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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~