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4ho -- CDGEFIELD AD_ RTSIR. "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple 1 our Liberties, and if it mnust fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." W. F. DURISOE & slf,, Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. C., NOVEMBER 14, 185L.- " THE EDGEFIEmD ADVERTISER, Si UrsiSanuD EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING BY W. F. DURISOE & SON. 'Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DoLLAas and FirFT CENTS if not paid within six maon'hs-nd TuaRE DOLLARS if not paid before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the ume of subscribing, will be consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arresrages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Snbsenptihns from other States must URlYARIAIT be aocompanied with the CASE. ADvERTI5EaEa will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first in. sertion, and 371 cents for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged accor - desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate,mleititiate- business of the firm or individual Contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for In advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, is A tANOS- .. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. COMMUEINICATIONS. . 7a3 AN oceAsIoNAL eORRESrONDENT. INTERESTING LETTER FRO)I CALIFORNIA. M,,RYsvILLE, Sept. 12, 1855. DAR SIR t:-You perhaps will beRoniewhat surprised when you cast your eyes at the margin of this epistle, and find an unequainted name to you, but I do not presume that my sirname will be such a stranger to you as I might sup, pose. The name I have, no doubt is familiar all around Edgefield C. H.-I can almost say the birth-place and play-ground of my childhood. The family of which I belonged, are scattered and separated; and time has made such a great chapge, I dare say that I would nbt recognize my own mother, saying nothing of my sisters, who were small children when I left home. Many of my old 'sciiool mates have taken to themselves hymanial yokes and have become fathers and mothers; and had I remained among you, as I should have done, I would probably have taken to myself a "better half," and have been a "papa" also. You may say, why could 1 not take to myself a fair lady here? That question I cai answer satisfactorily. When I first landed in California, which was on the 19th day of . September, 1849, when California was in her uncivilized state-when Sacramento city was. a lows marshy, swampy placQ, covered' with a low growth of bashes, which were inhabited by - wild beasts, reptiles, and the most poisonous insects ever known to inan.wlienbiarysyille was inhabited by a ran. cbero ofDigger Indians-an American wo'man t -o tis scountry them had Lusbands or men, or in other words, part of men, that they called their. husbands, the most of whom emigrated from the Western portion of the Atlantic Statna. They lived together so much like cats and dogs that I became perfectly disgusted with a married life, and looked upon every women, both married and single, as a per fect torment to man; and almost swore that if I never got a wife until I had to mar'ry in this eountry I should die an "old bachelor." I ven-. ture to say that we have more grass widows in California than any, other State in the Union. It is almost a daily occurrence here that we hear of a separation between some m-n and wife that she has eit her run off with some other man, or has gone to her friends where she can be treated like a woman, and not abused and whipped like a slave. Otur country is becoming more civilized every day, and you can scarcely go amiss for the women, both niarried and sin gle. But of all the- homely creatures of their kind in the world California can beatt them all. They look very well in this country when you ean't. see the other kind. -The young ladies in this country have no tiodble in finding husbands--not the least. The qbjetion'is, they find too many. They hardly wait until they put on long dresses--which they do here at the age of twvelve and fourteen. They marry, go off, and are perhapa gone three or four months, when you will see them coming footing it up to their father's or mother's, bare-footed and no bonnet on. " Why, my dear child, what is the matter'?" "Oh mother, mother, so and mo is drunk, and he run me off' from home-he abused mec shamefully-cruelly." It is beyond the expression of language for me to tell you how they live tngether in this comanfry. Under stand ipe, I do not include all, but a large ma jo.-ity. So I am afraid to marry one of my own country ladies for fear that she might take op board with some other man. Therefore I have come to the conclusion that, as speed has been so much increased and fare so much reduced, that I will pay the home of my birth-place a visit, aud see if I can't select some one from emong the old Sand Hills of E~dgefield District, on which I can place my affections. One that I would not be afraid that .when I left home but I would still find her there to await and welcome my return; and not find a note, stating that she hlad concluded'to ";amous the rnche" I am all alone in this 'country. I have not seen a lady from the old Palmetto State since the 11th day of January 1849 r but if kind Providence will continue to smile upon me, In health and strength, I will be among some of them about December. I received two of your papers .a short time ago and it done me good to read the names 'of some of my old acquaint ances, which were so familiar to my ear. There are fewer South Carolinians in California than ever emigrated from any eountry to thIs. I be lieve there are two in this county' that regard South Carolina as their home-one from Green, 'wille district, by the name of ,CarrENDotN, and a yeung man by the name of ADAus, from near old Ibertj Hill. How I long to see that dear old place. We have had a great deal of excitement here in regard to electing State and county officers. Yog are perhaps somewhat acquainted with a society alled the Political Know Nothing So ciety. Of all the humbug. in the known world nothing but K. N., K. N., for the last eighteen months in California. Our papers have hardly left room or taken time, to publish the charges of their paper per year, or oven collect their bills, which they hardly ever neglect to do. Well, the election is all over, but we have not got the special returns as yet. But we have not enough to know that the Democrats-my party-are the worst beat people I ever saw. The Governor will be elected by a majority of from 7000 to 10,000 votes, and every other Know Nothing State officer in proportion. We expected when the nominations were made we would get beat. We battled against them untilihe last minute. If a o had nomina ted any other man except JoHN BIGLER for Go vernor we would have held them a tight fight. But BIGLER having been in the chair for two successive terms the people were tired of him, and nothing would do them but they must have S. NEELT JoHNso--and Johnson they have. A great many Democrats who have heretofore held a prominent position and taken strong stands against the old party, have joined the Know Nothings. Ex.Gov. FcoTE, from Missis sippi, is here, and has been all through the coun try making public speeches in favor of the Know Nothings. I myself joined them when the Order was first formed, before I became ac quainted with their Platform, but as soon as I found out that I was in bad company I told them that I should no longer be a slave, but felt like I was a free man and I intended to act ac cordingly. Many others that I know have with drawn, and I think by the next election we will be ably to elect as usual a Democratic President. I will send you some of our California papers so that you can see how things work in the Golden Land. I am not at all put out with the country. I think that it is one of the greatest countries in the Union. We lack nothing here but pretty women. And if I can get one of the right kind out of so many that I left behind, I shall be contented to return to California and here rest myself in peace and quietness. I have been here a long time-ever since the country was first settled up, and I think I un derstand the different ways, fashions and seasons of the cogntry. It is an easy matter to make a living here, and if you half try you can make a fortune. I have no doubt but what the thought is often meditated among many South Carolineans, 'Shall I go to California?"-To go or not to go ! That's the question in the minds of thou sands of our countrymen, even at this apparently late hour for starting for the golden State. And it can be answered most emphatically, yes, , v6 a-faith ' and possess a competence, or even a comfortable- living from your farm or your occupation. laying by a little every year, with all the endearments and enjoyments that reliable friends can throw around you, just stay where you are. "Let well enough alone." If you have a family, and by misfortune or other wise, find yourself without occupation or money, and your friends are too poor to lend you aid, and you can raise mor.ey enough to get yourself and family here, and establish in some kind of business, which you can soon do, and you are healthy and strong, come right along. All weak or sickly persons had better stay among their friends unless they have got money and come to California to regain their health by a change of climate. Young men desiring to act as clerks or agents, for business men .or companies, hold on where you are. E~very place is filled here, and there are ten anxious expectant. for every situation likely to be vacatsd. But to the strong young man, possessing the determination to do or die, willing to meet and bear disappointment, should it ever come upon him, without dependence upon friends, and can reach our State with it least one hundred dollars in pocket (not in the fix we wcre in, having but two dollars and a halt' in pocket when we crossed the summit of the Sierra Nevada,) come to California. It is a land full of glorious promise -a land above all others-and prudence makes poor men rich. To the poor devil of a fellow who wvants to live without work, to your regular or irregular loafer, to the gambling or sporting man, Califor nia has lost its attrantions; for not only temper ance, but morality is making noble progress at lst in California. To the unmarried lady, be she ever so young, if desirious of marrying, come, if she can coma with true friends; but if not, be content with home and virtue, and the happiness it brings. Having written you a much longer letter than expected, for fear of tiring your patience, I shall come to a close, with one request that you will remember me to all enquiring friends. Yours truly, GEORGE M. HIBB3LER. THE PESTTLENCE SUMMED UP.--The fever is over at Norfolk. The Southern Augus esa, that within a space of three months, out of an averge population of six thousand, " every man and woman and child (almost without exception,) has been stricken with the fell fever, and about two thousand have been buried-.being not less than two out of three of the whites, and one out of three of the whole abiding community of Norfolk, white and black." What a hideous summing up ? Besides this, we learn that one half of the resident physician perished, and not less than thirty-six in all, resident and visitant, fell martyrs. The glory of these men will be truly appreciated in a more civilized age, when Force and Wrong aro not so widely worshipped, but Science and Mercy come for a fuller share of public esteem. A tipsy know-nothing, knowing nothing of what lhe was-doing, has publicly informed the world what should be his course of action, were he elected chief magistrate of the Union: "Oht, If I was president of the United States, I' arrange mny business aecordi' The niggers I would sell, "T'e Irish send to h-I, And the Dutch on t'other side o' Jordan. Then pully off your coat, Hans, rolly up your sleeve, Jordan am s-hard road to trabel, I believe." "I speak within bounds," as the prisoner said in the jiior. For the Advertiser. THE POOR DOWN-TRODDEN FARflER. MR. EDITOR :-If you can find space you will oblige one of your readers very much, by insert ing in your columns the accompanying extract, headed-" The crops and prices." It goes far to confirm the opinion that I have all.along, for months past, expressed, viz: that the present year's crops in this country are not nea~r so abun dant as it is generally supposed; and also to strengthen the opinion which I have for years entertained, that the newspaper press generally are not disposed to deal fairly by the farmer, but rather to play to the interests of the speculator, by circulating false statements which cause the farmer to hasten off his surplus produce and sell it at a low figure-thus throwing the whole profits into the hands of speculators. FARMER. Higgins Ferry Nov. 7th 1855. THE CROPS AND PRICES. Potatoes.-We hear that one of our house holders has contracted for his potatoes the com ing year, at fifteen cents per bushel.-Syracuse Standard. And we are informed that a party in this city has contracted for several thousand bushels in Monroe county, at fourteen cents per bushel. The day of high prices of provisions is fast pas sing away.-Albany Express. Such articles as the above meet us at every turn. We scarcely open a city paper, but we find that the editor has heard or been informed that flour will be cheaper than it has been for a century, and that potatoes will not be worth digging. There appears to be a settled determination on the part of editors to write down the price of provi sions. Perhaps they have entered into a conspi. racy for this purpose. We need not inform our readers that all such reports as the purchase of potatoes in this country at fourteen cents a bushels, are false. We think the price of pro. visions must and should come down, but they will not decrease in value as fast, or become as low as many are led to suppose by these false reports. We copy a very good article on the subject, from the Rural New Yorker: The newspapers, with their accustomed dili gence in the public service, are hurrying up "good reports" of the present wheat crop. I have reason to remember that they did the same thing last year, and as I was then some thirteen lunar months younger than I now am, I believed them. Twelve dollars a barrel for flour does not comport very well with the price of news. papers. We ought not to think it strange that the men of the quill have hoped themselves into the belief that " flour must come down." But will it! That is the question. " Illinois, Ken. tucky, Tennessee-the South and West gener. ally have bountiful -harvests." "All other sec tions the same." By a singular stretch of chari ty, we are expected to believe that these tourists and newspaper "letter writers," who generally furnish the data would .kpow a.fiet4of wbAat.if teyiktafd sgel "n'ltiins eertin-it re quires a practiced eye to form even a tolerable judgment of what the yield will be from a casual survey. In the spring, the bare ground obtrudes itself upon our attention-a little later, " copi ious showers" make it all right. Look again the surface is uneven. Get over the fence-the tallest wheat makes the most show ; :, bold front has shut out of view much that is small and thin. Add to this, the leading roads gener ally pass through the best cultivated country, and of course travel!ers are liable to be too favorably impressed. "Of other sections I know nothing except from " hearsay," but of the State of New York I believe I do know something from actual obser vation and careful inquiry. I am satisfied that the yield in this State will be one-fifth less than a "good crop." Why is this matter slurred over in harvest reports? Is the failure, marked and decided as it is, in the fine wheat section along lake Ontario, west of Rochester, of no ae count? Can important portions of thec fine counties of Monroe, Livingston, Genessee, On tario, &c., be cast out in our reckoning ? Or has it come to this, that "pure Genesee" is brought exclusively from Wisconsin and Geor gia ? So, too, of the corn crop. Why is it not stated--for sensible men have known it these three weeks at least,-that the corn crop of New York will be one-third less than an average. " Look ini almost any public journa', and see how the article on "crops" is made up. In wheat matters, sections that export very little, and that of a poor quality, are quite as conspieu ous as the noted wheat regions ; in their lists of authorities, thie Sundown Chronicle and the Catamount Express, are quoted with as much unction and emp~hasis as the Ohio State Journal and the Rochester dailies. As in patent medi eine, it is the number of certificates that is re lied upon. " The buyers of wheat and flour, like o our party" in politics, have a "clear majority," and it is observeable that there is a disposition to write and talk down the price of wheat. This article is written not to influence any man's judgment as to the quantity or value of the crop, but to ask farmera to examine all the fauts for themselves, and then form opinions o'f their own. Of course the price must, come to thme world's standard. London and Liverpool will settle the question. With war and universal scarcity to begin with, nothing short of a concurrence of good crops in all or nearly all wheat growing regions, can bring the price to a lowv figure-a concurrence that there is now not the slightest reason to expect. Prices being up, it is a very different matter from what It would be if they were down, As it is, it will require a decided surplus to bring them down- a surplus that exists, in all probability, only in the excited ima ginations of consumers of flour." The crop of potatoes in this part of the State will be large. On high, or well drained land po tatoes look exceedingly fine; but unless we very much mistake the signs, wo are again to be troubled with the Potato RoL.-Genesee Farmer. SOUTHERN Frotra.--There is one interesting feature in the flour trade of the present autumn. We refer to the lnet that the great bulk of flour brought to the Newv York market thus far,-has been derived from the Southern States, which have not until this year been looked to for that commodity. The numerous railroads opening up all through these States are furnishing now outlets to extensive grain producing regions which have heretofore stood far in the back ground. The direct benefits of railroads to agriculture are thus being shown. In connec tion with this circumstance, it is to be remnem bered that we have still remaining at the West and Northwest, the flour which in ordinary years would have supplied the place now occupied by this Southern product. This alone will sensi bly affect future prices.-N. Y. Tribune. IMMENSE BU~SINESs.-As showing the money expended in Boston by the visitors to the late agricultural exhibition in that city it is stated that g2,059,928 of foreign money wvas received at the Suffolk Bank on Friday. The largest sum received on any one day previous to tliy phibitioni wasi 81,700,000. BILLY-DALE-A PARODY. 'Twas a clear cold night When the stars shone bright, And thseenow-covered hill and vale, When tiro or three young lads Who were out on a spree, Went to see old Billy Dale. Old Billy, queer Billy, droll Billy Dale; Now t6 white hairs blossom On the time honored head Of the-queer old Billy Dale ! They frolicked and danced, y As the night advanced, Till mornanade the dark night pale, Still right ii-the middle Of the room, with the fiddle, Sat theijoUll old Billy Dale, Old BilT, &e. Old Billy could sing Like a bird is the spring, Or could lell a first-rate tale ; And if adything went wrong, It would eotlic long, 'Till i right by old Billy Dale, Olds ig; &c. Now the heat of Billy IIns never grwn chilly, Tho' his viee is beginning to fail; And if you .wsnt a song, You need not Wait long, If you call on'old Billy Dale, Old Billy, &c. May his snow-white head Ne'er rest with the dead ; But should' this prayer ever fail, May the angels above, In estacy of love, Shout " herd comes Billy Dale." Old Billy, queer Billy, droll Billy Dale; Now the white hairs blossom On the tiue honored head, Of the queer old Billy Dale ! From the Now York Uera d. NEWS DIRECT FROM THE RUSSIAN CLIP. Among the passengers'who arrived at this port on Tuesday last, by the packet ship Uni verse, froi Liverpool, was Dr. Devaga, -who comes direct from the Russian camp at Sebas topol, where he serv in the capacity of Sur geon in the Medi .We. paid him a visit .. e uRof'4 .genfal-'con versation on thc war in tbe Crimea. and the con dition of the contending parties on both sides, obtained the following particulars; Dr. Devaga was eleven months in the Crimea, a considerable portion of which timo was spent immediately in the camp, where he had an ex cel'ent opportunity of being acquainted with the character of the Russian soldiers, and the men by whom they are commanded. What he states, therefore, may be regarded as reliable, although it will be found widely at variance with many of the accounts published in the English papers. At the time of his departure from the Rus sian camp, which wais about the middle of last month, the allies were in possession of the southern side of Sebastopo 1-the Russians un der Gortseakoff still retni ing undisputed pos session of the strongly forlified position on the north side. This part of the city, he states, is still stronger than that which they have lost, or, more properly speaking, than that which they have abandoned, as it now appears they did not intend to hold it longer than was necessary to give them time to remove their hospitals, their guns, and whatever else they considered indis pensable. Their forts command every part of the south side which lies below them, complete ~1y within the range of their guns, at a depth of at least over one hundred feet. It is evident from this thtat they are in astill better position than they were when they had possession of the whole city, as they can render that part of: it whleh is in the possession of~ the allies alto gether untenablk. This is so well known to the allies that they are nctually beginning to regard their late successful, but dearly piurchas ed, triumph as v'ery uinprofitable, if not worse than useless. On the other hand, it is a matter of congratu-m lation, he says, in the Russian camp, even among the common soldiers, wvho understand the great advantage it gives them over their foe. For seven months the work of fortifying and strengthening the north side has been going on, and now such is the perfection to which they have brought that work, that every hill has been converted into a fort, and every point where cannon can be placed, is absolutely bristling. with them. Here they not only command the south side, but they render it utterly impossible for the Allied fleet to enter the harbor, or to come even within a 1oi distance of it. In ad dition to this, the road from their camp to Odes sa is occupied by different detaehments of their army, which, inceluding the force in the camp, numbers thirty thousand well disciplined, well equipped, well provisioned, and every way ef fective troops. But this is not all-their facili ties for the transportation of troops are such that they can, if necessary, bring their whole. disposable fore into the Crimea in the course of a few days. The roa4.from Perekop is open to them, and they are constantly receiving from that place immense supplies of provisions. The statement, that they were deficient in their sup plies is, therefore, untrue, and we were told that at present they have sufficient for several month's should all communication with that point be cut off by the Allies. Our readers may remember that in the papers which brought the account of the "fall of Sebastopol," It was stated that the Russians were in full retreat towards Perekop, and that a detachment of thirty thousand of the the Allied army was despatched to intercept them. This was not only false, as proved by subsequent accounts, but uttery absurd, as it now appears that the Russians had not the re motest idea-of retreating, and were determined to remain where they were, and detend their position to the last. The story that six hundred Poles hnd deserted from the Russian army, Dr. Davega informed us, is not worthy of the slightest credit. A few may have deserted, but he assured us that tho cases of desertion on the other side were more numerous, and the day before he left, six Sardi nians hsd arrived at the Russian camp. The army, too, instead of being demoralized, is in as perfect a state of order and discilplines as their commanders could desire ; and so far from being even discouraged, they have gained confi dence and self-reliance from their frequent en counters with the Allied forces. They have been, he says greatly underrated ; but the Allies have by this time found out to their loss that, they took them for. It apppears now that they are among the finest soldiers in the world, and that they are in some respects superior to the French. It is a singular fact that while the Bnglish and the French scatter under a heavy ire, the Russians flock together and cling to ach other with a tenacity that knows not when to yield. They never think of retreating, and rush into battle with an enthusiasm inspired by the deepest feeling of religion. They tell you they are fighting for " their God, their Czar, md their country," and they believe that death n such a cause is little less than martyrdom. In fact, they regard it as such, and believe that the Treatest sacrifice they can make, is to die on the battle field fighting in defence of their :hurch, of which they regard the Czar, under God, as the head. At the commencement of the war the highest eeling of respect was entertained by the Rus sians for the English, but this has undergone a tange, and they have at last come to regard them with a feeling of contempt. It is not un sual, Dr. Davega told us, to hear them say, 'What are the English? Nothing. We have beaten them in every battle, and would have kestroyed them but for the French. It is against the French we fight. If we had to do )nly with the English, we would have swept them off the earth before this." "I do not know." said Dr. Davega, "of a bat lie in which the English were not worsted, and in which they were only saved from destruction by their allies, the French." The Russian soldiers know this well, and when engaged in carrying cannon balls, jocosely say, " here is some bread for the French," ap parently ignoring the very existence of the Eng lish. Their officers are highly educated, and it is an uncommon thing to find one who does not peak three or four languages. They are also men of refinement, and as the Doctor had every pportunity of knowing practically, are most ourteous to Ameried's. He confirms, in this particular, all we were told by Dr. Kottman, eighttor nine months ago, and says that the highest Generals in the army show them every attention and kindness in their power. He adds, however, that the climate in the Crimea is very unhealthy, and that of nine Americans .who were in the medical staff during his service, five died. In a word, they entertain feelings of the deepest friendship towards our countrymen, and ire always ready to exhibit them, even at their awn personal inconvenience and loss. This may be said of all, from the Czar down to the poor est soldier in the ranks. In regard to the " Totlebenr" as he is more properly named, he says the affection which Generals, officers and men bear for him amounts ilmost to adoration. They are proud of him, and justly look upon him as the greatest engi neer in Europe. To him they ascribe their un precedented success in the defence of Sebasto pol, and there is hardly a man under him who would not sacrifice his life if necessary to pre serve him to "his Czar and his country." Totle ben is about thirty years of age and well pro portioned, with the most prepossessing features: He is, Dr. Davega thinks, a Russo-German. [ii;.-wonderful celerity in increasing- the defen ree of Sebastopol astonished even those who knew him best; and the whole army entertain the most unbounded confidenco in his energy, hi ability and his skill. As to the movements of the Russians, the most profound secresy is kept by the Generals, and to this is attributable the success with which they have in many instances been attended. No one knows beforehand what they are going to do, and all their plans are generally carried out with a precision and despatch that has often surprised the allies, and taken them at a disad ajptage when they reposed in a feeling of per. rect security. The old adge, " hear, see, and say nothing," is held not only in the highest reverence among them, but is a law the obser ranee of which is commanded and enforced with ill the power and authority of military rule. It is the opinion of Dr. Davega that it is ut erly impossible for the allies to avoid another winter's campaign- in the Crimea in any other way than by leaving it altogether. Their work as only commenced with the taking of the outh side of Sebastopol; and the capture of te north side-if it -ever shall be captured vill be attended with a still greater loss than they have yet experienced. He confirms the icounts we have already published, as to the evrities of the climate and the character of the country. They will be compelled to encamp, is they did before, outside of the city, na that part of it which the Russians gave up to them s, as we have said, comnpletely untenmable, and such is the nature of the soil during the rainy eason, that it is utterly impossible to use either >annon or cavalry, while the -foot soldier sinks Iown to his knees at every step. The prospects which open before the allies, under these circum tances, are of a most gloomy kind. Gortscha coff spoke truly when he said~ Generals January md February would do all their business for hem. We have spoken of the feelings of the Rus min soldiers in respect to the war, and wve may dd that it is a feeling which is entertained by tl classes throughout the empire. The nobles re willing to snerifice their fortunes, if neces mry, in a war which they look upon as one of he most justifiable that has- ever been wvaged m their country. In common with the soldiers, hey believe that they cannot be defeated, and re determined on -fighting for every inch of tround in the Crimea before they give it up. 'he religions enthusiasm of the soldiers is kept ip by the Greek priests, of whom there are a arge number in the camp, and who inspire them ith an idea -that they are engaged in a crusade igainst the infidel. Every address issued by ,he Emperor is received by them with the great tst enthusiasm, and incites them to the most -ekless deeds of daring and bravery. With an rmy inspired by such feelings, with an engineer rho has not, perhaps, his equal in Europe, with enerals whose abilities have been well tested, nd with the disposal of almost unlimited re ources at his command, his ultimate success ppears to be only a question of time. It only emains to be seen whether the difficulty will >e patched up by diplomacy or settled by force >f arms. DARING ROBERY.-WO learn that one day luring last week, the house of Mr. Henry Smith, iving some few miles from this place, was forci >nlv entered by six or eight negroes, or white nen ini disguise, and robbed of about four 'or ive thousand dollars in specie. It seems that Mr. Smith had, not long since, isposed of his entire property, and had placed he proceeds derived from the wales thereof in a arge iron pot, secured with a wooden cover and n iron bar looped over the ear of the pot, which as fastened with a pad-lock. The parties, whoever they were, entered in he absence of Mr. Smith-one with a gua ~rightened Mrs. Smith out of the house. knock d off the hock, took the money and decamped. -Lexington Telegragh. To cure poverty-sit down and growl about t. By so doing you'll be sute to get rich and nake yourself particularly agreeable to every amody. BLOOD THIRSTY.-So bitter is ex-Consul Gee. Banders against tyrants, that in a late speech he expressed himself not only in favor of guillo ina h~ut of kaving them worked by stcnm. LETTER FRM RON. D. 1. ATCISON. From the many interesting letters addressed to the Committee of Invitation of the King's Mountain celebration, we select the following from Hon. Mr. ATcuisoN. Every one of our readers should read it carefully, and give the concluding portion serious reflection. PLATTE CIT, Missouri, Sept. 12, 1855. Gentlemen:-Your letter of invitation,reques ting my attendance at the Celebration of the Battle of King's Mountain has been received. It will be altogether inconvenient for me to be present on that occasion. I have certain duties both private and public to discharge at home. The Battle of King's Mountain was fought by the Whigs under the lead of Champbell, Mc Dowell, Shelby, Sevier and Williams, against the tory's under the gallant Ferguson. We have a similar foe to encounter in Kansas, on the first Monday in October next. The " border ruffians," such as fought with McDowell, Shel by, &c., on the one hand, and the abolWonists -such men as fought with Ferguson, on the other. We, (the "harder ruilans") have the whole power of the Northern States to contend with, single.handed and alone, without assistance and almost without sympathy from any quarter, yet we are undismayed.. Thus far we have been victorious ; and with the help of God, we will still continue to conquer. Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind expres sion in the concluding paragraph of your letter -" three cheers for Atchison and Kansas 1" I have read this paragraph to sundry of the " bor der ruffians," and their eyes sparkle; their arms are nerved. We have been acting on the defen sive altogether; the contest with us is one of life and death, and it will be so with you and your institutions if we fail. Atchison, String fellow, and the "border ruffians" of Missouri fill a column of each abolition paper published in the North; abuse most foul and.,falsehood unblushing are poured out upon us, and yet we have no advocate in the Southern press; and yet we have received no assistance from the the Southern States. But the time will shortly come when that assistance- must and will be rendered: the stake the 1 border ruffians" are playing for is a mighty one. If Kansas is abolititionized Missouri ceases to be a slave State, and New Mexico becomes a free State, California remains a free State; but if we secure Kansas as a Slave State, Missouri is secure, New Mexico, and Southern California, if not all of it, become Slave States; in a word, the pros. perity or the ruin of the whole Snuth depends on the Kansas struggle. Your obedient servant, D. R. ATCursoN. Messrs. W. B. Wilson, Jno. L. Miller and Sam'l W. Melton, Committee of Invitation. KUNA8S MEETING .IN COLUMBUS, GA. We notice in the Times and Sentinel the pro ceedinge of a meeting held in the city of Co lumbus, Georgia. on the 24th. ultimo, for the purpose of forming a Kansas Emigration Aid Society. Most of the leading men of Musco gee participated in the .proceedings. Hon. Al fred Iverson addressed the meeting at some length, i:: support of the objects of the society, as set forth in the following preamble and reso lutions and constitution, which were unanimous ly adopted: PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS. Whereas, the action of the non-slaveholding States with regard to the settlement of the Kan sas Territory, has thwarted the natural laws of increase and immigration, and tends to form up. on that Territory their peculiar institutions in violation of the spirit and intent of the Kansas Nebraska act; it behooves the South, and every patriot who desires to preserve the equality of the Southern States in the Union to counteract these insidious attempts of Northern abolition ists to stifle the free action of the citizens of Kansas in the formation of their social institu tions, and thus to convert that magnificent do main into an engine of oppression to the South. Be it further Resolved, By the citizens of Muscogee county, without regard to old existing party divisiuns, that wve form a I~ansas Emigra tion Society; titat the chairman of this mneeting appoint a committee of ten persons to draft a constitution for the government of the society, and to select the names of permanent officers for the same. consTrrUTroN. Article 1.-This Association shall be called the Kansas Emigrating Aid Society of Musco gee county. Article 2.-The objects of this Society shall be to raise money by voluntary contributions, for the purpose of aiding reliable men, who are attached to Southern institutions in emigrating to Kansas Territory. Article 3.-The officers of this Society shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer, and an Executive Committee. Article 4.-The President shall have power to call special meetings of the Society as oflen as may be judged necessary ; and shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer. In the absence of the Preside~nt, his duties shall do. volve upon the Vice President. The Secretary and Treasurer shall keep a correct record of all the proceedings of the Society and Executive Committee, and collect the, usual dues of the members. Article 5.-The Executive Committee shall consist of seven members. They shall have the general direction of the affairs of the Society ; shall have unlimited power in selecting Emi grants and appropriating~the fends of the Soeem. ty ; and upon them more especially devolves the duty of raising money. Article 6.-All the officers of the Society shall be elected at the annual meeting in Octo ber, and shall hold their offices for one year. Article 7.-Any citizen may become a mem ber of this Society on the payment of one dol lar; which fees shall be exclusively appropriated to defraying the ordinary expenses of the Socie-' ty. Article 8.-The Soclety shall hold regular monthly meetings at such time and place as the President shall designate, when the Executive Committee shall submit full reports of their ac tion for the precedIng month. Article 9.-The officers of the Society and~ the Executive Committee shall have power to make such By-laws as may be deemed necessary for the governmenit of the Society. The officervehosen are: James M. Chambers, President; John Woolfolk, Vice President; Ed gar G. Dawson, Secretary. "So you are going to qualify the Governor 1" said airs. Partington, as she reached over the railing in the Senate chamber, and addressed the member who sat nearest to her. He assen ted-.--1 "'Well,'' said she, with a. proud look at the Bennington drum, and gun, I think it would I have been a good deal better if yeu had sees that he was qualified aforehandl." There was a I wisdom equal to four of Webster's comprehen. 1 sive Dictionaries that said this.1 " Siurr, who is dead at your home T" " Sister." "Ah, what doctor did you have attending on her 1" " Oh, we didn't havo ay; sister mnanaged to io withont any." TIE IATE JOIN SU1EEL From a letter of Judge O'NEAI.I.'S in the Temperance Standard," we extract the follow ing notice of the late Mr. Jonw Sumial, of Pomaria, Newberry District. "On yesterday, I received a letter from our worthy brother, Henry Summer, announcing the death of his excellent father, which took. place on Friday, the 12th Inst. Having known Jc11 Summer for more than forty years,.Lelan-the privilege of minging my tears with ia bereav ed family, and adding my testimony to-his wortJ-.. No one ever moved- more steadily in the-path of industry; he was seen at his shop,.as tong as he was able to work. His agriculture was a pattern. for 411:: he cheerfully aided his son, Wm. Summer, in ma king their residence, in deed and in:trath,. "Rb maria." In the circle of his family, he wadseen to most advantage. There he was husbania 'cber,. master and friend. He never was a member of a Temperanoe society, and yet the "poison" was not seen.f r twenty-five years on his table. . He was earnest-to give his children ednestioip -three of his sons were graduates ofithe-Senth Carolina College-.the other two, with bisesti. able daughter, had all the advantages i ation short of a Collegate course.-ha'young.. et son received all the neifits of an.edustii. is a Farmer in Germany.. . As a father, he - experienced' Al - sad loss of Lwo gifted sons, as a consequence of tho issa. trous Florida campaign, and was wialled Upon, in his declining days, to weep for his youngest song alled away by a lingering disease. This good man fil.e.i a full course of days. ifter more than three score and ten, he, haa. taken the wings of a dove-and has flown away: nd is at rest!" May the wife and children be omforted by the Everlasting Comforter who. wipes away the, tears of the.widow and father.. estl Yours in L., P. and F., JOHN BELTON O'NEALL From the Anderson Gazette. ONE 'WORD MORE AS To FREIGITS. We have once before protested against the igh rates of freight on the Greenville-and Co. lumbia Railroad, and in recurrg to;the sulbect igain we shall be brief The Directors have a -ight to charge as much or little as they pleas, hat we admit; and we are now only protesting igainst the exercise of that right, because it is. njuring our people at large, our merchants and' the trade of the town of Anderson. When our: town is suffering by the action of the'Directors, we must and will speak out. Every : one here mst see and know, that the trade ot 4ndersoa. .a not so brisk this fall as it was.last fall. A. ccasional wagon is seen in our market, but the; usual crowd of North: Carolina, Piokees, :and Georgia wagons is wanting. They 'have gone; Iswhere, and for a good reason.. Msrchait rom the above places declare that tali freighta in our road are too high, and they never will >rder another package of goods to this.depot antil the 'atea "are altered. Consequntly. Athens is now reaping the trade which Ander. ion has heretofore commanded. ' A merchant Prom Georgia passed on to Charleston a few weeks ago, to lay in his, stock of Fall and Win. er Goods. He bought half of his stock in Tharlestnn, when, on hearing of the increased ate of freights on the G. and C. Railroad, he >rdered the goods already bought to Augusta, where he completed his purchases and shipped them to Athens. This is one instance out of many. The freights on the G. & C. Railroad ire double those on the South Carolina Railroad; this we can prove by a long freight list before is. The freight on 120 bars of iron, from Lharlston to Columbia, a distance of 130 miles, was $16 23; the freight on the same iron, from Solumbia to Anderson, a distance of 127 miles was $32 46 cents. The total amount of the ill on the S.C.R. R. was $9561; on the G, k C. R. R. $66 i8 cents, making a grand total >f 8101 79 eta, which was just $30 57 cents more than it ought to have been. The people ire in the hands of a chartered monopoly, but hey are not without a remedy. If the Direc, ors wvill not listen to reason; if they will not reduce the rates of freight on their road, the people can instruct their members to the legisla, ~ure to control the charges on Railroada by pecio legislation, We prusume that the'Leg. sature has a perfect right, to interpose the arm f the law, between the Directors of Railroad ~ompanies and the people to protect the latter ~rom the encroachments of the former, Legis,. ation is a last but sure remedy. The above is but a pert of .the general e~ry gainst the excessive charges of our Railroads, I cost us on our cotton for freight alone from 16 depot to Charleston 62.25 cents per hale. 'his is far more expensive than to have wag ened it to Hamburg and brought It down-froin hat point. The delay in getting it down, is iftener far geter than to have is brought by orses to tis place. As for perishable arta. :ia, the charges and delays estop all use of our ilroads. .The South Carolina Road makes, too, the nest unjust and injurious discrimination on nany articles against the Columbia and Camden >ranches, and thus against nehrly all our Slate,. n favor of the Hamburg branch and Western iceommodation. We allude to this with regret, s this gaeat commercial artery of our State >therwise commends itself to our greatest in. ,ers-Charleston News. Por'ULAR DEFIslTIoS.-Wha& is fashlou ?-. 3innrs at midnight, and headaohes in the morn. htis wit 1-That peculiar kind of talk that ends to pulled noses and bi~ken heads., What as idleness 1-Work yellow inonntalaa an a pink subsoil-or a blue tailed dog in sky. oord convulsions. What is joy i-To count your money and nd it over-run a hundred dollars. What is conscience?--Something that guilty nn feel every time' it thunders. What is contentment i-To alt in the house ud see the other people stuck in the med. la 'ther words-to be better offrthiaour neighbors, RomIING WHEAT Is Guizu-.Aa the proper eason for sowing Wheat will aeon be here, we ubmit the following to the cosidertio of out 'armers. Some years ago, It was thought that If grain ae in contact with guano, its germinal power was gone. The guano therefore is required to be ploughed in or planted separately, and after. wards the wheat or corn put less deeply-Into : he ground, so as-to keep a layer of eartha be, wen them. This Idea and epatom have givens vay, until now a great manay farmers are rolling heir wheat in guano before sowing, as-they foy erly did in plaster. The exp'eriment is baid to se succeede admirably, aconshequenee'of rhich the practiee is very general this Iii, ollng requires munh less guan. tbana the saa' em f broadcasting, its effect heipg like that of he guano drill, togaive the-.ri th rompt d entire benekof -all the anopt nto tijo arth.-Alexander Virginia ~etinel. Tuzgg is a village in Michigan where the hrclh bell is rang every dae at 12 o'clock, for h people to take their quinine, tas they hayes e chills and fever all round.