in each elbow, besides, a cloud - of them around your hands'and neck; you may'.wonder how one can write at ...all, subject to. all those annoyances. - REMARKABLE PEOFERTIES OF GuTrrA 5acA. -The following statemept of experiments (nad. upon gutta percha 'vestments at. the United States Naval Laboratory, will surprise many, and will give additional value to preparationsjf that gum. The Washington Star says that, in consequence, the Navy Department has orddred a supply of snch clothing to' be' distributed among the East Indies, African, 'and Gait squadrons. Fabries of the same kind have been freely introduced into the military servies: "Six pea jackets, made of gutta percha fabric, were baled in the same manner as- the cloth clothing for the navy,-under a pressure of thirty tons.. They were then placed over a, steam boilerin the yard, and remained for sixteen days, subject to an :average temperature of 190 de grees, at time as high as.. 212 degrees.. On ex amination the garments' were found in thesame state as when packed. There was no adhesion of the folds, nor any decomposition of the gutia percha. One jacket was dipped in water, rolled up and sewed in the corners, (but not pressed,) and subjected to the' same beat for three da y. On examination this also was found ..ninju'." -Baltimore Sun. SLAVE -BURNIIG l1.MA5sACHUsETTs.--The Washington Era, .having commented strougly upon a late lynch .law'outrage in Alabama, where a negro who had Birst violated and then tortured to death a little white girl, was seized and burn. ed alive by an infuriated mob-an Alhabama paper retorts as follows:- - . .' u a recent biography of -the bat# Rey. Drt, Codman, an eminent clergyman of Boston,pran ted by Mervine &r Whtipple, mention isa made of one his ancestors who, u few years previous to the revolution, was " poisoned with arsenic by three of his negro slaves, Mark, .Phiilis itnd P'hmbe." The biography say.-" The two for mner were convicted and . exeputed. ^*1.epnte of Mark's execution was on the northerly side of Cambridge road, about a quarter of a mile abuve the peninsula, and the gibbet remained until a short time before the revolution.' Phills woas burned at the stake, aboula en yards from the gallows." AxN A~oLmoNIST COJUNER ED.-4n old f9taker gentlemen from Pennsylvania recently visited a relaition in one of our lower countries' who hia a hundred slaves on his farm, all of whom had been raised in the family. The Pennsylvanian took several occasions to lecture the Mary lander on the impropriety* and sinfulness of holding slaves, and urged him to manunlit them. Tuhe Mlarylander finally proposed to his relative to give hinm every slave he had, provided, ibe ironid give him security that he would 'tali as god care of them as he didi. Of the hundred saies, lie remarked, there are thirty, too old tn'talte care of themselves, and of course hoecould not free them; then there are thirty more too yoanag to be given their freedom; the other forty he kept to earn sufficient to support titose that sie too young and too old to work. TIhe Pennsyt vanian declined this liberal offer, and his relatrye closed the conversation by remarking-" Now, my friend if you and your Northern sympathL. sers with our slaves would-only follow Henry Clay's advice to " mind your own business"and leave us alone with' our ,slaves, .you would do them more service titan their 'masters, ,fa~r the fact is, my hogs eat up my corn, and mj lifes eat up alu my hogs." T he subject was after that dropped by mutual conaent~an-i the Ab6li tionist returned home a wiser muan thanfie was when he started on his way to a slave State. Bali. American. MaanIE, on the 1oth of July last, by the -Ret. J. E. Caughmntan, hr. JAMas Dos and Mlin bla osarrT. Kasee, nil of this District. O BIT UA RY' Dian, at Mapleton, Ahbeville1DXstrict, on the 23d ult., JESSE MICIIAEL, aged shout tensonl; son of SAMUELi C. and Susax EDMUxas. . "lHe was a being of unear'thly mould, A thing superior to tiii. frowns of fatoe' And never d'id my wsnderlpgceyes behold,' - A child so sweet." DIED, of consumpt on, at the resideneoOf his:me. tier, in Dallas cnyAlabami; on, the, 6th day of August, 1855, Mr. HERRY W. JONES, in the 38th year of h~is age. - ttnayaato lie was declibag for 'motethn yaradfo severatl months previous to his death, was a great sufferer. . A few weeks befbre he dieddlhe protfessed a- hope of pardon 'through-his "Saviour Jesus," whioh, he said, removed the dlread of deatth ; but be had a desire to live on accont of' his'wife and ielp children, and to live more to the glory of Gd thai he had done. lie baa iet an affeion~oate vife three tmall cliililren,.and-a, large cireit of and friends to mourn his loss. - 3B T amir23 NOTICE I- - 'EdESSTY eompelu me to gall og, : y Ae and customers for the amount'due me ;adi I am compelled to sue-thens, I trpst they will net be angry with onetwho has so ofeu waite4.qig thanmi; Your'obediegtgr ''Aug 29 ' 38 against the said deceased, will' aese wthr - a properly attested, at the late bei eee Etlfe" oeased, on Thtursdlay the 20th of-Septemtbee seat, fo naisettlement. Aug29 ,4tM4B JLACK1 Blue, IndelbaWs' ' by AG4ia Afay 3 .m,...ly