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; - t * - -~f ' -i~ ., . ..- - - - . ccr be werea ct tt ths all, e i Prs -aanids the Rns .t n 7. . DURIS0E&.ON - Proprietors. --ED EFI S. -: OCTOBER3155 Edgefield Collegiate Institute FOR YOUNG(H LAQE8[ 4 - H HE next Session wiil commence on -Monday the 17th Sept., and continu fourteen-weeks. The system of Instructil ,erwheh this Insti tution has retained its popularity for the ;last four - --, will be continued; with nch- improvements as an enlarged experienee has -suggested. The-same teachers who have proved so popular during the past yeat will be cnntinued in the -several depart men. Wliatevei- n. be -ained -by a lnoet thorough system, combined with faithfulness, competency and indutry on the part of the Teachers--ided by a splendid Aliaratas for illustrating the - different branches'of study--ean-be safely promised to those ;ehe*s1r for their daughters an enlarged-and liberal " nenta -ituture. - We consider the accomplishments of the past as the sredst guarantee of success for the future, and rely upon these, and ouroontinued efforts during the coming year, for the- continuance of that liberal patronage which has always been so cheerfully ac corded to this Institution. - It is of importance to the Pupils that they be present as early'as possibleafter the comrateneement. . The Rates of Tuition in the different departments will remain unchanged. They are as follows: -.Collegiate Department, per session, .- $15.00 Academical - . - 12 00 Primary i " cc 700 . Optional.Studies, FOR wnCHi THE CHARGE 18 EXTRA. MisicDepartment - ------$18.00 French - --------10 10 Drawing - 10 00 Pupils jai the Chenical and Philosophical Ap paratus are ehaged'each.2 a Session for breakage, - &c. And tlhob practidng upon the Pianos at the Institute pay. each $1 a Session for keeping them in *Th re 'is also a charge upo.n all the Pupils of 50 cents a Session.for contingencies... '-11 bills are phiaable ht the close of each Ses sion. CHAS. A. RAYMOND, PaiM.. August.29 . . .ti:.. - . 33 Curryton Academies. T HE MALE DEPARTMENT of these Acade mies -isunder the- supeyvision of. Mr. J. L. LESLY. Assisted by Mr. BASS.. ..The.Fenmale Department wll. be. supervised bb Mr, A. P. BUTLER, assisted by competentMu sical and otiterinstructoress... . . . -Rates of Tuition. Fist Cl.ns Primary Eeprartment,per Sesson $9,00 2nd ordinary Englishbranehes,,, ...12,0 ,3n' higher English branches.......15,00 4th' " ~Greek and Roman Literature with - highei- Mathematies. ..:.... .18,00 M1ei.... .... ..... ... .... .'. ... . $0,:00 Pupils-are charged from the tine of eiteringun til the end of the Session. Tuition in advance. The year is divided into two Session of five months enoli. - t Good board can be had in the neighborhood -at fron 3B to $10dollare per-month. S* O 'Fi. MERRIWETHER, Chair'n Board of Trustee. Fe 4 . " tf - 5 -dgefield Male Academy. T RE Exercises af this -Institution are now in ' progress fur the Fall Term under the control of Mr. W. F. McCASL.AN, as Principal, and Mr. T. B. CROOKER, as Assistant. - The regulations of the Academy are being re .arriaied by the;Teachers.conjointly, aId will soon be pt~d . .... " - rThe Vilageof Edgefield offers- many inducemsents to-parents in. an educational. point. of view. Il's perfectly healthy as a general rule. It is free from tle.evil influences of grog-shops. It is a religious -community. And it-cat justly boast of an enlight enetl society. - Qvqr the Male Academy the Trustees exercise a direct supervision and are conulted in all cases of extreme punishment. They propose to give more -of their attention in future to the weekly reviews of the seholars, that an additional stimulus may be imparted to the classes. The present Teachers are capable .and energetic yogng gentlemen in .their respective. departments. Their School numbers about 40 at this time, leaving abundaint roomr for 20) more. It .is hoped that parents .and guardians within reach of us will iminediately .embrace. the opportunity... . Terms as per Iat ession. - - . -.R. T. 3lIS, 1-3 A. SIMKINS, g - G; A.t A DDISON, y. -- - . LEWIS JONES, I - BENJ. WALDO. * Sept 19 tf 36. - Notice. 'lofEdgeield and vicinity that he intends open: ing-a School upon his premises ina Edgefield Vil-. .lsge, on.the first Monday ini August next, wherein - will bo taught the higher branches of English and Classical Literature. No pains wvill be spared to render ample satisraction to parents who may intrust their children to his cure both'a to ler ruing and discipline. Charges the lnme as at-the Village Academy, and invariably int advance -1--H4 will also attend to the practice of LAW and:ElQUItrY, for the Distrit--and may be found on Saturdays and a portion of sale days at his Office, over Mr. B. C. Bryan's Store. - - . .-WILLIAM LOGUE. July 30, f - - 29, ~HE Vndersigned returns' his sincere thanks to I.his friends'for their patronage while located in. Hamburg, and hereby informs them that he can be found (after 1st September next,) at the louse of WARD, BUIRCH ARD & CO., opposite the Ma sonio Hall, A ugusta, Oh., where hewould be happy t6see had serve them, and' where a FULL and . Complete Stock of Dry Goods,. can always be fond, whieh will be sold .as -LOW ,as from any House in the City. .M. A. BANSOM. Hamburg. A,zs-i: tf. 31 * NOIfCE! TO .COTTON.PLANTERS ! ':rHE. Subscriber, living .near Bethel Church, -below the Ridge, would inaform the Cotton 'anterof Edeeld and the surrouanding Djistricts, that he is manufacturing Ofa very SUPERIOR QUALiTY-warranted to * ive satisfqgetion. I am also preporea to .- . REPAIR OLD GINS$, - - At-very moderate p rices. .Foinformation. itn regard tejny.capacity to do the above work, ( woitld re~er tq r. B. T.'l3oatwright and Mr. W~de JHoistein. - Phease address the subscriber; as well as the gen &mnen geferred to, at thre Ridge P. 0., 8. C. - ..~~. - WILLIAM~UGAstoN. 5- 10 - . 34 Mliuo0Asad DeLaines, ATVYERY- LaOW. PRICES! T HESuberib~ell aal:Ai preentlarge..Stock. of rechand EglShdB tO1nd all DxbANESat-sry~gr~rc, s.,The assortmnent embases a great variety of styles, foi- Lndies and Children's Llresses.- -Alo:sgrr-eleby~ Gause asyT SIk Warp Flannels. - - - . W~tI~h~ SER. ."EC ggfly is Wealth !" 1purchiased attsI " Advertisdi- Office.". -Prloe' 2 'etis p n ~ od. W~ here's a cheef fdr-ulnfost gidbachelor's too, to make money. TBZTIDE OFPDEhTE. - - The tide rolls on, the tide rolls on, The never ceasing tide, That sweeps the pleasures from our hearts, The loved ones from our side, That brings afflictions to our lot, And anguish and despair, And bears from youth's unruffled brow The charms that lingered there. - The tide 'rolls on-wave after wave, Its sweljing waters flow ; - - Beford it, all is bright and-fair; Behind it all is woe . The infant from its mother's breast,. The gay ant blooming bride, Are swept away and borne along By thatresistless tide. The tide rolls on-the soldier's eye Grows dim beneath its swell; The adholar shuns the mystic lore, That'he hath loved so well, The monarch puts the crown aside, And labor's weary save Rejoices that his limbs will know The quiet of the grave. The tide rolls on-like summer brcok, It glideth to the sad ; But, like dark winter's angry tide, It rusheth to the glad. ' From kingly hall and lowly cot, From battlefield and hearth, It sweeps into oblivion's sea The dwellers on the earth. Roll on, thou dark and turbid wave, Thou canst potbsir:sy: The. record of the .good and brave, That knoweth not decay; Though fierce may rush thy billows' strife, Though deep thy current be, Still faith shall lift thy.beacon high, . And guide u. through thy sea. A MODEL MINISTER. The Rev. Dr. Bethune, in his sermon upon the death of the late Rev. Dr.' Brodhead thus alludes to .the labors and character of that good The gospel was, in his conscientious judgment, not only the sole theme- proper for the pulpit, but the great method appointed by the wisd.om of God for the exerciesof his power in removing the. evils consequent upon sin from our happy world.. Hence we never knew him bring into his discourses any of the various measures and schemes of reform which have, like fashionable epidemics, excited the. world and the Churph: not that. he did not desire a universal freedom and morality, but because he doubted the -efi ciency of every invention that. came not from God. Whether the success of the gospel were immediate or delayed, he had no alternative. Politicians might wrangle about laws, and self styled philosphers aim at reconstructing the world on a better system . than that of its divine Author; he was neither.statesman, nor legisla tor, nor judge, nor philsoper, but a preacher of the gospel. The world was, at the least, as bad when Jesus Christ and his apost'es went forth to save it. They had no method-but the ospel, and he followed them. " Where," would e exclaim, " is the wise; where is the scribe; where is the disputer of this world I Hath not od made foolish the wisdom of this world I" He preachedl the gospel in its simplicity. He as particularly happy in tenshing- Christian otrine with elearness and sweetness. His style was an unusual compound of didactic tatement, glowing illustration, and pathetic rdor. Some men, whose: mechanical brains an never work outside of a dialectic formula or metaphysical theorem, might have -disputed his hetorical talent.,' because lhe did not strip his ubject to a dry, fleshless skeleton.. But its enuineness was proved by its effects, when housands hung weeping on his utterances, and eart.a, long obdurate, broke in penitence, as he pleaded, with demonstration of the Spirit. -Da ng the thirteen years he spent in Philadelphia, etween his twenty-ninth and forty-second year, when his fa'ulties were most vigorous, he had ontrol over thousands of hearers-unparalled n the history of that city, and rare in modern times. His own immediate congregation filled the vast edifice they had erected, every morning f the Sabbath; but every evening the rush from l parts of the town and all classes of people verfowed its utmost capacity, the moment its oors were open; and this throughout the whole thirten years. He gained such attention by no nworthy arts. He never truckled to vulgarity f taste, or prejudice, or passion ; never pleased he gross ear by invective or caricature ; never scoffed at -the recorded wisdom of pious experi ne, nor acted the pmntomine of droll or crown. o light,- tnocking laugh, ran through his galle ries, to the profanation of holy time and place. e was ever solemn, earnest, reverent of God n4respected to man. 'His doctrine the solid, outsoked truth of Scripture, revilled as Calvin. ism; his langnqge decent,imanly Saxon, such as eholars~ choose for-:its- honesty, - geuntlemen speak, and Christians love, because like that into which our. Bible is rendered. A well-tnught child could understatnd Dr. Brodhead, even when most eloquent-for eloquent he was-eloguente from the depth of his personal piety, from his; horough acquaintance with our best model, the English Seciptures,'froui his admiration of evamn glical truth ;_but chiefly because his Master's love and pity, and-tenderness for sin-stricken and in-burdeied souls'poured thog lladoe al.he said an unction from the Igoly One, fra. grant with. the name of-Jcsus! SMuGulJN IN CANADA-The ofieers of "the eveue atfliu'nd, Canada West, last week seized .6,000 worth of. boots and. ahoes, and .50,000 worth li~fritches af 'jeivelry, which A BEAUTFUi ALLEGORY.-A 1raveller who spent some time, in Turkey, relates a. beautiful parable which was told himby a dervise, and which seemed even more'beaitiful than" Sterna's celebrated figure of the accusing spirit and recording angel. "Every man," says- the der vise, "has two angels, one on his.right.shonlder and another on his left. When be. does any thing wrong, the angel on. his left shoulber 1 writes it down. He waits till midnight. If be fore that time the man bows down his he'd and exclaims, P Gracious Allah:! I have sinned, for give' me!"- the angel rubs it out; and if not, at 1 midnight he seals it,.and the angel on the right shoulder weeps." . WE find advertisemnents in'the Iondon papers upon-almost every subject, and-supplying almost every possible want. The following is, howeveor, we think, the first of its kind: "IssTITUTlo roa UNRULY Boys.--The ad vertiser, a gentleman of great experiehce, has opened a School for Unruly Boys. The pupils are treated with the utmost kindness. Unex ceptionable references. Terms, fifty. guineas. Apply,"'&c. If the scheme does not suceed,'it will not be through a scareity of the class for whose reformation it is intended. A SoUcE of SunLEs.-Dr. Franklin having noticed that a certain mechanic who worked near his office was alwdys happy and smiling, I ventured at length to ask him for the secret of his constant cheerfulness... " No secret, Doctor," if replied. "I have got one of the best wives, and when-I go to work, she always has a kind word: of'encouragement I for me; and when I.go home, she meets me with a smile and a kiss, -and -the tea is sure to be ready; and 'she aa done so many things i through the day to please me, that I cannot find it in my heart to speak an unkind word to any body." THE finest idea of a thunder 'sorm extant is when Wiggins came home: tight. - Now Wig gins is a teacher, and had been to a temperance meeting and drank too much lemonade, or some thing. He came into the room among his wife and daughters, and just then he tumbled over the cradle and fell whop on the floor. After a while he rose and said: "Wife, are you hurt?" "No." "Girls are you hurt?" "No.". - - "Terrible clap, wasn't it?"' Our. owN FIaRESDE.-Is there. a man who r does not love'his own' fireside is.hearthsto his wife, and his old family Bible ? The res de, hearthstone, the wife and the Bible brighten the I fire on the hearth; and without the wife and the I Bible, we should be miserable, the most misera ble of men ! Our heart teaches us that the I fireside is the most sacred spot on earth. No I rash intruder can touch it. We love it so revent- a ly, with the old Bible, that we could-do any des perated deed to protect both! It is both happi ly and truly said, that, ".The' music. of happy 1 voices encirelingour. firesides an:i our tables. the smiles of greeting-the sympathy in sorrow -the nameless little kindnesses that sparkle off from the altar of family affection-the unwearied watching of the sick chamber-and the soft arm of latest devotion, which soothes and sus tains us, and aids us to lean securely upon the rod and the staff, which now alone can comfort us Through the shadow; all these are but the responsive blessings to that love, and .care, aind gentleness, which we have shown in onr hou'se holds-the natural reward of a true, domestic morality." True, every word I The smille, and sympathy, and kindness' cheer our heart at the fire side. The bright fire in mid-winter, the soft whisper ings of love in mid-summer, ths.delicious music of all things in Nature-combine harmoniously to make our own fireside a happy houte. -Fire side Journal. . A REMARKABL.E DREAM.-EVery body in Al. leghany county knows old lawyer Martin. He - had the coolest way in the world of transpiorting money from the pocket of his client to his own.. Old Ben Brooks, a rich but close-fistEd old farmer I in the neighborhood, was one of' his clients, and in their conferences their as always a 'pretty sharp contest who should ol wit the other, the. lawyer in the end generally gettihg the. upperI hand. One day they had been sitting for an hour or two, trying their wits to get the advantage of each other, when the farmer got excited, and turning suddenly to the lawyer, said, "Martin,f had a remarkable dream, last night." "Ah ! had you?" said Martin; " whtwas it?" " It was a terrible one," said Brooti', looking very solemn,-" an awful one I haven't fairly' got over the effects of it yet. I can't keep it out of my waind for a minute." " Well, tell it," said Martin, -evidently struck with the farmer's manner. .I dreamed," said the .-other, " that I was in hell, and the devil set in his big chair, pointing out their places to his new, subjects, as they eni. I ted, one- after another. I wassurprised to see - so any of my old neighbors. cie In. At I length the- door opened, and looking round 1 saw you enter. The' devil told one to take this I seat, and another that; but when. he, saw you come in, he-'-ose- up andli indg tonhis own chair,~h~e said,-- c " Here, lawvyer Martin take my seat,-you can - fill it a great deal better that I can."< TExRE are two things . speak as with a voice from heaven, that H6. t fills that eter na throne must be on the side of virtue, and that which he befriends must finally prosper and: prevail. The first is, that the' bad arld never completely .happy and at ease, although posses-' sed of. everythiag that this world n'bestow; and.that thegod are-never .completely- misera ble, althotugh deprived of everything that this world can take away. " WiL. you take sqmething?" said-a teetotal lejto his friend, while stanuding near, a tavern. "I don't care 4f I-do," -was the reply. :" Well," .said tanir. ".laes,k a anak" SH TRADS --There are= things that never become iisty--4ie f- the- benevolent, the shoes f the butch 6rse, and a woniin's tongue. Thre' thin t easily done-to allay thirst with fire, and: dy wet with water, to please lin everythl t is done. Three thin" t are as good as the best >rown bread mine, welli ater in thislt, and f co atil 1 .- - -- - - Three this good at their betters-dirty water to extinIsh a firehomely wife td a >lindi n sword to-a coward Three warjiis from a- gri " thou know. Eat 'hat I ; s?tbon seestwhit'I um ;-xemem )er what tht to bel" Three thin of shot cotinuatiopn-a Jady's ove, a chip and a brook's.fiood., Three thl h oug never to be away rom horn t the e inney and iiduse rife. -. Three thi n the pescock-ihe-garb $f.an mngel, ftlitera a Ihief', .na thenvoice of a [evil.;. Threelhi wt is unwise to 'boast of--the avor' of thys14the beadty of thy wife, and Wcontent 'kiyjurse. Three :jmi -ims house-a smoky himney' darihi g roof and- a scolding wife. " WIUT.:a 'A ToR' DOES-.NoT LxlE.--1. To ay postage,'o letter oiderin a discontiku mnce of pa n perhaps the subscriber a in arrearsV 'o pay postage on communica-. ions, perhaps au more.than-ten.lines in length, where none-bathe writer's- intetest-is concern d. 3. To-bi 'debt without the means to >ay, because .uiscribers will not pay. 4. To end a pape Jonths of a year to one who a dead oi- away, apd-the postmaster- or ome one ele king the' out and;'reading hem, anri theinper all, receiving a letter from. he postmue t ng, "stop your paper: sent o Mr.- ; dead, or moved away," but lot a wordfabou ay. 5. To -have a ihan, take he paper ntile is in debt'eight or- nine dol, are, and then eli off to parts unknown, with lut paying; leasing the postmaster to give. no:. ice of the slideito the editor. A young. ladtin Charleston, South:Carolina, ook' laudangc-bbt did not find the- quiet of he grave, ther;ffo; When -foly recovered,. lhewas asked . reason of~lier desperate at empt, when sh 'confessed, :with-, tears. in her eyes; lthh4 u p from fie'eon, the 1..a a,. " was 'custom. e never een so "cruel" before, she said, and from that noment life became a burden and a curse. After this, lovers had better be a little more articular how they kiss their inamorate, if they lon't wish to lose them. Buss 'em right in the south. PARTY AND SECTARIAN sTRIFE.-Dr. Bryant, if Philadelphia, one of-the noble volunteers ow at Norfolk, in a letter to the Pennsylvania nquirer, after referring to.the scenes of sorrow end distress caused by the epidemic, adds: "Party strife is rampant through- the land; end while politicians are fulminating their ana. hemas abroad, here, in the city of pestilence, 3atholics and Protestants, men of the North and men of the South, peacefully and harmoni. >usly unite in all the offices of brotherly love Lnd self-sacrificing kindness. How all party pirit and bigotry pale before this sublime-pic ure, and hide their diminished heads! Before artisan strife has taken its phrensied hold upon mr community, and severed the ties which -bind is as a people, let us learn these important les ens from the present afflitive dispensation'of ~rovidence-namely, that we all mutually love ur comion country ; that, watever religion we nay profess, we should- make it the. chief aim i our being to exereise towards each- other hat charity which, -Ia the Divine Scriptures, is aid to be a greatertirtuo than faith and hope." A NEW' GAMIE U'od TRAvELEs.-A new ame is now being practiced upon travellers, nd not without success. --The last ease of- the ind occurred at Cleveland. A person aeeused fellow-traveller of picking his pocket on the are. -Upon the arrival of the train,. a -police dce'r.(bogus) arrested lhim, and took-him-to a olice court room, (also bogus,) where-exami ntion was deferred till. morning, upon thie de. edant's leaving #100 as security, as he had no iends to sign a bond. The $100'was a dead 055. - -- THE CuTvoNv Cop iN .MrsssslP.L-The"lie. ile (Alabama) Tribune has a letter -from Mis-' ispipi, which sas' that wet weather and the orms are destroying the cotton crop, in that sate. WHY PAssuoaR.WILLIAsiSON OUGHT TO RE ItYN.-The Philadelphia -correspondent of the ni.Slavery Standard-- relates the following tory, which he sys is no made up-afiair, but a iteral fact. I have..frequently durinig these-dis ussions heard the: conduct of Pasemore Wil iamon toward Col. Wheeler's servants charae. erized as "ill-timed," bu tI never until yeaterday lly understood the import of 'this phrae.-. ~wo men .were arguing, this question, one 'of whom was .a merchant -of church-alley. The lisssion was brought to a cloaoby a declara ion from the latter as followa: -" Williamson ugit to he hung. Any man who would be ~uilty of such conet, just at- the opening of le fall trade, deserves no. pity." THE WAR.--'The Frenoh have sent two -hun red and eight thousand men to the Crimea ince the war. It is stated in Odessa papers, hat contracts have -been signed for the feeding ione -hundred -and -sixty ~thousand' Rtussian. oldiers in the Crimea. -till -April next. This loes not indiente belief on the part of -the een raators, in, the impossibllity -of fuliig their agagements, nor any intention on the part of h-Rsias~o-evseuate-.Sebastopol. --- g"WE thinkitle';ry implie to enter a Thrch whilst the congregation Is engaged in ..PROGESS0F TIE .WAL.. - :.The bloody 'episode of the fight. of- Traktir seehs likely to have little efecton 'the course of events in'the Crimea. - The Russians -have retired up' tieir narrow and' weil fortified pansds to thesteep pkr teau, where according to Gen. Simpson's latest report, they are once more pre, pared for.. offensive movement.. Attention is, therefofe, ag in turned to the siege of Sevasto pot' Little on which a judgment may be foun ded can beleiarned either ffont the despatches 6f the generals, or from the corresponcence of letter -writers before the city.. .It was stated in previous.advices that the-be. sieger's spp ehad approached. very near to the Russian defences. We now learn that the fore nostpariallef,.which weai gun at the two ends, was.completed and united in the middle on the 1,8th of August. Since then a .fortnight .has passed, without much incident. Gen. Simpson mentions a small sortie in which the- -Russians sueceeded in destroying sotto gabions.' For the rest, the daily life-of the camp, itsirardships and 'amusements, the death dr leave of bsenceof in'didual- officers,., fill both publie and private letters. On the great preparations of the last. ten weeks the hopes of-the besiegers- are fixed and'the fire that will open when the time comes, will be unexampled in the history of warfare. The Times sas: The canhonade of October last was trifling to that of Apr.il; April _was surpassed by the. -two days which preceded the capture of the Mamelon; .bat all will sink into insignificance with theo iron''tempest which 'will shortly be poured on the besieged' city. The weight and range of the'guis, the nutnblr and size of the mortars, the new positions'of tlp batteries won by the steady progress that, has marked the Summer, will try the endurance of the Russians to theaitmost. The great scale on which a 6ombardmient is carried .or,'and -the. preparations~necessary for its execution, -render the delays -which 'precede it a matter of little surprise: In.April.the.allies threw against Sevastopol, in'aine days, 550,000 shot. and shell; and the cost of the British ammunition alone .was.200, 000 sterling!' Yet April is- how looked back upon as a- time when we nitdervnlued the endmy, and did not knofwKwhat Sevastopol was. Even onbrdinary diys the lussiana'ofteq throw. 4,Q00 shA in the-24 hnuras and 600 .shellai ite only one part of the. British position. What et;_the". fouroes of . the garrison and -the proaching struggle will determine the fife of Sevastopol, for the Winter at least. No one can pretend to foretell the issue; all that is spoken of with certainty is, that the line of- battle ships in the-harbor' will be destroyed, or-at least driven' from their position, sa as to be made powerless against the assalting troops. Whether the besiegers shall take the Malakhoff, whether they can keep it, whether, it will lead to the immediate capture of the town, or only to ulterior success, are all matters of doubt. Should victory not favor the besiegers' arms they will probr.bly be forced to wait in inactivity till another Spring, when change of tactics mcav assure success. The besiegers' generals have. set all on the hazard of a- doubtful struggle at a single point, and we must wait the result. The Russians, meantim, are actively engaged in bridging the harboi, to remove their defence to 'the North side, should the South be taken. The evils of -a divided command are more and' more felt. The line from Baidar to Inkerman, a distance of 12 miles, is occupied by French, Sardinians, and Turks, with part of.the Englishi cavalry, each nationality under its own' cownman der and totally. independent of all the others. Report speaks vaguely of-a plan. to unite the commands of all the troops on the Tchernaya in one hand. As six weeks, or at most, two n oaths are thle utmost time that can be relied upon . for active millitary operations, attention is turned to-the means of supplying the armies duintg the, com ing Winter. ' Mr. Beaty, eivil engineer,. has received orders to construct two- new -lines of railway; one..from the Col de Bialaklava to Kamiesebh, to be-worked 'by horse .power, and the other from-Kadikoi to the Woronzoff Road, (near the Sardinian position over Tehergoun,) to. be worked by locomotive. . The labor of ereting these roads will be supplied by French and Sardinians. Mr.'Beatty- believes' that the original railway will last during -the Winter, and 200 men of the Army-works. corps 'are, now engaged in repairing it. St'ores and sh eds are being erected as rapidly as possible, and other' preparations for Winter are going en with en ergy.. RUmroRs oF NEGoTIATIoNs.-The jto-Ruassian pper ILe Nod, of Brusseli, says If we may interpret- in a' pacific sense the returninig activily of diplomatists, ali hppe of an arrangement is not lost. M. de .Borfrquoney and Prince Gortschakoff passed the elbole mor ning of the 30th alt.,together in'conffende with Count Briol, at' Vienna. The Vienna Cabi net has already .replied--'to -the last cirenlar of Count Nesselrode, the- existent'e 'vf- which is now cut of doubt. --- - The communicaztions which - afa ie.'e tweeni Austria and Prussia give - reaso~n to be. lieve ihat the German powers will end by agree ing upon-apoliical programme which they will be able to oppose to the belligerent parties who may be tempted to extehd the wnr' bey'ond the objet for which it was'ostensibly undertake... T he Paris correspondent of the Ost.- Deutsche Post, who is skaid to be --genera ly well Inform ed," writeS in his letter of' the 30th of August: " The'Eastern -quastioh led "t 'ratdy conafer enes while Queen .Victorini wasjnara. The result of' these confeenes is' said to be a newy ~treaty between France and-:England,. in which all (1) ,ebntingeneies:to -wic~h:the -war In the -easten lead are~provided for. - " The treaty will probably be kept secret, as itisole objeecils to. give a firm )asis .to thea alli.nce .tn ih two-cnnntries.. I can glar you this positive- assurance that the Courts of London .and Paris are.fully ;esolved.'o1 strain every nerve in' order to break the power of Russia, and to .reject every pro1oal;: foritbe renewal of negotiations for peace. until the object which they have' poposed to themuselv'es is attained," _ - A MAGNIFICENT SCHEE.--Capt. Allen, of the'Britih Navy, proposes to mak0.sorethfrig usefuf out of .ihe Arabian Desert,.noa waste of sand. . He argues thatlit has., been- onee.an ocean, is-now thirteen' hundred-feet below the level-of the Mediterranean, and- thatif i cahal were cut from the head of the Gulf of Akibi tothe DeadSea,'and another from the Meditir ranean, across ;the plan ELdraelan, to the fismure in the m6untain range of Lebanon, t'id iediter. rMnean would rush in, "with afall off'tlirteen hundred feet, fill' uptdie valiey,.and qubstttute'ani ocean of two thousand square -miles in extent, for.a-barren, useless desert;,thus making..the navigation to India as short as'-the - overland route, spreading~fertility over .a now arid coun. try, and opening up the-fertile.regions of. Piiles. tine to settlement and- cultivation.. This iscer tsinly a magnificent idea.- If, in-the eourse of time, it were found that the "dceair ehs'abi did not pay, the canal could be stoppedaup,' this water pumped out, 'as the, ollanders. .eently did with one ' of their lakes, and a fine fertile plan would be-found ready for cultivatlo'. PRESBYTERY OF SOUTH CARoLIN.-This ec. lesiastical body convenedin:our town on Thurs. day-evening last, and was opened with-s-sermon from ihe Rev. David Willa,-tlie -Moderator of the last - session. 'Mr. Wills' discourse was founded upon the 48th, 49th and 50th verses of the 22nd.chapter of Deuteronomy. lie drewa touchingpieture of the .life .and ervices of Moses; of .hiseunbelief and lonely death. The Rev. Mr. Donnelly was then. elected Moderator and-Re T; L. McBride; Clerk. Upon callin'g the rll, -some sixty Ministers' aid. Elders an. sWered'to theik -anmes, and were enr'olfed ah members. As we could not attend regulIliy we are'no prepared, to give, a sketli. of' the buisness of the session. 'there was nothing done,'we believe;.lieyond Jhe transaetion of- the usual business of that body. As it adjourned on Saturday evening we judge that the session was very' harmonious. During' Friday, Satur day and~Sunday, our people were favored with able and interesting discoirse' from the Rv. Messrs. 'Donnelly, 1Guist, Reid, Adger, .Baird, Montgptery. and Hoyt. The sacrament .th in the presence of a large and attentive audienee It was it solemn and' impressive scene; and we do hope that much good. may result from it. Four young men were ,received under care of the Presbytery, as candidates -for the ministry. The harvest is plenteous but the laborers are few, and it is a matter of rejoicing that ybung men are found preasing into the field. That they may be enabled to- meet the awful respon. sibility of that holy office, and lead lives emi. nent for piety and usefulness, is our heartfelt wish. The Presbytery adjourned to meet at Willing. ton Church in Abbeville District, on Fridiy lie. fore the fourth .Sunday in April-. next.-Ander. son Gazette. DR. DAn, now in his 85th year, preached ai the Federal -street Church Sunday "morning, some sixty years from the date of his set tle ment over the society. In the afternoon his soni from Charleston, S. C. officiated in the same pulpit.-N. Y. Express. TECOMMIssioN 0f AMERICAN OFFICEaS 'Ie SEBASTOPoL.--The Paris correspondent of the New. York Tribune writes that three Asiericen offieers-Messrs. Delafield, Mordecai, -and Me. Clelland-who went to Sebiatopol'some .time ago to inspect the works, have performed that dty,'and are now at Vina'o theretn, where they are 'awaiting an .order fronm the Fench Government . to. permit them to visit the allied works before the walls of Sebastopol. The French Government has consented, and they' will leave Vienna for Varna arid'Sebastopol in a day ,or two. Two of the Amnerican~ sur. geons4 who. have been in the service' .of Russie have just left Sehnstopol, and are in Paris. -'The opinion of all these gentlemen'is that Sebasto pol cannot be taken, and if it is, ii will require a larger 'force than is 'rn'ow 'in the Crimea, for it will have to' be takenin a perfect sea of hiumac blood.-N. Y. Enquirer. Da. THOMAs, of Monticello,'(Indiana,).reporta a ease of .rattlesnake .bite. .Mr. J. H. S., aged 38, who stands-six feet in his stockings-who; by the way, wvas very fond of brandy-had just beenbitten on the inside of his left heel by'a large rattlesnake; both fangs had' been well inerted in 'the musceles. In 36 hours lie wau sound and well. I gave him, in. the short time alludedto, one quart of' -brandy and one and a alf'allons of whiskf-all without intoxication. H'e wanted more, and I refused to' supply hi. wants. The next day Mr, H., hij next neighbor was passing along, and saw him .with his pants roled up. to his knees, batrefooted,. anid wading aroundin some-weeds and -grass .with his feet. Haskeed if he had lost' allything? "No, sir.' 'iWiittre' you doing, then I" " I'm hunting a snake. There' ain't any. liquor only whiat Dr. Thmzas has, iiud.he won't 1e.4 me have any un. less I am snake..bit, so I'm hunting one.". Azou-r .three months ago, a party of . fifty young-Gaseons embarked at Bordeaux, bound for this country, for fear of being dran-nin the onsrptionl andesent to' thse, Crigea., They laield in New Orleans, Loujiina, -about.;four weeis ago, and, on the 4th inst.,-the- last of the fity.was consigned to the ead~h. PURE nativo iron, the existence of which the setifle world~has'beeu. disposed-to doubt,'ha. recently been found in Libedli. It was sentito this countfrygand h.i heen 'analyzed inLBosto'n by't~r. iiiiges;wh'd pionouaik's it,'b bjonie ife profs~to be a trien ativoern o usero ,mr rcdnead in. niuy.wa froman.nre. reently, delivered.ly Uq tenewly a oinM d G '0A o ' ry. The 'a and weTs reason to ilbd t :i 6i to GovernorShandh rightfully do WO W-. tory.under.hIs:cha gs iii ing with the slavery question. -It-will be--omidt beri?! en he ytuye , tions had beer decided in ama torjfto ..the aa efdrifi =i speculptive ixxtellbneh4 r a-conque d bcdoun,tq'j 4. lt(ft Missouri yeqIsder' wito; hi interests there': He put the Abolitionaii esetati rapture&*sb eirmg USt moss-troofer8{ fida peacittali had sirpriasd *14 ovetr9w ;jy superior and unexpected numbers, the bandof fanati al-rtp ebitM 9'46400 his abetters reied, to fixins tiona and peingi 'to 1orY biuding s af'the TercitoNAa-neaa Th AboltIppists badagcoiih cnld~aeosipl ihIto se h64 d ui l a low and debased popnl i405 bfi.'to .s aiu't~rllp'ot' iust, thersfore, .hyythapagg a EI crime, or .immorality,'ta sppofitisai~ - England. -'t B" AboUi *VA were not liberal enoug. ingand stligy to frnihs money andmunitiosd to.roedque. d their unprindipled reroirswtii M coinftod: -': ;~s t1 When the news of, thelfdde t* t:Es Eedidifi 'Ab pto~ rps were..overwjhplmed with lbdriisoaie were cast down- by the misbdMite4o efforts, and the contei iti - ing. ButGoveroa eme their aid. .Tht en ieiie and tin estive flce fideoli ollisto litionista by.proclaimingthat- hpiga fairly played--.that =the- biuMt wei P won-and tiat be woa1d'dt' ceediags of thoi goil', elected at,tibaUt'box to, egtlate Territory.: Thiiin~tAhelboltion ter humor-indeed it!illad thi& ft But alis far thelnutaiiliI o( uz'qa It bis not long Lefo} jgame ia d tiQns,.m e-Apd-eteredeiaDt4b on his opinion of the.validiy:'the laws he refused to sign. .Thesinunort ed a shape-and form, and beeimeseu forclbe pointed,'that,public ,oinlon demia4 id Ot men in authority should give to gau Chief Magistrate-a new Gbve nos sei name was not tarnished by unexplained tions.' Thus it was that lon.iflott was appoilned Goverior of Kansasj a happy ro believe that,. in -despite'f " gone before, he will perform his duty, g we know hat such a requit woald'lieal1i prisingf and distasteful to someof dg people of the United States. - IfZhu' repoited, Governor Shannon doer not: the terrible accounts which his pr'idecena of a conquered country- he does; -jo,; that anything.has .happened~ in -KnasibEye what usually happens at the krst eide new countries; and be proechns tidsi dliti that he will -enfore. and 'execut(e laws which the inte Territorimailteak ted, uo.long,us they shall remuin~in forestest laws of the Teruitory.-Wshingteri-Sepinat SrNGULL.-Schooner ShoudngtI% sM port, was taken upon a mali #Wage ' weeek for the pur'pose'of disedvgring .~ her bottom. .1Qpon examination, a .i. b one foot in length and eight incheini wil discovered to be worn nearly, to the th a wafer. On takinig off sh slnt Zo; stones, each A little larger, :tlsa #ie ~ were found, and their :constant rollingplaa by the motion of the-vessel, had wurn e which was upwards of two ihi~ s - .thsrough. It is ~supposed. they'.were inside of ~tigeeiling while the vessel was-e ing, and there remained. Had the iesst g to sea again without- discovering' thrisla:E might have suddenly filed apn ca aSi e have been assigned for iL-Gloncestie-'E graph. .____-____ *IMronaT Rumvoa.-We hvohsaud.iIa mored, says the Columbus -Ensqaiflrg ba Georgia Railroad Companay are togt tinte for the inrchi o'fhe%&n~d West Railrwad,,and by alterigt ' qj saine width of 'the Georgia.Romd snaho.:a plete connectingliak -of roadfroma Miihtgt to Charleston. .The traskefthb pek will remain thie same width 'as at uu will require through freight to~ be. snlsk this-place..and Opelika. -Thia wiste b affeet the freightig buiness f e&inig:b is at the botton of this biovs anlaaa, or Charleston! Mr now:perforinasotlier o U production of .butter and eesg,q a~ ing tea. It has mads. It way-eiaLe dhli e fabrics, and has- become a-.rahabtW the .hands of the-ecalico Ipanttii d'i manufacturer. In the klass of~~~i work, which is indeed a ajpniaoat colors are laid on the .face of thergos&G insuluble condition, so astgteii ippesisnee." Aa vshiel~ei es of deooration, the-Ii$ is subustiuted.. ,si -8OrE'5ote and Salein Esil MO!4I*hlr solves into tro ab e eutt~