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Tr~one desiring to advertise -by the parcan do so, liberal terms-it bwin; ditinctlv understood that cc tracts far.yearly advqriusing are, confind to the imt diate, legitimate businiess of the firm or tidlvid6 contractlig. Tran'tient A4vertisezments must be pa for in advatice. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, ADVANO, - Fur Advertising Estrays Tollel, Two Dollars, to paid by the Magistrate advertising. From thie Corrtspondcne of the Phil'a Gazet< THE CENM &L iMRIQAN QUESf1ON. WAsatsN-ros, January 14. In tie correspondence commuicatel toQ C9 gress, there s4 a letter from Lord Clarendon, May 2, 1854, in replying to Mr. Buchanan's I "statenieat"-for the last he las never found conviwitit to attempt to answer-which matk a most extraorditary disclosure, as will be rt dilv seen, whea attention is invited to tfhep: ticitlar points. Speaking of the British cu struction of the treaty, in reference to the pt teetion of the Mosquitos, lie s:ys, " that witt little more lh.m a month altertho treaty of 18, had been ralitied," further negoliations were t tered into, and tpJe "British interpretation was once accepted by tie Secretary 6f State, A Webster." Now, when it is remembered that the ratifit tions of the treaty were exchanged on the 4th July,'1850, and that Gen. Taylor died only few days ifter-the 9th, [ think-this develt ment has a most signifieant meaning. Mr. Wt ster was a member of the Senate when that tr4 ty was submiued, and advised its ratificati< knowg full well that no such construelonh. is now impudently set up by the British Govel ment was ever entertaiined on either side duri the negotiations. How, then, lie could .ha been so-prompt to repudiate the principle of I own vote, and, as an American Secretary State, to accept the terms of interpretation d tated by the British Minister, Sir Henry Baw is more tha [ sltall'undertake-to explain. T indecent haste of that act of repudiation, too supposing the allegation to be true-when G% eral Taylor had 'been hardly two weeks i I grave, and the ink Qf.jis signature scarcely d excites mingled surprise and indignttion. Lord Clarendon has producei no evidence, be sure, verifying such a concession from ) Webster; but those who know the Intimv which subssted between the latter and Sir lit ry Bulwer and wbo had the opportunity of a appreciation of the enfinent skill, ab.lity a perseverance of the Britisi regotiat r, may ri satisfied he never was content with an.y ver assurance from Mr. Webster, but took occasi to obtain auch a committal as warranted the a thatic declaration of Lord Clarer.don. And I have some personal reason to be sat fled of the justice of this impression, by I subsequent offiial action of Mr. Webster, wh fully sanctions all that has been alleged. Tr years after Lord Clarendon states that Mr. W~ ster allowed the British interpretation, the i gotiations then referred to were brought .t desereditable~oncluioni here, throtugh the jo agency of Mr. Webster and Mr. Craimpton. A 'project of settlement was agreed up which assutmed to settle all the questions contested boundary in Central America; wh admitted the Mosquito (virtually the British) ti to San Juan; which conceded the British p' tectoratte over the Morqui:os; and wvhich und took to direct the internal legislationi of Ni ~vagua, by ixing the tariff of dnties on inmpor tions into her territories. Tlhis scheme, wht niot only sttrrendered the wholo American s of the question, but recognized ever more p .tnsionts thtan Great Britain hatd ever prevjiou claitmed, was sigtted in itis city itt Junte, 18 by the contracting parties named. Three agol were appointed. to communicate the terms p sonally to the States interested. They wi Mr. Wvke, the Bri~ila Cimnsul General in Cm tral Anxerica, Mr. Kerr, United States Chat <d'A fiaires at Nicara'gue and Mr. Rt. M. Wal United States Special Agent to Costa Ri Re~presenting the two powerfttl governtmel most interested itt the qutestionls at stake, a carrying -with them the united authorily of1 niegot iators, the mission was one whtich wot have left no alternative to the weak states itt ested no power sulilnt to reaist sutch 3 co bination.* Rieliable intelligence of this prrjiect was Co municated to tme at the time, and I at onced closed it to the public. This sumarily tern nated the arrangementt, as it could not stantd scrutiny of the country. My pubicantions wrt to Central America, in compatny with the thi agents, and Nicaragua at onc~e rejected the off sire overture for the spoliation of' her territo and the conversiton ot her sovereignly into condition of vassalago to GreatL Britain. Wi it would not be becoming to refleet upon 1 motives of Mr. Webster in this tansactioo, I disclosure of it belongs to the diplomatic his ry of the Central American controversy, a could not be suarpressed with~ justice. H~e dead,-but the President uder whose instructic he acted is livintg, antd owes it to his reputati to explain, if lhe can, how this monstrous pi version of the action of 1850 was brought atbu and under what inspirations the British constr tion was accepwtd before General Taylor wam-ha ly cold in his grave. There wats treachery somewhere, if .there v not somtething~ worse, and it is proper tile eWI try should know upon whose shoulders the r -ponsibility really rests. And if Mr. Filiw shouid feel called uapon to make the expsnait which lhe owes to the country in this tmatter,i to be hoped it will be guarded by more care examination thatn that which marked his pm tive and unqualified disclainmer in reference the antecedent countenance extended to the g no enterprise in the Lobos Islands-thern putting the whole onus on Mr. Webster's mory-when it is well aseertatined now that 1 original instructions, *vith his autograph app vat endorsed upon the boek of them, yet ei in the Departmtent of State, and have been is with astonishtaetnt by several curious explor after truth. VALUE OF THfE HoG~ CROP.-A practical al cultural paper, the Working Fatrmer, states the value of the hog crop this year in the Uni State wilt fall little short of two hudred a lions of dollars, or fifty million of dollars mu than the cotton crop. In the United States th~ are believed to be'fifty million of hogs rail yearly, or more than in all the States of Eor< combined. In Great Britain the number is el mated at two million, of which Ireland ha large proportion, and Scotland nearly two hi dred thousand. Anstria has about five milli swine, and Austriat-italy two hundred iad fi thousand. France hams from five million to milliton. Russa has an immense number of it hoirs, but they arc merely skin and bone, vat ble~ principally for their bristles. It is estima thatainety-six million pounds of lard are mt in the United States, of which twenty mill pounds ar:e made . in Cincinnati. England a Cuba each take annually nine million pounds American lard. -- Wwammmw Gasta-A great slaughter of wi g,:tie, animals and fowl, has taken ph e at L West since theo cold weather set in, allowiig its transportation to distant poitnts. Thte ruilwatukie Sentinel says: " Few reada can~ have any~ idea of the enormous quantities game sent East~from \Visconsin and Illinuc during the cold weather. A few days ago, t' hundred boxes of quail, averaging pr~obably 1 to a box, were shipped frtom .Janesville direct I 'New York, and thle Sparta (M1onroe) WVatchm: of the 8th ittt., atatesthat wvithin a short tiu previous two hundred deer, shot in that count. has been sent to N. York. The effect of ti of gano in our State, but greatly to enhance RE the price'- - Se The Pa.y-.Paw (Mich.) Free Press, of the 14th *nst., says that it is kstintted tl:t 6tfe cou tibusand deer-have Sebn -sihinlvin 'Nn, BtirA I "u" enggty within the List three monthi-and froi of tI the 'tiige of Paw 11l ;lone, duritg thait time, Sec e - sik Indred venison tiave* been shipped to mnar and ket. '.g ......- steat Sofe1 st --- - - -- --~ -- an n. ARTiUR SIMKINS,. EDITOR, ha EDGEFIELD, S. C. . i T1 rI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARX 6 1856- atei take a.i We Must Have Money. corm M. W.. W. WurE is our.authloriled 4gent to llcol-et, and receipt for the satn, al utipaid accounts due this Office, either fr Subseriptioin, Adveri-in- : i or .Job Work. We hope a:l indebted will hold tlemnseiv sprepared 'when -e ca!Il oIn tleii, itlmi Wor re fv. * *perfi pay up rn . . Ihy -.The Southern Light. . ness 'Tax Second number is before us, exhihiting great thUs improvement. We advise readers who wish to be "ay - 4beneitted wild pleased to subscribe forthwith. or. .. -..- ------ I ar5 se, at - hc Artiele of "Eterprtme." volv it Os the first page of this paper will be found th ad a mirable article of " Enterprise" on the Edgefield and wil a. Augusta railroad. It is eninently worthy the atten r- tion of the people jiterested in the proposed road on dant n- either aide of the Savannah. It is an array of argu- can 0- ;ments anti facts that cannot be invalidated; a.1 -it Ai in shoulil be cbonrlosive as to the railroad -policy of Wes.s, the I i0 -t rn Carolinn for the next zvAenty rears at least. TI ..- . . . er t ;it CV' Tim attention Qf our readers is cited to t4he The r. iivertisement of the Trustees of the Camnbridge. Fe- 1111"1 reale School. Miss GoT, has the reputation of being in dis highly qualified as a Teacher, and has a happy facility fied Of of imparting Instruction to the I apils. -- ten p JOHNSON FEMALE UXIVEIASITT. the b- This institution, located at Anderson C. H., is re - puted to be still in a most flourishing condition. From n, ie catalogue for 1855, now before us, we gather that T s the number of pupils for that year -reacbed nearly a best n- hundred-that the professors remain unichanged-4hat resp 1 the plan-of Fcholarships et on foot some year or two inl 1i e- ago is certain to succeed-that the session for 1858 The o wiil begin the first Wednesday in February and -eon tinue till the middle of November-and, in short, that Fen the whole machinery is working well. We caniot B r, doubt the excellence of this institution; for we have And - had positive, irrefragible proof of this in the accom- An n plishments and intelligence of several very lovely T s young ladies who have enjoyed its benefits. PE.'LXCE NEWS IN EUROPE. A n'i The intelligence brought by the Arabia, (says the I I or. Charleston Standurd,) that Russia had unconditional- Ant r. ly accepted the proposilions for a peace, presented by Sh ,. the other Powers of Europe, has been received with n feelings of the greatest interest by all classes of our Th q community. There is room for a doubt of the authen. A 'st ticity of the reprt-to some extent it is qualified- by al the dispatch of yesterday-there is room td doubt IF M whether such acceptance may not. be defeated of anT n- early peace by the inability o agree on minor issues: I bit there is a general disposition to indulge in the Ani tS hopes Inspired by the brighter prospect. The dispatchA e announcing the fact of the assent of Russia was dated 'm ol n the 16th, and the steamer sailed on then 19th of time o last month. If the dispatch had been fictitious, there Ant .was time for its contradiction, and without the new't ri e- Iof its contradiction wte are to believe that as far as it mImay have deen intended to go, it was authentic; that, Alh n being authentic, it conveyed tho reasonable assurance F n of a peace, is tolerably certain, frota the fact that both A L of Consuls and Cotton had advanced, and1 that there will' en not he arbitrary stipulationsa interposed by either par- e tl ty to arrest the progress of a convention is reasonably At ro- certain from the facts that England and France are inj r a position, froom which it is exceedingly. important to I t- recede, and Russia, in assenting to the proposition, Ia- has furnished evidence that she also is not in a condi- r~ t ion of entire comfort. These facts considered-thtat eo the parties have no proper motive to tihe continnance Tins re- of hostilities, that tihe assent of otne party to term. sl Sproposed by the others has been announced ; that this 2'announcenment has been uncontradictedl for near three It days, andl has been believed and acted on by the corn- 4tri r mercial public of Etiglaml--we have a very fair as. solt surance that hostilities may at last he diawing to their tal close, and that once more we are about to enter upon supl the better state of comnmercial relations which exist in if hi .a. times of peace. )you it-'iELOQUENT. idIn defining his position before the Rouse of Repre- 9'' e sentatives at Washington a fewv weeks since, Hion. id 3Ma. KTrr-r, of the Orange District, delivered himselfbe r-of a capital speech. It is said to have commandedpa the applause of the galleries ; and at its conclusion a cail number of members crowded around the eloquent the young statesman to congratulate him upon his effort. iil a. KEIT is esteemed one of the first orators of thme e presenit Congress ; amnd if his improvemenrt shmall keep'" it pace with public expectatiomn, thse old fire of Carolinia eu ieoquenice will not yet have beetn extingutihied. . E n- The followinig extract fronm dhe speech to which we Phit ymake allusion (evidently an impromptu passage) is not, nia a remotely akin to what might have been the sudden the le burst of a McDUFrna on such an occasion ; no( e 3ly object, Mr. Clerk, was to define my own posi- Try to tio. I will amdd, however, tbat I believe time Demo- " o.cratic party is, ti-day, purer, amid triter to time Cumuli- Remi d uion, thman it Iima heema for years. It hmas passed feetc .through fire andm water, and many of ts impurities sma 8Imve been consumed or washed away. It has time iim i smell of fire upon its garments, and wilie it moves on etm on in the iwtoric track of thme finumndrs of time lipubilc, 1 feet r- shall bid it Godm mspeed! 31any of the halt, andm latmne, eual and hbid have fallen biy thme way ; hmad tilisi fate over- cmial itt, taken all such, it wvoumld hav- et beeetter. nec< e-* The gentleman from Pennsylvania [MIr. Campmbel)} wh< d-ays that the Diemocrtic: parry came Iiti this 11all wee two years ago upon time crested wave of popuilar pow. lagt ser,; andi lie asks, where is it now' I lie says it ms a knio feeble and scanty band, cliniging to Is broken altars.: g n- Why feebmle and scanty!? Because it has been much - more friendly to the South. andI truer to the Constittt- die r ion, than either of the other parties. Clinging,, says. ott te gentleman, to its broken altars! Why, sir, .to amn jewhat else should it clingi While Aholitioin fanaticism wat ril sweepain over time free States, prostrainmg thme gua-r- pai t-maining pillars of omir republican edifree, whiereshouldI to the Democratic party be, but within thme sacred pre- 'i a. cincts,. fighmtinmg downm the los ? While the lust of northm-pa byern dominoationm and Free-Snil propaganidism is driving - the cilarimt of sectional powver over time remains of the -Constitution, to what should the Democratic party for he cing hut to thmose altars, reared by the foustnderi of thme ii to- Repubic ? If it be true to the Coestitutiomn, and (fro it steadfast in the faith of th-: fathers, let it hind itself to best tme horns of the altar; and as time angel descended 'the tom rescue the son of the patriarch even from the imp- ofv rTS lifted knife, so may the genius of the land stoop down andm - to rescue it from the gleaming dagger of time fumions ier cohorts. domu -, STRIKING IETIPHOR. an t As odd as is that onrhiymed production of Longfl- Tii ~low, Hiualtku; and ats expesedaur are its peculiaris- goo Stis to the shafts of waggery ; yet it is dume to the II- IPieC re hI strions author to say that there are many evidences { re of poetical genius throughout its pages. TIake the also '"following excerpt as an eample : -wi< Never stoops tesoaring vultur. jthd il-On his qusarry in the desert, -ath a- On the siok or wounded bison, ak in. .But another vulture watching, . .1h onFrom his high, aerial look-our, i 'ty Sees the downward plunge, and f'ollowsk . And a third pursuer the second, SIX Cnuing from tim' invisIble ether, -i id First a speek and then a vultur, cri: .. TJiltl the air is dark with pinions. . ed So disasters come net singly; getl de i But as if they watched and waited, side on Scanning for anthier's motions- them d d When thie first descends, the others to s: of Follow, follow gathieiing flock-wise, less of-Round their vifctinu, sick arnd wounded ; thar First a shadow, then a sorrow .mi Till the air is dark with anguish. . post lid Such brillianey andc-prepriety of metaphorical illus he rationi are seldom met with in this iron, praistieale -. of unpoetical, unclassical age. Iarc! C.old--Coiler--Coldent, whi, f For the winter of 1855-'58 we have thuzb far hadi bit, cold of every degree, but chiefly the superlative. For :jects *the last moth we have hadl snow or sleet uninter- |Poli DOruptedly. By tids we mean that it has at no time en- |andl 'or tirely disappearedl during that period. Perhaps time 'ican mmlike was never before knmown in this ocality. We thme, rie have not conversed with that respectable individal- Ele< y, the " oldest inihabitant"--but feel confident that even Suh. i-he could riot call to minad a fiercer winter thtan the pom PORT OF TIIE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. T cretary Donti's rqpurt is one of considerable deal est. Tie firt portion of it contains a clear ac- beal t of our diflvent naval sqajadrons and thrtnanner - icir einployiient' during the past year.. The, aw5 etary next gecuiends on Incrense of the N,,avyf 1 urgeslt witlk earnest solicitude. lie especially" he I ests'ieconsruction of an additional number of At i n slQops-Of-ar, cartying each about twenty guns, age e best Mnoddrn improvementj requiringwdraft of nore titan e:ghteen feet and thereby being capable one rtering every southern as well as northern port of the magnitude. " Vessels of thi.< size," he remarks ant re attracted much consideration anti acquired ,rn i'cAaracter during the re0nt coniflic1i!Eatotpe." ie following reflections are eminently worthy the a 1o tion of.tihe American Congress, anti any action cret n in the direction they indicate will assuredly Eva iand the applatse of the A meriern people t -- ,cent orcurences in Europe demonstrate the 1fity lying urpin It navy ro feeble, sel impotent foreither V ilt or defence, talt pilicy required. it to Ie. cnre su k to avoid enriching Ite entemy. The Umited es cannot, by suciah -a pulidy, maintain infik and "at. t.ard respect. The governments of the Old edit laf re vieing wlh each oiher in amnifyiing nl cun eling this arm of defence. Our intitunotine if 9 do not excite their popive jealousy, are notihe -ts of a large share of their esteem; and weak- wal may, snoner or later, invite thc interference of str r whose leas nf regulating ihe hailance-of power witl a expand as to comprehend not simply our for- "" , twour Atlantic, Pacific, and State rehtiona. I. rd the steady increase of naval btrength as not a but a peace measurr-a me:sure of defence in ing grave qestions of commercial seccurity and mal independence. Negotiation and diplomac .a be cxhausted before war is made upon a nation o the i men. parerful., and readyl for thie conflict. Ant , s-ir, if ever., is t he anspit:iuus time, with an alt- an treasury, to make an investnrt than which none %win be found more nationail and safe. ue nong stndry matters of a miscellaneous dtiracter olloing is calnilated tot arrest public attention: tur 10 Nivul Aetlemy is in sutccessful oper tion on ie diltigent supervision oF Captain ?ollsborongi. the re are now 'atMced to it, for instruoaion. one Ired anti sixty-four midshipmen and at-ting mid- t t inen. The board of examiners for the last year, con eir report, express themselves as not merelysatis- an' ith, but really amazed at, the remarkable profi- e ey exhihited by the ondergraduates, as well as thai tradtating class, and as mnch impressed with the] Aty, minuteness, and exacmtess of the teaching and nodes of examination. -0* - -+- -- hou " THERE LIES A VILLAGE.79 nr following is one of Wmi. CULLrIK BRTANT' is futgitive pieces and cannot fail to awaken a tender pro )atse in liearts that have any experienne whatever te subject-niatter'of tle poet's fancy: re lies a village it a peacefol vale, jit sloping hi!ls and waving woods around, TO ed from the blast. There neve.r ruder gale ,ws the tall grass. that covers all the ground : planted shrubs are there, and cheriited flowers, brigh teat verdure born of gentle showers. Ele as there my youtng existence was begun ; gen y eagliest sports were on its flowery green: ted often, when my school-boy task was done, and imed its hills to view the.pleasant scene stood and gazed till the sun's setting ray is on the iightt-the sweetest of the day. - re, when that hour of mellow light was come, tite d mnoutain shadows cooled the ripened grain itched the weary yeoman plodding home, the lone path that winds across tle plain, INI -est hill limbs, and watch his child at play, I tell him o'er the labors of the day. I when the woods put otn their autumn glow, nd the bright sun came in among the trees, leaves were gathered in the glen below, ipt softly from the mouintain by the breeze, tndered, till the star-lightt, con the stream, engtha awoke tme frotm my fairy dream. !happy days, too htappy to retutrn, led on tihe wings of youth's departed years: itter lesson has been muine to learn, hte truth of life, its labors, pains, and fears. does t'ie memory of my hoyhoiod stay ; vilight of the brightness passed away. totghts steal back to tat sweet. village still; s flo-ers and peaceful shades before me riste: play-place and the prospectufrotn the hill, s stummner verdure and autnmtntal dyes: present brinags its storms ; biut while they last, eter me itn the deligbtftul past. NEW PRRASES. is.growing common witha the Washington letter. trs, now-a-dlays, to speak of snoch anti such a re tion's being " tabled" intiteadl of " a idi up~on tihe e"as formerly. 'This is upon the- princile, we oe, oaf the Westrna enleman's reply when asked y wnuldi take a glass of wine. " Much obliged to ," sai-l be, "~ I've xcounad." gaita, these same devotees of te cnrrespondlential I n ho, lby the by, are getting tao lbe a regular class ciety) hatve beett obligedl to draw a distinctin veen the Americ-an party North atnd the Ameritn y Southt, from the fact thtat this ptarty has emphiati y split in two. So, to. savr. prulixity of expression, have coame to speak of the one branch as " Norlth rican." atnd the other as " Soath Americans." latter, we suippose, will soon be sub-divided itttoki axoians, Patagatuisn- andi the like.I JOHWN PKUEXIX'S R ECIPES. I vit ither of the following recipes are staid by .rthn nix to answer a good cnd in keeping aIT Califor fleas. Whtile the first of them nmay he the b'tter, for secnd is acertainly thte speeadier. Either would, in loubt, result in the animals utter discomfortture. sir them: Ie oil a qiarl of tar until it becomes qnite tiit gr: iove the c-iothing, anal l,'fore the tatr heetimes per-n ly col, wvith. a broad flat hrush' apply a thlin, ott coatintg to thte entire sttrfaice of the hodly atnd Ott >s. Whtile thte tatr retnaints soft, the flen heromtfes 1 agled itt its tenriciouts folds-, antd is rend-redl per. ly harmlessa; but it will soion f-,rmn a htard, ainwoth us i, entirely impervious to its hite. Shouald thtedi ing crack atthet knaee or elbow-jaunts, it is merely, :ssary to re-touch it slightly at thotse places. l'Te Cl le coat shouatld he. renewed every three air fouar latu k. Th'lis remteaiy is stare, amii haavinag the advan of simplicity antd econuoy, shouhd be getneraally P" e mettions a still simpler methtoad of gettinag rid of Uue annoyance.: the~ On feeling thte bite aofa flea, thtriustthe part lititen thec tediately into boiling watter. VTe hepit of thte er destroys the insect, and inastatntly removes the nt l of the bite." qlit GOOD MUFtFINS. '' I /hat Is better thtete cold mornings titan to sac a get e of piping hot muffins, elegantly cooked, just pir~ athe oven and ready for butter? i Here is a plan ma'king some such: UFFts.-Add a pint and a half of good ale yeast i m pale mait,'if taus-ible) to a bushtel of the very aa ;white fltaur;. Jet the yeast lie all nighat in water, Aad apour off thre water quits clear ; make two gallon. 'eer ater just milk-warm, and mix your water, yeast, 'two ounces of salt well together for a'houat a qfuar- of a afain haour. St-ain the whole, and mlx up your oc gh as light as possible, letting it lie in thte trough 'aur, to rine; next rotl it with your hantd, puling a ito l pieces about thte size of a large walntat. jbe~s :se must bie rolledl ot thin witha a rulling-pin, in a it deal of flour, and if covered immediately with a t a of flannel, they will rise to a prdper thtckness; thte if too large or small, dough maist be addlaed accord y, or takean atway ; mearrwhile, thte donigh muist he covered with flannel. Next bett'm bakinig; and La lai'ona te iron, watcht carefully, and wheut one "t changes color, turn thte othter, takinag care that do not burn or become discolored. De careful Le1 that the irots does inot get too htot. In order to Pmt muffins properly, you ought to have a place btuilt, ra coptper was to be set ; bilr instead of c-opper, a of t e of iron must be put over the taop, fixead itt formt bet the bottom of an iron pot, underneath wiihl a kn fire is kindled, whten required. Toast the muffisn p on boith sides, witht a fbrk ; pnll thetm open w~ ith wal rhand, and they will be like a boneycomb ; lay Iser much baitter as yotu intend, then clap them to r, anid set by dhe fire ; turn thetn oncge, that both 1to a ay be buttered aliket.. When quite done, cutdi acrosq with a knife ; hbut if you atse a knife either pread or divide them, t hey will be as heavy as I o . -Somne kind of-fiunr will soak up more water h Sanother; when this occurs, add water ; orif too. t1 ' t, add Aour; for the douglh must be as light as ible. . ~ - disa FRAlNKLIN'S woRKS. hib he latest and best edition of this venerable patri. to: a. works is the etdition by .JARnD Sr'Atrs, anil I ali takes the followitng wvide scope: I. Thte Auto- Iitng raplhy; 2. Essays on Religious and Moral Stab- ita and the Econnomy oft Life ; 3. Essays on .General den tics, Commerce and Political Economy ; 4. Essays o Trate, flistorical and Political, btefore the Amer Revolution ; 5. Political Papers durinag and after American Reyolutton; 6. Letters antd Papers on tricit y ; 7. Letters anal Papers on Phlilcosophaical ntit jects; andi eighthtly and lastly, Pranklin's Corres- bats lnce: all together qnite a library an atnd of thaem- re - es...a old. p..:n,.ter~ edfr .sometrhing.lf inductive process of argumeuntion, no one after reading attentively his pitee, cau, logically arrive at. a different conclusion. - In cotcluding his last-reply, he asserts that 4 our professio' corresponds strangely with our prtmtice." We clain never to fight with amuflied dagger, or to take any unlue advantage of an 'a4versary ;'nna if the exprbssion that " personally we' entertained no unkind feelings towards im," should liaive led him into this erroneous inferetice, we regret i'vinig nade it. For we .vish to extennate nothing that we have written, or shirk resposibility behind any expression that may have rallen from us. " What 's (vrit, is writ, would it were worthier." J UN IOlP. dgesfeld C. H1., S C., Feb. 51h, 185G.. TO TOHN A. CALHOUN, ESQ. Presidicnt of the Strvannah Valley Rail Road Cynpany. Sil: The lite Act by whith you an.i the brood Ir qiandti g dfaultlers to the Bull-Sluice project' - procured the transfer.of-the Valey Railjnlad enter pri-e to an interest.foreign to ours, anlalien to our people, has one splintered fragment of justice among its provisa-s,'ani as it is the only item of that stamp i th.e 1 13ll,' we are not disposed to overlituk its I "hallow ieIrits." Whethur that measure was the reenit or good faith, atid an tarnest desire to build the Ro-id, or the reverse, is a problent we icare for you and the future to solve: but certain it is that some of your champions, both in the lloute and Senate, were enemiis to the pteject. until they -nw a fair olipurtunity of killing it with kiiidnes. The - \t pr-ovides that the stockholders, in 1I.: original project, shall have the privilege o7 withdrawing thei stock, :,tter paying their rateable share of the expen stes alrea-ly incurred. provided they do so within sixty days from the firtL of January.. Ndw, the i sixty days are about hall nunbered, and we desire to kngs how to proceed in order to avail uiurselves fr this high privilege. We have been thinking that 'we yet hal a right to be heard (bnt that is niothitig Ivith the diplomacy of men " entirely great") and that you won!d have the' magnanimity to call ts togeth:er for the two.fuLd purpose of acting uptn the I proposition to neeept the aiendimenits, and to With draw our stock if we ehoose so to do. Ilow, sir, do von know that the Compahy will accept'the amuend ents ? Can you presume to speak ani'act flir us all ? Perhaps these interrogattions are not po rtinent, and it would be more proper to ask it' you have gone over, horse foot and dragoon, to your put city, ani intend forcitig us to build a Rail Road from A tgusta. But be assured, sir, that we are not all such iu'ser able dupes as not to kiiw our rights. Justice de nmands a meeting of the Stoekholders-counition sense dietates the nec'ssity of it, and the rights of Stockholilers knock at your door for the call-wiy not call them together ! A re you araid tIe amend merts will be rejectih? Then the interests of the cmpany call for a mcetiting. Are you a'rntid the company will be disolved by direct vote or other wise ? Still the voice of the conpany is for a meet ing. Do you believe we have not sense enoligi to dtcrmine these matters ? Then it is your duty to net fkr us and there will be no call. On no other prii iple enn you justify your " masterly inactivity" anl ;1aily s.l-nee. But, sir, how tire we to proceedl in the little matter or' withdrawinig out- stock ? That the ijite-tiil. Yurs wit h'espect, M.t~v T-ocKtoL.DERS5. Dark Corner, .ilan. 26, 1856. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. Cottoo .\arke't had' :i advanced f'romt 1.8l a :j pei Ib an' rd thle sales.. hadt comprltised~i tduring thIe week 58000 bale's, of' which expoirters took 5tt00 ati SpecLula tirs 9000 bales, leav'ing 3-l.000 bah-Iis oj a l' eript ios tot lie trade. Tlhie storch: of Cot tot ott hiand was 370,000 b:ides inch ndit: 200,0O( Tlhe atnnnneeent iby the Londonr Tlimnes thl; R I~in%~ haidi uneiondit Iittnalv:LyneLepted thle Aulstriat iroosl$LS, hais eaused greait exeltiteeit, bt Govermen'tt despaiteh next dany stateid that Ruts si only neceptedI the Austriani proposals ais: ba-is of' ntiations 0 . Conttlence is shlitl)l re~ied, atnd'theL pubtli' is l's -:ti"yitite- ""3ii hik tha,:t l it-il mtere'ly acctsLi~i tese prTopotsib Previonis to the ainnottnneiet otfI Rt-sia' acepLtance.' of the pe:e propoiusalIs, the Vie'nni Ipapers re'preseteLd ailTirs ais ini an atltrmting 'conf dition. It was stated that the Autstrian Embntas svttad received Lorders to quit St. Ptersbutrg T h facts uconnecced withI the piroposals are, thia Est erhiazy had hanided thle ntle to Nessel rode sytig that lie was not authlorized- to eniter init di-.u i on. hut it' thle ito!te was tiot neeepted tin c ittniiiinlly befoere the I18th, lie aind the An, triai it1 Emba ' tut li'ave St. l'ete'r buirg. T1% ireentt thli,, NL'ssehrodl.'eiicomniticatted diret ti P intce U urt.'ehiak''fl :t V'iennai wiho, tad au talk w vith Coutnt hluol, ui hii prodneted a memtorandunit xpresin the general inclhition of Rutisia te ngt iatet, buit prpinii~tg certaitn allitalins. Cunt linoil received the dolttitmen'tt, bitt as it did not co'tnii uit unicoitionai~l aer'eptane Anistria coold1 noit rLeply wXi-hou t at confe hrenet 1with F'ratue anid Enigland. Th'le ambhassadtors ol ttest Powers acco'irdingtly senit to i~tiLoto andi Parisi for itt-Iruct iins, andii t he reply was reeirtel I hat the We.-terni IPowers ha~d tno tmotuve tri e bage their deiini ailready c arifl'yU coniide'r e l, adm furthier that i' Rutssia did ino- aeelpt lby ie tht, Cunlt tE'sterhaz~y ad thle Auistrman Ih eat int w outld leave anid Aiistri.t woutld immnedi. itel setek to obtain the assoired co-opjer'ation ol o the.r powevtrs. he Rnitsianu Embat,:ssy hadl been ordered to lny V'ienna~ diuirinug te Week and~ L etremttO aplt p reheon existe ai st Vienn a, bitt ott thle 16(thi t he pprhensionl suitd~ e.l by an i annoni tneemtent that RUs'.ia aigrees to neugotiate. on the termy~ p ropotsd. Froma the Crimnes there is no imtpoirtanit initelli * The Presidenetit .\Iessatge is genetrally regarded f vorably ini Entgland. 'ven ithe a! itu tLe as suned with rega~srd tuo Cenitral Amterient ia nit objected to. Nobody seemt to aipprehenid dilh culty betweeni 'lie two cottttmes 'The bitllioin in the Bink of Entgland lias d~e grease~d $1 19,00t0. Bredst ulls had conmsidherablyv deelinted. (hio hd duelined, and was worth d12s. per 106 lbs. White Corn was lower, and .llixed ws worth 4s. per 480 .lbs. R .Lrk. lBeIf an~d Baconit were quiet and lower. Lard was quoted ait (17h. pr' ewt. Sogars hiid avanet. Naval Stores had declined. Rtoant as worth 45s. Gd. per ewt. Spirits of Turpeui te mtaded 36s. per' ewt. ACiDENT AND WotNDEnytLt.'RANCE.-TheC Grnrd Raptjids Etqtuirer states iton WVedines d dy Iist a serious accident oceurred int the town ofoParis, about six miles front that ciity. A yonng man, aged .18 years, son o1 .air. Niernolas C Crltu, was chopping downt a tree, ini comntjty w wth anther yomuis triman. As the tree wvas fall in itit struck atnother tree, atnd swerved frotm te nsitito itn which it was expected to fall, striking 'c nig arton. k nockitig hun down, erishing his riht armi to jelly, and the butt of the tree, a foot thick, restinig ont his htead, forcing the hitter into the groun'd. The skulil was somewhnt frat tuned, but strangei to lell, thme head w~as coimpar alvely uninjuired. T'he young maut with himt chtpped ofl' the log, nind .endeatvored to roll it ll Csarltun's headh, all the ime supposinig t$e latter to be detad, bitt hocould not mtove the hag, an dwas forced to go a milo and a half to obtain~ asistance.. WVhen the log wias rolled awauy, it was ascertinred that Carltoni vas alive. Hie was ccorditgly conveyed homte. The follow i' day his armt was amnputaited, anid lie is likely totoecover. *(. o SrnEtsv.-We learn thatt a vessel from Bo loto, with a cargo of ice, consigned to Mr. Badger, of thtis city, is ice.boitnd ini the river, abot en miles below thtis city ! The catptain o' thevessel mantagedh to " maike his way'' ttp to Richmenrd ont Sat urday, and atfter witnessintg the refrg ierItig scenes preMented to his astontihied vidn m, hereabouts, vow,-d tat he would tnever - ...r..t.i.. unli., t hniit, .a ..ar of i to thta .a Judge Bere n. e New York E.rpress, in noticng the -recent h of this distingullishedcitizei, pays the following Rful tribute to-his acknowridged ability: n lhe Hon. John M. Berrien, of Georgia, passes y 5~reat midd and a great man. in profevved I afquisitionjin general legal lore, in the fitenhy Ialysis, combinat:on, rnd position of thoughts, al-but few, very few equa, 'Jn the United States. he *ge df 72, for that mntshave been abmit his' his head %tas as clear as a, "ytal, n1d ilat rAW er the Senator, who met himi in dehnte, met it nian ishorai manhood, ant' of uitilonled vigor. Tius by one, go oflthe stage, the Calhotns, the Clays, Websters, the Berriens of ouriuecond golden age, it is to be hoped some are rjslng. who, in patrot. and honor, can ill their pl .s.' ?" Tu re Darlington Flag extracts from our paper ig letter from " 11" in Europe without givinmg us it for thesame. Itemenmber diegood old rule,bruther ns: "Render unto Casar &c." PRETTILY EXPRESSED. ,e ob'terve in the last Yorkville Enqairer a wTell ted eneomium pronounced upon tihe itomne Jour. Speaking of N. P WILLIS, one of the .iJrnal's rs, tihe Enguircr pays him the fullovling eficitous liment in which we fullyconctir: In the stubble-field through whic'h we grope our , his fancies peep out here and there like red, ripe wberries ; and jus.t like strawberries they go down us; lusciunsly. COMMUNICOATIONS. #For tile Advertiser. a. EDITOR :-I observed- in the Advertiser of 22d ult.. over the signatur.e of " MAs, Fair.s as," nqn!ry lddres'sed to iein regard It the fact, ther or not I would consent for my inme to be I as a Candidate for a sent in the next Lgisla Now, Sir, permit me in candor to say to my ANv Finmtss," I alm at i kwivs how to answer qinery. True it is, I an under great obligations lie people of the Distrkt for repeated favors rerred on me, and would feel that I was tctilg rateful not to yield to any reasonalle service would result benefiially to them; but feeling do, sensible of my inability to serve them in a tion fo highly imprtant, must, at this early r, ask of them to indulge me in regard to an -er to the point, as tine and events will more erly dictate the better course. Rleepectftn!ly. J. QUATTLEBUM. For the Advertiser. ESSRS. KORAGNE, LANDRUM & NOBLEY; ;ETLKEN,-We learn that you three had the neas, at the hust Session of the Legisiature, m the question came up to give the Electiou of tlots of President and Vice Preaident to thme le, and when the happy nuitials were celebrs between one of our immsediate Ilepresentatives the lon. B. F. PEIaY. to give your votes inst the mensure. Since Mir. TaLLAN has made self heard by the countrj on the other side, we 1id like'to hear you, in your vindlicathm,throutgh columns of. the Advertiser. Respectfully, MANY PEOPLE. =- -64- -- - CRmi ON THEDEATH OFJOHN V. TILLMAN. I)parted friend ! upon thy bier No flowers of vain regret we strew ; lut joy thiu canst no longer here, Sorrow, and eare, aud anguish know. Oli ! not for thee shoumld teairs he sited, To dnm thy pinion~ pure ad bright, Of thy redeemeda spirit, spread . Rejo~icinig, for its upuward flight. B-ut tears were shmed- when thou did'st dlie, And loving hearts were bathed in woe; Atd dimt'd .was mantty a kindred eyee When thy fair form was strickent luw. Yet nott ini sorrow for ouar loss, tShould we tor;;et tahy gloirious gain ; Oh : what could temp;t thy steps to cross .\gaini life's dark{ and~ toisomtte mnain lam tlmtut hi.s~t world ito teairs entn daim Th~e glory of thy ransomend soul; ut joyous song of seraphlim Throughm all undly ing~ ages roll. Then shonld we miourmn that thout art gitte Fromn a wlotld like ours whmere te;mrs abound To. knto'w the btightnes if thIat dann m, Where never dstk'ting clouds are found That withm the lived of C td on highm, Thttu dwelles't in eterald dasy, Where " tears are wiped from every eye," Atud grief antd siglhing flee away ? A FamKst,. the Editor of the Edgefeld Advertiser: t: Once nmore we are comupelled to) tax your umes, by solicititng at shtort spaice in the coumns :'ur valuable papemr, ini order to nakte a brier and1 sing reply to Mir. TttLus. e should ertmanly huave remained silent, but his incorrect conceptioni of ai sentence containeid tr former reply ; and hmad it tiot beetn trout a de :to assure him, that we are truly sensible of the 'y debt of gratitude, that lie htas generously and tuitously imiposedi uipn ts. How ennt we htnd 4uage stnnis-ienmtly impassssiomned to express to hi, deep sense of obligamtionm tnd. respiect, for the roni~ing nisanier u that Ito hs assumned towatrds and the unpatrallel'-l exhibition of his inmtenuouis nterestedness in poitiing rut toi ms thme Sylit ansd try bdis, that beset his barque,. whten ini youth lie i-lied it upotn the turbid antd tempestuous sea ot ties. Such eonduct is without precedenit, whticht Is t the comuplitimnt of hts pleasing partitnlity. nsie from all this, we beg to consider a few of " admonitions'' that he hs given tus, as being rich fruits of " age and experietnc." lle adyvises o " refraitn fromti thme further use of so tmatny Lattint tttions ;" atnd the substitutiion .oif the pronoun for " we.'' Now, we are surprised that a t!ean, of his refined and delicate taiste., should fur the egotistical persotnal pronoun "' I,'' to wht~ sually regrded as a msore modest formn of expres t, but there is no aecounting for tlte dilh'erenees Ifreaks of taste. if lie will conuil~t the pages of dison, Steele, and the unknown Jlunlus, who are aitnly the mtost elegant models ini this department ur literature, he will findi that their writitngs arc asionly embellisheid with classical quotations.; ,that they use thec psranouns " lIn and " we" as suits their taste in the sanne articl-. We'hope we shall not inenr his disapprobaitioni by giving so authors the preference. hr. TIL.uA having failed to establisha, 1st. that yers would oppose divisson, because its a body icy were competitors fur offices in the gift of the ~islature, whlich was under the control of thte ises' 2nd. To prove that "at least two thirds Lawyers in te Legislature, fromti thme l)islricts, nay their constituents, anid bend the supp)lle e to the Parishes," sinee Ite hats not brotught for Sa single individual itmstance to sustain his as ion. 3rd. To show that Lawyers are opposed ivition, because " they aire averse to eirepit ri i." 4th. To make good hxis " interential.olharge ashonesty or at lcast inferiority in profewonal -eter, aginist' the majority of thme members of Bar," we cheerfully acquiesce in his wish to ontinue the controversy, as we would. not exV t the getnerons spirit of i Carolinian, to continue trike, when an antagonist cries " hold, enouigh.'' ii hisst reply, ho complains bitterly of our hav.. done htim the " ratnkest injuistie.-," in supposing he was " catcring to vulgar prejudice and en oring to excite the ill will of thme honest farmters ur coitntry agatinst us." Since lhe denies hsaving~ a prompted to his extraordlinary eaurse from such motive, we accept his disavowal, and shaill subit at synop~sis of the fttcts upomi whichh we d oar opinion, but at the sameo titme lie muvst lleet, whatever may have beeni his motive, tihe THE XERCVRYS ANTI-CONVENTION ARTICI \VE ohserve th;at sonie political remurrecti Est is bent upon qxhuming (from the tomb the Capulets ?) certain a.rticles of the Mere c alled frrth b-y that-qeiryof ours, " Wint we tr -4o." jhe 'Wimabbero Register, at request, of a sibiscribef, is nlow passing t.h tlhrugh a second edItionm .In doingso the R iser gives 'cxpression to the subjoined rel tions, which will command the attention v respect of (very unprejudiced man: The Mercury ibjects.4 to tIhCe Conventi Ias a. piece of. machinery,.never centemplated the Uonstit ution. ' Wry true.- Bnt neverthe they had their origin inl an imperioui necses-5 and were called into existence by thL voiec the people. It had become appanre;t that Presidetial election was a matter of too m impoirtaince to long'er be permitted to remain fore the llipneof Ropre.ioriattivem.. They W a long standing body, and so great were temnrp!ations il tie hands of an aspirant, 1 the spirit of bribery iad corruption vas spre ing. like. a. i-tendfrl cunt agion througoiut repre-eniat ive budy of tle poeople. W%*ith .number of oliee. in the.-gift ofthe sucum candidate aud' the smaflah. inmber atfoli .wI they were to be distributed, Mr. 3lcDufTe clared tat the temptlationi we-re tai oreat hiutman integirity, that '-the very .iels tell Ii lleavena With lIess temnptatin." We will muention any of thle memorable oc~casions wl tle American people hid their faces with shn for the conduct of their representatives. It % a noble and patriotie v-irit, th:it promped lt to remaove from their krgkit ive bralls this c rupting elect ion. The appaint lent o: sa e ate electoral<i cnllege failed, hecaitse, from ii nnmber of caudidat!s whomta the electiars C: pledged t) support, the election had ag:in it) returned to the House for a final deci-ian. % has forigttenl tho circnstaces i;lt-r wI John Quincy Adams was electedP liV, founder and first parent of the party now ena Repablican, obtained his etevation to the Pr dential chair by the return of the election the House. A fact, which should be rememl ed, particiarly now when thatparty is a rality, if not a imjoriiy, iln the House, and now polling a Iager vote for Banks than is ceived lay any- other candidate. This cire stance w'ars us us(that the caunsei which exim for keeping tlhe election from the llouse are strong now as ever; and many tindes more d getrous ; hieatse ile contest will now be. between Whi(!s and DemocratA. but antioslai 1fanaties and tile lovers of the Constitition; placable hostility to the South will lire hearts of one, the rights of the South and preservation of the Constitution animate til of the other. Look tao the Federal Cap witness the scene that is being enacted th If it be desired to elect Seward, let a few of Southern States withahold thewielves from Cincinnati Convention and by so doing send Democratic cmdiiate befaare the House, with party in broken and fragmentary confusion. have heard some of the opponents or the c vention bare their oppsilion to it on the gro that, they wihed to see Pierce defeated Seward 'elcteld, and thus a dissolution of Unioir accomplihed. Such can most cor tently oppovise the 'onventinil, becaise to de it is to defeat the Denicratie Party, and, neces.ary result, necompilhl the election Seward. The objection to nominating Conventiot inantlicient.. Allhough not contemplated in federni, nor in any of the State coanstituti they have nueverthtele~ss grown to b~e part of m aaeliinery ofioavernmelnt. anad are resorte. every wh lere. Thley havae been hed1 in ( 'ran in Charleston, :and' in Wintn.,boaro. Called ekistence by necessity, establishaod by usaut every State. Counaty. (or Djistrict, throaughoua lengiIh and breiadthI ot the~ whocle couttry, an error tao ascribe lanr -lbsene fruam the Nat al noaminati ng Conaveaaiobns to conlstituti scruples: iontead ot toa a mnere usage forced ona us byv ci reaanrannes no longer existimg. ta ne paolitiona oaf Soauth Carolina is to nect thiose part ies wit h whoaam 'he iagrees : :ad ifI cat :agree with naonea, stand ail of traom all . '4 internalI irmprovemtents, and a parotect ive t: were the issues bieforer lie coatry. neihhe ther tw i treatt paart ies carried out Sou tth Cauna views, hacnce, very cotsistenutly, shte bhld bei aloonf from their Party Caonventions. Thelae nuaestiont to dhetermainae the course aof the S noaw is: Do we atgre~e ith the pre.<ent posi of thea I)emaoeratic Ptarty, iad oft their di: aniished head, Presidlent Pierce ? If wie di aroc of thtem, ie will act conasistenatly h3 tminiag aloaaf. But if wve ;appirove oft thema ilt be actinag inconsistentlyv, if we still :a to isol ation, when-a the causes far sat din;a laongrer e'xist. A tmian vl w heimbs a poast it c ~ apelfr a doug, would bhacat ing very.itemu tetly a if e stillI adhered to his po-i iiaai i%(ai t ad ionatr liis aggressaar hiad disapapeaure IWe enin see nto reason for aid vocatiug the umn Iah noation of presaervinag our purity and vi by 'seeluding ourselves from the rest oaf Southeurat States. It is tooa well kiaownt l ntitt anadiang our haabits of fedheral .,eebua here we re as 'maniy :aplicanLits lfar caflieu I It bisSate as~ anay othier ina athe Uionu. It i~ vain fair the Mercury to attempt to 4 viiace thae plel of this State, tha~t a lo-e favor that< Conaiventiaiu. are animaated lby a aith bu att tin the spoi." Whenu-our great Stri na, Mr. C alhouna, went into the Corngressi. G Caucus that tanminated Mr. Montrot, wvill .lfreury have its believe. that, not the desir eevate a staiesan~i anad pat riot to that high4 iianeei, hai "a taiilh in the spoails"' animaated hi Wihien thae Conivent iaan of 18-13 meat iind tare rplresaentatioln of the State in the Hiltitn Demoataic Conaventin, :andi was w~rmaly pa ipa ted- ini by the paraminaenat tanen oat oura S aand by Biuchuanan, Pahnaer, anad Alstont, of own District, amean whosea integrity hatve at abovey repraicht, are we taa believe thiat" fait hae spoai I." fundta anamoment's acceptancee ini t hearts? N-eer! Never! I in conacluision, let us beg the Mercury to den well the remuarks of Col. Ke-itt. T1 enmne from a disinterested source. He proch-Iu that the D~emtaerat ie thle onily Conist itutia party now before thae criantry, and the chanage, wihh has takent pla:ce in that pa~rty, st itulie, reasaons a chlangaa in our u sage. I Keiit's splen~idid caomputimen-tt taa thai partyv, cmmnuntd toP its consiaderationa. whenever, tog er with the Knoaw-Nat hinag papers oaf lie St t inidulges in utnmaerited aubuse of the meni loning to it. Yoctns Tau:Lv.--Oiver Mlillikian is as mauel a wag as a lnusiciani; anal to make his wag; the nmore sutc-cessful, '' lie :aleets thle dress maanner of a c~ergymanf." With his white er: atd aober black coat he makes not a had itt tian. He was at one oaf the hotels in Spr fichal a iew weyks ago, and his decidedly elei appeairaance etta:.eting the attenationa of thte p anty as they sat downt to dinner, he was en up110n to. ask a b!essiing. Hie did tnt refuse, gt oat very well for a sentenace or two: when he~ camae towardl the coniclusiona, lie fan as it was hais first attempt, that lie was uatt, uable to remembtaer the usual manner of clus sch an exercjse. After hesitatintg a tmom he recuollectead the tiuua sutbscriptionl of hais tes, andl he brouaght lais pet ition h t a losa addinag, withl great solymntaity. "Yours truly, ver Milhikin' " THE Delaware river iatPhiladelphia is fre o firmly thlat boat h fair the saihe of refreshma to altears and others have been ereeted or The Bulletin asays: The constanat-plying to fra of the furry boatsi, opposite the cenitre of 1city,'has kept the ice broaken up there, but ab ad below it is perihety tight. Some of ebannels that were brokon up thte tiver- by tg American were frozean over within twei for haours afterward sufficiently strong to mit pedlestriants to cross thtem. SLAVES ?N TNsT Taan ~PENNSYrVA A correspoindeiat aof the Philiadelphtia Led~ writind~ fraim HIarrisbuirg. atbouit thea proceedi ift the'Penansylvaia Legislature, says: lin a days, the Comtmitaeo of the Judiciarv ini Huse will make at wittena report on the sub of transit thro'ugh the Commttonweatlth of Sot rers with their slave property. The mtajoa rephort with take the grournd tha~t suach right ists, anad hast not beeni iumpatiread by ouar legi tion ; while the tinaority wvill Ihold the posti Itht such right does nuot exist, and hats been Es. CIIAsCELLOI? WAHMD.AW.-From serious in on- dis.position, this amiable and able Judge will of not he able to hold his Courts on the Third. - Equity Cirenit, at the approaching term. Hi. ry healthh is .s' tirin, that lie was induced to retire ar from ithe perfioriance of his ardnous duties in th the Comit of Appeals in Chnrleston, which has Vilm just conesind. its labors. Arrangements have been made -to supply his plice on the Eastertn Circuit, which is iii appropriate Winter Circuit in ritation, Lad Chancellor Dargan is to hold the Winter Cir cnit for Charlestoi, to which the law allows six. inq weeks, if so metich time is necessary. But the by Ch:irlecton Bar hiave represented to him, that es1 the businass of the Circuit will not iequire the; jv, whole of that time, and, at their renest, the* ot opening of the Court. for that Circuit will be the deferred until h'e third Monday in February - uch i In the Imeanitile, Chaneellor Diar-an will hold be-I tie Equity Couris for Marlboro and Darlington, ere in the place of Chanceltr Wardlaw, at the regu tle lar'teris as establi.hied by r'aw. 'e will~al46' hat hok4 extrai Courts fur Cisterfield. and Macion, d. at conveident tinies hereafter to b 'deinted;. the ot which due itOice will be :iven. the Chaneelior Dniikin, who'lins niWitMer CrT dnl enit for the present year. will sepply'Chanielle 0m111 Wardlaw's pikice at the Equity Court fur Horry, le.| Georgetown and. Williamsburg, .at the regula for Ites (it' those Courts. respectively. By this , :arrangeental, it will be perceived that thue pub not lie ser1,e will receive no detriment from Cha-ng )een ellOr Wardlaw's iudisposition.-Charlestoi nie Mercury. v Is fSov-r Cuo.I.A RA.ILRoA6.-The Charleston' 11Mercrv .says: r A largcre portion of our paper is necessarily r- enpied wfib the Annual Report of the South 'i Iarolina RaWilroa:d. It exhibits a htrikintg in file ,P crea.e in the busisiess of thqCq~pany for the past year; and, we lie glad-to see, shows that they are determined not to sacrifice the perma. t !feint interests of thie road, by negalecting the le improvenent of tile trick. Duriog the list S. year, more than $200,000 have been expended to n such inprovemnern.s; and we recognize, with tr. satisthsction among those that are contemplsIted, r the filling up of the, trestle work at Aiked: >U- There ought to be io untiecess ary delay in thi.+ re work. It was erected as temporary,' and wras meant tat be tilled up vith earth As fast as pes. sible. It is, doubtless, very firm now, but it ed cannot last; and it is important to the charater Itof the raad that the progress of perfecting this portion of the track should not be intermitted. Ii-eieral this report will be higrly satisfae ry tory u t lie Stockholders and to the public. til. the WAstiscroN, Jan. 29. the VITrENT ASSAULT UPoi GREELEY.-As'Ho ose ree Greeley was coming from the Capitol Build tol, ing this afternoon, he was attacked by the Hon. re. Albert Rost., of Arkansas, who, with his fist, the inflicted several blows upon the defenceless head the of Greeley. Wheni Greeley was approaching the thicNatioial Hotel, Rust aaain struck him over the arm with a stiek.. The'assalt is supposeo to Wel- have been eiused by some severe striet fres in - the Washington letiers which appearfd it tile sd 1141Trihine newspaper of yesferday, on Mr. Rfust's a proposition in the House, requesting all the can. .hI didates for the Speake-rship to withdraw fram s the coiteAt. IS a1 KANAAs AFFAIRS.-A despateh in the Sf. Louis Otf Intelligeneer from Westport, Jan. 16, says: Things being to look better- in the Territory, is in some respe)cts. Last Friday, Sheriff Jones tie was sent for by one of the Freesoilers of Law >renet'. to serve a writ on some of the citizens of the Ethe pilaice fair raibbing his store. I have just seen I to a letter traomi the Sheriff saying that lie had ar in, rested aelme six .or eight of the citirps-s00'a iinto. ebarge of stentiing--had no0 dilliculty except with -- a in I one fellow, who drew his pistol find sWOreOk the |woild not be taken. Jaones thon drew his, and it s walked up to hima andl milde the arrest. The ion-i fellaiw enaved. H e searched 'rever:Wt houses in mia! l 1,a'vrence, and found a good many of the stolen up. gooids. he Sheriff Jones has also arrested some ten or vith eleven of the* party who rescued the prisoner she iransioan from him,. who gave saeenrity for their hen appe'aranee at the next term of the Court. iritl' . r __f H YD E N IAL. self (Ix the 23d1 Jan., in Putnam County, FIa., at the oly residlence af Rev. Wma. Johinson, by Rev..\l:N. tae S tricktlanid, Rev. .f. It. IhunxRAK. and Aliss Asov. ion I.LI.A C. Jonsxsozs, both ot Flurida. 11 Also, ait the same timne and pinaee, Mr. Wu.ftaux ' L. Tasolwer.t. andl 3iss Jossrmazsi I. Jonsxsos, re- hiah ir t-'ltri,la. "'4 ' Colu.bia papers will ptease coipy. n0 Mrar.ier). oni the 24thi Jan.. at Live Oak, Riht lanad listrict. bv Rev. .J. L.. httynoldsa. D. D)., .. - H~lu'rs B~coo'as, aof Eadgetield, to MARaY Gooni'N, - elet dauther of Gaav. Jas. H. Adams. .- Ox tao 2h 1)ec by Daniel S. Bus, Esq., Eoxiso k. Min~rox, of Edgetieldl, S. C., to Miss ExxA Tex -tue p.-ros, tof IBurke county, Ga. the Ox the 30th aof Oct. 1853, by W. Tiammernian. hal Esti.. M.r. 110t..1so Ter.av, to Jse SUMMLIIALL, all cit: fthis Ditrict. (JOathe 27th ait Decemuber 1855, by tlesanie,Mr oW ~ if.tLlAu Tesfn', to, 3iss Euiz.cnErut S.urxtaP.ALL, ni sall of this Distaict. -no Ox Thaursay thue 24th .January,by thesame, Mr. tes. Rouca-r .\cFaucii. of Abbeville DistriefT, to Miss >nal M.ucaoaE-t lofcltu~tiELb, tat Edgenleld District. the Os Thursaday the 24th1 January, by the same. Mr. to A . I). Sxrn to Miss ELIZrA C. GAIILs, all of thie i-li District. id au O BIT UA RY; -ti- r0:n, at die resilice aof his Step-Fathei-,' Dr. Jas. st', II. Adtiais, ain ilie 30th:1 uit.. Jouns V. TrIL.M., aged our 17 years eleve'n months anti 5 days, of Typhoid Pneu li united hitl to the HonsCreek Baptist beiri ,-i.<tent membier until detchi. He was perfctly asig ed tao the witt oftGod.- .' .. The 'lure was a union a (as many amiable qualities in I'the c'hasracaer of this young man ak can, perhaps, he icunnoiid uniutd in that of any aine inut uhue whole country. tilS Kind, abliiging and respectful in his deportment and mal uncommonly correct inu his habits-ho lived without cry repiroach. ilavingt given thimself away in an everlaut ing covenani, to tlim, wvho is ever faithful-he died n-l without reiir. Wittinig to occiupy an hnmbte- place 'lhere. hie tias received from his 3lastcer a call to " come wo u tp ig ser." ite M as on ic No ti e, be- R EG U L A R Coiuununicaitioni of ' CONCORDIA LODGE, No. 60, of A. F. M., will be held stt their Hull, ey on Satturday eveninug, 1 6th Feb. at anud 7 o'lomck. By order of' the W. M. .ja- A. G. TEAGUE, Ssc'ai'. m- I 7i TnE Frienuds of Mr. ROBERT D. BRYAN ~resp~etfully annouince him as a Canaidate for Clerk aund for Eadgetiehal District sit the next election.' "d, Exc to' Notice. 'rly Erqetall peu'sons indebted to the Estato. ba 8 T of .Jaeob B. Smnitht, to comec forwatrd by thc. tt, 1 0th of February, and make some arrp~mgement with, t tus in~ order tat sve COsts. by BENJAMIN WAT.DO, G EO. A. A DDISON. Eeaos Feb. 4, 1856. 3r 4 - -Notice. it. T HA~t Y Placed1 all my~ Notes in thte-hands if .G. d --m W.-ficndrum, FEsq., for collection. Th~'efer' the all indebted with not pru'dently by settling up byo obefore Rcturh day. P. R. BLALOCK. Fe b -2t - 4 the. AdmniRistratortS $3l0, ity- H E Distribatees of.the Estate of lohn Schuma .1er- pert, dleisisedl, are huereby notified-that there will be a tinsal settle'ment made, on saidl estate, on St. Mondiaty, ihe 17ith dasy of Miach niext, in-thes Ordi iir na' (Jihi0. at EdguefelilCotirt Houise, and alt sha D Iistiributees of riad estate are reqnested to attend ut the time and plauc aforesaid. And n)l persons hair ing daemnands augainst said estate are reaquested to ha. isnd them in to the subscriber at the time and placce ~.h sfrai. . JESSE SCIIUMPRlT, Adm'r. rity Feb. 6, 1S56. 6 4 $.a Physdcians' Buggy Trunks and Pocket ton ~II EDICINE CASES--for sale by ex iv~. A. G.&2:T. Ji. TE AG UE, Druggists. M,.)' 0-3 - if 1