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Ely aardiser ARTHUR SIMK!NS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, 8. C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1855. The Election. LET THE PEOPLE NOT FORGET that the voting for District ollicers must all be done the firs day,-w hile for Senator only votes can he cast in during both days. District Of8ces. . Wa are Indebted to ode Member, Mr. LaNDRau, for full lists of our District Officers as appointed du. ring the late Session of the Legislature. We publish the list of Managers of Elections, and will give the rest next week. The Southern Light. Tnt fiart number of Mr. WUATLEY's religions jour nal, bearing the above name, is nearly ready. The publishers, W. F. DvarsoE & SoN, of the Advertiser, expect to bring it out by the 1st of January. We have had.the privilege of examining the first half of this number, and are glad to have it in our power to say that its whole appearance will be tasteful and its ar ticles, selected and original, sensible and. interesting. There is about it no pretension to great beginnings, no affectation of a brilliant future, the editor preferring to step furth with the steady and quiet tread of one who starts out upon a good long journey. Pleasant weather and fair scenes to the traveller ! MR. TILLMAN*S SPEECH. We observe, in the Carolina Times, a speech by our representative, Mr. TILLMIN. It presents many strong views in a forcible manner; and we shall pub. hsh it at an early day. It seems to need considerable revision in a typographical point of view; and we hope our member nill give us a revised copy. MR. WARREN, OF TIE CAMDEN PAPER Is wonderfully shree'd in his surmises. And how fierce withal in his satire? Poor Edgefield ! The Camden Journal has spoken of thee disparagingly. And alas, poor Carolina! A son of thine cannot use his editorial privilege of frankly expressing his honest opinions about General CaRY, he temperance lecturer, without placing himself beneath the crushing power of one of the Camding Journal's irresistible diatribes. " Attempi'to ridicule his efforts !" We did nojauch thing. 'e criticised, partly commending, partly doubting. And we defy the Journal to prove any thing else from our article as a whole. Will nothing do but that we fall down and worship your Caavs and PutL. WuIes I We now ask, as an act of fairness, that the Journal publish what we did write and which seems to give him such offence. TUE "EDGEFIELD INFORMER." Attention is directed to the prospectus of this new paper. We shall welcome its appearance in the field of labor we have so long occupied alone, and we trust the Advertiser and Informer will prove mutual helps to each other from the first to the last. A $ COMPLETE FAILURE." The Columbia Times thus designates the attempt to convene members of the Legislature for the purpose of considering the propriety of sending delegates to the Cincinnati Convention. And we doubt not the cor rectness of our cotemporary's statement. Blut this is no fair indication of public sentiment. For Edgefield, we will undertake to say that the feel ing of the people, wherever there is any at all, runs decidedly towartds a full and honaorable representation. Secessiotnists and co-operationists alike regard the oc casion as one of importance and gtto be lightly coun sidered. In the latnguage of a genitleman of high tone and strong character with whum we lately conaversed, -it cant do us sno harm and may do much good." T his is the right view and one frnna which we have. no: heard a citizen of Edgefield dissent. With a full una dersanintg of our aituatiotn as a Southern State and of our .abligati'ins to the government of our fathers, it is stuff'to talk otherwise. The "Chaarlctonian." This is thme namen of a sheet soon to be published in Charleston. The prospectus number is before us, and evinces that something sprightly, ratey, and generally Interesting may be expected. Its publication will be segairly comntaced itt January. The subscription price $1 per ann um, payabste in advance. Address J.utn I's PHYEY, in the rear of 48 Broad street, Charleston. The Cost ituat SonalIst. WhA-r hans become of te Tri-Weekly of this valued cotemiporary ? It has suddenly ceased its visits to our eflice, and we know not the cause. The Advertiser being but a Weekly Journal is of course not strictly entitled to a ri-Weekly Exchange. But we have hitherto been receiving this favor fronm both our Augusta cotemporariesand had almost begun to regard it as our right. Our State paipers all send us their Tri-weeklies, some of thmem their Dailies. And Au gusta is so very near a neighbor and so well known to us too that we occasionallyforget she is beyotnd our .limits. Thme Constitutionalist remainads us that she be. 'lon'es abroad. The First Snow. On Wednesday last, says the Lautrensville Herald of the 2lst instant, we were visited with the first snow stormn this season. it lasted only about one hour; but during that time it fell faster thatn we have sen it for many year', and our young folks shouted nith joy at the fair prospect for some true, ul fashioned winter sport. Unfortunately their joy was brief, for by sun down scarcely a vestige of the .fleecy element was Visible on the ground.. 'The Old Lady Be wildered Again. Mrs. PaaZrtoo declare.s that ."sotme things is most onaccountably strange. Now here,". says she, Sis a lawyer's advertisement, Hie saye "1I am par suing the practise of law at Edgefleld C. 11., So. Ca." Yes, and I've seen many, just such, ever since I first begun to show Isaac. the neuwspaper pictures. "Puer suing the practice," is he! Always " pursuing the practice !" Well, its to be hoped, for the sake of poor humility, that he'll oeertake it one of these days." Trhe above comes direct frotn.Mrs. P., tlarouagh a letter addressed to or im'ap, whom shc has complimen ted with a copy of her book just out, and for which he hereby tenders his profoundest thanks. A t thie same time, lhe begs leave to suggest that Mrs. P. must be confounding facts, as there is no such lutwyer as she speaks of at Edgefleld Courtt House. Imnportant. - While Mario s losmng his voice, and the young Princess Royal of Englandh iii taking lier placo in the Court Circle, and Longfellow's lliawaitha isstrughing with the critics, and iloaa GaxerEraY is wrniting Ietters from Washington to the Tribune, and Macaulay is progressing graduaily with his history, and the Legislature of South Carolina has already adjourn ed, we have the pleasure to announace tha~t fine, fat partridges aro plenty in this vicinity at 50 cents a doxen. Peace Prospects in the East. Rumtoas are rife that peace propositions are in the ascendant as bet we-tn Ruts'sia tid the Allies. The New Concil Of the Queen City are punishing transegressors with a vengeance, and the Mayor's Court occupies a conaid etable space in the Charleston papers. Pickpockets and Rioters are in danger. Decidedly Decent. A -il1 has been introduced into the Georgia Legis. lature, 'ow in session, for the preventatintm of whoop ing, swesng, cursing, or using obscene language, in the streets ' any town or villatte, or rnear any private residenee. '1--penalry is fine and imprisonment--not more than S100,,ot longer titan thirty days. AVew Dodge. The Southern Pet,,1 ad Moangtainmeer lias adopted a plant of giving editor-t notices of advertisements only askea they are et'n diolats or more to the pin ter. The niotioni strikes la ben a good one at Airst sight atnd we shal thn 0" An editorial notice is certainly of grit advantagesgaughtin all fairness to be paidl fur. .._ The AnSna hJraas InieC ime, arc estiatedl at tWO ..nded thou sand .meu. Welshmien. Six Fresidenits of the V-nion andm fourteen olo tionary generals are said to hlave been of ' 0atraenon. WE extend a hearty 1 Merry Clrisutnis" .o all our subseribers. - And although much more is on the tip of our pen, we prefer this time to sacrifice our propen any for giving expression to the feelings of the hour, and to present, in lieu thereof, the following excerpt from Lt EDEa's Americana Eacyclopsdia. It tells the history of the festival in a very few words: "CaItaTMAS the feist of Christ'si-birth, was;ac cording to many critics. not celebrated in the first centuries of the Christian church, as the Chrisntan usage, in general, was, to celebrate the death of re markable persons rather than their birth. The death of the martyr Stephen,;and the massacre of thu no cients -at Betlhem,.--had been already loi g.celebra ted, when, perhaps in oppositinn to the doctrine of the Manichicans respecting the birth of tht Savior, a feast was established, in memury'of this event; in the 4th century. In the 5th century, the W'estern church ordered it to be celebrated for ever on the day of the old Roman feast of the birth of Sol, on the 25tl of r December, though no infornmation respecting the day t of Christ's birth existed. In the East. Christmas was celebrated on the 6th of Ja-tar:rv. Front the gos pel of St. Luke, it was known that Christ was born during the night, and therefore divine service was performed in t7e night of Dec. 24-25. from which air- a cumstaunce Christmas is c-alled, r inran. Weiihnuch .ten, i. e. Holy or Consecrated . "ght; The feasts i f , the martyr Stephen and the evanelist St .lohn we:e s united with it, and a feast of three days' euntinnarnce was thus formed. In the eeclesiasti~cal year. this fes- I tival gives name to a period extending from the first Sunday of Advent to the feast of Epiphany. Jan. fi. Some say that Christmas has always been celebrated n in the church. In the Catholic church, three iuasses o are performed-one at midnight, one at da.-break, I d and one in the morning. In the Greek and Roman churches, the manger, the holy family, &c., are sometimes represented at large. Some convents it. o Rome, chiefly the Franciscans, are famous forattraet- ti ing many people by such exhibitions. The church of England celebrates this feast, as do the great body of European Pro:estants. In the TTited States, it is little regarded, except by the Episcopalians. The custom of making presents on Christmas-eve isderived from an old heathen usage, practiced at the feast of i the birth of Sol, or, in Germany, on the occasion of some feast peculiar to that country. (at least the Ru precht seems to have had such an origin); but it has become consecrated by ages, and contributes a great r deal to make this festival an interesting event to fa:ni lies. In the north of Germany, this custom prevI.ls g most, pervading all the classes and relations of society. t In some German churches, serirrons are delivered on h Christmas-eye for the benefit of children. who attend,.; carrying each a little taper. In the Catholic church. u the oficaun pastorunt is sung, in which a chorus of; r children respond to the priest" DID YOU EVER - Diu you ever know a hotel-keeper ni ho didn't lay the flattering unction to his soul," that he kept the best table in all these parts ?" I Did you ever know a man make a bad trade and not endeavor to convince himself that it was a good one ? Did you ever know a candidate who didn't uphold it his chances for election to be " very fair considering ?" Did yon ever know a miller's hogs that were not r fat? (We don't ask whose corn they got fat on.) u Did you ever know a stage-driver who didn't say h that " he'd been driving on this line, off ands on, for about seven years !" Did yon ever know a man to get tight at a dinner ii party who didn't attribute it all to " those infernal raisins and almonds ?'' ' 1 Did you ever know a dozen old women (crones, te 1' mean) who didn't batten on the slips and excessesand ft mishaps of others ? (And, parenthetically, have you not known a few of the so-called Lords of Creation do a the same?) i Did you ever know a politician tlto didn't seek to "damn with faint praise" any man who stood in his c way to office and power? Did yen ever knowv a hal.-dozen belles in -tll your tlife who were favorites with their own sex ! Did yon ev-er know a refornmer ni ho was nott alsio a. higot ? D iid you ever know a builly whio eilibi't eventtidly Iget badily thrash'.d ? (.ind thik we say of literary andt" political as well is phyesical bullies.) Did you ever knowv a .Governor who diihn't eon gratulate thle Legislatutre itn his anota! mneeage tipon the ge:nerahliprospterity of the State Did! yon ever kntow ithree ttode't mt~m whou dii'tt fail to make their way at Court or. nt hiebi is ptretty inuch the same, wh-o didt't fail tto piuh themiielv e into the enjoymient of governmient patron:e And finally (to snit the season) did you ever know a middle-aged intdividual whot didu't tity thiat - (Chrst mas times wvere nothing now to n htat they usert to ne when he was a boy -- PREPAit E F t TH tltE WORST. Read thdi from the W~ashiingttn correspndetce of the Orangeburg S~outhroni 'flhe imbroglio in liansas stomewthat complienties. the state of thin:;s4 hiere, antd mids v.t,tn tu pa.ris- I ti A black thtunder-elttttd, bo~rde'retl niith edge--l h'tttd, now lowers over Kun,'ns. and in ts hados.are cree.pmet. a steadily but stenuihly towatrd4 its. Whent it fillly wraps us. we will be' ini midmight blackin-.- etllt let the $othI still steer itu by thle cerial sti ars of principle wihich beacton her rielht .'rmard. nlin nt slatery feeling here is ripe. initen- :td iit r. A widb g;'tst may soon shnke ytu. P'uie no-ti here ar.e ii walking upon a thin crust. which coters a matine 4/it' of explosives;. you wtili have seen that ihe ire.:-stilerst in Kansas have risen in insurreeniton againt all law, aid tramipledl down thle symibols otf routhority. Gov. Shanton htas regnested the aid if I-ed.ti troops.-- It When blood is spilt the bands of the (. niont wiill he wrenched asunder." The Charleston Standmrd cottametnts tupon thti- ex tract by suggesting that the da~ngertus hottr -tninot, wel be so near at hiatnd ; hut immtediately thteret cier t admits that it may be. We -r'--. with tihe .indard in not knowing~ exactly what to tttink;. The a; pear- r ances are certaitily ill-btoding-jtii:e enolugh:.o to wnra rant the people of the Southt ini taking .i,-;t5 tu " e t their houses iin order, not to die butt to live.' By-the-bye, wve are st:ruck with the ,,imilarity, as wall of expression as of sentiment, between the~ ex tract aubove given andl the one which follows, taken I from the Char'eston Mercurry's Washingtn correspont-I dence: ".A dark cloud. streaked with blood, now htovers over the plains of Kansas. Its electricity i., reuebling here ; and you will'yet be startled wiih aii outbreak from this place. Slav-ery anid anti-slt-cery aire griny.ily facing each other. The duel is not far ofl. Whien: the butgle call is sounded, woe, triple woe, to the cravern who hearkens tnot to its '-ummitons. At the Ii South, he who then "dallies is a dastard," anid he a who " doubts isdamnned." . A HUNDRED YE-ARS HRENCE. Wno knowvs what winderful changes, what m'~gh ty improvements, what inventions, what pirogres- i sious-mechanical, social, teivil, mtillitary, political and religions-another. century may britig forth ! Judge of the future by the past (the modlern - past" we mean,)antd there is certaily scope for the wildest and most exaggerated conijectture. In iew of what may yet be, the Knickerbocker sees before htitm the. London Times for Jantuary 6, 1950, and plineks the following notices from its columns. A bsurd as they appear, are they more so than some of our present daily exhibits of railroads, steam-ships andl telegraphs wvould have been regarded 100 years ago! Foa Botay Dztt~cT.---The Original Nassau Bal luot leave. V'auxhall New 'Tonni, (the ontce rotyal, property,) Mondays, Wedntesdays, antd Friday', return iig every Tuesday, Thtursday anid Saturday. Fare: -Car, an Albert; Bird-cage, a V'ictoria-anid-a-hialf; on te Wings, Half-an-Albert. The Director of this highly ppular and much patronized conveyance, begs to asure the public that lie still continutes to soar . higher thatn any'rrial nmac-htinist whatever, perfoirmiingr the whole distance mn thte quic-kest possible time undi-i iith the least nmotion. F-or the safety of hits paisseni-i gers, he hereby watrns all persons agamtst flyinig kites! letgolroc-kets, or hioldn1 inthimrellas. at inor than;r down upon all offenders. No smnoktng allotwed mt thue Bird-cage. RAPID CoMMUeNtcAtTtoN wiTht IND:A.-Tlhe .F'riatl Ship, the "kHighhlyer," Cupt. Biohi.taskes wmgn pios- I tively on lmnitay next, fromi the T'erinni at lI~d Nelson Column, Tlrafalgar Sqouare. The " Highflyer' is a safety ship, but guaranteed by its oiwnersu t-> per fe journey almoust as qick as the Mails. kor I frnr passage, apply to the Captain on botard. I WtaroN TO TiU' AN~-iurai:.-l'oit C At'ait R i GULF, AND PORT Psaossaty.:.-Regular toubes des end through the carth to these reIterated places-I eery 'Tuesday. Tlhers very suiperittr tubes aur' fittedt up expressly for thle c'omfort and ner t immou'dat ion o~f le-llers, ithi separal mi: mbttitt r la nnh s itandi tma r ridpol.Ther, is a library ini the keathter, andh the assgeis thoroughly liglmted andh v--titilme'd. Fur descent or plunge, appl'y to RIt. BIorehtm, Great Tower Street. his last Item proceeds upon the presumptltioni, thait the ntion of the earth's having a fiery cntre is t' be exploed. Arid the one belowv is deperndecnt upon the. consideration that steam is yet to be applied success fully to carriages, wagons, buggies, plowrs &c. kr. - and why not? SINULAR CUatoUst-ry.-To be seen alive, at Is 229 New Regent Street, a remarkably te spoLri men of that noble animal, the H~orse. It is perfeet- It ly same and doeile, anid is suipposed to bie the last ,tf that species which formerly direw iiie cabs, brouighiams, ni tc. of the metropolis. As this extraordliwary animal I ll at long temain it L.tudont, an early visit is suag- ,. gested, it being the P'roprietor's mtitennon. to exhibit! Ihe hose in the Protvincee. Adlmissioni--F-ront Seats, s. Ba.kditto. 1. Visitrs are nullowed to intiutit, as t' real saddle has been borrowed for the occasion, rin the British Museum. If the horse shall scarcely be preserved, where will le mules and jack-asses be found I NEW INVENTIONS. Ma. CuARLs EI.r:"r, jr., has invented what he ails a floating ballering-ram, which it is asserted will e calculated to sink any ordinary gun-ship in ten linntes after coming within range of her shot. It is itenled for harbor defence. Again, the Washington correspondent of the Evening 'got states that more than a hundred machines for agtin- stones have been recently submitted to the otmissioner of Patents at Washington City. AMERICAN NAVAL CAPABILITIES. The Boston Courier, in the course of a reply to a tlier supercilious article of the London Standard, us glances at our marine strength : With a.mercautile marine having a tonnage greater inn that of any nation on earth; with ship timber in, copper, cotton-duck, coal, and men, second to oe in the art of ship-building; withI a national debt !most .ero. treasury overflowing, taxes light, an mudanre of gold, a vast surplus of food, and 25,01iN), lit) inhabitants, most of whom have patronized the :hoolmater that is abroad:-the United States will at witdrmw her " fir frigaies and cotton bunting" -om the :ealms of Neptune in dishonor. Questieniless, the American people could in six months ti:ne bring together and man properly a navy 'great powerand efliciency. Still, to make assurane mnbly sure in view of the possibility of a colliioa ith European powers it is certainly the true policy r our government to go on building men-of-war an t most approved plans and the must vnlarged wealq meet every possible emergency. Whose Nigger was thiW W. iI. Btowxs is writing a series of "Sketches of te Mexican Campaign under Scott." In oneof them e find an amusing allusion to a Carolina darkie. ad the extract and admire the rascal's esprit de srps: -- Here yon black fellow !" shouted a corporal to a oleman of color, who sat with his back against a rat. A fine stream of ascending snmoke denoted that e was reducing a roll of the narcotic weed to ashes. u eilectamlly was dtarkey under the soothing influence the solacer of what amount of worldly care he idel: be supposed to have, that he heeded not the call. mersed in a sea of reverie, or not choosing to reeng. ze the title, he auswered not until again hailed. Fe at lenugtli rolled his eye.hails round to save the ohle of moving his body, and said: " Call me, Salt I -my hamts is Scipio." " 'Yes ; jump up-take that musket near you, and lp to keep the etubrasures clear of the Dong. Good lot '' Slhab dat reputation, Sah: hab dat reputation at >me in SonfCarlin:t, but must decline de honor here: nu-t, indeed, Sal." The cool response of the lineal descendant of an frican primce, (all Soutitert darkies tare descentded ! least Irem nohlbdity,) and the roguish leer that sat. pn his ebon fice, nere not half as provoking as the w chekle ofglee which escaped him. --W hat d've mean, rascal ?-jnmp !" exclained the an i-f bri.f amthority, infltneid with wrath. The iperinent fellow kept his phice, and the smoke of e fragrant weed still curled upward from his ample lb-e pardon, Sah: meant no'feice, Sal-no 'fence, e fime is dis : I belong to LJeftenant ,)I . ob de lmmettaes. I':-e cook, and Massa told nte to look out r de mie' iings, Sal, and I'se gwine to. Yah! Yah !" The argument was coneltisive, and fully establislied rielt of the bondsman to exemption from powder Ad iall, beside civing ham some beense to show his tipudent teeth to those heluw his toaster's rank: but id it lien otherwise. his sardonic squint would have rouight upon his woolly pate the spleen of the excited rpral." Here it. is G v us i-'legy in a Country Churchyard wutthl have eit knocked inito a cimcked hat, huad the autmor acd tu see such an epitaphpl as t1 e folion ing, re n le discoiveredl bly ti som "Old 3lmrality" it amn t-of-te-wayt corlier of thme .Jersey State: "ib. wa':s One of 'emt W~ell, lIe was !" "Billy Rtussell." l the nme of the war correspondenmt of time I~omtdu~i im. And lie is aim Irishitmn (onservaItive. thetre'' ater time ohd sty le, tlh : thenkcr. C 0 MD! U NI I C.AT I a N E. Correspondlence of tihe Advertiser. EXIBITIONAL. 31r. Et-ron : I hlan tie pileasure mof attecndingC, la't ek.im exhibuiion of thme pitupils of 3iss R. .1. 3|i n houl . at Ilamamotidville-cailled after onr friends mmi c .ilarniin T'own roadt-nod by youtr lea:ve,. wilt ofg'er hrif atotunt of it. I)iringt tIm- pamst sit imtn:r. thle icebolars hamd tbeen tsub-t -ten to a seairching exatmnationt on time vamrius sttd. s o the precedinmg termi, and patssetd the ordleal with imec cretdit to ithemtselves, and withI great honoicr tin cir instruciress. Oni the Iresetnt occasiont it was :termeie to give tom the pmaitin anmd th -ir frieinds anm hibmiti''n, as cttleulated to illutstrate, ini an interest tmaner. the proagress tandm accomiplisimenits of theo ipils. This was jimdiciouis. Thme mianty would gretlty -efer it tim the dryer task mmf listening to mtathmematical momstratins, andi old stories of history, &c., in re tated time-s ini the same year. le.-imdes thte ntovelty, -re was too a fairer fielI albhrdled tmr the displaty of ny pecitliar taletit for deucamnationi. compositimmn, or for riots e:- cmi repreenmtatmion, ., &ce. Wh'lile thes 'tchr. tnotes iof recitationms andmi deport nmnt wvould ti.fyt parents, of' the iimplrovettmnt of the chiihlre-n eckly.- ininth ly, or by thme term,- and thuis supmply thte ice if mnother -xaminationi. Tme wh-lool-hose, of twvo rooms, is perched 'in a idsome e-mintetce, overlookinig the highlwtiy, and mmaninig a vimew of varietd and picitruresue scenery vid tile Savannah ricer ; with a circumajacent oe or time pcripiatetie (?u s1tdenit, and itt thme vicin ya gu,.hminmg spmrinmg of cool amnd liinmpd wates. Thme so for ihie pertbirmanmces n asnecatly linished-a stage tcd up, furnmishmed with a pianmo, aitid its tpapered walls artially cuveremd with v-ery prettly gilt frames encos ig samles of nteedlec-wtork, includling embroimdery, &e., aiigs anid paimntingin water cobiurs amnd mnonochiro ati-:mdl dlone, amnd quiite well dotne, by the young idies-the sentiur schmolaurs. Thea schtool conisted mainly of females, of whmt some mare nearly grownt. The forenoon was idevotedi principally toi the Jutvenile -aeniimitt, ahhotugh mmde: (vmcutl anid instrmumental) ;as introdueed to vary the sen-te. Them performances m~rised recitations omf poetry tind prose, readinig uf mop''itimns, antd -peakimng dialogues by thme yunmger -sies; anid just to keep them int sober tcountenantce, ti also a sprinkling of laddies. Several of the ialogues were written by thme Treachter, and were dapd to the age and advantcemenmt of the interlo utumrs. 1 canot entier itnto manty piarticuilars. Ini gen rtai tme characters were well maintained-thme memory ot at fault, anti thme emphasis correct. The composi Os (if the "IBirds" andm "' Christmas"' wtere very reditahle to the little girls who'pirsenmted them-andl lIir Timtes" containmed some shatrp ponne. Thme cititionm of " Violet'' was highly interestin'g-them ivec little speakiers being only ahouit 5 andi 6 years hi respectively, wvere thoronghly taughttin their parts, ol nt bile having cnonfidenee entough to observe acctu ai-, yet disc-losinig a bluishing modiesty. that gave a harm to words and manner, amid won all hearts. Agidiouring now to a sumptuous entertainment, I eturnedi at 2i o'clock p. in. to witness thme mannmer in i the seniirs'(withm onte or two excepmtions exclni ively young lathes) wvoithl ac-quit themiselves. I had tame he aicquaintance of several of them, and felt a velier interest. 'Thme music (songs and airs) was eon ntied as before at intervals ; but nt as anm interlude i ositih as part of time regular progratmme. Onme yunmg tuy spoke ai sahlutatory in Fretnchi, andi another orme in ;iidish, at time (-lose of the exercises; others 'gave ei-tri-s in te samte lanemgags. All wvere grace ly3 dela-himetd. .Mv ear wtas tnt fainfiliai entngh ihm Frneh, tom offer tan opimmihin fumly of time merits mof iciijm iIioins- te prmnnmneitttion, h owever, appear to e correert. Tme c'ompomsitimons tof ' My native a drl," ' Oumr Ancestors," " 'Them age in whih we ve" antd aEducationm" were especially clever. Thie st stirredh the blood of thme native South Carolinians, mi tme last ineulcatedl whmolesonme mdoctrines andl gen-. .usemtiments. All were recit-td with appropramte -uie andh intonationi. anid were enminiently creditable time yumng ladmies. Thme dlialogmes wt-re of highemr - aade tan those in thme mnornimng, anmd some were orig al. in (mie of them the teachier ditrects a deserved t ire t Ne w York parlor chtt-ehamt, whlilvch w tnl apply cry proerly to other cities andh oilier parlors. WVhen e e speakers shall visit thme St. Nuichmlas, theyi will re immber thmis descriptiive sketch ; anmd whtile narrowly hservi (otiters will gutarid against tewry frivolous eon -.-atioti . an itiery aflieetedl manneicrs! N ight brought theo exercises tom a cluose. 'rie speta .r .tk.......... bonh entrariiued atil instrteted ; arn P 1. - the performers, proud of their achievements, retired to revel in anticipations of the frolics and the fun of long holidays, and the jovial season of Cht'istmas. The studies taught by Miss lIEARs, were the higher branches of science, French, English, composition and declamation, drawing, painting and needle-work. The proficiency of the pupils declared the qualifica tions and accomplishments of the instructress, and ,with both I was equally and most favorably impressed. Miss Meas appears to be ariexcellent teacher; man ifesting in a high degree, the two fundamerntal requi sites, a firm and consistent discipline, and a happy facility in. imparting knowledge. In addition, she possesses indefatigabe-industry and-perseverence, and an ardentfondness for her avocation. I sincerely wish her the continued eminent success, which it is entirely within her power always So command. . SPECTATOR. Correspondence of the. Advertiser. . EDUCATIONAL. . "I long An's thought my good old friend, A something to ha'e sent ye, If 'twould answer na ither end But just a kind memente." You seem to be kind enough, Ma. EDITOR, to al low a !.pace in your much valued sheet for those of the various callings in the conimunity, who wish to spread their views on sueli matters. as may be con. neeted with their professions;, over:the intellectual field of your extensive circulation., Such being the case, it occurred to me that, you would not refuse the ame privilege to an individual who sways with hum ble pride the Sceptre of a Tillage School. Your sourtesy on former occasions, has prompted me to solicit this favor at your hands; and it may be ex pected that a eorresponding regsrd for the EDIToR and Proprietors shall restrain me from violating ally rules they may have established for the government of their Office. I have assumed a position, which to some may ap pear extravagant, but which to me seems necessary for the purpose of discussing the topics that I may intro duce, viz: I will look upon the world as a School, I rnd ail men, women and children as my Scholars; and when it so happens that they violate the rules of my discipline, they may expect that sovereign remedy, the use of which Solomon says is indispensable to the curing uf children. Elevuted by the force of " inter nal ssggestions" to this ghantific stand-point, it will not, I presuame, bear the appeagrnee of stepping out side my boundary if I take a peep into the torl, political and even fashionable department of my School, (i. e. the world)-also the manner of teath-ing, he latter of which, as best bccones me, I will take up first. In order that a person may become an efficient teacher, it is an indispensable requisite that lie should first tnderstand what It is that the human mind stands in need of, and what he is going to teach it; then that e shuild ho capable (as far as possible) of supplying that want. l.'nless this is understood in its proper ihht, we may have as many Schools as there are ldanations in the State, and as many superintend ants as there are overseers, still the ends of an educa in are left untouched. But the question will arise, what are these wants that the teacher has to supply' In answer to such question, it will only be neces sary to remind the inquirer .txat if Adam hail never fallen front his state of purity, there would have been o nerd of teachers, because he would have known all the truths of nature by intuition. But the fatal cunsequenices of his transgression deprived him and his posterity of every thing but capacity; hence arises the. the nces-nrity for Schools, and jlhe importance of tecers, whoic. if they fill their positions as they should, imiut tmake it their aimi to bring him back to the posi itn from whiich lhe fell, by strengthening, extcniding, ad elevaititir thle capacity, so isto ei.ble him to on ertandr the truths of niature wvithi a tacility whlich appraches as inear intuitioup as posshbl. Tihis ca,. 2tnly he aiccom.,b~iled by expositng to the intelleet those aimuable priticiples which form the frame-work of tre cnretion-the nrervours system as it were of the unti vere, thlat regiulates and modifies the miirutest as well as the most stupendous operadans of natre, front the itstinicts of the reptile,,-to -thi' highest .flight to which the wings of genius is capable of hearing'the hruatn soul. Thetse principles, whic-h are ais e-terital -', onn-iangeablhe as thQ Almtighty mindi that pro jerted and c*-an-u i , ~if as cTea;Tjpereptbl--so the reflecting mitnd in thre cotntnon cathings of life, as they' are in those siublimer studies w hiich caused the Dtvine Jiarid in the rapture of Ihis vision to exclaim, Show wotnderfutl are thy works 0 Lord ;how beau i ui are the tenits 0 Israel! Snieh unalterabjle prin cipe" I calt ides, whtich i.,run tie grounrd-wui k t'ult sdies ; atnd thi.< is the buisines~s of the teachetr-lo show the pupil the law, the princripte, the :rmhn~ or the ide upo wichi that brainch of scice n hch lie is tudy ing is baused, andi biy which ii is regulated. Tlhie etont to' which the nicientis excelled us ini very branch of mretntal n~,yell as mioral scietnce, can he accounltedl for onily uipon the groitnds that theiy studied tnature, iur taitre's laws inst-ead of boks lhat they erndeavoredl to p. ssess thienrsvlves of prineci Ie-s or ideas ini place of learning their results, the Ia: ter of which, from my own experience, I am sorry to say, consfiittes the gratid rounds of our eduenatiorn, from the old-tiueld School to our highie.-t Semtinaries of learniitg. Even in our Colleges the degree of taunt is timai~ted biy the failiity with which the student enn recite whlat anther mnano has said or written, winn perhiaps he could not at the same time tell you what tihe hoork was wri:tent ihunt, let alone the princi pIen or -idieas cuontainied ini tl.e work. Arnd the teac-hers in place if explaining these things nlhich is their only use, make it their budntess to confluso, by cross exam inations on verha! mn~teurs, the mind of die student aid leave hris tunderstntdinrg mooro elouded than before he entered the recitation roomn. As well might a person set himself up for a killful Physician, who merely knew that the human system was composed of bone, tinuisle and skirt; ias to sy. that lie can teachl without a knowledge of the laws v:hichl regulate the operations of'the human mind, or the end for whicrh suchl laws, in the ecotnmy of nature, were established. It is strange that men will admit chat the phyical world is geverneh by unelherable laws, and still suppose that tin mental department of crea Ion i-- suiffered to rutn vild. without bridle or check, unr the wide fIeld of ilsaown itmnauginationis, gover ned in its e~ctionus only by tle dictates of its own appetites aid parssionis. Ifstteh I~'nd been thuevews ofotur fathers in learning, we inever wouldl hiav had that collectiotn of rules whtich constiturte thre littidation: of grammiar; amti what are such roles unrinure thani the laws biy which the human mitnd is gournecd in tihe co~nurniciationi of its ideas from one p~ers~n to another ! Ligic is niothin: more, as its great fmuner hart said, thant un exhihitiont to the maitri itself, of Ik means it maukes tu-e of in its search after truth. Nov 1 wo.culd only risk, whichl of the two is the most imprtant to be r auighit, the book or that from which thehook is taken ! Therefore I say, that the business i.' thre teacher or professor is to exlain thre laws or iriniciphes upon which thos'e branches that Ire untdetakes to teachl are hased, and upon which they operne. In fact they must under stand that what they tacht is not the inivention of ma, but the result of raws which are as itrportant for e enads of creratm to be fulfilled, as that thre earl shonial go aroinrthte sort to prodluce the vicis situdes of the seasonts.I I write you this, MR Eorroit, as a mere introdric tion shrowinug thre bas uponi which I will erect a systen of lectures to m classes next sessioni, which I will furniseh you with s they are proditeed. IHoping that I will develip though them what I hrave advo cated in this article, IFornluch- for tile present SinooL. MASTER, IN mitt DEN. For re A d tiser. THE SECRET OF UCC00 IN A NUT-SHELL. Wxs shrotld contsidleithis world as a great mrart of cnnnrce, whmre Formei exposes to our view vairious cmmodsities, such as clhes, ease, tranqiliity, famte, intxriy, knowledge. Every thringu is marked at a ettledI price ; onr tim our labor, onr ingennity is so m oteh ready mouney n.ichi w.e are to la Out to theI best advantage. lmaine,~ colmpare, chioose, reject, btl standu to your on jntdgiment, aud do tnt, li ke cuilre. whlen vou ble putrchasedl onie thine;. repinee that yon do noit posse-antother that yon did nost puor- I hats. Sneh Is the fce of w'ell regulatedl inidustry, i tI at a steady and v-orous exertion of otir facuilties, irectd to one- end,uihh genterally insurd success Would you, for instato, be rich I D)o yoiu think that single point w.orthu'thsacriticing every thiing else to? ou may their he rk.- Thousands have beconme so rnu the lowest hegningsa, by toil and patietnt dill-e gric aind attenliti tie minutest articles of expeinse in andprfi. LI. il Correspondence of the Advertiser. FLORIDA. MAGNOLA HILL, FLA., Nov 7th, 1855. ,Ma. EDITOR: Through the columns of your inter eating paper I will again make a few matter-of-fact statessnts concerning Florida. Last Summer I gave you my views in relation to the " land of flowers," its climate, soil, the prospects of the growing crops, &c., &c. Of course a repetition of what I then stated is wholly unhecessary, and ! nosy simply say that at present I endorse what I then wrote. Our corn crop is now gathered in, and it proves to be most plentiful. There are. now more corn sellers thin purchasers in Florida, and the demand is not so extensive as the supply. The beneficial effects of so bountiful a provision crop will tell largely on the general prosperity of our growing country. We have nowbefore us the cheering prospect of turning -to account what funds our cotton may bring us, in de veloping the agricultural resources of our country, in stead of keeping our money market drained in order to provide ourselves with the staff of life. -ir:; of our distant friends erroneously suppose that the corn produced here is of an inferior quality, and that the quantity per acre is small. I have no precise data on which to base a positive assertion with regard to the average yield per acre this season; but I am persuaded that this average yield is not less than twenty-five bushels per acre. (laving for many years resided in the old " Palmetto State," I am fully pre pared to say that I have never known so large an average there, by at least one fourth. If the corn pro luced here is in any respect inferior to that produced with you, I must say candidly that Icannotsee where in it is so. I weighed a bushel of corn grown on hammock land a few days since and it actually weighed sixty-four pounds. Some things I hear and believe about Florida, but the above I know. The Cotton crop is not yielding so well as was gen. erally anticipated when I wrote last Summer. In Septemb:r the catterpillar made its appearance in tome localities, and injured the crop very seriously. But it may yet be said to be pretty fair. In some places the planters are making about as much as they will he able to gather. I will not venture to say what the average yield will be on the land planted this year. A near neighbor of mine told me about three weeks since that lie had picked out thirty-eight thousand pounds and was not much more than half done. He lia sixty acres in cultivation. le will probably make shout one thousand pounds around. On another plantation, I saw a short time since a field of forty eres ns hich I am satisfied must give fifteen hundred pounds to the acre. 'These figures may appear large, Iut they are as near right as I can get them. Crops generally are not so good as the two just mentioned, )ut I see no reason why they should not be on the tame quality of land, if properly managed. Just here I would say a word or two concerning ottott picking, ginning, packing, &c. Good pickers, when the cotton is well opened, can get from ninety to a hundred pounds per day, though the general aver ge of hands would not probably be more than seventy live pounds. The gin now generally used will turn taut, if properly managed, from two hundred and fifty to three hundred and fifty pounds of lint per day, and requires two horses to run it. The lint is taken from he seed on a large cylinder covered with leather and nade smooth. Most of the large planters about here xpect soon to run their gins entirely by steam. There are already several engines in the neighborhood, and they prove to be far preferable to horse power. Some ins when run by steam, will give nearly r pound and i hlf f lint to the minute. No screws, &c., are ied in packing the cotton, and the bales are all muade round. One hawinl cani pack two bugs each day with aseu. rThe utsuaal weight of a bag is about three hun red ande twen ty-five pounds. A good article of cotton will yield about one pound of lint for three and a half laf seed, but I p~resumew the genteratl avearage is about ime to four. I have beent thus particular tin the sub ject of cotton gining, picking, packing, &c., for the r~aon that I well know many of your readers think th rcs of preparing our cotton for market inore Wdius than it really is. Of course I speak of lung staple cotton. InI Carolina the culture of rice is very extensively tand pirotitably followed, andi rice plarnlations are by I.r t:iL. mo11' valuiable lands you hatve. With us good rIi wa commtton a,.at --.rcheap. MAzy udf piece of fresh hammock fatid wvill produce a b~oiiful crop wvithiotit almost any lahor at all. I am atisiedl that the vulture of rice lhere could be rendered very profitahble. It is somewhat surprisitng that so many Carolina plantern. move di mo Mi+wip utnd Texas without uven looking att Florida. Any thing that grows there grows equally as well here, and mancy things that do well here can nt be prwdneed there. I look uponi this as being the greatest country in the world !! There is yet room for a mtuch larger pop'ulation thtan we now have, and glad wouuld I be to see more of my Carolina aemlinaitnceis nmoving into a country so desirable. But Il those ni ho feel like moving come and judge fr themselves. Let me warn them not to credit the reports of those chiceken-hteartedl ettstomners who have ome here and returnaed prejudiced against the 'ountry, beeanse they perhapils fottnd some tdifficulty ini pro ertimi utod sa~ kile horses to ride over the country on, or!....they found land here about as valuable as their mon t surely-tried plantat ions at home, or because they were in a hurry to get hack to their families. Suchl men will do about, as well at one pluce as anoter. But to the active, energetic planters among y'ou we would say---Come to Florida and your chances o make fortunes will be hetter than they are to make a simple support nher: you ao0w are." A. L. 0. Fur the Advertiser. THE .TAIL IN WINTER. It needs unly to he known to the humane andI right ninded of the citizens of Eidgefield District, and Vil lg-:. that the prisoners in the jail are not allowed the uise of fire, even itt the coldest weather, and that they re left to shim er and suffer during the neary hours of heir captivity, day and night, sleeping on the cold loor, without beds, (beinigallowved wily blankets,) to iring about alt irmediate referma of this most cruel tate of thmitnga. It is ne, part of the- authorised punishmetnt, even of :rimnials, that they be thuts tortutred. Moreov'er thero ire mfte.m persaons placed there n ho have committed no irime-soane for dlebt, and others awvaiting trial. urely nto one wyill pretend to believe that these should e so torttured. But I claim that it is wrong atid ii l:gl to treat thtus even the worst Crimninal. When will men learn that kindness may, andI gener tly will, reform the must hardened, while cruelty nakes even the yotnnz uflender a sworn enemy of aw and of the society that casts him ou:, denying his tuanily, and treating him like a brute ! Who of as s tceithout sinm ? Atnd how many better men than some ho are wise et etughm to keep ott the safe side of the riminal lawv, ande miaintain their respectabihty, are here ntow cutnfined for sotne ofTnce into which they cave been tempted by poverty or otherwise 1 'Thea presenit state of the jails in South Carolina, in le particular named, is a disgrace to thea State and its eople. It is cruel and moost harbarous thtus to treat lutman beings. The tmatter can he easily and safely em-iedl: A pipe from a stove below may he carried Itrtitgh thle floors of tihe upperstories, andI a large sheet run drum placed itn each hall and ithe pipe terminated in ho chimney. Let hiumante citizens see to this. A STEANGosa wnO was "TAKEN IN." For thec Advertiser. Mit. Eorroit:-As someO of our dealers in Flour eemn to be very mnuch ltirnmed about the scarcity of ,reastufl-inideed so~ much so that they tire re tsig to, sell what they hatve on hanid, tiffirming hat when they sell whatt they have they know not 'hre anty nmore is to be founi-yout will very much lige nany of your renders, as well as for the pur we dispelling the fears of~ some of our citizens, y publi.shing thte followving extract from a Buffalo uher. No MoNOM.Y. "Thetec is lhardlly any linmit to our surplus of h.-t antd Cirtn, anud if the di-.mand abroad should 1rry 0{one hundred smillion bushel.. iobich is lmst four time.s uas much as toe hvae-exported ma nae year, thtere wosuld still bie tin abaundant supply ir hmne coainsption. Stra;nge as it mtay seem, zt ith a large surplus tin hantd, fully equal to .iply the denimand from abroad, prices should rule ,higm, it is neverthmeless in obedienee to the law Stradou whiich makes a sudden itnpulse pusht the atket value beyond ai due litmit, as well as to anoth law eaf tradel whtich makes a derangement in the rdinary channttel~s oif sttpply, produce for a time, all ....-t~,i.....C or~ an acina1 scarcity." Fcr the Advertiser. Mg. ksfroa: Permit me to ca'l the attenfou of the citizens of South Carolina.~to a meeting o( . Georgia Legislature that convened at Columbia, S. C., on the jburt: Monday of Novemberand ad journed on the 20th im&, after tranumeting much ba uiess to the entire aitisfactioo -of the people.of 001 a, and partirlarly tiose of Augusta.. The Clirnicle Sentinel,- f this dry, appears'tO be well pleased with the action of said body, and crows triumphantly over our people. Well may Augusta court the favor of. such an'&sezably. - "Osasaislt Nanagers of Elections for EdgefeiE District. APPOINTED DECEMBER 1855. Edi efield C. H.-p. F. Hollingsworth, P. R. Blalock and William Landrum. Scurry's.-R. M. Scurry, Levi Adams and t Lewis Culbreath. Liberty Hill.-J. LTalbert, John Barriss and and Robert Cheatham. . Moore's.-W. H. Stallsworth, A. G. Hackett t and W. S. HIolloway. Mount Willing.-Willis Stone, E. W.-Selbels and Isaac Edwards. Richardson's.-John Griffith, Bazil Peterson and Moses Walton. Col'ier.-James M. Harrison, Thomas M. Crafton and Wm. E. Middleton. Coleman's X Roads.-Frederick Scurry, T. F. Coleman and P. J. Coleman. ' Boulware's.-F. W. Sollee, Emisly Lott and a John A. Lott. Meeting Street.-J. W. Tlminerman, William Stevens and-J. F. Lowry. Norris'-John Bates, Amos Shealy and Miniek I Mitchell. Rhinehart's.-John A. Kinard, Edward Lorick and Levi Shealy. Parks'--G. W. Burton, Thomas Price and Mr. Blair. . Lybrand's.-Levi Lybrand, Thomas Goleman and Daniel Mojer. Rclell's.-James Wells, William Blackwell and Thomas R. Collier. Red Hill.-J. M. Clarke, L. Holstein and Wm Thurmond, Jr. Dorn's.-Wilson Corley, Alfred May and W. M. Dean. Nnils.-John Clarke, Jr., A. W. Atkinson and T. W. Whatley. e Granitevilie.-J. Sentell, Samuel Glover and Join Marshall. Allen's.-Henry Hart; John Wright and J. I. I Eidson.. . Nickereon's.-C. Nickerson, Johnson Lowry and J. Culbreath. Perry's.-Crawford Perry, Smith Livingston and Wilson Abney. Hambur.-C. McDonald, Dennis Lindsey and W. C. Bewley. Stevens'-E. Lagroon, Isaac Boles and E.. Harling. Iuntonsvil'e.-Lemuel Corley, J. Cheatham and B. Roper. Pine House.-Alfred J. Hughes, G. M. Wever and J. L. Mathis. - Cherokee Ponds.-E. Morris, A. P. Butler and Wm. Walker. Ridge.-E. W. Perry, Watson Rutland and James Watson. Coopersville.-T. J. Dyson, I. H. Maya and ) Daniel Proctor. S .atterneld.-E. Devore, Wm. Langley and Wm. Johnson. Win. Smnyly's.-Sam.nel Watson, Elzy For rest and IWm. Herrmn. Rocky Ponds.-L. H. McDaniel, Jefferson P. Nixon and W. Dorn.' blickler's.-Wm. Dozier, Sr., Calviu Vaughn and John P. Miekler. Pleasant Lane.-John B. Timnmermnan, 3. C. Settle and Richard Unrdy. Resof red, That thme electinn Box be removed from Alfred Hatcher's to Marshall Pusey's, and that John Seigler, Sanmuel P'osey and Joseph Atkinson be appointed Managers. Resof red, That the election precint at How nrd's be discontinued. F'Resolred, That a new election precinct be es tablished at PIl -asant Lanie, and that John B. Timrermani, . C. Sette and Richard Hasrdy act as Maniagers. W~aimso-roS, Dec 21. The U. S. Senate did not assemnbly to-day. In the Houtse a lontg discussion took place-, but there was ino ballot taken for Speaker, and there seems to be no prospect of :a choice being innde. HYNENIAL.__ NAanlED. on the 20th inst., by the Rev. .John Trapp, Mr. Nkrnas:Er. IJENDEnsoN and Miss M ARa ., second daughter of TuoxAs PAYNE, all of this District. Will the happy pair pienas. accept our congramtuLa tiolns upon this eventi For each of those three ices of delicious enke we have a wish :1st, A lng life to eatch of you. 2d, A contented oine. And 3d, A blisdul reunion above-ED. ADo. - 'Tuz friends of Maj. TILLMAN WATSON resectfully annoitunce hi'n as at Candidate for re election to the Senate, to serve for the remainder o the unexpired term recently declared vaeant. Religious Notice. Tuti next Ministers and Deacons' Conference of the Second Division of the Edgefield Baptist Association will be hold with the Good Hope Church, on Friday beore the fifth Sabbath in December ness, to meet a: ten e'clock A. st. Elder Jons TRAris, to preach the Introductory Ser on. Elder B. F. COaLSxy, alternate. st Subject continued from last Conference.-What constitutes a Call and Qumalifications for thu Gospel. Ministry I 2d Subject.-Whether or not thereshould be Deaconesses in Churches as well as Deacons. - S. W. CoLExxx, Moderator.. Roav. BAa, Sen. Clerk P. S.-This Conference after full and free dicsuson at Little Steven' Creek, on the subject of Churches meeting every Sabbath, recommend the Churchesof the Second Division, to meet every Sabbath at their regular places or worship, for rehigiouas exercises, and the organizing Sunday Schools ir. their Churches. Tis: Fifth Sunday Union Meeting of the 4th Divi-. ioa of the Edgel4d. Baptist Association wilt be held I wvit thme Horn'sCreek Ch~urch, on Friday before the 5th Sunday in December. Rev. Mr. CURsT, to preach the introductory sermon, and R1ev. D. D). Baiorsus, alternate. A full attendance frco the Churches is earnestly requested, as matters of importance will come before he meeting. S- P. GETZEN, Mod. G. WV. NixoN, Clerk. - . ... - . . . ...--. ..- .-... - i Law Notice. 1 H E Undersigned have formed a Partnership .for the practice of Law in Edgefield District. W. C. MORIAGNE, H. W. ADDiSON. Dee 25, 1855. tf .50 Notice.. T HE Exercises of Msr. LOGUE'S SCHOOL I will be resenmed on the first Monday in JTanu ary next. De 62t 50 T HIE,. Exercises of Mrs. McCLINTOCK'S SCHOOL will be resumed on M~onday the 7th anuary 1856. D e 26 2t 50 a Bale of Law Books, T 1IE Sale of the Law Books and Office Furni ture of thte late N. L. Griffin is postponed to Tuesday the 8th January next. M. L. HONHIAM, Adm'or. n, Dec 26 -__ 2t 50 t Come and get It ! , T~HE Gentlemen who put his gold headed walking ~ .stiek in mny Buggy ont sale-day last, hereafter. had better keep it out, otherwise hes will be exposed. D I. 0. HUJGHES. De 26 Jt 50 For Sale, FIRST R ATE Cook, Washer and Ironer, of L.good qualities. Ternms easy. A pply immedi stely at t1ti. Offlc. EIED WINFORMER i 'Here shall the Press the people's rights maintail; [nawed by power, and unbribed by gain.' THE Subscriber proposes; on the Ors! Thrdaf" .j. In Febrsiary next, if seeieleatly eneourseed, to commence thpablication,at Edgefeld Court Housej ,fn indep'sient.non-neutral, Weekly Newspaper, ho be called "TIEEDGEFJELI INFORMER." The "lrosuas" will be the "medium" of the writer's views on all subjects that may in any wiie nterest the people or affect their Righ Refo td Progress will be the. ditinguiud atro he " Iwsosnsa," and hle'hs lmie all ' Meh the usual amount of general imformation rela' inV to Commaere, Agsicltare andr 2o1tcsj, leidie, Literature and the Arts; most proannent. ing te subjects, contemplated for diseuslon are he-queutiotaiof dividing Edgefield and Barnwell ro.a.to establisi two new.Disteletasa thoeroghtree, ora in our State polity, and the people's side of he Elaeteral questiefr. .M8tsriferL inAbe a# itia system of this State. . In his ieparCnent, ti.E&totw.il btaaissildy ble and popular writers s aud fib trouble, labor or. xpenase absl'be-spared to umah .' 4 U"'fspet that a Newspaper ought to be, Suboription price $2 a year, n adisif :-psy'abre' o the receipt of the first number. W Address the' Subscriber at Zdadled C; [., S. C. Edge6eld, December 20, 1855. N. B.-Post Master and others, who wiUaed igents, for the "Itrroasai," upon gending -in-e ames shall receive one copy free. , . D ec 26 tf '5 r.E Co-Partnership existing nadir the 'Firm' of LARK& BUCKildSTEft, waldissolve4: y mutual consenr on the 10th December 1855.. Either of the:Partners will uase the name of the 'irm in liquidation.' :The accounts and notesswill. e kept at the Store of J. C. Lark, the same as oe pied by us. 'We 'prtcularly 'request our cues ,mers and friends to call and close; up their open counts by Notes fr Cash. - JAS. .C, L4$K E.J BUC~e S~i Hamburg, December 10, 1854. TlFNotice! THEUndersigned 4iawing - Echased of E. J. Bnckaster' his oterest in the Srm of Lark i* liktenikrs his method of informitg-hisfrfen and'e t hat he will eontinue the bslsnesaaut tlja6estind . heretofore, where lie will be pleased to see them. intend keeping a large Stuck o(allakinds of Goods In the Grocer. Line, ell as cheap as cane afforded, and will pay the ighest market price for Cotton, Flour, Baen. Se. JAS. C. LARK. Hamburg, Dec 10, 1855. 6t 50 Bethany Academy. rH E exercises of this Institution will be re f sumed on the Fourth Mlonday of January sndler the superintendance and instruction of Mr. r. GALPHIN, aided by competent Assistants.. All necessary repairs and additions to the building viii be completed by the opening of the School. . RATES OF TUITION,-.&e., the same as- for he last twelve years, are as follows: or Elementary Department, Class st. embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing and Child's Ge ography, per Session, of 3 weeks,.....W ...6100 'or Elem~entary Depnr't, Class 2nd.irncling above and Arithmetie & M~itel'ls Geography, per'Ses sion of 20 weeks............ ....-.--8 00 For Intermediate Departmenmt, including above,and History and English Grammar,...S 00 For Hligher Department, so nmuch of above' as may beeonsidered necessary, with Natural Philosophy, Chemistry and Mathematical Sciences, per Se. sion of 20 weeks,................$12 00 Classical Department, embracing all the studies ne eessairy to qualify the student for admission hit" sophaomore Class, S. C. College, pr Se.. $1500 Students are charged froim time of entrance to nd of Session. No deduction for absence unless ~aused by sickness' of two weeks duratioin; and when dedluction is expected the Principal must bo totiied at the time. -w~t pe .Ti.re will be an ajdelitionasl Twnycentspe leolar, per Session, to meet the incidental expen cS of the School. W. H ARiRISON, Cn.ua. Dec 26 8t 50 Elton Academy, TI1E Trustees or Erton Aendemy take ::r-sr. .plasure in annouuneinlg that they have me-. :ured the services of Mr. P.tTRICK 11. A DA M$,. grauate oif the Soth Careilina College, as their echer for' the year 1856. 'The exereise's of the cademy will be resunmed on the first Monday in. January next. The IRates of Tuit'on are as follows:. For Latin, Greek and the higher brauches of Math emnties, Philosophy, Chenmistry, &c., per Session of Si4 months,...................-$18 00' For Engjlish Branchets, including English Gram mr, Geography, Arithmetic, &c., pr Ses. *12. 00. This Acndemy is situated In a healthy part of the. Distriet, and is removedl from scenes of dissipation.. The Trustees feel nos hesittijon in recomimending iheir Academy as worthy, in every respect, of a. iberal share of patronage. gg" Good Board enn. he obtained convenient to. het Aendemy at about SS per mointh, mecluding vshing and lights. S. W. NICfIOLSON, i D). R. STROTH ER, JOS. AIDA MS. R. W.~ ADAMS. J Dec 26 5t - 50~ Coin MeaI and losmimy A LWAYS for mle at the Subscriber's residence. Dec26 6m 6 DERSONS indebted tothe Undersigne( will L take thiy as thp Isst Notipe, I have~ waited pa iently for twelve monthms, and's on some muchx longer dd n.-asi5ss,-that :lvnrghepinyJd're rio do not pay up by the 6th ay of February next, ill -hve to pay for their ddjsy., a P. JAS. NiUrstIvAN. Notice. T'HERE wifl be an'Election at Edgefield .Village I on Monday the 1dth Januaag 1856, for Inton ant and Wardens 'for the Towg of Edgefield for he year 1856. * 1 Messrs. S. F. Goode, E. J. Mims and %t011. H lliat, Managers.. SA l UEL BROC)Kg,1ntendstt The Last Dun? [ ONCE tuore appieal to th-ose that are -indebtedi for moneyjr and-should you fail'to psaj me-by the' 5th day of leebruary next,'. you cannot aettle withL m after that' time,' as I will on that ' day, withieut istinctifn; turn over my notes and -aeounts to tho roper officers for collection. SDec 26 8 , ,' 50 LL Persons ndeboid to'the Estate of John C.. ~.Allen, dee'd.,are requnested to settle n?.geomt.' and tho'se having demands are herehy notikid to. eder them in immediately, .W.S.8SMYLY, Addr's. Dec 26 . . - 91. 50 Boarding Iloue.( PHE Subscriber can accommodate twelve or fourteen Boarders- desirous of attending th. dgefleld Schools. His dwelling is convenient te. II the Schools in the Villagc. Ternis as modeaae, ould 'be eipetd .. L.S..JOMINSON. De 19 tf ?S .Notice. Oblgatoryn ALL persons in any wtise indelged ,to the Sub,. .sber are earnestly tregnested to eome forward nd settlc, as I am compelled to pay oiy debts, ad tat speedily. When I say compelled, I mean that am at the extreme point 6f the last made and pro ided 'in inch cases, and withoub reif aniy seb'lool a knows the result. ' 'Q.. ILORD. Dec19 - '-i *' 49 SStore a fine variety of taint Vat'ish, Grain ing Blenders, Tanners, Whjtew ~ Cru~mbs lusting -mnd Hain'~rusbea. a -F;. s Irushes and HaisGlow-Wail, Toi, 4Saving Irushes, &ce. For sale by ,. ...J May , G.# T .T G Etgs