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TEE AUGUSTA AND EDGFiELD RAr-20AD At the last session of the Legislature of Sout Carolina, a charter was granted, authorizing th construction of a railroad from Augusta to som jioint on the Greenville and.Columbia Railroad New Markethas been the point suggested, and a that locality has been mentioned, and posesso riany advantages, it1lientitled to our considers tion; and viewilg it as the point of junction, beg leave to offera few facts, which at this tim strike me with peculiar force. New Market is situated on the Greenvill and Columbia Railroad, in the South-easter portion of Abbeville District, about fifty-fou miles from Augusta, and forty-four from Andet son C. H., making the distance from Augusta t< Anderson via New M:arket, ninety-eight miles The face of the country over which it is pro posed to build this road, is such as to admit o its construction, as cheaply as if built over an: other portion of the up. country, for a like dis tance. Surveys, have lately been made fron New Market' to Edgefield C. H., and the resul proves highly favorable for the route; and frou the latter place to Augusta, those who are com petent judges, and familliar with the country declare the communicntion easy. Under th4 circumstances, the cost of equipage of the en tire road might be reasonably estimated at fron six hundred and fifty thousand to seven hundret aod fifty thousand (750,000) dollars. It will be perceived from the above, that the distance from Augusta to Anderson C. H., via New Market, will be increased only some fiue m seren miles, in comparison with the route con templated by the Savannah Valley Road. It will also, be equally plain that the connection witl Anderson here proposed, can be effected by at ontlay of money less by todwe hundred thousani dollUs than will be required by the other route. - Nor does the connection at New Market lest effectually secure the travel and produce inten ded for Augusta coming over the Rabum Gal Road, (should it ever be completed) than a roat running direcdy to its terminus at Anderson The eomparative light cost of the Augusta an< Edgefield Road, as ~well as that of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and the slight difference in distance, would enable them to transport ovel it as cheaply ac could be done by any road that could be made. Nor need the city of Augusta feel the slightesi apprehension that the freight, being once on thi Greenville Road, would continue beyond thi jutnctioa; for the difterence in the distatnce b) this divergence in favor of Augusta, over the continued road to Charleston via Columbia would be thirty (30) miles, and the difference it her favor over Columbia in point of ' freights' tc the same cit y, would be near fifly per cent. Sc that placing the consideration thait Augusta offer' two seaport markets and three means of trans porat ion. (the river and two railroads) entirel) tout of view, she could be quite secure, were thti Greenville roatd to transport from the junctio: to Columbinfree of charge, that the freight woulh not be o'n an egnalt footing. By reference to Walke.r', Map of South Caro lina, (or any large Map of the State.,) the exam ination or whieb is particularly ivited, it will bi seer. that the Eastern terminus of this Edgefiel< road will be near and within inafineneitng distanc< of that portion of the State which is regarded in an agricultoral point of view, as the " Gardet Spot" of South Carolina. If we take the por tions of Edgefield, Abbeville, Newberry an< Greenville, and thte District of Laurensc, an< such portion of Spartanburg, as lie contiguoui tor it, we have an extent of country, in fertilita and wealth, unsurpassed if equalled, in tha State. It is a country productive and densely populated. la inhabitants are of that clast who, though nt possessing immense wealth, og ownting bounedless tracts of lands, and hundred. of slaves. (for such are niot the men most ser viceable to internal improvement, or to th< country,) yet who owinig lanids and negroes may be regarded as individuals, as in " goot circumstances," and ate a community toealthy; anc being good planters and farmers, they each af ford support to Railroad enterprise by theit travel and by the tratnsportation of their mani and various products. The production of Cot ton and Wheat, within the scope of countr3 spoken of, may be in moderate bounds set dowrn at sixty thousand bales of Cotten, and of Wheal four hunidred thouscand bushels, (and I may here remark, that within this coutry the best and heaviest Wheat in the South is raised). Of al this quantity not a bag or a bushel ordinari!j finds its way to Augusta, but every bag or bu:he (for sale) would seek her market were railroad facilities afforded. Ask the merchants frort what portions of the country came their trade West of Savannah, befoare the construction ol the Greenville Railroad!? and they will point yot to Edgefield, to Abbe.ville, to Newberry, tc Anderson, to Greeniville, to Laurens and Spar, tanburg, acid from over the Mlountains, too, froni old North Carolina. Thena the tall land ships ol Buncombe and Tennessue. with their'line teams were to be seen da:ily in the streets. Where it that trade nowi It belonged then legitimately to Augusta. Although it was hers, it is gone; And the que'stion which naturally suggests itsell to my mind is, can it be recovered? I answet yes. The construction of this very road opens up effectually the means of its return. It il their interest to return, and where that points trade is aure to follow after. A lively interest is felt in this enterprise along the line, and although often disappointedi and de, feated by the failure of their enterprises, they yet feel hope in this; and when it is known thai Augusta will come up to the help of the gooi cause, much enthusinsm will prevail, rind sub. stantial aid and comfort will be given, for al will feel that as it is a short road, it can be im mtediately built, and its benefits and blessingt felt and enjoyed the moment it is completed. OBSERvER. CONGBESSIONAL. WASHIaGTONr, Jan. 2d. HousE.-Mr. EcuyCe offered the following: Resolved, That whereas our relations witi Greatt Britain are cf the most threatning char acter, indienting that we may be on the eve o~ the most startling events: nad whereas it is thc imperative duty of the Hotuse, at this junc-turc of. imminent peril. not to acbdiente its great mis sion, b~ut to fultil it by organizing, if possible on such a basis as will give pe-we to our di. tracted country, and enable it to present an un. divided front to the commo'n enemy-therefore ResoredL, That the cenvervative elements o1 ids Ho~nse shoauld uniito in a sinicere effoart te elect a Speaker, who will represent the greatl ideas of " peace for ourselve-' and the sword fot lte stranger." Mr. Stephens said he hoped the gentlemar would be permitted to state the facts on whiell he made the announcement, that we are on the eve of war. If so, he knew nothing about it Object ions were madeto any explcaation. On mnotion of Mr. Morgan, the remolution~ wat tabled. Mr. McMullen made an inefietual effort tc rescind the resolutiomn which prieltudes debate Mr. Tyson offered a renohttion that the candi, date for Speaker wvho shall at any time hereafiet receive the highest number of votes frcom qu~orunm of members, though less thlan :iamnoi t.. o v.ote. polled shall bn dheclared Spuea:ke.r provi0ed t, a and of the other candi dates shall have the appointment of the stand ing committees in proportion to:the number of votes respectively received byeeach. But no candidate whose vote shall be less than 25, Ehall be entitled to any appointment under the reso lution. On motion this resolution was tabled, and the House again proceeded to vote. Bank% 91; Richardson 67; Faller 29. Campbell, of Ohio, 5. r ennington, Shorter and Porter I each. Neces sary to choice 98. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR, EDGEFIELD,8 . C. WEDNESDAY,'JANUARY 30, -1156. - Help the Needy ! Ma. W. W. W HITE is our authorized Agent tn collect, and receipt for the same, all unpaid accounts due this Offiee, either for Subscription, Advertising or Job Work. We hope all indebted will hold themselves prepared when he calls on them, and pay up readily. - ESPECIAL. See Ifia. LAtmaux's very sensible remarks as madd during the last session of our Legislature. And again (Patriots, attention !) SEE TiE PROFFER oF CArT. BELL AS TO KANSAZ AND THEOBLE BACK ING oF COL. Baooxs. - RELIGIOUS'NOTICE. The Rev. A. GAGE will preach in the Court House, on the night of the 31st inst and night following. Subject of discussion first evening:-Rewards and Punishment. gg OnSaaVZ that Sn AK, of Augusta, Is selling for Cash. He has a large and beautiful stock of goods and is offering great inducements at reduced prices. gV SEE what Dowras says of his good liquors, groceries, &c. When you need anything in his line, call at his well-known stand in Hamburg. OP SIBLy & Usuua are out in their notice of a ne Firm. They are safe and reliable men, and emi nenly qualified as tomercantile capacity, tosay noih ing of a sufficiency of capital. fine facilities, e. PIRE. . Tsrr store house of Mr. RAwsox -TimaxituN, ec cupied at presentby Mr. J. C. STTLE, was consumed by fire on the 25th inst. Nearly all the goodt on hand, together -with some money and other things,. were lost with the building. The total loss is supposed to be at least 82,500-no insurance. This should'be a cau tion to all. MELANCHOLY. Mats. GULLAGE, of this District, Was burned to death on the 18th inst. She had carried dinner to her husband who was working in a new-ground near their residence. While he was eating, she sat upon a log which was in close proximity to a burning brush heap. By some unlucky mis-hap her clothes caught on fire. Affrighted, shen scarcely knowing whither. Her hIsband, and a negro fellow with him, succeeded in overtaking her, and tore her clothes from her. But it was too late. She was already bad ly burned. She lingered in much pain until the night of the 19th, when she died. 31Ir. GUttAGE and the negro man had their hands badly burned in attempting to rescue the unfortunate deceased. SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. A correspondent of the Abbeville Independent Press, writing from Columbia, asserts that much dissatisfac tion prevails both among the students and professors of our college on the score of Professor MicCAY's re cent promotion to the Presidency of that Institution. We trust this writer, whoever he may be, is mistaken in his information. It would be cause of deep regret to see our chief seat of learning torn asunder hy bick rings and schisms; and there is no surer precursor ofl such a result than a state of things like that which the Press' correspondent depicts. There is an article upon our college now going the rounds of the Carolina newspapers, taken fromt the New York Heral. (We give it this week in another place.) That article says very truly that the State has rendered an unwaver ing and munlificent support to this, its highest semin ary, from its establhshment to the present time. The I Lgislature has Indeed made appropriation after ap Ipropriation for its advancement, almost literally ask. ing no questions further than to know that the fonds were needed to extend its means and s'cope of useful ness; and the peoaple have always sanctioned such action without a murmur. But let it appear that the demon, Jealousy, has seized upon our professors in respect to their relative clais to advancemett; let it be known that discontent is at work with the students, to the destruction of that harmony among themselves anI that reverence for their College whicht have here tofore characterized them; and this noble liberality may receive a check more suddenly than is now at all anticipated. We are no advocate of a tame acquiescence, on the part of either professors or students, in an y and every decision of the Board of Trustees. But in the present insance that Board has labored to do its behiest to the college with a degree of faithful solicitude highly honorable to its members. The election of President 3CAV has been the result. He is a gentleman of high character and of extensive reputation. With many others, we would have preferred Da. Ltzsza. But the trustees thought best to decide otherwise. In this decision they have certainly done nothing to lower the position or injure the welfare of thae institution committed to their care. -While they might possibly have done better, they might also have done much worse. Their selection is at least a most respectable one. 'And we hold it to be the bounden duty of all connected with the college, to lend their assi-tance to the vindication of the board's decision now that it has been carried into effect. If it shall appear, after full and fair trial, that President MIcCATv is unsuited to his post, it will be time enough then for a demonstration to depose him. But until then, all expressions of di. content and dissatisfaction are not only out of taste btt mrt earnestly to be deprecated. GENERAI, BETHUNE-AN INDOMITABLE SPIRIT. NARLY two months ago this most worthy gentleman, editor of the Columbus (Ga.) Coraer Stone, had his leg so terribly fractured by an unlucky accident as to make amputation necessary. Since that time, the edi toal department of the paper over which he so ably presides has tadly missed the sketchings of his honest and sensible pen. For weeks we looked fur his return to dty in vain, until indeed we began to fear the old soldier had succumbed to the hard fortune whichI at tacked hils advancing years with so dire a mischance. What then was our surprise and gratification, on open lag the last number of the Coraer Stone, to observe the subjoined announcement, from the general's own hand, of his restoration to comparative health and soundness. We ask the attention of our readers to the tone of this brief article. It is at once that of a philosopher and a hero. Nor wouid we suffer this opportunit y to pass with out recommending the Corner Stone to the patronage of Carolinians. It's principles are of the purest cast, always Southern, always elevated anid always inde pendent. It is, besides, generally supplied with mis c'ellaneous reading of an interesting character and es pecially with the best bits of fun in circulation. At jthough we have not the pleasture of knowing its editor personally, yet we have seen several who do know him ; and their common testimony is-" ha's a glori ous old fellow." No one can doubt this after reading what follows: To oua READmas.--After an absence of six weeks we have the pleasure of greeting you once inure. Six weeks ago you were notified thiat we lada beeni shoarn of our fair proportions to the extent of onae leg. Ever inehatie we have been upon ouar back, with one foot literally inthgre.Aayfo hman mentally as physically incapacitated fur the dischare f any of the duties of Edtt:r we have been idebte o the kindness of our friends o sucha asaistance as their engagements permitted them, to' render us in the editorial departmient. A Spartan soldier, upon being ridlicualed for goinig into battle when he was lame, replied, "1I came there, not to run, buit to tight." Ouar buiness being, tnt to unc but to write, we are inclinted t,s-thie opinion that we shall make a better Euditor with buit one leg. thman if we had two-therefure I,-ua,ur friends not only sendl p their money. hbut lot every one get us at least one ew sbscriber arid as many moire as lie catn, as we itend to make the Cornaer Stonae nut only one of the mo ast interesting, buit anea air thme moast usef'll papers ini *WR&OPECTS. THERE are several specks of war (as the phra goes) rising above our political horizon jpst at t? time, all of which will perhaps disappear a4they cal; One of these hovers over our fate in the direction Kansas Territory. A month ago it was predicted I certain letter-writers that this speck was fast ass ming the semblance of a <black cloud streaked wi blood." But soon therafter intelligence of a genei amnesty between the parties reached us.' And 1 were beginning to conclude that race would so settle down upon the debateable ground, when I rumor suddenly spread that an actual battle had po tively occurred resulting in the death of several cm batants on either side. This rumor again was curta ed ao to its threaening features by the more relit statement that the so-called hattle was little more lih a row, in whi:h no person was killed and but two. three woutided. What the next intelligence from ti quarter will be, may be conjectured according-to tas Another speck is in the direction of Florida, whe a remnantof thedown-trodden Seminoles have essay to do murder in defiance of the power and .night the American government. Four unfortunate me soldiers in the regular army, have been inhumar butchered. But active measures are taken by c millitary in that qiiartor,and the attempt at insurrecti will, it is hoped, be speedily crushed. The thinl speck may possibly be discovered by poil ing the political telescope very carefully towardsDe mark. This little power, incensed at the determir tion expressed by our government not to recognise t Danish dues, has ruffled her plumage and now threi ens to fly into the barn-yard of mother England I protection. The fourth, and perhaps the grandest speck of a is that which grows out of the British and Amerie dispute in regard to Central America. "We are'inclin to adopt the views of the New York 'Herald in ti matter. However warlike in his demonstrations t present British Premier may be, there are many re sons to induce every refk-cling mind to believe t1 lte presint difficulty between these two great countri will be settled without the arbitrement of the swoi These reasons are forcibly set forth by the Herald the paragraphs we append, and which we reccoi mend to the reader's careful attention: The United States are in alliance withl Manchesl and the masses of the British nation. What a signi cant indication of public sentiment was that the och day, when the different embassies at London were their way to Gnildhall, and the people, silent till A Buchanan made' his appearance, sent up repeat cheers and congratulations! These tokens came fri the great heart of the nation, where the vital system prosperity is sustained. They were the seals of the cot pact between the industry of America and Englan It was the ratificaiion of the alliance' which fot yeats or -peace and mutual exchange of commoditi had formed between the labor and necessities of t two nations. It was the - guarantee of peace, at t very moment when the press of the metropofls w sending out its warnings that war with the Unit Staten was inevitahle. Those who thought to-effect such a rupture-w treated the relations of tle parties as exclusively p litical-who overlooked the Interests of the masses who clung to the effete formns of diplomacy and exploded schemes of national aggrandizement-l'a now to learn a new lesson in politics. The projet of Lord Pa'merston's administration in reference Central America, by which he proposes tosacrifice t; interests of British"tndustry and trade-those intere which constitute the vital force of the nation-t wisest, the most thoughtful, and, withal, tle m' wealtlg and respectable in the kingdom-for a me transient sway in Nicaragua and elsewhat in that ( rection, will now he put to the test. It will try f question of ascendancy of the political andi the tra interests-the aristociary and the people. It will p to issute the legitimacy of the alliance between I industry of this country ani that of England. It w end, too, in the triumph of the latter, and in the di tinct inagitration of a new era in the politics of : Brtush emupire. It will overtl row the P'almerst Cabinet, and create, to a certain extent, a revoltii in England. The fall of tat Cabinet, under atuch state osf things, will indicate that in the execti department. as, long ago ,muder Sitr Robert Peel, in 1 legislative department, the great central, indlustri: tnoneyed classes have come to exercise supreme cc trol. It will equalize and republicanize the Briti monarchy-it will give numbers their voice to spes and it wvill impose silence upon, while it fully proteec minorities. These are the gnarantees of peace, eva in the midst of otir threatening relations with the pt sent London Cabinet. They are guarantees whichi wvill never he too late to enforce ; they nre guaraitte growing out of the poisitive interests and sentimnents the two nations. - - The almerston ministry cannot come into hosti collision with us without making war upon the maji ity of its owni people-. Tlaxes mutst he raised by aristocracy. thle arny and navy musst he rce-rtnit, from the :aristiocracy, votes must be obtainedl from aristocracy-the arisiocracyv mut first gain absoht power, an imptossibile conditio~n in the present tenmr of the nation, biefire taking upon thtettselves thte hli nrds of war wsith the United States. If it istheir pi pose to enforce on this side of the w ater a newv syste of cloniial government, antd drive the t wo natiios itr hostilities to i-f-ect it, the result tiill he the loss oif Canadas anid the utter prostration of'the mionarch It will be the signal of England's declispe in Enro and the East ; it will loosen the hold shte has upon I colonies everywhetcre. It will dlrive her own peni into servile war. anid enid in the subjnucation of h aristocracy. These are the guaranters of peace. ni they foretell tis. with as much cerinuty na we re upbn the sound sense of her people, that the prese London Cabinet wtill recede from its pretentious Central America. It is no longer armies and navies that fight the ha tIes of nations. amid settle the terms of peace. TI encnse of psoptular government, even in England, hi so far advanced that th~e people, whose honor andi terests are alone affected. will exercise supervise control over their governments. While we recei the ftulminations, then. of that warlike Secretal Lord Palmerston, we shotuld await the effect of I policy upon his ow'n peiple-his own overthrow a disgrace. His fall will he the usignal, by wvhich, ci after, England ami America shall be known to a appreciated by each other. Betwseen us and a Cal (et lookinig t, further cotiquests on thiis continent, the can neither he friendship nor peace. From this pe tion we cannot recede without a crimial sacrifice honor'and an entire abandonment of thtat policy which our secrirty against interference frotm the gp ernements of Europa has been manintained and preserve If monarchy is the lawv on thei oilier continent,i public-anism is the law on this. We seek only to gi scope to our industry; our conquiests are individuo not national ; ail our snecess has heanefitted Euror incluiding England, almost as much as our own pc ple. WVe have opened our ports to their shipping-c institutiotns to their people-onr umarke-ts to their p; ductions-onr hlands to their utse--our improvements their capital--tir inventions to theirindustry, and c success for their emnilatiiin. We hiave interferred wi none of their rights on this contiinent-we have giv them no just cause of offe-nce, and we are confide of our power to resist their interference with what i regard as dute to our safety as a iepublic in the mit of a word of absolutism. THE RICIIMIOND SUPPER TO JUDGE BU' LER. O0mg, who was present on this occasion of comr mentary festivity, gives the Richmond Enquirer a fi account of it. It was a glorious gathering of patri hearts, where harmony and cordiality ruled the hoi As the " glasses sparkled on the board," bright thougl sparkled in the eyes of orators anid bright words f from their lips. Gov. W rsz, Lieut. Gov. LEAxE, He JiAitas GARL.AND and others are said to have express their appreciation of South Carolina and the Judlge, strains of fervid eloquence. It must have been agre old evening. The reporter affords the stubjoined sketch of o venerable Senator's remarks uponi the occasion: *A sent'ment complimentary to South Carolina al Senator Butler having been annious ced, Jndge iButi rose and addressed the meeting in a very felicito strain for about half an hour, durinig which lie w freqnently intterrupted by rapturons apiplause. I etated lhe was a South Carolinian by hirlh and educ tion, hut that his parents were Virginians; that 11 earliest affections, next to his native State, were fix th chrctro her people, lie regarded the hon paid him on tthis occasion more to his State than hii self; soil after puirsuting this strain of retmarks some time, lie referred td the organuiztion of te Ft eral G'overnment, and urged, with mtuchl force, th the great error of its organizatIon was, that for prolnigation of the sieve trude fur tweinty years cmmercial piolicy of tlhe country hail been impart to thue miajiirity, andl its exerc-ise had ben extreme prjudiiiciatl to) the 8iuth. Ile said Sont h Caroliriaal Giorein wvere involved in the responsibility. lie a verted to the present system of taxatiii, and said thi no01 free government cotild exist long tinder suc-h a sj em. lie theun spoke of thei theatening aspect of o pitlic afiirs, andl the, trials that aiwaited ius-trhi that wvonhl test the strength of the Federal tlnmon. I sad lie might iiot live to encounter thecm, but tht there were thoise prentit whto wonbill. his views the constittutional piuwers of the F-ederal and Sta gvermiients, were strictly ini accordarnce with 8uate liights School. After some very idelicato ai feeling remarks, personal to himself soil the namel irhevenerable Seuiator closed witha an apipropria THlE BALEOTiNGS. Soum telegraphic Tennyson giyes the resnlt of one huined atid twenty odd biallomings, foir Speaker the American hlliuse of Represenitatives, in the follo' ing beau-iful style of versificatiion: Sliautks a hutnidred atid five; hhankls a hunodr.-d and seveni ; Banks a hiiudred atd one; Watt a hunditreid and 'leven. l'eningtoii f'our and tnhiree . Rtichiardson seventy-twi; Efmlb-r thirty. I ear me! WtzI..... 'l m , tra , tile l. t tare, th. "WHYI FOLD OUR ARMS 1"9 Col Fe Tus Yorkville Engiirer, in the course or a brief is,, ip. -but lfo-tible orticle on thle Cincinnati Convention, fe~el i0. ,bo the follKing pertinent langug.:to of *Ihy fold Our arms, and at a distance coldly look * upon thea condirt 1 Is It the part of magnanimit~y !~-m is it brave ? There are other and even more fearful -hattle-fields than those markted by thle clangor of arms me1U th and the-shedding of blood ! Such will be thle cam- an aII paign of 1856. By it the perpetuity of Ithe Union, Ii dai not of the institution of slavery, %%ill be determmned. re Thle other Southern Suates are preparing to enter ilh - me mn liste, and they demand it of us, ernestly, to go with K ie them. The Democratic party, true to 'the inslincts 1. which have ever linked it to the Constitution and the rialhts of the States, has taken the position of Sonth n- Carolina. and hy its dktinly South Carolion must now jTo -abide! After we have.for years.demanded this condi-. 4. tion; shell we,- wheln Ift is grahted,:-refuse to act our - par t ?I, It consistent? it in accordance witht our Cot ,n fine of duty Is - aiPafe am or - In this connection vol beg to direct the reader's at- the stention to an article orr-our first page from thle New sec V-1YorWot. It 1will beiseen that ilhe position is there ini retaken that the next Democratic Convention will be pro o-an almost purely Southern one; and upon this consid- hioi oferation th4 New York Anti-Administration Democrats ,ITh areqrgd nt o'appontdelegates to that body. Here is ".1 - sTn corroboration ofiwhat we have all along said, feri or viz : that the meeting Of the Democratic party at'*Cin- dot )n cinnati will be little else than a bringing together of the the power of the Southertn States. This is the true the it- statement. And with fitt'ring us in the face, we the n- emphatically reiterate. ilhe Enquirer's questions- the a- 11Why fold our arm ? Is it the part of mnag-nanimi- for lity ? Is it in accordance* with our line of' duty ? Is it I J tsafe! ? sit brave ?". . my or . - HURRA FOR MAYOR MILES. The Mlayor's Court in Charleston is extremely effi- Pr in cient for good mince .Lhe.installation of the new city av 41 authorities.. Indecerncy and .rascality of. every sort H iis are dealt with as they should be. We are especially fra is touched by the folidwing.- Who the Edgefield Ladies tiol it- were we can in no wise conjecture. But we venture OfI at to Tesolve ourself into a public meeting and return the orI es thanks of the District to .gallant Mfayor M1iles, for the C0 d. conduct of himself and court in thea matter. gra ari in "Mbichael McClinchey, an omnibus driver, wsr-c ported by ofilicer Hlicks for overcharging fare. Two me ladies from Edgefield arrived by railroad at the depot, for and were induced by thin man to ta~kc bis ommibus, in Itha er order to- be carried to a private house, the number of. 6i- which they could not give, but he promised to find it 9o1i ?r for them. He drove thein about town some time be- "J in fake he fdund the -house,, and claimed the, right of an r. charging three dollars iniiiend of one, which was the . -d laflfr.The case went against him by default,-4h m and he was Sned five dollars. qui of _ . - not COE1MUNI CAT IONS, he .unl Be'- ON THE DE1ATH.0,F HATTIE GODE. ern to BDY A FRI END.I l Dif.D, at tlie reside~n~ie of her fathier in tiI is Villnge, It Ls on Sunday the 27lh inst., HARRIET, eldest child of metr dS. F. and A~R GoonE, at the age of sixteen. Shte U o. was a most amikble girl and loved by all who knew a D- her. Her mind and person were just expanding into -maturity after years of careful training, when Deathth te came and swept away at one fell blow the hopes Of tab ts parents and the expectations of friends. Hlow inscru- m to table are thy righteous decrees, ohl God! !a to Who has not sjgh'd to moee a" is Sweet summer flowers man re Fade from their stalks i- In the chill autumn hours ? Dnit is Who has not mark'd with pain Elh ]ae [it Glad birds of Spring thl Ie Stretch'd] in the valley offl ill With death-stiffen'd wing 1 be i "' Who has not griev'd to hear apl ne out with yonr publication, and when you get one dred men, solemnly pjedged to.go to eansps, I authorized to pledge the South Caroflina IDlega for two h undred and xfly. dollars. 7ou will certainly have the hundred dollars from whenever you are ready to move with an hundred i. Or shnuld you fail in getting the full number of hundred men, then you may call on me on the that you start for an many dollars as you have a under pledge to go and to remain two years in fnas. Yours truly, P. S. BROOKS. the Editor of the Advertiser: ;va-Being disinclined to engage in; a scribbling troversy, wh-ch generally neither instructs nor uses the public, I would not agqtin trespass upon patience of your readers by replying to Jusroa's ond article, if he had not chyaged me eitih seeking 'gratify political aspirations, by catering to vulgar judices and endeavoring to excite the ill-will of the est Farmers of the country against Lawyers.' is is simply a groundless charge. It may lie UNtOR's" opinion that I am seeking political pre. vent by catering to " vulgar prejud ices," but that a not make the assertion true. If no evil occurs, to up-country, from electing 'too many Lawyers tt Legislature, why do any vulgar prejudices exist in minds of the people, against electing members ol Bar .o the station of Legislators. I gave reasoen my position in this matter, and why could not UILnoa" answer my arguments, without attacking motives ? iot to assail the motives of an antagonist isanother cept-which " Juntot" ought to learn,ias well-as to id the use of harsh epithets. And while counsel him I would also suggest the propriety of his re ning from the firther use of so many Latin qnota is. Most persons understand no language but that heir mother, and it argues a writer, either pdantic rresh from College, to quote Latin in a Newspaper nunication. I make no objection to " Juxioa's' minar, as I am perhaps the !ast person who ought to icise stylehut, as a matter of taste, he should pardon for intimating that " I" is a much better prnnoun, rrpresenting tho identity of a newspaper writer, n the high sounding, editorial " we," which per. tes more properly the Essayist of a Review. I iNIoa" will reform his manner in these particulars, I shall continue to apply himself, he may, ere long, able to make his mark on the map of time. When te a youth I indulged in xll the .faults which I am v pointing to theatteption of " JuNoR," and hence ~ill perceive that these suggestions are made in no ind feeling, for I do admire his " spirit and clev -em," although he seems to think me insincere. would further admonish him to study well the icture and practical operation of our State Govern u befote lie shall persist in defending some of its st provisions. The. people of South Carolina are, ast, beginning to arouse themselves from a long nber on State politice, and they are fAtturning ir eyes from Washington to Columbia. If I am >ring under a " mental hallucination," in regard to y features of our State Government, as " JuNrtoa" as to think, there are thousands and tens of thou. d, in the up-country, who are afflicted with the e disease, and before five years shall have elaf ed mnestly believe that four.lifths of the people in the trits will be mad on Parish Representation, the toral Question, the Ballot System of voting in Legislature, and the election of every important er in the State by the Legislature. So there may nore " method" in my " madness" than " JuNIoR" ears disposed to admit, and in passing, I hope lie excuse me for expressing the fear that lie umay his reputation as an original wit, if he should m allude to " mental hallucination" in political troversies. This beautiful and pointed insinua of lutnacy has become so stale since the bursting e big cannon on board the Princton, at Washing. that even the school-boys of this country are per. y familiar with its history and application In pohi. .u~roa' chtallenges me to produce the proof of single traitorous act, or instance, where Lawyeri e sacriticed the interest or welf~tre of the Common. th to persotn:d advanicemenit." If doging votes Oin iting topics in the Legislature, or if turning com e summnersets on the Electoral Question, on Fed Polities, or on aniy ot liar grave measure o'f State y lie atny evidceC of " a tratitorous' act," or " sac :e of the initerests and welfare of the' Coimmoni Ilth to personal a !vanceineint," such instances are unerable, aid they are constantly oecuring atnong didates and aspirants f'ir iofires ini the gift of the ;isture, from the rank of overnor or United e Settator down to the subaltern's station. T1here erhaps no State in thie Union where more suddeni turprising changes come over the dreams of poli ans than in South Carolina. Th'le Newspapers and ;islative Journals of the State furnish record prool i., and the observation of every intelligent and irejudiced citizen substantiates the allegation. As sneral rule, all such memtbers of our Legislature are candidates or aspirants for offices in the gift of Assemly, whethef Lawvyers, Farmers, Physicians, itia Generals, or wheat else, always de'ge a vote or iting measures, or, at least, uintil after they havi ertained wich is the strong side. Any one of memory wvho will seani the reconl of " Ayes aiid ys," taken in Columbia, can be conivinced of the ib of what I say-and if he shall still doubt, after ig applied that test, let him attendl the sitting o. Legislature for two or three winters and if be dhoes then concur with me I will stand convicted of ertig a calumnious falsehoe'd. I have smiled and re seen others smile often, at the ingenious tricke maneuvers of candidates in the Legislature, t~e d the necessity of recording a direct and inde ident vote on important Biills. It is almost the ck Swan to behoid a full, direct and consistent vote r Legislature on any great qjueston, from its in ition to the finial decision. Lgain, there exists in South Carolina, at this time, very ridiculous habits engendered by the disgust serilty of candidates for rllices under the coen ~f the Legislature. As soon as a Representa tive ~een elected to the Legislature, he is forthwvith ranced to the dignity of " Colonel" in conversa 1, and is addressed as " Honorable" by every can ama who has occasion to wvrite to him. Miany olonels" in South Carolina, have obtained theii as in this way and as all the large Districts of the country believe in the principle of frequently tnging their Representatives in the Legislature, 3Militia oflicers may look well to their laurels sna re Colonels are now elected to the Legislature ry two years than are chosen in die same time omandl Regiments. I have, tinme and again, ird members dubbed Coloned who were Phlysicinus, who hail never held, and who could tiot have beer uced to held atny commission whatever in tht itia. Such is the servile mania for conferring Cs upon thiose who have votes in elections by the ;islature, that even the very Negroes at the Iloteli he Capitol have caught the infection, and are all x ihe, during the Session of the Legislature Col' :ng Doctors, or high privates at homes And what mast absturd of all, the man who was " Colonel' ihe he had a vote to give, becomes only a' Mr.' n lie has retired from the Logislature and again ears in Coumbia as a private citizen. In this way s are becoming as common with us as blackber. , and both "llonorables and Colonels" are now iiore niumerous, in South Carolina, than evei ulges or 3lajors" were in Georgia. In truth il compare the potiolation of the two counntries, ,u~t it 3Mexico, withi all hier Generals, Er2eelencies, cat egneal South Carolinia in the nunmber of hern vd citizens. rthermnore, n hten a newly electedl member arrive, ~oubia to attenud tbisfrst Session, lie is amazed ieid so mahy frienids-so matny strangers already miate with him-so many generous fellows anxious r it him to champaign, oyster suppers, showi r. ari the like. Wherever lie turns comnplmenta i in, arid when c'aiated with flatteries and plea. s tie seeks solitude in vain, because his dear friendli s painfully attentive so his welfare thatuhey pur mm eveni in his privacy--they croud around heim hm rec -ption roioms of the lIhetel-they trail him te ,jarters-they hanont him more constantly than hit !,w, that ~s, b'y night a~s well as by day, and wvhen u ti, he fears being killeid with kindnuecs, the ice it ei-ilhe' cause of their devotinn b~ecomes aplparent me p-iding election is mentioned, ande the newn ner mntst speak plrirately wvith this one-with one-witi the other onie-all catuhdates, or can tes' friendis, anid there is no escape from this per ti-mt nnitil hie priiies sincerely, or not to vote, as iie If hue takes grennd open'rly for one ranidute, . e.. li r ~e-.. :...... o..r t.hei.. fric.... .r all th.. whisile pulling at his sleeve or coat tail, and whispering se tioueerirtg flagetriejn his ear. And so rank are ti vices of fying, Intrigsing,corrupting, diplomatizingam log-rolling in our Legislature that many of the tradin members (who are also candidates or aspirants f some other office) actually promise to vote for all tl candidates,'and impore an Injunction of serecy up each one to p'event detection. I have,: more ls once, in the lszt five years, heard as many-as two d feated candisfates for the same. office, swearing.tlh 'eicli of them had a majorit pledged to suppcrt hil previous to the election, and that after a third mas had beaten both of them, still a majority of the mei hers came to each of them and assured him that Ih hid voted - for bi. Yit 'the 1;wgislature, in whit ihese scenes annually occur, is continually pratir about the corruption which would ensue from givn the election of Presidential eleetors to the people. Nor are candidates before the Legislature contei with the tactics above described. The moment a ilecion for members of the General Assembly tak place and it is ascertained who are chosen, the ma bags teem with all sorts'of electioneering document I have now in my possession twenty-eight lettet which.have been wriUen.to me by candidatesasia Oct. 1854, asking my support for offices in the gift 4 the Legislature. .It would be perhaps.' a breach confidence to publish these.letters, aud therefore I fo bear to do it; but the originals are in my office at any ene desirous of inspecting them can do It for I asking. Some of them are perfitc models of tae I delicacy, flattery and argumentation, presenting in s elegant, but brief ma'aner the claims of their author or of their author's, friend-to office. I will-hazard ti remark that at least three thusand, just sueh electii neering epistles as I have received, within the Ia fifteen months, are forwarded to the members of tf Legislature during every term of that Body's existenC and they are all addressel to the " lion."-. Whi a curious Book these letters would make if they coul be collected and printed for the public eye ! In r State of the Union, as far as I know, is the title "Honorable" conferred upon members of the Lowi House of the Legislature except in ours. Still I i not censure candidates for their servility in bestowir titles upon Representatives, for it is one means of pal ing their court to men whom the people elect to ma laws, but who, in reality, do -little elso than maL elections. Our system of Government forces cand date' before the Lagislature, thus to humble thea selves, as naturally, as graqitation forces water dow hill. And in this consgetion,.supposolem to col cede (which I do not) the correctpess of "JuxtoR's plausible defence of the Parishss, would tbe conce sion weaken my postion, that an Oligarchy of fil hundred men rule the State by letting the Legislatui elect all our important officers under the mask of it secret ballkt. "Juxtott" Ildel me the rankest' Injistice when t alleges that I am seeking " political preferment by e: citing vulgar prejudices against the Bar." I'am do ing no such thing. I am but trying to show the peop their true condition in the State Govornment. I has said, and repeat, that Attorneys are the best of lav makers, where temptation is out of the way, but i the temptation of the numerous affices in the gift I our Legislature lie mosly in the path of Lawyers, it argument must have its full force. I do not, I cannn I will not retract it. Every Representative should I elected with the greatest cantion who is to be both -gislator and an Elector in so many elections as tai place in our General Assembly. I maintainthe bros doctrine, that the election of so many officers by ot Legislature, and the voting by ballot has a tendenc to corrupt the Representative-gag dipcussion ar prevent a fair trial or strenght fur or against any me. sure upon its mere merits. This is so because, In tl very nature of things, most of'the candidates and a pirants for these offices must also he Representatil Elector.. And to what class of persons do most of thei candidates and aspirants belongi Undoubtedly to tI Bar, as " Juston" himself admitted In his firat coti municati'sn. We have about three hundred Lawye in Sooth Carolina andl they are nearly all candidat< or aspirants fur some office in the gift of the Legisi1 tttre. I cannot now recall to tneuiory, but or old Lawyer in the whole State, who has never at at period of his life saughts an office from the Legislator and tharone Is re.-Bloso, a distinguishied member the Spartanhutrg bar. TIhie single office of Commi siner in Equity is the glittering prize for which, least one haur.dred mtembuefs of the Carolina Bar, a ever struggling hefore the Legislature. Almost il entire liar of the State attend the sittingsof the Legi lature as rcgularly as if they were member. of th Body. And a cunning fellow, by champaign at flttecry, oftentimes manages to get an office from ti Legislature, whien perhaps an hundred men in I District or sectin of the State could beat him for il same office among those who knoto him best. I however, Lawyers are not the onaly class of Rei resentatives who betray their trust in Columbia f personal advancement. Mlany Farmers, Doictor llilitia men, and others in order to secere their ov election as Representatives, even denounce Attorne: for seeking office from the Legislature, and then do, attempt to tdo, tha same thing themselves. At events but few itepresentatives, of any class, ha dared to expose the rottenness of affairs at Columbti Nonprofessional Representtativuu are in many cas either to'i ignorant to speak or thtey are bribed, flatte ed, orintimidlated to silence. NL'mbers, however, ft bear to pubhlish the result of their observation and e perienc:e as liepresentatives in the Le.gislature fre modesty,.or an- indisposition to engage actively politic.. It would be the devil reproving sin for at member of the Legislature, who is a candidate or s pirant for an office under the control of that, Body, object to a lawyer, or any one else, becoming a Re resentative elector as well as himself. M~y trite poa Ition, therefore, is that no man. except in very ra cases, should be elected to the Legislature when ha known to he seekIng an office from the Legislatmt I uttered this remark at Aiken also, and have done publicly on several occasions when advocating dii sion. What I said at Aiken, relative to Lawyers, offi holders, office seekers arnd the inhabitants at or ne the Court Houses of Edgefieild and Barnwell was inte ded merely to indicate those classes of persons as beil the only ones, accordinug to my judgment, that cou Ioffer any interested opposition to division. And I me ask " Jumtoa," if " political preferment" and r principle had been my object, would I have assails those other strong bodies of men as well as the Iai yer.? Wouldl it not have been more consistent wi the charge, he prefer. against me, that I should ha let them alone and have appealed only to vulgar prej Idices against the Bar! if "political prefermen popemyactions, would I have espoused the eau fdiiinhree years ago almost solItary and aloe Would I advocate it so warmly now, when it remail to be seen which party, the division or snti-divisiv is the stronger ? If " political preferment"gtuided a conduct, would I take sides so utneqatvocally on ti Electoral Qutestion without knowinag the feelings of majority of the voter., in Edgefield, on that subjec Would I press lte imperious necessity of having Sou Carolina represented in the National Democrat Convention, when such a step is an direct confli with the policy of the State fur the last twenty years if "political prefermnent" were my object, would denounce the Macedtonian, but corrupt Oligarchy Smuth Carolina, in such unmeasured termsi Won I not rathier suppressumy real opinions and acting again both concience and judgment, join forces with ti Oligarchy -mnd preach conservatism to the peoph Finally, if political prefermernt were the pointing cot pass of my footsteps, need I stand so mutch rebuked the presence of " Justoa" by his suaperior genie that I should take such an tundue advantage as to e cite " vulgar prejudices" against him.? But I acee "Juto's" disclaimer of entertaining any unkit feeling toward me. Still hisi profession correspon< strangely with his practice, in characterising as " after thought," my explanation of a remark, but it perfectly reported by a third person, especially, " Jstoa" must have known, that hundreds who ht heard the speech would also read ste explanation. I am now done with " JUtoa," and bid hin far well. I have other business to engsge my mUentil and presume lie lias, or ought to have: G. D. TILLMAN. LATE'T FIoM VASHItNuTox.-'lThe Nation Tnteliencr tof 234th anys: inmmtdiatealy after the adjou rnmetnt of 11 ioe the Demoeratic nmembers heldal metetin f'r the purpose of selectitng a candidate for ti Spnkershp ini place of Mr. Richardn: and isttunderamnnd that the choice fell on Mr. Orr, Soth Carolinn, a getntleman personally unte -ties of the chair, which he has often temporarily filled with marked ability. d. eetings also took place Liat evening of otfer'parties of the House; and we learn, at r the moment of going to prems, that the deliber ations of' the- Republicanis resulted in a deter . minatlin to'adhere to Mr. Banks. HYENIAL. VAIRraD, on the 10th inst.. by Rev. H. T. Bart. n ley, Mr. PrCKNu DuENr-and MissN'ATILDA VAX - sAST, all of this DOstrict. .,AlaRInn, on the 17th inst., by. 1he'i4me, $f. h 114ki *CL.aaand Miss Susaxiasi 1sNrigalf' of this District. - Azo, by tie same, at the same time an& -plaee it Mr. Jsue JENwmos, youngestson of the late Jesse* n Jennings, dee'd., and Mips SoMNaoeoA INADNITj. s daughter of the latelluisk hueaMlaor "J-'isif trict. ' MAaarti ,on tWe 16thinst by U.'. Ili ZiriW merman, Mr. NATHAN T. SKmrNua and Mis Erasse A. WLts, all of this Distrie OBITUA -4 Diut, at the residenee of M, Idpqrd Presley, ' in this Distrit,an the 29th o( December last, Airs. 0 UATHARINE PRESLEY, at t*he unusually ) n vauced age of ninety-five or six years. , The deceased was the widow of the ite Evarw e Presley, who degtnrted this lire a few yeah ago. sinee the death of -ht hlurbaaa 1he has lived in I the family of Mr. Edward Pr.tsleyy whose liisdness and benevolence towards her, have.been..rpvgda cble, and have been characterised by, the-..Ouns#tent solicitude of the whole family fpr.-her elfare And comfort. Sie bas, I thjpj, rei4.4 in this Dis d trict, ever sin'e her biri; schie tihe previous to o the war of the, Revoludos 1I 'geneetitib bas ,f long since passed away from the We -of the;earlh r her early associates, the companions of beri ehild 0 hood and youth,'had all gdee before her, and there g was not one left to remind her of the joys- of the Spring-time of her life--and she, tt, sge a ' . that - bourue whenee no.travlher rebge * . - r lenance beaming with lienevoleo,.and genumie e christian cherity, we shall neveriehol.1 again upon i this earth. Oh ! how melanchlyi tie reflection . thst -dioseirlion ve )Wessid'lh.t'W.uslrart n daily sinking into the' grmrj thee to abide the call qf be angel of A-sghty - y 1 Shie loved us, and w'i IAeke een e loved her. She had no enemied-anu1t is a grateful privilege t be t6 say nothing -of thedend bus-Iat' a which is praiseworthy. She died a memberof-th e Baptist Church. with wbicbshe had been-en6neewd e for a great numberv yq4j; and.qhe did, in truth, exemplify the Christian virtuesof benevoletee and charity above all persons whom I have ever kubi' But she ha-s left the warm precincts of the cee. .f day without easting one longing. lingering look 1 - hind. Life had been shorn of all Its charmator her,. e and she looked for death as a kind and welcome frieid, promising to her relief from a world of woe and of sin. We shall ant see her again upos the4 earh, but we can never forget her. Her body reposes in the silent chambers of the dead at PlessatSiope, her soul in the bosom of'her '. - f HER FRIEND. a ANINUAL STATmENT 0PTE TUEABUEB 0 a THE TOWN COUNCIL OF EDOEIMD 7BO SEPT. 1, Im TO 1AN. 1,. I a DR. Y To amount 6f'eah received-from W.AW. Adams, d from old Council, 1853 and 1854.....$67 50 S" amount re'd for shows and Circus... 22 50 a Compound money flor Road duty..445 50 s Ca. sBy amount paid IH. Bouhware for Repairs on Bridge,..........$4 00 e " - "paid S. Brooks for work on streets...........90 00 " " paid, Mrs. P. Addison for boy atndmule on road.... (6 75 " " paid W. F. Durisoe for , if prnting-.. --n . 6 a >. * - " paid Edgefield P. R.Coin t panty for humtber. . 90 00) e " " paid S. F. Goode, black e smith on work on feuce '- in public square...32 510 *The above accounts conttracted fur by id Town Couzncil of 1854. mByContracts of Council in 1855. Byamounat paid E. J. Mints for three days work of horse, boy ~, and plough........... 3 75 " adB. C.Bryan for 28 n pounds nails.........2 00 . a e paid W. F. Durisoc- fur rprinting.................75 .11 "t " paid negro Tom Moore, e for work............5 O0) " paid WV. C. Prater for re pairinmg bridgsj........5 00 S paid W. Radford for work. on public well........6 00 u - paid A. Sitmkins for Lum ber and Mattock...17 16 y. " paid Sherry Covar for re -pairimng pump.........6 50 10 aL " paid J. M1. Witt, for re pairing bridge........2 00 "e paid J. W Covar for over is seeing hands.........7 00 " " paid Mrs. P. Addison for S mule 34 dnays........ 2 62& ." " paid W. C. Moragne for lumber on side walk,.. 7 12k e " paid S. Brooks for work rdone on streets, bridges -amnd side-walks as pr ,a't112 62 ~" " paid C. M.Gray for 17 d months' services a Mar 01 h.at of Town at $8,25 a pertmontth......... 1405 h By Treasurer's receipt for balance, .turnia e over tonew Council...... SAMUEL BROOKS, Intendant. SJanurry 22.1856. ii52'TH E Friends ofMr. ROBERT D. BRITEN respectfully announce him as a CandiaeAf ,Clerk for Edgefield District at the next eleetion. - y ,' Notice.,^ I WILL sell at Edgefield C. H., on the first I Mlonday in February, FIFTY SHA RES of the cEdgefield and Hamburg Plank Road Stock. e Terms Cash. 'JOEL CURRY. .lJan30 - It -3 i Notices. f ALL Persons are cautioned froro trading for a d Note of hand for six hundred dollars, given sa by H1. A. Kenrick. President of the Hamburg d& . dgeield Plank Road Company, to inee .1 have Seither lost or mislaid said Note. There is a credit, of two hundred dollars on thte Note, paid 13th .Jan ary inst. P. R. BLALOCK. n Jan 30 31 3 Notice. LLbe sold at Edgefield C. H~on sala day* in ~ February, ONE IUNDRED) & FIFTY SHARES in the Hamburg.,& Edgefield Plank SRoad Company. The same can be treated for pri. n vately before the day of sale. * W. SPIRES, Agent. s Hlamburg, Jan 25 1t 3 -. (N the Columbia RoadI, near Lexington Court House, a umall-uised Poeket Book, containing a small amount of money which the owner can get by calling otn the Subscriber, provin'g property and ppyinug for this advertisement. The said Pocket Book aluso contained a tax receiptt given to one Jack IPrice by J. J. Derrick, T. C. L. ID. Other papers A were found in the Pocket Book on which the said Price's name was written. E. TIOLSONBAKE. it Jan 30 3t 3 -Notice. . .S111NG anl IIONING done to order.