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Thoste desiring to advertise by thet year can do so on liberal terns-it beinr di.4tinctlv indersnood that con tracts for yearly advertisint, are conlfined to the imme diate, lemitimate business, of ihe firmn or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, vx ADVANeCI. Fur Advertisin; Estrays Tolled. Two Dollars, tn be paid by the Magistrate advertising. [From the fondon Times, Fe!. 2.] GREAT BRITAIN ND TlE UNITED STATES. The omission of the United States from the Queen's speech provokes the criticism of Lord Derby, and may possibly be a source of some additional bitterness on the other side of the At lantic; but probably the United States were well left out, for there is nothitg that we could say about them just now that is likely to please them. For our own sake, as well as theirs, we could most sincerely wish that the machine of govern. ijent in the great republic worked a little more smoothly, and was not so apt to get clogged in somie place4 and stimulated to violent and dis. tructi:e action in others. Differences have arisen, a-s they will arise occasionally between the best friends, between us and the American Republic. -War, always odious and de..;truotive, would beI against such an etnemy a thoutsand tines more revolting than against any other. To sweep her commerce from the seas, to destroy her navy, to ravage her seabord, would be feats neither dif licult nor dangerous to a power with such forces as Great Britain now possesses, but little would be the honor and heavy the loss of this suicidal triumph. We are unwiling to fight-not he. eanse we fear our enemies, for never were condi tions ofcombat more unequal than those would be between Great Britain and the U. States at this moment, but because we cannot bring our selves to regard them as enemies tit all. When Lucan spoke of a more than civil war, he must surely huve alluded to such a war as would be waged between Great Britain and Norh Ameri C:L The parent devastating the fair inheritance of the child, kindred hands employed in rooting out that prosperity, tihe increase of which ha-s overilowed in the tide of riches into this i6land, are subjects too painful for contemplation, and from which the mind of every Englishman turns aside with unconquerable disgust. Let us have war, if need be, With atty other nation, but not with those colonies-the proudest historie monu niit we possess, the most enduring memorial of Auglo Saxon greatness. Yet what can we do, and how avert that which this extnao:dinary nation, those who have at least the legal right to speak in its name, seem to be determined to bring upon us? Were the whole attention of the whole public mind of America bent upon the question, we might hope for sati-faction and a reconciiilitin ; but what is to be done with a nation which is driftint heedlessly into war with a people poessir a splendid army and the tinest navy in Kie world, while it possesses, in truth, neither the otne nor the other A fe w lthousanad soldiers seat tered over an itmense continent. anid tessels carrying in alt about 500 gutns, aire literaly all the re sources with which the Unite-d States confront the enormous fleet and well-trained atrmies of Enplanmd, about to be set at liberty by the hum pending peace wvitht Russia. if we were the aggressors-if, takittg advattge of the enmor molts dispairity of our force, wa had been tmean and base enotugh to force a quarrel on an un-I otfending tneightbor-no words would have been stulliciently vigorous to reprobate our conduct; but what is to be said whent a- Power utterly helpleas fin tfiiltary and naval resources in.sists on fixing us with a quarrel which we have as little parwer t'o avoid as it has adequttely to carry out ?'* - \ie find, indeed, itn America an Executive Gouvernmentt, which is ready enough to exchange defiantce with us, butt thatt Governmetnt is on the very eve of its dissoluttiont, and is well known to be using au quarr-el with Great Blrtiti as a meatns of conrting popularity for thte cominig elections. We haive a dlilference with it vwith regard to certain laes iti Centracl Anmeriea. aind the-interpretation of treatties relating to thtemt. Whether we are right or wrong in our view of the case, we will tnot stop to tnqutre ; tat any rate, we hauve adopted the mtost conciliatory step itt our power, for we have offered to leave the , quarrel to the arbitratin of atty impatrtial State and. to a bide by whatever award may be given. America rejects this offer, andi continues the argument, which a succe',iotn of letters atnd memnorial s havuie worn completely thread bare. Meanwhilo a bantd of pirates, issuing~ fromt her own shores, seize tupotn a portion of the disiputed territory, atnd, so f'ar front repressing their out rages, we fitnd the naval forces ot the United States engaged in assisting them against the auithorities of the State which they have invad ed. Our offers of an amicable reference are re fused, and armed violence, seconded by thme forcec of the State, is let loose to seize by force that whiich we in vain beg them to refer to friendly arbitration. If we turn to another catuse of quarrel--the enlistment in Canada of American citizens for the Euglish rservice in the Crimea--we fintd a (1tarre-l intemperately urged and vehemently pressed by the American Government notwitht .tandimif our disclimter of any intetion to vio late the-ir mtinicipadlaws, atnd ottr offer of the :amplest sat isfactioni to the offededh dignity oif the States. Amends more thtan enough to satisfy the offended pride and wounded sensibility of any private ?rentlemtat, have beetn tered in vatin. T1hey eatnnot be cotent witht satialfaction unaless it be attended with humiliation, and reattire that wit should withdraw our deservedly popuilar Mintister from Washaington as mit expliation toa *the injured dignity of the Unioan, Wec trust that this rash intenton is not finally determninedl ont, or, after so fi tgrant and unproviaked an in snilt, it maay be long indeed before Washlintgton will- behold another reprsentaiueof the Cabinet of St. James. But let us appeal from the Executive Govern ment to the people, and see whether the repre sentautives of the commn'ity will support the Gomvernmnent in foarcinig upon us, in spate of offers of-satisfaction and appeals to arbitration, a e quarrel to us most, unwelcome and unnmaturatl, antd to them assuredly most disastrouns and ca lamitous. Alas ! the representatives of the people can give us no antswer. Tlhey have eyes and see not, ears have they and hear not. They have mtc together now for seven weeks, but they are concerntig themselves with nothing~ relating to the public except fruitless attempts to elect a Speakeen The Ameicatn press, to its honor, raises its voice agaihst this state of things but raises its voice in vain. In the anarchly tnd suispenlsiotn of all the functions of governmient into which the country. has falletn, the E~xecntive sems emancipatted from. all control, and das pose-d to use its power to drive thitngs to a point at which, thtoughl the reasont of the conin try tmay condemn, jit p:utriotism will be bound to.stupport them. Thme aitutun is becomting every day more critical, and we mata~t aiwait thte resnit with at firmness inspairedl by a conifidettce in otur strength, and the knowledge that we have dotne mind will yet do mall that a pa-itie and honiorable ntion enn do ho atvert the catastrophe which seemts imopendinge, tnt, over us, butt the tnat ion that has surrentdered the care of its honor antd pee into such hiands ait so manxious ma mto ttent. TuE K{now-Nothin~gs, ini convention at Phlilaidel phia, have nominated Ex.President, MILLARD FuILLxonr, of New York, for the Presidency, antd ArNonaw JAeKSON Dos~soN, of TPennessee-, for the Vice Piresidency. The Iirst is a Whig; the lacst !ta be.:n a mDemnocratt. So the rEominaution is. as Col. Bssnos used to denominale such tisaw gull tran, to taike Demnocrats in." _ _ If. ARTIUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. su - EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCIl 5, 1856. th F0OR1 KANSAS. dr Young men who are desitous of emigrating to Kan sas under the auspices of tl.e Edgefield Kansas Aid es Committees, are requested to hand in their tiames as W1 early as possible to either .some one of the sub-commit- 8 tees, or to the Centrtil Committee (if twenty-one, in (r order that the extent of the preparations necessary to Ib he made may be at once ascertained. III C. W. STYLES, g Chairman of Cent-al Committee. ef Edgefitld C. If., March, -lit 8G. w MXr. Gary-e Spieech. d WE were much gratiled by the tone and nanner of this gentleman's address befur, the meeting of Monday. gr An abstract of it, taken by a friend, has been handed re in for publication and will appear in.our next. It would afford us pleasure to publish also Mr. w Tti.t.s,.'s able and eloquetit remarks up'on the same itr occasion, ifhe ca,, find it cotvenient to furnish us a transcript of them. One Hiudreil Dollars Plore. Capt. E. B. 1111t, notifies us that he has received , one hund red dollars fur his Kansas company through Ie Hon. R. F. W. ALL5TON. It is the contribution or pi some gentleman whose name we are unable to make a out from the manuscript before us. bi Excellent. The blackberry wine sent by our old friend, W. II. is really excellent. Many thanks for lite very accep at table treat. Appoilntanint by the Goversnor. II. T. WatadnT Esq., has been commissioned by his B Excellency, Governor ADAts, a Notary Public for te Edgefield District. 01 A eknkowtedgtenixi- in WE are indebted to lon's A. 1. BUTLER and P. S. BaooKs for sundry public documents, speeches. news- cc papers &c. The remarks of our Senator upon the if proceedings of the late naval board are characteristic of the man, original, hold, racy and eloquent. It will afford us pleasure to give them a place in our next ot isite. Their perusal will doubtless he to our readers, di as it has been to us, a rich treat. hi Dealh of A Palnemetto. T TuE Patriot and Mounttu ineerr ublishes an obituary at notice of WItt.LrAM 1. GOODL.TT, a member of the nq Palmetto Regiment. lie was in actual service in all el the bittles upon SCOTT'S line of operations except It Molino del Rey, Chepultapec and the Garita.. He p came out of the war, like many other unfortunare at soldiers, ruined in health, and has at length fallen be- I Iof neath the effects of disease then rnd there contracted. be Self-sacrificing patriot, sleep in peace! fil at Chester Produxcts. Nil Oua cotem. of the Chester Standard tells of some C several gold specimeni, of palpable genuineness, which have been found-.in different parts of that District. T oreover, a corresponident of the Standard, by the ti, name ofCJown S. STRAIT, puts upon recort the account tI of a turnip raised over there weighing.7lbs 7ozs ; ad- B ding by % ay of glurification, " even Edgefield must fo give up the point." 31 And for the present, Edgefield dies. d Totght Times in Yark. TuE SEjirr observes that between seven and I eight hundred cases have been returned to the spring term of the Court of Common Pleas for that District This is about double the return for Edgefield, a dis trite twvice as large and more thtan twice as populons. Some cause of congratulation on our side ! The Catrolina Spanrtans. Tfit s statameh joturnal lhas just etntered upon its thir- 1 tcentti volume. Toostis 0. P. UntoN Esq., is now associated wvithi .llessrs. CAvis antd Ta'ttaliEa. Mr. t Vfraxon was one of the firm which projected the en- a terprise of establishaing a district paper for Spartan burg. Hie now but returns to his " first love." Under ci the joint direction of these three highly capable gentle. al men, the Spartaa must achieve a wide and - enviable di success. Our best wishes attend its progress. How the Czar Feels. nt A correspondent of a Parisian Joutrnal reports that h, the following speech was recently made by the au- al tocrat of the Russias to an eminent diplomatist at a time Court of St. Petersbturg : "J'ai les Allematids en pitie, les Anglais en hiaine, n ei les Frantcais en admiration." Whinch, en ntrrtd is to the effect that lie pities the Germans, hates the Einglish and admires the i - OR FCO3DION PLEAS. Ia Tts Court commenced its;3Iarch session for Edge- St field on 3otiday last, Jttdge WV H iTE it presiditng. We Ct are glad to see his honor ini good healith anad spirits. lii Under his bemign and ettli:;htenied direction, the term tut will of course pass smoothly and pleasanztly. P * --- tli KANSAS MIEETING IN DAiIJNGTON B A spirited mneetintg has been hteld in Darlington il- . lage to promote emigration to Kan-as Territory. Ef- o ficient action was taken. A commtittee to raise funtds was apipoinited atnd the amount of $Mt00 subscribted on the spot. In addition to this, Col. J. D. Wit~soN, of; Darlington District, has off'ered to arm and outfit five :i volunteers itn thte catuse. And still the wyork was pro, gresing. Well done, Darlington!N ANOThKER VOLUNTEER. Captain J. B. Lastoaost, of Mlarion., (formerly of i Edgefield) proposes to leave for Kansas with as many sl as are willing to join him. provided Marion District t will defray the expenses of the expeditiotn. In htim brief c appeal to the people of that District lie makes the fol lowing strong point: i "IWe risk our lives in defenc of Southern rrghts.. T hose scho subscribe only risk the pmitry sum of a feto dollars." "IN TIME OF PEACE" &C. The following resountion, intrmoduced by Mr. Oaa in thme National Ilousie nf Revpresentatives on a recent I occasion, strikes uts as intdicatitng the trite policy of outr government itt a military pointt of view: R~esolced, TIhat the Cotmtmittee otn Natvaml A frairs be t instructed to iniquire into time expediency of increasmng the navy of the United States by imnmdiately con- at structing fifteen addlitional stea frigates. not exc'-ed- Ia itg fifteenhundlred tonms burden each, antd that they at report by bill or otherwise." TIhe very thing needed at rtis jintuttre, whent the London papers, in viewv of peace withm Rumssia, are vaunting the ability of England's tnaval forces to de vastate our defenaceless coast. TIlE BEST YET. li On Tuesdlay the 19th ult, says the Cheraw Gazette, 8 there was a lot of 19 negrnes soldl in this place, upona itth credit of one and two years, with interest from sale, es for the suimof $18,113, or an average of $9-10G3. The a ages of this lot of negroes ranged from 18 to 3G, must at of them being under 20 years. Th le negroes were A, e No. 1, of their class, but were not such as would have hi made the highest average. Such a sale is not on th record, and when any of our editoral fraternity caiPt w beat it, they will please let uis know it. w Subscrtitons Withdrsawn.si Tuit True Carolinians understands thmat the Anderson stock-holders in thte Savannah River Rail .Road have resolved tn withdraw their sutbscriptions. The reasonth given appears to be that suspicions were entertained, that the road might be butilt up to some point itt Abbe- i ville District and there discontinumed. Biut thti surely i cannot be the real reason. - i T1ttu New York P'icuiyune is conavinced that BAR I-n suats energies will soem britng himti wealth and a posti-in tiotn in Wall Street agaitn. "lIe is," says the Ic, 1, "of the genus Yatnkee, species Conntecticulec, and the cr sharpest of his sort." it A ropow of r3rarch. T|r TitE windy season recalls thu followitng old stager Al of a conttndrum: - a Whon was the first whliitler, attd w-hat tuna dlid lie it whistle ? llThe intd ;and lie whitstled 4 over the hills In~ atd far away." New-s frcm OJraangetauirg. ti Thme last Soiuthrout contaitns itnformnation that P. HI. Iis LaREY, Esquire, formerly editor of the Clarion, ts ari about to start for Kansas. We ascertain also from the wl same paper that Mr.. .M. DANTZrv, aof St. Matthews, th has contributed one hundred dollars to the aid of thte su Kans....... i.... of :OL. BROOKS AND THE DEstu1CIATXC CON VENTION. Oua immediate representative has addressed a long d able letter to Mr. SLIDER, of Newberry, on tne hject of South Carolina's representation in the next :mocratic Convention. Itis out of our powertu lay before the people of Edgetietd this week; we most refore content ourselves with presenting one or two iking pas-ages. Upon the mnatter of our State's ty to the South, Col. B. remarks: I have deliberated upon this quesiion with the drep solicitude, and ha' e reached the conclusion that i have every ihing to gain and nothing to lose .hy ing into Cobvention. We shonhlhe t here to mnte r Southern brethren in demanding a platformn of inciples, and a candidhiie we can trust. We should there to encourage our friends, and urge them tp to t highest point of Southern sentiment. If no other ol results from the asmiciation, it will relieve or ate from tie charge of desiring to dictate to her uials-frogt an alleged assumption of superiority ich is always offensive. Waiving every other con leration, I would have our State represetted, in or r tu promote Southern harmony. Since the opening of the session I have made it my ny to confer witl every leading Dmocrat in Con ess from the South, and all coocr in regarling the preseitaition of our State under the pecnliar circnm tnces inl which we are now situated, as a hih ino I obligation. The legislation of the last Congress is in ottur favor, and the present administration is as je to the Constitution as the needle to the pole. :ides, we stand committed by the lust Convention of r people to co-operate with the South. Many gentlemen who cherish the extremest South rolina views--who earnestly desire that South Car na principles shall pervade every Southlern State, d shall be engrafted upon every Southern heart i me that it is all important to them, to their princi s, and our principles, that the Soth should present unbroken front at Cincinnati. They tell me that South Carolina impracticability is a stumbling vck in their path, and in the onward progress of inth Carolina doctrines." Shall we strengthen or taken the hands of our friends I )ur member's concluding observations will command ention from their frankness and pointedtess : The contest for the Presidential nomination will be tween Pierce anti Buchanan. The antecedents ofr ichanan are good, bit those of Gen. Pierre are het r. Gen. Pierce is the choice of the Soutih, andl in r own State I do not think that one man in a hun ed objects to him. The strength of Buchanan lies the fact that lie is backed by the large State of nnsylvania. with her twenty-seven votes. His ends trge his noiniattion upon the ground that lie is riain to carry lennsylvania, and that it is doubtful that State will vote for-Gen. Pierce. If the Somth firmly united upon Pierce, Pennsylvania most yield. ow, the compromise I propoe to tlie people of our ate is. to senal delegates to Cincinnati,selected from r ablest and best men without regard to past party Iferences, and that they be instructed to vote for -anklin Pierce for President, and to use all hionra. e means to secure his nomination front first to last. ie conditions upon which our delegates will enter e Convention, will give strength to Gen. Pierce; I d if other Southern States imitate our etnmple, his mination is secure, and tha' is equivalent to his eilon. If he is not nominated, sonic other soumnl: mocrat will be ; ani as to the obligation which will volve upon us to support another nominee than Gen. erce, I think I have shown that we will do that in y event, rather than embrace the iother alternative d vote for a Black Republican. By the pursuance this course, the escutrheon of South Carolina will i preserved in its pristine brightness. no blut deno ig the desertioni of a frientl will rest upon it, d the act will harmopize with her pro'festion, that e sustains the man who supports aid defends the mstitution of his country. This may all prove very correct advice in the end. ae writer is at the great centre of political informa in and is of courso better able to form an opinion an we who see things " through a glass darkly." It we would simply suggest the enquiry, why t his regone conclusion in favor of the present Chief agitrate ? It is advised that the South Carolina legates be inistrnetedto rgrje his .notininatioff from st to last. Wit if"it be alcerta'ned, after full con rence between southern delegations, that tiere is a illingness anong them to concenitrate unt-m a south n man! Suppose for example that Virginia's inino ce should make one of her own suns thus acceptaile. otld it not be a pity that Soth Carolina, by any edeterminatiron in l'ierce's favor, should be a bar to e advanemnent of a Virgiian's nominal ion 1 It ay be said that such an idea is aibsiurd ; thatt neither us-raa nor any other Southern man will stand the st chance before the convention. We cannot see e force of stneh an asseveration. If we are not very ctrrectly groundled in our views. the huindred idele tes from the Soiuth will have it iin their puower to nrol the nomination. They will in all prohabuility re to unite first uponi Pieree; but if thre Northierni legates shall say-" offer us another man. for Pierce e cannot elect," is it at all imnprobalie that a second mthern conference may result in placing some other min before the convention 1 And why should it not a southern name? I f southern meni at Cinci-mnati, ter viewing ihe wthole ground, should discover that reliable suin thern cnndidate cotuld he madle available, ou it riot be the-ir dutiy to present suchm an one for rthern accetantrice aind to coittenda for his inmination ith all their strengi bli WVho knows what moight be e restult I Gsen.fia aca came into office, in atn an raked for manner by harmnontiing dliscoridant elements; id it is possible that a southern successor nmighit fo! w him from some similar combination of ciracum tnces. While there is a chance for suich it thimng, we rnetly protest agatinst any conmmit tal of Saiuthm Caro a's inllience to any namedi cadidate. If tas our enber thiniks) the coritest should be coinfinedl to EraCes arid lBUearit~iNs, the South will aof course fight e battle to lie end for the ill us, rious inu~tmbenit. tt she will do this without uncalled-for cominritals, er delegates will, it is hopied, be trite to the wishies their constituents. They dare niot he oitherwise. abi is guaranite entaugha of their course irn thme cron ntion as to thae issue het ween I'iaace arnd litco .t atd. For the rest, let them gu. urnshackleud. They ill thus stand ever ready to imtprove whiateve-r opplr nity may otTer to press forward the claimis of' a i tuhern nominee. The South is entitled to the next -esidency at the hands of the Democratic party. Andl Southern delegates to the Cincinnati couvention rep over hrer claims in the struggle which is there to ke latre, it will exhibit a stronger tinge arfsmubservien in the pimblic minad of rte Somth than we are dispos to admit a. at present existing. A VOICE FROM MASSACHUSETTS. BvmoaE us lies an elaborate panaphlet, having for title-" Is the North Right, or a Word ahbout avery." It is air argument addhraessed to the pmeidle Massachusetts bty one who styli-s lim'alf'' A l'el v-Citizen." Its tuoe andl temper are mhinoirale, ie its reasroninigs tad deduictiiiis savor of sioundat rise anal genine patriotism. The writer hianidles e Cnstittion's recognitioun iof Southeria slave-ry, the tof 1793 for the reitioniut of fugitive slaves nad rte w of 1810 (ainendatory of andl supplemental to that t) with thre power of one thioroumghly conaversanrt with e history oaf aour Governtunt. ie is free andt bosald his deirunci.ttion of A bul itioniism :tn:da Freesnilirin now existant at the Northr rnd espiecially mi 3Mas chnsetts. lHe eniters an earnest protesat against rte isrepresentations of partizant leaders and presses in sect ion of thme Union as regards the barbsarities of athern masters and tha ernormtities chrarged upon e system of African servitude, im a spirit of enilighit ed lberality, lie accords ito thme peopale of the Sooth full share of humanity, generosity, philaniihraiphy d piety. lie forcibly displays the madnrss of Naortha interference with Souther n institutions, drawing illustrations as much from the evils ther Nort h is ereby drawing imporn herself, and upon the slave shte ihally seeks to succor, as from the gross injiirie-s she auld thus inflict upon the slave States. We hail thme appearance of such publications with cere pileasure, particularly whten coining (aauthis e does) from that liot-bed of fanaticismn, the cit y of iston. They keept alive the retmnant of a hope, thrat e days of the Antericant iniont are not yet numbieread. cy suggest thme psasiiity of some comitg revirhsioni tme pumblic sentimient of the North, wvhich mtay yet ngrate a brillint era fo.a is great Confederacy Fr-e States-an era whien past atnmosities shall lie uikenr of with retiret anal atonted fmor bsy acts omf frater I regard-an era whren thme Government at Wash ;tuon sthli e athininistered tin thae bsroaud, fair lbaris of ial Rights arid Eugual lientefime-ana era whien parny rruptirns shahlI be iurotedh bty t he cotuai montmit ion all to pierp~tnate ihie blessirngs of civil lih..riy. onsanturds will say tat this is 'hiopjing agmainust hoape.' ul sot it may bae. Omtr future is indhuead inttvlve ini tarkess at once impenietrabule andi feairfurl. AmnotmheLr arter of a century tay not ha~ve puLiase beforme rev" tion nd cival war shatl be iuoni us. It is nteithrer imerical inor uniwiso to fear thie worst. A t ther samea me, it is natral to tope for the bsest. If this l'niutn anly to be preserved bsy the sacrifice of the rights ittereuts of one puortiron of it, then let it fall ttever may he~ thre accompanying hiorroirs of t result. But if its inat-grity can be assured iuponi ei groundas as the ret nrninag goodma-senrse atnd f~tir pilay th.m ........:... p.nic. to it. fra-iot wahrotiM I tohd iwrself scarcely less than fatse to the memory o 776, if we did not welcome the consummation will lratitude and joy. TIE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. We regret to announce, says the Columbia Ezami ter of the 1st inst., that the exercises of this institu. ion have been suspended. We might give a full stalement of the imnediatt muse of this bifortunate state of affairs, but it is tin iecessary now, and as the cases have beei turned wer to a legal tribunal, it is proiper we should forbei mnterinlg into details. The disturbance originated in it difliculty hetwteen ine or two of the students and a loolice ofilcer.' Ex riteinent running high, the Mayor thought it prudeni o call for the aid of the citizens in preserving th peace. Mayor Arthur and the people generally be haved with great firmness and prudence, and w4 were gratified to see so many of our most respectahli :itizens using their exertions to allay the excitement Ind that they were in a great measure successful. We regret to chronicle this unfortunate affair; hu if it is our duty a.1 a journalist to do so, it is int lesi ur duty, ir. relation to the College, to state frankl] lmr opininti. Although the recent emente was the im rnediate cause of the present interregnum, it canno be disguised that, for some time previous, then tvas much dissatisfaction felt and expressed in regar. to the late change im the admittistration of the College l'he events of thie past week, in connection with oui previous information, convince us that if the Trusteei esire the prosperity of this Institution, they must soot have a full meeting, ascertain the cause of this stati f thing-, and promptly apply the remedy, even i that should extend to the rorganization of the Facul ENGLISH CONCEIT Jons BU.LL was never known to admit that ther was anything out of England superior to sogse ihing of the same kind in it; it is very seldom that h acknowledges even an equality of excellence. Tel him of our American railroads for instance, and witl a seni-cuntemptuous shrug he will reply-" Oth, yes very good roads you 'ave, that's true-run fast enougi for this bloody country. But you caan't expect you roals to beilke ours. You 'aven't the experience, yoi 'aven't tie skill, you 'aven't the heuigincers, yot 'aven't a Stephenson-of course you caant expect it. Tell him of our fleet racers, and he will exclaim witl a smile of incredulity added to the shrug-" You racers ! Well, yes-you 'ave some pretty good 'orses Boston, Peyton'a, Red.eye, Nina-all pretty goot 'ores. But then you caarit expect to 'ave as fin, 'orses in this bloody country as we 'ave in Jlengland Yon 'aven't the stock, you 'aven't the trainers, yoi 'aven't the stables, you,'ave n't the tracks-of cours you cuan't expect it." Come dowti to lesser thing with him. Tell him of our home-brewed ale, and hi will pnt 'in, with a giggle siter-added to that amiih and shrug-" Yes, yes! you 'ave somepretty good ale But then you cran't expect, in this bloody country, 1 'ave such ale as we 'atve at 'ome. W'hy, you 'avent the manufacturers, you 'aven't the 'ops, you 'aven' the Thames water- -of coursa you caan't expect it." This standingjoke upon .nglish travellers in Amet ica has been recalled b, little paragraph we find il ai English paper before us. It is this: "Es t.IsI Baosso..-Pick ont the loveliest spot wle-e the most gqrgeons floiwers of the tropics expa:n their glowing petals, and for every scene of this kin we may find another at home of equal beauty an with an egnal anount of brilliant color. Look at field of btiter-cups and daisies, a hillside covere with gorse and broom, a mountain rich with purpl heather, or a forest glade azure with a carpet of wit hyacinhs; and they will bear comparson with an Ecelte the tropics cani produce. I have never seen any thiig tmore aloriouns than nn old crah-tree in full blot si atd tie hure chesttints, lilacs, and lihurnti will vie with the chtoicest tropical trees and shrnb Even inl the tropical waters there are no more beait All plants tihan our own white and yellow water-lilie or irises, andt flowering rush. There it is agaiin! Etnglish butter-cups aunt daisie: English gorse and broom, of equal brilliancy (becants English) with the pen nies, the dahlias, the magnolia the jesamines, thieoleaniders, the japonicas,'thte cact &., of the tropics. Iheard ye ever the like?1 Yet i' on't blame them. It is good to love one's lionm. an contry with a tdevohioii which'l finds traniscendat beaties in its every dell and tdiingle. This is onec the elements of an unidyinig patriotism. Anid in Eni land, where, frdli Chiancer dowii, trite poetic inspire tion has thrown its gaunze-like shiadowings of love at: beauty over every shrub and flower, it is at oe seemly and honest in lher children to look upon thei ihlsides and plainis as the choicest parterres in al Nattre's wide dotmain. Co~nceit it certaitnly is ; bti so blendled with virtuons itnstincts as to seem almot admnirble. A DDR ESS BY 3IR. SIMMS. TI'ms 'addlress deliveredl by WV. (.ii.xonx Sista E., in August last, uptoni thie occasion .of thle iniat g::ration of " Spartaiihurg Femalhe College," is iin th n -timd claissic style of that distinugnished gentleinani atn scolar. ie lays hoild of the great subhjett nif edt! tin with the bold gra.sp of one who enitirely con1 preetds the vast ex:eint aunt importance of nment: an mora:nl enlture. Ilis unfoldinig of the many avi nuie to: the mind anti heart, through which goodc evil is to enter accoruling to the educeatioinal privilege of ech son or idaughiter of ADoSMx, manifests the wr: ter's profoiit i'htimactny with hutmant nature in it thousand wanots andh neces.'ities. II is illustratiton a ie en.itimeinit, that "' l-:ducatiotn bears the sante rel: tiot to Iltunmanity wvhichet cuture doies to nature, atoidis ini beautiful thonmghts poetically ewpresseu Ihis estimat~te of the value of womian in the scalec beig; is att once just anid complimentary to that loveli est part of creahtin. Ihis hints upon her duties In lifc as contrasted with those oif man, are such as all prac tical philosophy fully sustains. In short, the addre, as a whlte is worthy of its author and the occasio that called it forth. We gnote a single passage as specien of its tone aind style. The speaker is di: coursing of woman's allotted task as wife and. mother Go with me to that mighty pile of rock, six thoti sanh feet above the sei, mass beetling over main black, wild, savage; great eliffs hiangmng loose in air gret caiverns yawnaing between them; the slicer pr ciie proiminent alt' ye the chasm which blacktl streiches a thinsund feet below-witout stay, steir ledee ini the interval, upon0 which the momr tai deer tunight standh with safety, or witthoult terre ad trem blintg! i the highest peak, on the sidle most preeipittm overanginig the disnmal chiasnm of a thousandl feet, th eagle has ittadhe his hotme, in a slippery cavern, reit cre:vice, ttpen.-'d by the bolts of hteaven. Ther rhwl a pair itf the.-e mithty htiris, in whose granudeui arig. so.litatry might andi ma.:nanimity, great mel hve ail ways bien phlcnaeed to indt their inoblest mod ehe. 'There they bireedl and train their young to thiei own hhtl ai powevtrful empi~loymienuts. hti 5n se, evel as ithe sun rushes ump into this hietvents, thatt the matl bird darts ittt to taithle in his beanms, ande to drin vuatr fritmt his ascending tires. Ilis eye chlletngt titt of the nut, and his great metallhc wings gro gollen as lhe rolls tamong the burning vapors. II sails free ; hianegs suspended on his on cetnre, anti at a: incomptithle distance lie beholis his prey, th silep, brotwsing u potn the hillside, ilhousandhs of fen below. Swi:ie r thani any flight of arron.-a rusi like that of the bolt-a hturthing tumult of wings tha rattle like plate artmotir as he goe-lie diescends upo; his vitimi which lie hears up in his steely talons ach streike of wvhich is steatht-to the overhanigiti pr~ciice~i where his mate andl young ones keep. Ie is t purveymr, the warrior, the huniiter-thie ennqueroir ie terformns the masculine office. lut his mate, is sihe degraded in lien's 1 Is her' one to tortify hter natture-to revolht her instints-t hitmble her pide. She tears the food for her youn -she "watches their nest-she trains their little wing in flight. liardly less powerful titan the male, sht an, in degree. execute his trusts, shiotuld the boltu the hunter strike him down in his flight. But site Ita her own. See her as shie watches, calm, immovable as then rock itself, while the stealthy viper crawls up wards from this gorges to her summits. In a momnto ie is writhinig in her beak ! andt, as the wolf an< pauthier trenit ahonie thte precipice. shen dashes ont nupo them, with fierce hill, and bloody taluit, every strnk of which is a terror, whtile lien sharp, triumnphatn shrieks attest to her returinting consort. the flight the issaimitt. Antd. whlen tno es itnvade ther homeni see her as site t rainis her yatg to the ediges of th, precipiic'. andh flings tht.-m oir intuo the abyss. Then as they ltutter-fatlling-she dharts how thtemt; hear them up-upn~ her bacnk tflings them op againi, int spacre, ndt h.-ats the drmwny atmosphere benteatl them, giving the buoiyancy of the winida to their efiborts ratnd showing them how lto lift and' frn their hittle wing lets, ini that exercise which shah entable them to its anI sway. in fututre Ilighit antd conhlict, the very windt which geiierante the storm! )o we sene ito meet exsamp~les in this history of mniher's care andti dnttines-the sources otf lien pridl annd sat isfaction~ ? ha there ainything ignoble in thiesi 'txercises h)It theLy dlegratde the feimale birth, in rehia iion to lier nmate ! witntkl ithey degradle the hutma: miothecr ? She is thus ite, a nd tutrtuire andl cer ish ier youtng tto teach their itfant winlgs to thy ; hi nnstain their infatnt elforts; to watch over anid protec their lumete from te enemiy. Site must watch thia ih e vipers of enniing, and treachuery, and deceit man envy, do riot cran I ho their nest-to hier bosom, or t the irs--c'omtissionedh to destroy ; that the wild beast iffpa'sion, lint", malice, hitst and' wrath, do not opetn ly inivade, even as the wolf. t he tiger anti the panther nl precipice! Oh! surely, my friends, there are no virtues more honored among men than those wi.ich S, belong to the duties of wife and mother.: Every in. stinct, every sentiment,every thought, every feeli.g, of the good and wise, unite to do them honor. ADAM'S WEDDING. D Sour irreverent wag of a scapegrace thus talks , about this old time occurrence: S We like short conrtships, and in this Adam acted like a sensible man-he fell asleep a bachelor and R awoke to find himself a married man. le appears to have " popped the question" immediately after meet ing Mna'anselle Eve; aid sie, without birtation or shruims, gave him a kiss and herself. Of that first ki's in this world we have had, however, our own G tholiughts, anti sometimes in poetical mood have wished we wrre the man that did io. But the deed is done; tthe ch1atce was Adnim's ant he improved it. We Hike 1 the notion of gettiig m -rried imi a garden; it is in good taste. We like a private wedding, and Adam's m was strictly private. No curious beaux were there, nii ctoaking old maids, no chattering aunts and grum bling grandmothers. The -birds of heaven-were min strels, and the glad sky shed its light upon the scene. D One thing about the first wedding brings queer things to us in spite of scriptural truth. Adam and his wife t were rather yonng to be married; some two or three years old, according to the sagest speculations of the ologists-mere bahies ; larger, but not older, without j a pot or kettle-nothing but love and Eden! R And what more, in the name of all the felicities, could any reasonable creature ask fur! POPPING THEN OCCASIONALLY. In the March number of Godey's Lady's Book is a Revolutionary Sketch, in the course of which a lad is ei introduced upon the scene who afterwards became D President of the United States. It was when GATEs S had been defeated at Camden and SUMTF was sur prised in his camp, that refugees from South Carolina C went flying, in squads, by families, and sometimes singly, to a place of greater security fetther north. V Old Mrs. BARNET lived in Mecklenburg County N. F C. upon the road which most of these unfortunates passed in their flight. Many of them stopped and X partook of her patriotic hospitality to the extent of a hastily-prepared meal and sometimes a night's lodging. el SuxTEa himself was her guest for an hour or two.-In a little while news came that the British were advan- A cing upon Charlotte. The old lady was of course up on the lookout for fresh intelligence and enquired ea- 1 gerly of every traveller. And here the mention of the J aforesaid lad, " who afterivards became Presideut," comes in: J Mrs. Barnett, standing at the door and looking anx itisly down tile road, perceiveI some one approaching. "Sukey, and Jenny Brown," ste cried, addressing her own child, antf the pretty daughter of ier guest1," run ont to tile road anti inqnire the news." The traveller was a lad on a sorely jaded horse ; the face of the rider was very long and sunburnt. Susaaniah asked tr him whence he came? " From the Waxhaws," was his reply. 0 "Do you know Major Crawford " d " Tobe sure I do; he is my uncle." " Ani who are you I" " My name is Andrew Jackson." C What is the news about the British !" They are on their way to Charlotte." "What are you doing down there !" "Why, we are popping them occasionally." n The long, slender face of the stripling was lit up with a pleasant smile, and bowing with the grace and f ease of a polished gentleman, he said: " Good-morn ing, ladies," and went on his way. As he passed the ti house, Mrs. Barnett had a full view of his yellow cheeks and long face, and she laughed heartily when rr site heard of his remark about " popping" the enemy. ti There is another little anecdote about this lad's "popping the enemy," connected (if we mistake not) with a place called New Orleans, and one PAcKEx HAN with some ten thousand or so of these same red coats. - COMDIUNICATIONS. b For the Advertiser: MR. EoITo,-As sowmas my business engage- T ments will admit of it, I skull furnish you a rejoin e ansa y eeting. . o e Atreurding to' a previous notice given in the Ad e:ertiser andt~ Informer, a latrge number of the -citi zen tof Edgeiliehel District mlet in the Court ilouse on Motntay evetting, the 3d March, andr Ors motion t'.\Mr. E. W. Satiat.s, Maj. G. A. ADoison wasi called to the chair. Also moved and carried that 11. W. Annots act as Secretary of the Imeeting. aThe Chiairma~n then proceeded to state the objeot I rof the meeting, which being done, IMr. C. W. S-rYLaS arose and delivered an ele gant antd patriotic speech on the'necessity of a speedyr ellert to do whatt gr interests and patriotism demande of us-showinig mtost conclusively that Kantsas is to be thec great battle field tupon which the issue of tiavery andi~ Black Rlepublicatnism is to be made. 0 i.Js.r AeE was next called upo'n : and the enthu,'"stti': appluse with which his sentitments were received1 evidence~d the fatct, that the people of i o1h1 Ed;getzeldl are fully awar-e of the immitnent dan-t 1ger thtthreattenis their favorite institution ;anzda that they are readiy atnd determined to render ma teriali aid itn ekiig Abolitionism on the plains of Otn request, Mr. G. W. Joses gave a most intcr estinig atccotunt of Katnsas, the climate, soil and pro ductions. He pre.sett d sufficient moties to thoseq seeking their fortunes int the West,or to those who, wit limtited meants anti industrious habits, togo to g Kansats to realise their ft:l hopes, lie presented suich a glorious description of the country general ly, that, ind ependent af jolitical motives, some of the sons of Edgelield will soon be seen taking their a course westward to carve out their fortunes. 0th-h ers, doubthess, actuated by the latter motives will -1 als wed teirfootsteps to Katnsas to acquire an hionorabhle fameo itn repelling the rampant spitrit of fanataeism, or make a ntoble and glorious stand in the caiuse of the South. , On mnotion of Mr..-losErnt A esy, the following . - resolutions wvere unaninmously adopted : Resoloed, That in view oif the importanc of se- t e uring Katnss, as a Slave Trerrito'ry, it is essenitial that imotmediate steps be tatken by the citizens of the Distriet tio razise nioney, mten andl supplies to, etiable thte prt-slatvery tieti to inerenise thteir numtbers in thte said Territory, antd tto be prepatred for anty con tingfencies tha~t timay happen to themti. Resolred, Thatt it is the vital initerest of South erniers tio extend the ar'ea of slatve territory, espLei ally twa~rds the West.P ReSQerrd, That a committee of twenty one be ap-r pointedl, who~se dluty it shall be to appoint sub-comi nyitttees imdter thtem. in each battaliion itn the Dis triet, in "rdier tto ratise sutlplies to facilitate etmigra tionz to Kamnsas, atnd to report thteir pr oceedings to ' an adijouirnetd meetitng on Mionday next. The names of the persons cedmposing the Com mittee are C. WV. S-rYES, .Josrn Ansar, JAmes 2 Sirratn, JAs. TanaT, M. W. Gar, Dr. Jos. Jessgitzs, Wii.son Anam., D. J. W'SALKER, 1). I). Mis. Z. WV. CAtwtn. . JoEL CanY, D~r. 'I. W. E Somcs, J. C. SxvL.EY, 1). DENNv, M. FaZIER, t Jaxes ToutrKiss, JiutEs BtLACKWELL and EDWIN t No further business being before the meeting,5 on nmotion, it was ad~joturnzed to Monzday next. - r Hi . W. A DDISON, Sec. 11 IThe Committee of twenty-one appointed under Mr. I ANEY's resolutions, proCeedled immediately to the ap pointment of the following Sub-Comamittees, and herewith suggest, to the said Sub-.Committecs, that they solicit and receive stubscriptions and procure thze names of persons who will consent t&, go to Kansas,u antd report to the Cemtral Comnmittee, or some meniber d thereof, on nr before Sale-dlay in A pril next. Andt it a is albo reenmmzended that the saidl Subt-Committees a call public meetings in their respective localities, and q m'e all dilligence to raise men andI money. 'l C. W. STYLES, Chairman. n E. WV. St nmt.s, Sec. Cen. Comn.I SH-COUllTTEES IN TUIE 10TH REGIMENT.a B eal No. i.-Capt. Willis L. Stone, Jos. Pa'dgett, Win. Mobley, J. C. Simtkins, Maj. Sam. Watson. It Beatl No. 2.--Capt. Win. Norris, E. W. Perry, e Wilson Hlolstein, James Watson, Capt. A. D. Bates-.t Beat No. 3.-Capt. Harris, Dr. L~angford, Maj. A. I al Jones, Jai.-Cameron, Lott Jennings. Beat No. 4.-Capt. W. C. Perry, Mmnj. E. West, G. g D~. Hluiet, Rev. Henry Heriong, Win. Culbreathi, Jr. -t Beat No. S.--Capt. W. C. Clark, T. F. Colemant,, i W. a e.......er~ IL C.C.n..,.a th A . . an. a Beat No G.-Capt. James null, Wim. Carter ]. A. ;urry, Daniel Proctor, Washington Holloway, Beat No. 7-W. N. Moore, W. Holloway,- A. Stal orth, Dr. Thomas Lake, Samuel Stevens. Beat No. 8.-Capt. A. Peterson, M. N. Deawr, James orn, George Si rother, John Quattlebum. UB-COMMITTEES IN THE 7TH REGIMENT. Beat No. 1.-Wilson Coleman, Pickens Asbili, ichard Ward. Beat No. 2.-Jesse Cumillion, Jackson Holmes, John ott. Beat No. 3.-henry Cate, Chas. Plunket, Lovet amillion. Beat No. 4.-James Perrin, J. J. Sentell, B. C. rard, Wn. Gregg, Winson Edney. Beat No. 5.-S. S. Wise, Benj. Hall, Thos. G. La ar, J. J. Glover, lenj. Thomas. Beat No. .--J. H. Hammond, G. B. Mills, 'Tho. rhatley, Thos. Miller, John Clark, Jr., Thomas J. avis. Beat No. 7.-A. J. Hammond, Dr. John Twiggs, W. f. Sale, J. J. Blackwood, Win. Spires, Jas. C. Lark. Beat No. 8.-Capt. Thos. Shaw, Nj. D. L. Shaw, is. Reynolds, Capt Robt. Meriwether, Thomas B. eese. Beat No. 9.-Washington Wise, Allen B. Addison, enj. Miller, Besij Bettis, G. W. Jones, Benj. Mays, asiu Day. Beat No. 10.-J. luiet, J. C. Loveless, F. W. Pick is, John Hollingxworth, A. Bland, Daniel Holland' avid Strother. UB-COMMITTEES IN THE 9TH REGIMENT. Beat No. I--R. A. Tompkins Win. Blackwell, Wra. anfield, D. P. Self, George W. Morgan, R. Jennings. Beat No 2.-Dr. W. T. West, J. L. Talbert, Col. rm. Quattlebum, J. H. Yeldell, A. G. White, R. M. uller. Beat No 3.-B. M. Talbert, Capt. 11. Seigler, Maj. B. . Martin, T. B. Cochran, A. Lowe, T. Burkhalter. Beat No. 4.-J. Collins, Col. W. Holmes, D. Rob toon, W. Hammond, F. W. Burt, Levi McDaniel. Beat No. 5. Wm. Prescott, Dr. J. Devore, John dams, L. Miller, S. C. Scott, G. MeKie. Beat No. 6.-Thos. McKi., Dr. W. D. Jennings, G. . Nixon, Maj. J. B. Ilolmes Dr. N. Meriwether din 31iddleton. Beat No. 7.-J. Lanier, J. Cheatham Capt. A. Hodges >n Moss, J. F. Burns, D. D. Brunson. Beat No. 8.-J. Timmerman,.G. Iholloway, B. Har r, J. F. C. Settle, Col. G. Cheatham, S. C. Stiom. Public eetisug. At a meeting of the Citizens of Edgefield Dis ict, held in the Court House, on the 3d1 inst., at 2 ock P. M., to consider the expedienoy'of sending flegattes to the National Democratic Convention at ininnati, 11. R. SPANs, Esq., was clled to the hair, and JAmrs A. DozIEa and CicEso ADAMs ere requested to act as secretaries. Col. ARTHUA SIMiNs in a few appropriate re arks explained the object of the meeting and of red the following preamble and Resolutions: WHER EAs, the ipterests of the South demand that e Southern States do co-operato in all posible ensures for the advancegient of their strength in ie American Union; And in consideration of the et, that a faithful few anonga our friends in the rthern States may reasonably expect, that, in Feting such co-orperation, the South'should not at without reference to their noble efforts in main ining a Cunstitutional Union; And whereas. oth these purposes are likely to be best promoted n our part, by uniting with our Southern brethren nd fellow-demoerats in the approaching Cincin ati Convention: Therefore, be it, I Resolved, That it is expedient in the opinion f this meeting, that the State of South Carolina hould be represented at the National Democratic jonvenition to be held in Cincitnnati, on the first ilondaiy in .1utne next, for the purpose ofrnominatin~ andidates foir the Presidency and Vice Presidency, 2. ResoLved, That Edgelield District should nd seveni Delegates to the State Convention pro osed to be held at Colum~bia on the first Miltnday in lay ne.xt, to. nominate suitable Declegabes to rep. esent the State of South Carolina in the said Cin. innati onvention. 3. Resolved, That to this end a Committee of wety-one be apipointed by the Chairnman of this reeting, whose duty it shall be to nonminate seven )elegates and seven Alternates to represent Edte eld District in the said State Convention, as afore aid. 4. Resolved, That we desire no further instrue innib imposed upon our State delegates than that they eject every nominee whio does ntot, to the full. re ogise the whole rights of our sectiotn, or wvho will t pledlge himself- to maintain those rights by every onstitutional means that may lie at his disposal i 'lected to the Chief 31agistracy of the Americas ,nion. The mneetinig was then addressed at length by l'i. V. GA av and G. D). Tn~.tx Esqrs.,who urged the rnportunee of unatnimiity of political sentiment at le South, and reconminended the appointment o1 elegates to thme State Convention in Co!umbia. on et first Mlonday in Mlay next. The resolutionms were then put separately and dopted by the meeting. George 130swell, Col. .Jimes C. Smnyley. JTas, tllackwell, Ehdred Mohley, .Johsn Tlollingsworth, II, '. Wright, Co.Jas. Sheppard, El-jah Watson, Dr. 3Bland, W. F. Durisoc, Lod Ilill. D~r. Thos. Lake, o1 David Denny. E. WV. Seibels, Esq, Wmn. Tague, sq. Capt. R. Ward,ADr. J. Lake, Dr. B. Waldo, D. ). Brutnson, and John Denny were appointed a mnmittee of twenty-one to nomainate seven delegatet nd seven alternates to the State Convention to be eld in Columbia on the first Afoniday in Mlay next, le fulkowing gentlemen were nominated: Col, L. Simkins, S. S. Totmpkins. Dr. Jotn' Lake, Col. 'W. Pickens, Col. John Talbert, SM. W. Gary, sq., Geo. W. Lnindrum. Andrew Ilammond,.John myley, Wmn. S. Mloaey, G. D).Tillnman, Esq., Dr. .C. Ready, W. N. Mloore, Capt. R. Mieriwetlfer. On motion it was resolved that the proceedings of is meeting be published ini the Villuac, papers. The meeting then adjournedl. HI. R. SP.\NN, Cnusatx. .TA5. A. Dozzren, See'ries. IAHINGTON. Feb. 26th.--Thte intense excite ent oeentsioned here by the telegraphie dis tees of the foreign aidvices by the steamers tlantic and Asia hias been allntyed by the asttn nce that there is nothing in theo Government ispathes s-inee received calenlated to dimtinish lie hope that our differences with Enghmnd, may e pecifically arr.tng,-d, althongh our relations 4th that country are not materially changed iee the advices received per steatmer Canada. Mr. Buchainan probably left England on the 0th, on a tour through the Continent. February 27. The Becretary of the Treasury has foirmally ecepted the act of the Legislature of Texas, s a full release of the United States. Trhe oney will be paid to the bonid holders after le expiration of 90 datys. THE Setnate has patted the Pension Appropria on bill. The Military Comimittee have been istructed to report what new fortifications are ecessary to California, Texas, Florida, and ten adjourned. In the House a bill ha~s been reported annull g the acts of the Kansas Legislature. February 28. In the-Senate to-day a message was received -om the President, enclosing the correspondence n the English e'nlistment difliculty. It is vol. minous biut contains ito new funols. It was or ered to he printed. A resolutioni was adopted sking the President if Great Britain had made ny proposal to submit the Central Amnerican aestion to arbitratIon. Messrs. HALE and 'oombs made speeches on the Kansas questlon, nd the Senate then adjourned until to morrow. n the House nothing of importance transpired, nd that body adjourned until to-morrow. Souru CAROLINA COLLEO u.-We iunderstand iat the exercises of the College will be resum tin Wednesday, 12th inst., with a ftall Facul , Prof. Rivers and Prof. LeCompte hagvitng cepted the appointments by the Board. A notice has been sent to the parents and uardins of the studenits to this effect, and we ust they will return to their Alma Mater with e determin ition to do justice to themselves .A m.-,-rolintinn. Mtonday '3d inst For the Advertiser. MR. EDrroa: The mode of argunent employed -by the Informer No. 3, on the subject of elections, is as iflogically and untiue as his conclusions are arbitrary.and incorreL I am sure that I shall not attempt' to follow him through all the wild vagaries of his-unbridled fancy. But. that the Legislature in the preamble of one of its Acts, did say that " the people are the best jidges of the qu:lifications of local or District itheers," and in the preamb!e of another, did declare " that the time of the Legis lature, which might' be othi-.rwise occupied in dis cussing the interests of the State. is too much en grossed in holding elections foir' District and hoeaf officers, and their attention diverted from objects of greater to minor importance," is n rt-asoi why the election of the various Biiards of-Conimssioners, the Escheator, the Coroner, the Magistrates, and the Commissioner in Equity should be given to' the people. One Legislature has no power to bind another in such matters-nor ire-its declarations itr the beginning of an Act to be understood as ar guments to influenee the action of a different BoA.yv of men. But the very Legislatures that adoptcd' the preambles, we have heard so much of lately, declined to grant the peop'e an more elections than they at present have in their hands. If, then, the declaration of those Bodies must be claimed as rea sons to control our judgment and direct our con duct, certainly their acts and their refusal to act, should be considered as reasons much more potent* to shape our policy. It would have been as easy for them to pass aets giving all the elections to the people, as to pass the two of which the,' Informer" so loudly vaunts. I maintain, therefore, that his deductions are not warranted by the premises, and ase, in logic, absurd. But the gentlemen - play on a harp of a thou sand strings," as to the loss of the precious time of the Legis'ature in making these odious District elections. They complain of the vant of opportunity for "discussing the interests of the State." My own impression is, that it these int rests were less. discussed by the General Assembly, much more progress in business would be made, and much more wholsome legislation would be the result. Indeed, it would seem to an impartial observer, from the vast number of erude, unmeaning and intermin able speeches that teemed in the papers, during the last Session, that many members did nothing dur ing the whole winter in Columbia, but 'babble and write out their prosy nonsense. , I am more astonished, though, at the bold asser tions of the 4 Informer," to establish the great loss of time, by the Legislature, in making the District or local elections. Do the gentlemen suppose, that they are always speaking -to a certain portion of' Aiken District? Do they suppose that their re marks will not be scanned, and their expressions. weighed by some few men capable of ascending to the height of their great argument? Could they tnduce even the " marines" to believe that half the time of the Edgefield or any other delegation, in the Legislature, is spent in electing District officers? Other gentlemen have seen the inside of the State Capitol, and have, at least, been allowel seats in the galleries, besides the very able conductors of the Informer. The facts are these, which can be testified to by thousands: The elections of the General Assembly'are carried on, and mostly com pleted at every Session, whilst the various commit tees are preparing business f9r debate; and the se lection of the numerou-s District officers throughout the State, being made by each delegation, mostly ' from recommendations and nominations by the pee ple them~selves at home, I venture the assertion, ona tmy responsibility to moan and God, that no delega tion, oin an average. has need to spend more thatn two whole days during a Session in appointing tho. officers for its Bistrict. This is the truth. Let it be successfully controverted, and all the blun~dern of the Informer, the "Szsr Dr~s" of the Geen ville Mountineer:shall be recived as oosp-l. The.' -- elections referred to, and objected to, are, in fact,. almost entirely and wholly made by the people themselves, for a delegation scarcely ever refuses their nominations, even dlown to the managers of elections themselves, ad the Legislature never re fuses the nomtinations of the delegates. The people -of a precinet determine who would be good manag ers to succeed the ol.l ones ; th.* people of a neigh borhood, who would be good mangistrates, to sueceedl thme old ones; thme people of the hlattallions, or the members of the boards them~nselves, or any goodl citirzens of the District, interestedi therein, determine who would be &;od Coimmissioners of the several Bloards to fill the platces of thte old ones, and they send thteir recommendations to Columbia which are. uniformly adlopted andl confirmed. Ihence there is no complaint in the Districts whatever, in regard to their local officers, and there is no hardship felt. Neithcr can I see, with an honest vision, how it is' possible for the most ingenious aspirant for ptublie applause, to make cap~tal out of these paltry Dis trict officers, for the delegations are generatlly agreed in accepting the ditferent nominations of' their eonstituents, andl, 1 presume, that there is no. member, eveni of the corrupt LegisLature of South Carolina, so mean and base as to avail himself of a diference of opinion in thte privatte, business consul tations of his colleagues to cnrry favor among the. diappointed omr discontented at home. Now, tell me, if ye be wvise prophets and sages in. legislation aind political econ'bmy, what plan more. effiient an~d peaceful and cheap could be devised, for electing the several Boardls of Commissioners, andl the -other Djistrict officers in coat roversy be tween us ? You may imake figures until doomsday, and sumnmon to your aid all the inapplicable statis ties in the American Almanac, and still you may* furnish no argument to convince the intelligent members of this community of the justness and. trtth of your position. Your iiroposition to confer the appointment of the managers of elections on the Clerks of the Courts of the Districts, is not only weak, but, in a deree, monstrous and gevoltinmg. Trho Clerks. themselves are elected at the very polls whicht they " would be called upon to designate manager's to eon-. trol, and they would thus be exposed to the greatest temptation which it is possible for man to withstand --thatt of subserving his owvn Interest when in his power to do so. You would throw in the way of: Ione of te chief officers of Court the most inviting bribe to corruption, because, unless he were made of the purest material, he would unquestionably bend to the promotion of his own success, and appoint such ofiers as might be most favorable to hIs re election. You, yourselves, will surely agr-ee, on Ifurther consideration, that the Legislature is a much more suitable organ to select the managers of elee tion bones, than the most incorruptible Clerks goul.. The scheme of giving the election of Magistrates to each Beat Company has already been tried, with ut ill success-atnd as you propose to destroy the. present military organization of the State-to pull. down every thin-the whole edifice reared by Sttto pride and patriotism :what would become of' the poor inilitary companies, amid the general wreck and ruin, and amid the tremtendous crash and up roar of the elements ? What would become of those galatt, gayly liattallions by which you hope to have tihe Commnissioners of Roads, Bridges and' Frriesm electedi Would they still stand amid thte widespreaud destruction ?-even the Goth and the Vandal, spared some remainis of Southern gratndeur. A dmit, then, that they should be spared, and an election for. Commissioners should be appointed to take place, on certain specified days. Would, any man of responsibility and occupation declaue them selves as candidates? Surely not-unless they should be allowed sotme rempneration for their severe libors atnd heavy respotisibility, and I know yon love the people too wvell to impose any addit onah