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94 9'tfi. min e e - .. ... .-. .... . . . . - t iA1 d a- WS ina~for - ..-.' - r - "We will cling to the Pillars of tire, Temple of' bertics, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins - W. F. DURISOE do SON, Proprietors. '.SEPTEMBERI~I~~k VL leiN* L Edgefield Collegiate Institute FOR YOUJiA ES I T HE next Session will commenee on Monday the 17th Sept., and continue fourteen weeks., The system of Insttuction, nider which.thii Insti 'tution has retained its popularity for the last four :years, wilt bb c nutnued, with such improvements as an enlarged experience has suggested. The same Teachers who- have proved so populir during the Spast year will be continued in the a'e*ral depart 'ments. Whatever can be 'ained by-a mostthorough -system, compined with faithfulness, competency and industry on the part. of the Teachers-aided by a splendid Apparatus-for ilustrating the different branches ofstudy-ea e promsed to those who wish. fortheir daughters an enlarged and liberal 'mental e tufe. VWeis- r the accomplishments of the past as the surest guarantee of success for the future, and rely upon these, and our continued efforts during the .eoming year; for the continuance of that liberal patronage which has always been.so cheerfully ac oorded to this Institution. It is of importance to the Pupils that they be present as early as possible after the commencement. The Rates of Tuition in the different departments will remain unchanged. They areas'follows: Collegiate Department,. per session, - $15 00 Academical "- :. " . " - 12 00 Primary _ " " - 7 00 Optional Studies, - Foa wmtcu -a cuanos is EXTRA. Music Department - - - -- -- - $18 00 French '" - - - - - . 10 00 Drawing " - - - - - - 10 90 Papils using the Chemical and 'Philosophical Ap 'aratus are charged each $2 a Session for breakage, .&. And those practicing upon the Pianos at the Insdtitte'pt .ayeaeh $t a Session tor keeping them in. There iio:a charge upon all, the Pupils of 50 Dents a.Session for contingeneies. gy All bills are payable at the close of each See -o1. CHAS. A. RAYMOND, PRIN. ,August 29 tf 33 Curryton Academies. HE 'MALli DEPARTMENT of these Acade - niies is -under tho ipervision of Mr. J. L. tESLY. Assisted by Mr. BASS. The Female Department will be supervised by ,Mr. .A .,BUTLEtassisted by competent Mu ;Aial and other Instructoress. Rates of Tuition. 'irsid.Class, Primary Eepartment, per Scss-on $9,00 -nd " ordinary English branches......12,00 ind " ~ higher English branches........15,00 -4th " Greek and Roman Literature with higher Mathematics..........18,00 'Music.........................$20,00 Pupils are charged from the time of entering on til the end of'the Session. Tuition in advance. The year is divided into two Session of Sve months each. - Good board can be had in the neighborhood ;at from $8 to $10 dollars per.month. ROBT. SIERRIWETUER, Chair'n Board of Trustees. Feb14 tf , 5 Edgefleld Male Academy! 4 ki Exercises sf'this Institution- are now in 1 progress for the Fail Turin under the sontrol of Mr. W. K. McCASLAN, as Principal, and Sir. T. B.CROOKER, us Assistant. a The regulations of the Academy are beig re arranged by the Teachers conjointly, and will soon be pet fected. The Village of Edgefield oilers. many inducements to parents in an. educational point of view. It is perfectly heahby as a~general rule. It is free from this evil inllue'nees of grog.-shops. It is a religious domnimtity. - And it'car justly boast of an enlight 'ened.society. Over-the Mak. Academy the Trustees exercise a dhir-t supervision and are consulted in all eases of extreme .punishmeut. They propose to give more of their attention in future to the weekly reviews of thescholars, that an additional stimulus may be Imparted to the classes. The present Teachers are capable and energetic dug gentlemen in their respective departments. ieir School numbers about 40 at this time, leaving abundant roorn for 201 more. It is hoped that parents and guardians within reach of us will immediately embrace the opportunity. Terms as per last Session. ., R. T. M~IMS, ..g A. SIMKINS, i; -G. A.. ADDISON, . -LEWIS JONES, 12 BENJ. WALDO. *J" Sept,19 if .36 T* IESubscriber respectfully informs the citizens ..of Edgefield anad vicinity that- he intends open a gSchao upon his premises in Edgefield Vii Iaeon-the first Monday in Augrust next, wherein wil be-taught the higher branches of English and Classical Literature, -Norpains will he-spared to render ample satisfaction ,td parents who may intrust their childrento his care .boths as to her roing and discipline. Charges the same aat the Village Academy, and invariably in -advaniice. ' - F le will also attend to te practice of LAW .and KiQUITY, for the D~istr.t-nnd may be found .a&i Baturddys-and -a poi'tion iof-sale days at his Office, .64vri-. B. C. Bryan's Store. -- -- ~WILLIAM LOGUE. iJuly 30, - tf - 29" - - AO A"E.Z3. TrHE Undersigned returns his sincere thanks to -- his friends for their patronage while located in Hamburg. and he~reby informs them that he can be foUnad (after 1st September next,) at the 'Aouse of 'WA-R&, BURCH ARD & CO., opposite the Ma soen Hall, Augusta, Ga., where he would be happy .tidiesad serve them, and where a FULL and Complte Stock of Dry Go ods, ,eal4Ik foeiud,.which wrill be sold as LOW .sfrom ay Hods in the City. A ASM Hamnburg Aug 13, if 31 -NOTICE- TO: COTTON PLANTERS ! HE Subseriber, living near Bethel Church, Ibelow the Ridge, would inform the Cotton rifabters-of Edgefield and the surrounding Districts, that he is maanufaoturing af very SUPERIOR QUA LiTY--warranted to giveqatisfaction. I am also prepared to * - .REPAIR OLD GiNS, - u ery-ineerate ices. For ineormation in regr to my eseity to dothe abeve work, I would refer ksMreB. T. Beatwright and Mr. Wide Holstein. clehse address the subscriber, as well as the gen .t~iemrefered te, at the Ridge P. 0.,S. C. WILLUAM GASTON. -.Pept S - l. .t0 34 Merinos and DeLaines . .ATVERY' LOW PlifCES! vuiH E Subscriber-will sell his ~ ptse large Stock S.of Frenchb and English 42R OSand all paDzLiE, htWsey Ista Prie. The assortment embraces a great variet of styles, for Ladles and - Children's Dresses. As, superior Welch, Gause - and Si.k Warp Flannels. .WILLIAM SHEAR. Agusta, July 30, if ..2 *'Enoflay is Wealth ?" (OOD elean Rasof every description will be X purehaeed at *h" Advertiser Office." Price, 2j e yopr xund. Now, hero's a chance for almost e~e body oz3 d bachelor's too, to makce money. INLlIUCE OF .IXAMPLE, Maj. Perry in noticing the Bali given td Gov. Adams, last week, says the Anderson Gazette, at Greenville, makes 'the following remark: "In order to show the rising generation that there was.no -harm in to innocent amusement as that of dancing, his Excellency Gov. Adams opened the Ball with the graceful and accom plished Belle of the Great Peedee. In Thatch er's Journal, during the Rvolutionary War, we frequently -see -a memorandum to this effect: " General Washington opened the dance with bMrs. General Knox as his partner." We do not believe there Is Anything wrong in what Wrsli ington did." Now Major, we protest against.the doctrine in. volved in that editorial; that the man justifies and sanctifies the deed. If the rising generation are to be governed and guided by the example of our public men, then heaten have mercy upon . them we pray. You know as well as I do, that a decided'. majority of them are men of loose habits; that they attend church merely as a mat ter of form, and not from any great concern about religion, that they are addicted to swear ing and immoderate drinking, and too often to gambling and knowing this, how can you say to the young men of the country, follow these men for whatsoever they do is right I Your editori al amounts to this: Gov. Adams and. Gen. Washington dance; there can be nothing wrong in what they do, therefore there is no wrong in dancing. The same species of logic would prove drunkenness and other pernicious vices to be right, and commendable in our young men. You perceive that such teaching will not do. Now the principles of right and wrong are set ted from all eternity by a righteous God ; nor can you vary the nature of a given action, by the example -of any man great or humble ; and it is wrung so to teach. The church maintains from the word of God that dancing, drunken ness, gambling, &c., are wrong, and Gov. Adams or Washington, could not make them right, though they were to practice and you to preach from now. until the end of time. .Our young men will soon go to ripif . they.. will only fol low the adyice,and example of our public men. "I'LL "CALL Atoulb SLID PAY."-What a world of woe is contained in these few *ords to the poor %artizan and. mechanic ! " I'll call around and pay," says the rich man, to avoid the trouble of going to his desk to get the necessa rv funds, and the poor mechanic is obliged to go home, to. disappoint his workmen and all ho depend upon him for their due. .It is an asy matter to w6tk--the only real glory in this life is an independent idea of being able to us. ain yourself by the labor of your own hand, and it may be easily imagined what crushing force there is in "I'll call around and pay" to the laboring man who depends upon that pay or subsistence. If'those who could pay would only pay at once, it would place hundreds and thousands in a condition to do likewise and, prevent much misery and distress. SINGING THE TExT.-I knew a case once of a very diffident young minister who had an-sppoint went to preach at a church in the country, at which one of the members, an old gentleman, whether a deacon or not I forget, was in the habit of raising the tunes, the hymns being sung y giving out two lines at a time, the custom f a great many such churches. He generally mat on a short bench before the pulpit, wfith ISis back to it. The hymn had been sung, the pray r made, and the minister read his text. But as twas the custom sometimes to sing a hymn fer prayer, and before preaching, the old gen tleiani mistook the text for another hymn, and n his capacity of raising tunes, actually sung it ! 'he confusion and embarrassment of the young preacher is easier imagined than described, in hus havlng his text sung away from him. mer. Courier. TOUCHING HIs SOFT SroT.-A young gentle an, not remarkable' for talent or experience, was in the habit of visiting a family in which there were, among others, two ladies anid a lit tle girl. The ladies were once discussing his equirementa, in the presence of the child, and moof. them observed that " Mr. -- had a oft place'in 1his head." This was treasured up y the child, and at a- subsequent visit the young hrenologist commenced an examination of the entleman's cranium, for the purpose-of ascer taining where this new-organ was situated. - Un fortunately, she imsagined she found it, and, othe discomfiture of the ladies, exclaimed, 'Oh, sister! Mr. --- really haa, au-you said, a soft place in his head, for here it is under my finger." IT Is a bitter -thing when a guileless woman first learns to regard any mianly character, no matter where she finds it, with contempt, -it eakens that better estimate of humanity which gives sunshine to life ; it breaks down womanly faith, where womanly faith ought to be strong. SILENCE OF THE NZGET.-How absolute and muiptent is the silence ol the night! - And en he stillness seems almost audible! P rom all the. measureless~ depths of sir around as omes ahalf-sounld a half-whisper, as if we could hear the crumbling and falling away of the earth and all created things in the great miracle of nature; decay and, reproduction ever begin. ing, never ending-the gradual laps and run ning- ofthe sand in the great hour-glass of time ! .-Longfellow. A STra is told of an old Dutchman, for many years the keeper of the ferry at Oil Creek, who was one day crossing with a large load of pas sengers, who, with one exception, address each other as Colonel, Major, Captain, Judge, ete. When the fare came to be paid, he charged the titled men one shilling each. " What is my fare I" said the gentleman who had no title, af ter the rest had alt paid.' "'iour fare r" said the dutchman, "jouer fare Is chust nothing-you ish d first high private Yankee ever I carried. this cre.k, .a n you s.1..o.. I" FREE SCIIOS We take the liberty of publishing the follow ing letter from Col. Memminger, for the purpose of attracting pablic attention to his scheme of improving our present free .school system in South Carolina. I: is a subject which tlie-nem bers of 'the' Legislature should well consider before going. to .fpolusabia. We know that his Excellency Governor Adams is collecting infor mation in regard to our free schools, and will make some recommendation in his annual mes sage, with a view of improving the existing sys tem. We will say. more on this subject here after.--Sedhern Patriot. FL-r .oca, Aug 14. MY DEA SIR: I have given much 'considera tion-to the subject of improving public educ'a tion in our State, in - connection with the free schools, and it seems to me that if some of us in'tlie Legislature, representing different see lions,-coulddigest some plan, public opinion is. ready'to carry it out. It seems to me that the fundamental error of. most of the schemes. here tofore proposed, has been in attempting toa mueh at once; and we should.avoid this by lay. ing foundations and then raising the superstruc ture. If, instead of attempting to edncicte at once every part of every district, we were to commence with the most populous part of each, and there establish- good schools, we would gradually extend the field of improvement from these centres. We would thus raise up teach era for each neighborho-d, who could be em ployedIn the more sparse and destitute - neigh borhoods. Suppose, for- instance, there were good schools at Greenville-and Spartanburg, at which every child within an area of three miles could be taught. Such schools would not only prove centres of light in each of these districts, but would enable each of these villages to fur nishi teachers for the whole, or-part of the -year, to every part of.the district, at cheaper rates, and with more certainty than when teachers were drawn from a distance. The benefits of such schools would become so apparent, that every portion of the district which could com bine for the same purpose would soon follow the example. In order to enable the sebools to succeed, I think they should be common schools, taking in rich an'd poor upon one common bawds. I wou! . make them so good that the rich would prefer them to any. other school. That this can be done, has been fully demenstrated at the North, particularly in the city of New York. The plan I would suggest would be, that each village, ineluding thecountry withita--suffient range to attend school, be permitted to tax the inhabi tants, to a certain extent, annually, to build school houses and to pay for the' support of teachers; that the State furnish, say one-third of any sum so taxed for school houses, and so much per scholar in proportion to the amount taxed on the village; that there be elected, in every such precinct, a board, to have charged of the schools and carry out the scheme, and that every child in the precinct be free to enter the school under regulations to be, adopted; that, as the state is to take part in the matter, the Legislature elect a board of education, who shall prescribe the forms of the buildings to be erected. and make general regulations for the schools, and appoint a Secretary to go round and see that these regulations are complied with and furnish proper information for - each local ord. In connection with all this, I would require the board of' educntion, to establish, at Charles Lon or.Columbia, a Normal Sehool, for the edit tin of teachers, so as ensure a supply for the schools, aud put this school under the charge of the State, as under the Prussian system, each teacher eduented to be subject to strict exami ation, and to be bound to serve for so many years in the district schools after their education. has-been completed. Please consider this outline and write me your views, and whether you think any such scheme would be desirable or practicnble. Very truly, yours, C. G. MEMMINGER. Col. B. F. PERRY, Greenville, S. C. AIR'T GOT lNoTING.-We were visiting at a house the other evening, where there was a number of young .children. One of them hid the measles, one the whbooping-cough, and ano ther was afflicted with young poultry-pox. They were -all receiving the greatest sympathy and attenion, while one little girl abotut five years old, sat in the corner crying bitter-ly. . We asked her what wits the matter I She replied, bursting out into a heart-breaking gush of tears: "Every one of th. other children's got the measles and whooping.cough, and I ain't got nothing-hoo! hoo! hoo l" For such a misfortune ,there was no sympa thy.-Amiericani Courier. PARson D----,an orthodox clergyman loved a good joke occasionally; so did Parson C-, a Baptist. The latter being near the the house of the former one day, when a shower of rain camie up, called on Parson D. for the loan of an, umbrella. - I thought," said Parson D)., " that you Bap lists liked water." "So we do," said the Baptist brother, " but I do this to avoid sprinkling." " Wmazu," " What, sir I" "Got any green peas, aw l" " Yes, sir ; have some I" " Yaas, bring me three." " Anything else, sir ?" "Yaas, a slice or two of a strawberry, cut thin." "Cer tainly, sir; anything more ?" " Moore, saw I wat do you take me fori a~ dem hog, aw ?" Exit, waiter with a clean towel and a silver plai ted salver. Ir a man will reap " whatsoever he sorweili" what a harvest of coats and .breeches the tailor will have one of these days. As indignation meeting of the passengers of the Gloucester branch of the Eastern Railroad has been held at Beverley, Mass., to remonstrate against the railroad trip! nonsuming ,so much time. They want to go fasnter, If they do not, From the uhon & Sentinel. PRACTIcJ RATION. Ma. EDIToza:Hn = shown in previous communications,-thatr hi uliberty was never established in Marylanc : roceed to notice the assertion often made, practical toleration existed in that colony that she principle of legally liberty was ree ed by the people, alhoghitw-snot rae :rated into their laws. r.lthough it was nt ne If by this, it is ant _ t-hen opposite par. ties.are mutually afraid h other, they. de termine for the time to let edch other alone, with the reserw tension of rendwing hostilities as soon as. ont, then perhaps there may be some shad f claim to the cove ted distinction. Bdt i ractical toleration, it is meant that one prtm "vng all the power, grunts to others pefect. lity of ri.ht, then no such practical tolera 'wa ever known in Maryland. Toleration, implies be the right and the power, to permit oralow Power to permit im plies power to restraip orl hibit. thme Catho lics in Maryland lind ""=r nob power; conse quentlytbey cain. claim noedit in this instance for toleration. The wea n ever tolerate ihe strong. The charter o nd was thorough ' Protestant, and this d lvedthe Catholics of of legal power. 'The r nt population was almost or quite all the- .largely in the ma jority, and thus therCsho g.had not d the phyui cal power, either to-permi r prohibit the exer cise of the Protestant rehpibp:ita.y other. So all the grandiloqele. woitar about the cle mency of the Catholice o a n score of practical toleration iTh Maryland, t inently rediculous. An Instance'of tl1 it woitifal magnanimity~in this behalf, is found In the fct, that on one of casion, when the Hows: t prisses consisted of 14 members, of wbomj wereCatholis and 8 Protestants, the 6 Catri r perited the 8 Protestants to elect a Pitsut speaker! The practical toleration exhibd in this instance, is a fair sample of what ws pcised in Maryland from irst to last. So far as there wvas; gnt .'oleration at' all, it was granted to.Ca~hoi tVby them. Mchla on himself, Lord Baltim great friend, speak ing of opportuniy to e te fr conscience sake, says: . .4p "The proprietary' doiillo (Lord B.'s) had never knwn that houro lpethere was oppor- I tuny to persecute.) laecrotestant religion [ Pros'te established religi n' fthe otler eoun try, and auy effrt owa'ths of the Proprietary, (Lord B.) to oppress its 1 tewers, vwould have drawn down destructib government. Lhefrpt body f4h 1 re ' teinaelves Protestants and by their: -mb and their par. tici tion in the government, they were fully equal to their own.I protection, and .too powerful for the Proprietaries in the ~vent of an open collision."'I But it may 'be id that although the Catholics had nt the. power to tolerate, in any proper - snse of tie term they at least showed d posi trin, and lived with their Protestant neighbors in harmony. Even if they did, they are entitled only to the credit of those who make a virtue of necessity. But it is not the fact, that there was harmony between the opposing sects. 5o high did their altercations rise that the Gover-' nor, im order to preserve the colony from de struction, was obliged to issue a Proclamaion, prohibiting "all further disputes on religious sub- I jets tending to the epening of faction, and the disturbance of public peace.". Nor is the Gover-"i nor, tit ld to ay priserv f thi fon if he had otdton, thslas hobeliged to iueaPoamthen tribtigafuter speisput oe on religious broi es tendined or eolaing ofi pcacation,th dsrays Ti etnce ofpuli p ape led te asver evdenite tany olraisefor thiseforbiishe hadv ote ony; uth reutyapeso, as ebne ro-h he aieabrtyight ofv ben t tfor hm-f steete onaigo oeo h religious sujcbuieaohroifs hei wandfort1 Gvolatingt's proclamatiton, rvecst toleraon wil he estoblshow tat! othe colonyc;ubt atoritey apprensolnt ipro e samayion tonsuppes ame reiips (p.scussis Frong the rcaofto byLweotewisaoerfre ofn other tailbe haofme itoi evidnto them-h relaation reldgio subj-esire equit anthat I the enfrrcengt rnn of Go. haler' proclsast.I slights tolerane Ot onl e ocasion to rotha thet Masahlcoloitt, aThois Gereordan inae re smi a nd on th ae protcincie. ovenmet,) dFrgeti the poer of th aoe refrtetnt, at tehmrtethat wievebetnameniteistevidenf thateth oroclyamainihdno the reigred bookst and tht e fther apel Thegin offene parties de higty dredtraoned.Onfoe omplainaprmi Fort aholecoors, Theas erarduabywarme weein n the ttecttion of Kth Governdent, aud forgenent;e o the rest hc ans,t tempte tho prvng of ongdisedatin orde Pro Lonsrom bltie worihim byeeping upenace, aiblet dhetaininglthei rentlosbsand .The, hey oiof the ast named dffendedy as dbe anded faiiar wuihhmensit, ond thoe ties, inmust knwtho ardt t fefusevete pa ie a Fore nonyeas theter ye wat peraetuaewartye went Prote tandth oeter ofaet oland, Thei llofelin B.scouldrnoet bu thae e xoawhcerwaed ya theing eeperland mritte antiit oe the andet the relo. Knt tisan aoe ChreI, theomselliond ChaleItr, whtever may whoave enoiiwt the oririt of ueithos ery e mus kbefor tsaos the ssuee ah relis casi he protestanelnd te oppthe Cts. Indeir isingl not ut theae been eactere Fsrabullcout of reiio.ll tme ifilCuales, I ieCromriindl soarles, byatevr Eay Ale rsethesii of arl histy itfa verylaertain the yarie 1660.ge -H poit et. Tudeed, iLa range orgial Au.e, byR.E.Aen , f alior, ndetile "Mryand oertin From the Friend of China Match 14. EXECUITION OF REBELS AT CANTON. In our remarks on the retirement of the rebels from Sunchow, it is stated that the 'thousands of men.brought to Canton as prisoners, are now being decapitated at the rate of one hundred and fifty a day. That was tlie number, we are told, executed on Saturday last, a spectacle to which we were witness. The Canton execution ground has before beeui described in this jouinal. and for all-our readers it is not, necessary to re peat that it is situated about 106 yards from the river at a distance of two miles or so below the factories. The ground is oblong, about 150 feet in length, the entrance '6n. the side nearest the river being about six feet. This is closed with bars daring practical operations. At the grand entrance the ground is about '20 feet wide. On the right hand, doorways opened to several oven and tile manufactories. As we approached the execution ground many were niet with hands to their nostrils, or with their tails tied round their faces, for the purpose of avoiding'the horrid strench, which could lit erally be " felt" at a considerable distance. The ground was -covered with partially dried gore, the result of the past diy's work. There are no drains to take the -blood away, nor is any substance used to slate.it. One Ivan was found digging holes for two crosses on which he said four were to be tied and cut in pieces. The execution had been fixed for noon. At 11 half a dozen men arrived with the knives, preceded by bearers of rough deal wood boxes, decorated with bloody sides. These were the coffins. Unconcern was the general appearance of the soldiers and spectators, of whom, aito gether, there may have been one hundred and fity. The day was dull, a fresh breeze from the eastward carrying the stench away from foreigners, who, to the number-of a dozen, had obtained admittance to the top of one of tho houses on the far side of the street passing the entrance of 'this " field of 'blood." At 11 3.4 the first batch of ten prisoners arrived,.speedily followed.by the rest in similar quantities. Each prisoner (having his bands tied behind his back, and labeled on the tail) appeared to have been thrust dawn in a wicker-basket, over which his chained legs dangled losely, the body riding un omfortably, and marked with a long paper tally basted on a slip of bamboo thrust between the prisoner's jacket and his back. These "mian baskets," slung with small curds were carried on bamboos on the shoulders of two men. As the prisoners arrived, each was mader to .kneel with his face io the South. 1.i a space of about 20 feet by 12 we counted as many as 70, ranged in half a dozen rows. At 5 minutes to twelve, a white-buttoned manidarin arrived, and the two to be first cut in pieces were tied to the crosses. While looking at this frightening process tle executioner com menced, and 20 or 30 must have been headless before we were aware of it. The only sound to be heard was a horrid cheep-cheep-cheep, as the knives fell. One blow was seficicnt for each-the head tumbling betwon the legs of the victim before it. As the sword falls, the blood gushing trunk springs forward, falls on the breast, and is still forever. In fem' minutes the decapitation was complete; and then on the other victims commenced the barbarity which to think of only is sufficiently arbaric. With'a short. sharp knife a slice was cut out from under each arm. A low suppres med fearful groan from each followed the opera tion of the weapon. Dexterous as butchers, a slie was taken successively by the operators from thre calves, the thighs, and thten from each breast. We may suppose, we maty hope, that y this time thie sufferers were insensible to pain; buy they were not, dead.. 'The kgnife was then stuck into the abdomen, which iras ripped up to the breast-bone, aud the blade twisted round and round as the heart was separated from its.holding. Up to this mo ment, having once set eyes on the victim under tortre, they had become fixed as by fascination ; but they 'could be rivited there no longer. .A whirling sensation ran through the braini, and it was with difficulty we could keep our.<eives from falling. But this was not' all; the lastings were then cut, 'and the head, being tied.by the tail to a limb of the cross, was severed from the body, which was "then dismembered of hands and arms, feel and le'gs separately. After this the maundaritns left the ground, to return, how ever with a man and woman ; the latter, it was said, the wife of one of the-,rebel chiefs-the 'man a leader of some rank. The woman was cut tup in the way we have deacribed; for the man a more horrible punishment .was decreed. He was flayed alive. We did not see this, but it was witnessed by the Sergeant of AMarines of the United States, J. P. Kennedy-.the cry at the first insertion of the katife across the fore head, and- the pulling of the flesh over the eyes being most horrible. WHEAT AT CHATTAooGA.-The Aerrtiscr of the 13th .inst., says: The actlbities itn the Wheat market .stilt keeps its briskness. The James Williams arrived last, even~ing with 2,000 bushels and-the Black Hawk with something over a thousand. When wve remember that tlys boats are making two and three trips a week and equally as heavy laden,.some idea sc be hd'otf the quantihies up the river. Life at the Depot is active in storing what comes'in by wagon.. This day there are fromu 75 to 100 cat loads of Wheat wvaiting.to be shipped over the IState road. There are not sufficient, Engitnes tc do the amount of business accumulating fron the grain crop. RvIvAs-We learn that within the last fey weeks-there have been large accessions to thi Baptist Churches in Laurens county, and num ers have also joined the Metliodist Churches it Wilkinson county. TnEz militia system has been revived in Nev York, ani every suitaible, man must now di - ORTHEN WATERING PLACES. We are not sure 'but our people de serve the rebuke administered in the subjoined artiole from the,Richmonad Dispatch: . We observe .by the Northern press - that the arrivals in.New York- from South Carolina, 'of families en route for the Northern watering, places, is quite-as large as at any former period. The varioasistteamboats bring full loads of the chivalry', and the anmal tribute inoney of the pleasure seekers begins to flow freely into North ern coffers. On the whole, the South is a good customer for the North. Considering what an -eagle South Carolina is in chivalry, 'she seems to be plucked and eaten, with reverence be it spoken, as easily as a fat goose. The whole.commerce of the South is in. Northern hands ;. her. great staple makes a London of New York ; while in her own cities grass grows in the streets; all her manufadtures are purchased North, her sonsgo to Northern schools, and even her invalidi and pleasure seekers seek health and recreation it Northern waters. Such provincial dependence would be objectionable enough to a high spirited people, even if the relations between the two 'sections were of the most fraternal character; but, in the present state of affairs it is suicidal. The North was never guilty of such folly. She has grown rich, and great by encouraging her own industry, and refrusing to purchase aught abroad that-she could manufacture or pro cure at home. If the South would rigidly prac tice this lesson, she would have no reason to fear the future. Of all.the fashionable follies, that of patroni zing the nauseous waters and more disgusting society of Saratogu,.in preference to the mag nificent springs and refined society of the South, is the most monstrous. 'There is no spot in the whole North which combines such advantages for health, comfort and social enjoyment. as the watering places of Virginia and other Southern States. Where such' mountains, such bracing air, such magnificent scenery, such a variety of medicinal waters, as in our own glorious State? It will be useless for the South to ho'd con ventions, pass resolutions and enact retaliatory laws, until it begins to practice the principle vital to the success of every community,, of sel, dependence. A SLAVE CONSPIRACY DISCOVERED IN MISSIS SIPPI. The Marion (Miss.) Republican gives an ac' count of the discovery of a slave conspiracy at Garlandsville, Jasper county. It says: " A trustworthy negro'on a neigiboring plan tation, after having received ple3ges of secresy revealed tne existence of conspiracy, to an over seer, and requested him to' repair to a certain place, in tho. midst of a dart, unfrequented swamp, and see for himself. The overeeer did not go, but the next morning he took with him some friends and went to the spot designated by the tithful tic gro. There they saw every indication of a large crowd having been assem bled ; horses had been tied up, fires kindled, and, from apearances they calculated that upwards of one hundred negroes had there assembled on the preceding r.ight. They left the spot, and the neighborhood was quickly alarmed. Saver al negroes were taken up, and among-them the leader. The greatest excitement was prevailing in the country; council was held, and it was decided that the negroes should be hung imme ditely ; ropes were procured, and the sentence of the conneil was about to be ereented, when the crowd relented, fearing lest the innocent hould perish with the guilty. "-The negroes were then severely whipised, and then. confessed that the conspirracy extended throuhoutla large section of country, that there existedl sei-eral other organizations,' which they called " schools," in the neighborhood. and that, their object was to 'organize in sufficient force, and march, increasing their force as they went, to a free State. No arms or ammunition of any kind could be discovered ; but the negroes confessed that they were to meet at Garlands ville next Satturday night to make a start. When asked why they selected tihat place as a rendezvous, they could give no reason, and the presumption is that they intended to sack the place and murder the inhabitants. Two white men, they say, have been amongst them, but theii names were net knjown to the negroes, nor was anything developed which coud identify them. - Arms and ammunition are probably. con ealed somew here, as such a scheme would never have been attempted without them.'" NEWsP'APER BoR RoWEs.--There is too much truth ina the followmng article from the Reading, (Pa.) Gazeule, to let it pass unnoticed--besides, it has a degree of pertineney, in almost every place. " The man who makes a yractice of .borrowing newspapera, is the meanest of all created beings. - In our opinion, to be regularly in the habit of gaining entertainment and infor mation, without paying fur it, from the papser which it costs the printer no little time, money and hard labor to prepare, is little, if any, short of downright ethealing. And who but the very meanest 6f the mean, would be guilty, of such conduct for the trifling expense of five cents a week ? Reader, is the paper now in your hainda your own ?' Or are you steal ing the product'of our toil to save the pal try five pennies weekly-a dozen of which you threw away almost daily in tobacco, drink, or some other mere animal' gratification? If so, blush for sha-me!" - A MAnalori Squis.-Mr..John T. Mathews: who. resides in Chester district, assures us that he~ has a squash in his garden wiche mesa. 7feet and 1 inch in circumferehce, and weigh: 98 lbs. A hog wont into his garden and eat out a portion of the squash, or it sould- have weighed over one hundred lbs. Mr. Mathewi is a manm of vernetiy, and he assures us that ha weighed the squash himself. If any' one cat beat this, let us hear froni him.-Lagoaste. Ledgr. - Awof a superir quality, is being manufa. -turedl by sor e.vaporatibA, in. the viosit~y a (CopusChrisik' . ': F11 FISK d~... We receive, through private :e-hamme iU from a quhirter entitled to con'de a.' ii. taut runroin tegardo b $nancdroarte of Russia. It is stated that-.lte bastried. i e'ite soDi in Berlin acid failed tbat tien tried.4' raise a loan from the 41toischld.i, and the nego. tiatiod lingered for two months; bltevetalty failed. These, her only resources In Etroapdf, . failed, it is stated that the Riilan Cabiet it In contemplation to raise a loan in the States, where thi sympathy of'he masa go. lied upon to cause it to be readily oakn proposed to issue the stock in smali.autoat somewhat on the plan of the recent oaskit France. -- Russian agents, It is'a'ad are 6it i i' their way to the United. States, to iieqtrito the feasibility of the plan proposed. " . Whether.this is actually so or not, istd. - sidered crfain ,by bur .correspodedlii rumor has .reached the English sqd . 'o L Governments, and been-a subject of considera.: Pj, tion with- them. We have reports direct from Rdta aia er character. Among the passengersby the Atlantis was a - American lady, (Mrs. $odisco)eit .rot Petersburg, 'where -she is conneteri(x highest official and social circlestedwhers.aj has been spending the past-year,-being, from, her alliance; as much" at-bom( thefis ina.he United States. We tunderstand tht i rer sentations of the condition of-aida i. .usia, and especially in St. Petersburg, are.itetoy.-ia conflict .with the statements -ontdined ianhe ' English papers, which arrive by every stii Instead of the financial Ans-iori rl l +y tress of which we lhave read so uci, soi quent upon the war, ihe says that bosjinesaswer its usual aspect and is quite as brisk as -evere - that money is abundant,-the. people oontdii -- and in excellent spirits about the -at-aftid at no one living in the capitol would su'piect;fti anything that'met his notice, t.hattheio" Ia anything unusual in .the conditidnf t.. ' try. It is not believed that the Atlies-wUlIfpp1 ceed in gaining possession of Sebastopot The ' protracted and successful defenee hitherti main. tamed is regarded as establishing the .fautthat, to any force which the -Allies- can brig against it, the place is-absolutely; impregnable. large reserve- 'fo ce'aaitorerst - -burg; and noSfenit s e ing recruits or supplies of proviuons and money for the war. The same authority states that the repotetd capture and'destruction of Sweabnrg iaso enun. mously exaggerated in importance as :to pans for a.hoax. No-part of the fortifications of the place have been destroyed or seriously injured. -N. Y. Times. PROTESTANT SIsTEas OF CaaRirr.-We copy the following from the New York Day. Book' " Attached to one of the Episcopal Ciurches up town there is an establishment, 'some of whose peculiarities are unusual in Protestant institutions. A number of sinigle .ladies resia, in a house near the church, at which prayers.aro read twice a day. There they attend regularly; and in addition to this, religious services are held in the house, at whichthey are also present. The remainder of their'time 'is occuyied ina he instruction of poor children, visiting the'sick, making garments for the needy1 and other good - works. ----* "While they remain In the house, they,-6f coursecomi with its regulations, wifleh a5 few and simple; but they take no sNowa,-an ae at liberty! at any time .to leove the eutablishment. They do not mingle in general society, but they are at liberty to receive'visite, thouah we believe they actually see but little, if any,$'impny. No peculiar diess is worn, anid they are got anx. lotns in any. rayto become conspicuous." PLUNDERING TUE SLAI.-The account of the field of battle on-the Tehernaya, after-the recent contest,-given' by the correspondentdf the London News, is not very complimentig ti, .the Freh soldiers-the farntous Zouaves.'J says:. " The Zonaves had made a general collectjon of crosses, relics and medals, and retailed thein to visitors; iia addition to which pickings from the dead bodies, they made stnall collectionsof money from the persons of ,the wounded, mah aging dexterously to extract .it from the inside of the trousers close to the knee, .where -the Russian soldiers generally carry -their .money, while pretending to- examine Into the nature of -their wounds, thus avoiding giving auf~ ntil pain to the 'suffetrers." THE OLDEsT FARMER IN THE WoRI.D.--.r Rogers Biigley haks purcbmeed orne hundred'zand sixty acres of. land in. Minnesota Territory, which he intends settling upon and improving. Mir. Bagley is one hundred and seven pesrs old, and is still an active and indust'rous pionepr., in the enjoyment of' excellent health. A patent will shortly be issued to him from the-General Laud Offiee. . THE corner stone of an immense granite monument, comnmemorative of the ineding of -the'Pilgrims, is to~hs laid atilymouth on the 1st of-Auguie, 1856. Thir teg:cars Wsthe mimnum of time allbwed for Ita.coustlucetn, aedit is expected 4o be onee of the most mag. nificent monueta~l struetures In the world. -Sos of the.New Jersey .Whig Journeais~ar. out in favor of Mr. FrelinghtgaebfoctbtePsui.. .Ts objet ol'all trua einestion I. t( ' knowledge.. Some-teacher intrut hirahoI. erA very-thoroughly, wbo.astr- edneste them at all. They teaek them, to .omimit t eidd of. th'eIr arithmetio orgfamlist by heirt,-hunisver. lead thoni to. onprbhad a aidigle idlileiple, rnike thg W' hsdnts'f ::nes9)jbes,