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Transient Advertisements must be paid Euouae s aandioatThree Dollars, in _RAdavdi ausair'Tiled,-Two-Dollars, to be - pabuthe Maisttatdvertising . *. -'-? S~dytI~ OelambiaR~aminer. em';to aqS1~Gii SI THEBIAIh. - &Yefeidete tavaw'ttatwe'have Advoeated a fair representatiopttble people of South CArpi atk the Ddno ati e onvention, to be hetl'5i 1nMhfi1Qhiti'Jbne- *text. We -Are still C "nila "tiit polif, #nttriotisin, and a more -p ct-ihif'ior ie6States'of the South, 'fth bi'Aiti fatt %drendy anppbinted t fireli 'o'a Convention to be held in . theistTl first 'Monday in 'Mty. We . h th i tifiif9 Itiitga f those rAho hatve as yet tAM Yi b'q'thi ibatter,- W*i, on sale-day 9n ;tk'fi pf 'tei to b represented atN t.tiettiT. - o .nbwapaper -writers in 'StMe ha%*bdhdicil't'P: denon. e this move mnt'isst-bf fulrat office seeker.and have -uiwmp tingThtnd'idout. theii annthemas aiMfilt1se WfoThtk -it their diuy 'o difilinte uef4 teloely,' dti fiialpartienatz juncture, with th*lbreltin bf the-South' in their politiehi mot~hfith. - They la ti mhvers are national, net~hteigh beigeri' eB.t what authori Ip'fio tlieie jo*riais 'en'oinoe Carolinians as nd iAtt1UgttnA4 V ho 'politica movement bdVe0iMtedir initiatkd -By-oh.porton of our citke tthbbt haitig 6her' Iihtve4 -mpugned or'thA4* itiies-,efeW st Certainly' this is al~onginigodisi, and' w'e'truit thit, al. tift Awe'Vtay-dff lid hpinion in relation to tiWf*illy.4 n drng'elegates to Cincinnati, we will be iosisd the anguage' of bitter invee. ti Ibi a quesidinihe'e' men -may honestly dMr-.ithokt ariy sneriflee of priniiple. .-.We believe tie- present position of afflrs re .q nhi6gtroWge -bionr at home-at the - seeth;'ne- Whil's eW or~oeth Carolina have heftabe enaprtiret-Mn-our politietl action i(*feetiet butrightA 'aid- institutions, It is n4wadidty -WW owe to our co-Statee of the Sehrhto tid present Administration-, and to oftsetfev, to'prove-our idevotion-to'our avowed -principles and repeated declarations, by exhibit. ingsyhdine,'t6'work eheerfully with those ~weere'alking"f fthe sulprt and protection o40tliese rights and inititutions. -W4 tu'greiteeednrrgly 'that there should be at1rdivibsorfamong our people on this qvoiti, segdeV IMiineift it-was exathled calmly and dipanatlyR , (hero would be great unanistity iddebrt sit mnting-with a large representalian ot'es -siter'tte. of the South. Unfortun *alely, however;- some -of the- people think thmt althddglt'we are'id the 'Union we ought to'be otse of-it; that wn shoutditake no part whatever ji(%fderai poltie, and thant South Carolina pa. tiha cotnssts in - ontinued -polit ical isolation ffetnfe'eitzensof their ,tister Stated, and that Sied-Rights jgbut arnothlere termfor utter Slate eglsiivenelm..: This position is not faunaed in wbedom,:patrotisiin,+i-policy. ~TheStatein her setereign inpadeybit-a' few years since, denied thec teyefseparte political act ion, and afiwa'eatons' cantaaw'.etending throughout her erteieita,'lecinred against it, and resolv ed to wait foir: co-operation from her co-States. Nor is it founded on patriotism. South Car. ...lin being a member 6of the Confederacy ialie(her willinyl' or utn'willitigly it mat ters not --thi high't d'uty of ttafriotiatn, nn'd the stern. etk sobligati~ofo honor, oh the part of iler citi zyi.*i dem'n'thattiey'.shoulii siistain the gov e~fiinnfwith whihshein eoun'eeted, and aid in e . tfd.hiit ott ihat is taeasonnble therein. bhe einoie' bratnitlas -if false notions of State ifrlde '' veept her from co-operating heartily witti t osi *hp'~mave the' satme intei-ests at stake -.thimuime tights and instit'ntions to defenid. If entire ifiliTn. ie -wh tt is aimed at by these ndio~'dent-State'Rigrits politicians and editors, t6 'Be dotsi-ient they otught to ret'all our dennt * tora atid Ruepresentatives from Was'-ing.on,an *let South 'Carolinat become an appendatge to the Buat, inre'ality,-what position do we~ h'oldl * fate RigfhtC an7 ~ethocrfiek in politics; fierce if'risoltftions andl denuncidtions against the op. p'6hnis o'ii tihitions and the assailants of ~ioursostitutionarirh's; reatdy, to take the field afiir~tth' tfid t fnaties who would bring de sirtielidn upoii'us'n'nd .dr hone, we yet would IbId oiir uteers and kue'k on, while oth~erA work ftir'Ite ccofingliu.nient' of the great end we *profess to' icu're-independencie and equality in the. Union or qut of it. "NSi;targe'prsportion of' ;he people of the sivel'idiiig states, affiliittedl in poltitical prinei Jboe4 *ith others frotu the Noriterni States, re sbtleffdi'itein !Convetttion to rilminate at Presi dent tpd to declare upon what grounds they will makland anatin'nnehta nomination. Our next JSneelhbrmy h'alingpceisely' the snme hopes . - W.'fei, the-sarie interests and rights to be lrfctefd 'the'same 'ind- 'to be accomplished, fe'e it toabe their dtity' to' be there, and invite dM to nhet titm, ani! we refuse. We say to them, there will be some anti-Southtern men in tut coneifve-.there may be some abolitionists e'ven there.'and we'ennnot be contaminated by titeir.p~t ieh b this' thei '.nya to treatt friends ahtd aftiels'in the great cause ? Is this tihe way :to beOt that sjmpenthy so necessary to close .p'olitient tinion? We ask 'arty man, however 'inleEff Catroli'ninn he may be in reeling and. ifbjdie' it under tita present aspect of politi. -- eal affairs in fIlls eobntry, tfta Commonwealth of South C~trolina enn rceoive detriment in repu ..gin ,'ono',pr grincibl~e, by s8ttiiig in genleratl .cconeilif Virgii, Nrth Carolinas Georgia, .KAiA~nid, MIiesisisipipi arnd her other sister States? -'~tl~reseni-expression of popular, feeling in thift'aesho~Ws a divided people; Ut'not se ultp~i so a* tO' irevenit a ~ representation in Cin d 'nati.' It may '&partial,.but as there is still h'r et before rde-Enoy'in April to reflect on 4 u ' "d a it' would be highly desirable to' a' .rejeseffati6 is 'possible, we . . f'tiM h't 'et'Iomth- will show a large neces Aboit .td'ifoAd bitrictR whkelh have already sent Nileg'atei 'to'ohd State C~onvention in May. We . b'2iveif lodto th~;enerai unbiassed action of d peopfe, fouraiths 'of them wouid wjllingly unite with their bretbrani in siding to select a woper nominee ns thle standard bearer of State aghts- au4 ,Jemnematie, principles. We hope tetyiehlang! Dist det. will .take some steps to be retpfesented, at Ieastb in the May. Convention afpolumbia...... TIhe following letter fromt President Pieree wvas, reeived by the Mercantile Association of lioston, to responise to an invitation to attend, and, participat, in the selebralion, in that city, of thie birthday of -Wash'ington'.We have never rgai a nobler or more truthful and eloquent trib ute.to1,...aIther ,of his Country,. expressed int sofe'w and, pimple words. . President Pierce, in the powvrtP move44he .petriotic heads. of his countrymen,. eithier, ley .spoken or written ian g~xage, hlas certainly few equals: WVAsiGro;,,Feb. 18, 1856. *G~trt.$f: I dr receive'd your letter of the yult:,Inting -ue,:i 'the name, of the mt'bers'f'Ml Ifferkaitleo.Library Association bf Boston, t'~ join :Mith them in celebrating the Itp6aefingiih'.dy of Wbshington. It would be'tatefoi-o are to 'listen to the instrue tive tfribgts and eloiquent words which will, on this o*dioh, be addressed to the association, . Bo ttii, of 'eourtd, wfil not be in miy power. . I hdi6r ihe' phrase' of rendering the tribute of your aff'eedonate reverence to the miemry -.'h =qn of $he revointiona-the foremost aIing t e underi o0114 American Unidh1 le lived'the- leder and the Iguido for 'our 4tbera; ,he'dieA to become the 'type of great ness to rs and to our - posterity.) It is no fabu lots glory which surrounds his sname; his are no doubtful lineaments, delusively magnified to thi e ~e in the dim *bscurity' of .ntiquity. jHe ;nd befwrests in'-w-eler ligbt of histoay, with all his faultless proportions of mind as of person distinctly visible. Whether in war at the head of armies, or .ip. eee aq thpt.offeabinets-whether in the'ex. aieL ortbuUlic iatl)(orityg pr in tha alm conts of coveted retirement-his entire life military and civil, public and private, is one long lesson -6f'b iidom-and of instruetion to his country. His career possesses a completeness, his charac. ter a dignity of style, hi-a fame a noble -ymme. try, which will caus. him in all time to stand fort' :as tie'repreaentaiive man of this Republic, and the model patriot of the world. If the people of every State and Territory jtr.Con4eration.-fathers and mothers, sons and daughters-woapld -assenble annually on the 22d 'of Februnvyr, in their iespective cities, towni'and h niets,,-and~listen to the Farewell Address of the Father of his Country, it would, in my judgment, neodiplish more in the way of awakening a deep sense of constitutional duty, of settling qutestionsi of- inral obligation in re. lation thereto, of eradicating sectional prejudice, of dissignting errors of sentiment and opinion, and of insuring security and perpetuity to the blessings which we enjoy, than any other instru mentality which man's wisdom can devise. In .psusing for a day, as You propose, to dwell upon the great- life o Washington, and to call to mind all the patriotism which, by act and by speech, he incule-ted, you cannot fail to refresh the love of country in your breasta, and to feel y6ur own- hearts swell ae his, through life, -never cesed to do, with a devotion to the common weal, not narrowly confined to place or section, but eo-extensive with lite broad limits of tihe Union. - - - - With my best wishes for tIhe usefulness and enjoyihent-of your gathering, I am, gentlemen, your ob'iged friend and servant, FRANKLIN PIERCE. Messrs. Charles G. Chase, and others. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR._ EDGRFIELD, . C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1856. Totice This. ZVWs have ioauthorized Collector out at present, therefore all indebted to us will do well not to pay any oe. lsp"e comuwaunication of the Rev. J. M Cntxs, is received, but unavoidable crowed out. It shtall ap pear in our next. OUR ABSENCE. Wa propose to be absent on a short.visit to Flori da for the next two or three weeks. If it be possible, we shall transmit dottings taken down as we go. The Commisioner's Office will be kept regu larly open during our absence, in charge of HI.. T. WaanT Esqr. THE WEATHER. "The last few days, says the Yorkville Citizen of the 24th inst., have been disagreeably cold ; last Tuesday morning we ha'd a small sprinkle of snow, and again on Thursday morning we had a considerable snow storm. We lhavs been informed by a gentleman that there is some of the snow yet upon the ground in this District, that'felt in January, making about nine weeks that enew has been on the ground ; something very uncommon for this country. " As we are going to press, every thing is shrouded in a mantle of white, aad the snow is still falling." Charleston ActiAve. The amount subscribed in Charleston for Kansas aid teached, at last occounts,some 4000 dollars. Ac tive preparations were making to increase the sum. Twenty emigrants had departed and it wan hoped a good many more would be ready to set out at an early day. -"4Positon of the State." A-rTENTrON is invited to a sensible article upon another column taken from the Columbia Examiner and under the above caption. The Newbserry Mirror. Tas paper is out in tri-weekly form and presents quite a taking appearance. Its conductors exhibit the true sprt of progress in this improvement and deserve to be encouraged. Termns: three dollars per annum, in advance. Subscribers should address-Rzae and Noa ats, Mirror O6icc, Newherry C. HI. "THE GOLD FIELDS OF CHESTER." How rich that sounds! There's the Chester Stand ard giving marvellous hints about the captivating prospects of certain gol diggings over in his country, mixed up with such expressiuns as "Lbrighat spe-cimens," " koaey-comb guart:" and the like. We dare say evry word our brother of the Standard writes is true. But we know something .about gold in Edgefield. Weve sea the Elephaat; and feel qualified to give the Clessier people a little advice upon this subject Take care how -you dabble in these nndertakings. We have had many gold diggers in Edgefield since BILLYv Doaw c'ommenced pulling out the precious lumpe from his celebrated vein; but, of th~em all, not one hils made a sti'ver except the aforesaid Doaxi him self-no, not one. And nearly all have come to the colusion that their best gold prospects are to be found in a well-manured and well-cultivated cotton field. The Hoen. W. W. Boyee. Tate gentleman is rapiudly distinguishaing hitaself by his powerful efforts In congressional debate. lie has recently delivered a speech upon Kansas matters which ispoken of on all sides in glowing terms. His bril liat successes precisely accord with what we knew and espected of the man. A Washaington correspon dent of the Charleston Mercury thus writes of Mar. Boyce's last speech " The debate in the House upon this snhject has been a very able one. Mr. Boyce, of souath Carolina, made a superb speech. He is one of the very best and clearest constitutlional lawyers in the Hlouase. His opinions alwaysi carry great weighat with them-t. His discussion of the man 'grave questions connected with this subjeor, was luminous and profound. He commanded, throughout his argumrent, thae unflagging attention of the-House. This is thes best test of a member's standing in the. Ilouse-. Mar. Boyce is regar ded hecre as having exhanusted the important points in the controversy. So far as the friends of Whitfield are concerned, alaey may safely leave their case with Mr. Boyce's argument... His constituents may well be proud of him.'" - Por the Young Ones. Have you all finished sepper, boys and girls ? If so, come draw up around thme table, take your slates and pencils;, and let's fall to work upon the following puzzte: A lady went into a shop to make a purchase, but found that she had niot sufficient money; she therefore applied to a friend to lend her as mauch more as she already had; she then paid away one shilling; they proceeded to a secound shotp, again the lhtdy borro'ved a sum of money egual to what she had left, and paid away another sahlhng; they proceeded tasa thaird shop, and again she borrowed as much as site still possessed, and paid away a-third shilling, whaen site found that she haad not any money left. What was the amount of money the lady had first, and what were the sums she borrowed? I Whoever gets the best answer, shall have something better than a gingereake. STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Wa take great pleasure in complying with the re quest to publish thes subjoined advertisement of the Seretary and Treasurer of the State Agricultural Society:. To'ruE PEOPLE.0oSou'rnCAROLINA. The State Agricultural Society. The Secretary is ready to receive the subscriptions of Life Membership, due on the 1st of .January, 1856, at the society Rooms, Columbia, S. C. Books finr subscription to Life Membership. Annual Maemnber shIp1 and thte" South Carolina Agriculturalist, are opened for the reception of names. For a Life Membership of $25 the'subscribers will receive script, whaich will entitle them to the freedom of theSociety as Members and Exhibitors,and a copy of the paper. If the Socie-ty should ever be discon iued, the original fee will be returned, as the inter est only wilt be used. Annual Membership of $2 entitles the Member to a ticket of admission to the Fair during the week, and the privilege of exhibiting without charge. The subscription to " The South Carolina Agricul turist" is S1 per annum, in advatnce. Gentlemen in various parts of the State will be de sigated hereafter, who will receive subscriptions of Life Membership, and deliver script for th' sname. A. G.SUMMER. S~cr..---endm Trunsurer. Culumbia. S. C. THE TAT" AND TaIgmr SOUTa. Noihing has yet occurred q induee us to.inodify oflr lately,,expressed conviction :-that thi State of South Carollha is (at heart) in favor of uniting in any eflort that may be-made, at Citioinnati or elsewbere, for the good of our whole country -and especially for the security of SoIuthern rights., It is hara to believe that a pej.pl, wliprofess(ased 'to be b verned in our policy hy an enlarged patriotism, shmilfturn a deaf ear to the call for help against the enemies of conytitu tional liberty, which is now sounded along the whole line of American States.' It is yet more difficult to realise the assertion, so cQnfident,ly vaunted bya few members of the Carolina press, that the people of gur State have no sympathy with a movement whose main objects -as far-as we are to be implicated) are.the up. holding of the broad rights of our section and the fur therance of southern affliliation. To credit either of these. propositions, would be to aspege the character of our fellow-citizens for patriotism and commvn sense; And this we shall not do. until the facts of -the case compel us to that conclnsion. As matters stand at present, thesefacts largely preponderate on the side of propriety and expediency or at least what we consider such.. Let it be remembered that, in. what has been done in South Carolina towards preparing for a rep. resentation in the aporoaching Democratic convention, theweight of ngre political leadership has been largely adverse to any participation. The most -influential journal in the State too (so, because of its age, ability and extensive circulation) has exerted itself to the ut most in the suppression of all uprisings of popular sen timent in favor of joining our southern brethren at Cincinnati. Another Charleston paper of high reputa tion and wide circtilation-a paper which, besides ex ercising considerable control by the usual reasonable ness and force of its suggestions, his also the complete direction of whatever Know Nothfig feeling exists in different parts of the State-unites iith its metropuli tan neighbor in this dampening rrocess. The papers of next largest and most general scope are probably those of Columbia; and of these, one has been bitterly hostile to a representation while another (we are sor ry to say) seems to have been chiefly engaged in ad jtsting its sails to the weather-gauge. Add to this, that the movement to effect a representation was awkardly begun and has not been systematically pro. secuted in any part of our State. Then consider the fact, that much has been done by the people in favor of, and little or nothing in opposition to, the measure under consideration ; And the concldsion seems ob. vious enough, that the State will go, an-l go legiti. mately, into the great meeting of Democrats which is to come off at Cincinnati in June next. For one, %e have based our position in this matter. from first to last, mainly upon southern grounds. At the same time we hold that, by going intothe Conver tion, South Carolina will be giving up none of her ancient independence. .She will not be endangering her state's-rights code of political ethics. She )vill not be pandering to ultra-national sentiments. She will not become more a scrambler for place and pro. fits than she is at present. No-she will go to fight the battle of the Constitution and of the South. She will go at the call of her sister Georgia. She will go to meet the hopes of all the other southern States. She will go to prove to them that she is ready in good faith to enact her part ingthle last act of the great drama that now approximates its consummation. In doing this, she scorns the false imputation of unworthy mo tives. She hears with suspicion the syren voice that lures her back with the tale of a so-called "time honored policy." She.will not be longer with-held from tike common fight. The camp itself is in danger, and none may now stand aloof from the thickening engagement. Looking at the question from this sotuthern stand point, we are tunable (be it hoanestly confessed) to con sider with patience the arguments of the opposition. Honestly conceiving that our State stands pledged to all manner of righteous co-operation with hersaitthern allies, and fir-mly believing that the occasion at Cin cinnati will be one at which the united South may be instrumental in shaping (and perhaps in fixIng) the future destiny of our section and of our country, wec can see no sufficient reason why South Carolina shouldl not lie there as well as Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi and the rest. The "time-honorcd-policy" argument might have had some little weight antecedent te the year 1852. Since then, it has become but the hollow semblance of an excuse for getting around the decision of that memorable year, a decision markedly and emphatically conclusive as to South Carolina isola tion. But even supposing that the decision of '52 hail never transpired, the "timne.htonored-polie)" argument is a pitiful thing when confronted with the present commanding necessity fur close, constant, perfect, in genuous concert of action in all sout ierna efforts that have for their end the vindication of southern rights and the triumph of constitutional republicanism. Our Whigs and Know Nothings may object that by har monizing with southern Democrats we do not achieve effectual concerted action. All reasonable Democrats, however, know this objection to be mere gammotn, seeIng that to unite the power of the democracy at the South is equivalent to uniting the South.-Thec argu ment adduced from thie possibility of contamination, by mingling with northern democrats at Cincinnati, is too superficial to merit attention. It is a poor estimate of the integrity and firmness o'f the Carolina character, that would pronounce it endangered by such contiguity. Weak indeed is our virtue antd tutnworthy the protec tion of any safeguards, if we are to be demoralized by so simple a circumstanc.--Hut it is apprehended that we are also to be de-Carolina-ized by this step. If to act in accordance with the demands of the times, to shape our course according to the changing difliculties that beset us, and to bend to the wishes of our spirited southern confederates, is to de-Carolina-ize ourselves, thn let the innovation come-the sooner the better. Used at this time, and with reference to the proposi tion to work with our best, our only friends, in the coming convention, the word "de-Carolina-ize" is but "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." The real cause of opposition to this movement in our State may not after all have been fairly sgt forth. It may possibly be found in the fears of ultra-conserva tives, that a hew course of affasirs wotild thereby be instituted and a new line of policy established amongst us, wthich would speedily result in givinig the election of Presidential electors to the people. Some sttch fears have been expressed. Without questioning the probability of such an event, we would respectfully. indite a word of caution to any who may be influenced in their feelings towards the present conven'ion move ment by an appre henuion of this kind. Beware how you place your State conservatIsm in the way of south rn redemption, lest haply you incur the curses of an incensed people, and you and your conservatism be swept into a common political grave. NOBLE OLD FAIRFIELD The "banner district of fifty-iwo" has not only taken the correct and only wise stand upon the question of representation in the Democratic Convention, hut is nobly illustrating the reputation of her citizens for disinterested patr otism by prompt action In the cause of Kansas emigration. Can we not do likewise in Edgefield ? We shall see. Read the following and go to wyork: An informal meeting of the committee was heal on~ Monday of last week, at which the subjoined inforina tion was received: Gov. Means reported having enllected within the District 9280; having receivedf from the Hon'a. Rt. F. W. Alston, of Georgietown, $100, and from Mr. Tra pier, of Charleston, 2(0; making a total of $580. Mir. Henry C. Davis reported having collected $180. Mr. 3. M. Rutland reporredl $50 from our Rep resentative W. Wi. Boyce, and $30 as his individual subscription. Mr. J. D. Strother reportid $50. Mr. R. C. John stn reported 50. Mr. Win. Biratton reported personal subscription $25. Mr. R. B. Boyleton reported personal subscription, $25. Mr. H. H1. Clarke reported from Long Town $150. Mr. W. J. Ahaton reported having received 100 front Mr. David Blake, of Buncombe, N. C.; also, $100 as him own subscription, and $50 for Mr. S. J. Alston. The above amount added to fifty sub'scribed by the Chairman make-s a total thus fair for thte Fairfiel Company of $1,430. The Coimmittee are regiiested to be ready to report finally on thme first day in A pril, when it is'hoped at least $3000 cash in hand will be at the disposal of the company. The Kansas MIeetng In Charlest on. We see, by the Charlesto'n papers, that a nmeeting of considerable enthusiasm has been held in that city to take into consideration the business of atading emi grants to Kansas. A suitable -address was in reaudi ness, prepared hy a committee appointed for that pur pose. The address, together with the following reso utions,received the sanction of the meeting. *RIsotLUTtocs. . Rceolved, That our citizens have the right to em irate to and abide in Kansas or aiiy othe1r Federal :.......y an.. ... ,tke with tem sueh prnnerty as is recognized by the Constiutions of this State and o th-United Staths. 2..Resolved, ,That the slave institution is one of Lte political constituencies of this Confederacy, and an elemerit under the sovreignty of eada slave 'tate, and that, atiy attempt to destroy it, other than by the con sent.and through the leglitmate action of those who havd its legal control, is -alike moral and political treachery to the system of this Union. 3. Resotced,'Tierefore, in view of these cardinal truths, thatit-is our right and duty as a people, " to promote the emtration of'such citizens as will go to Kansas, with a bona fde purpose of becoming inhahi anits thereof, and ailing the constituted authorities in maintaining ite Government and Laws now in force in said Territory, or such other laws as may be pas sed for the preservation of -slave institutions." 4. Resolved, That while we do not claim that either the State., or any subordinate authority, or any armed military organization. should as such intervene in the domestic afftirs of Kansas, we shall voluntarily as private individuails, furnish all necessary material aid, iithfn our lawful spheres of action, which tnay be needed by or useful to those of our felow-citizens, who are proper persons and may desire to emigrate to Kansas, with or without, property.. ALL FIXED. WE are very glad to observe that our village pump is all right again. And we must add, in justice to Council, that it would have been fixed long before this but for the sickness of the pump-builder. OUR COLLEGE. Tit difficulties which have recently occurreI in the South Carolina college are deeply to he deplored. If, as has been asserted, these difficulties are to be accounted for by the fact of discontent among the students with the faculty as at present constituted, it is certainly cause of mort'ficat ion to the State at large. When it comes to this' that the pupils and beneficia ries of a college are to attimpt controll over its organ ization and management, it is high time for both trus tees and professors to put forth their power resolutely in the enforcement of subjection to proper authority. Firmness and independence should then, If ever, char. acterize their conduct, even though the result be the temporary disruption of the Institution. Otherwise, confidence in its management islost, its popularity and standing are gone, and It ceases to rank as the great centre of State education which its founders designed it to be. But we have no further fears now as to the young men of our College. Their ebullition of temper is past. The majority of them are returning to the Cam pits; and it is to be hoped that all of them will do so. With that high-souled sense of honor ana propriety commoi to the intelligent youth of Carolina, they are already, we doubt not, prepared to acknowledge their error'and to bow reverently to the action of their se niors and superiors. It is earnestly hoped that there will be but few exceptions to this line of conduct. As to the.course the trustees are to pursue, we are clearly of opinion that there should not be the slight est giving way on their part. Especially in the case of President McCAT should they stand firm. To de pose a good and able gentleman from a high trust for no better reason than that the students desired it done, would be a fatal precedent. It would moreover be utter injustice to the officer. Give him at least a full and fair trial before decapitation ! Ani if we do not read incorrectly the following publication, he will yet show himself worthy his honorable and responsible post. We copy a card by President MCCAY, published in the Carolinian of the 13th inst: Sou'u CAROLINA COLL.GE, - TUEsDAY Ev .st. Mn. EDITOR: My first feeling alter reading the aburive and inflammatory personal attack on me in your paper this morning, was to reply to its charges, anI to attack the enemies who have been directing their fierce fire against me. On consultation with some wise frienals of the College, I have decided dif ferently. Andh it is the ohject of this card simply to annonnetie my firm dletermination not to lie drawno, by arty amnoutit of misrepresentation or calumny,iitto any defence in the public prints of my caondauct or quailifi 'catiotis fair mty presetat office. The appaeal to public opinion throtughm ie coluimits oaf a newspaper is often the only remuedv thait is left to thle slandelaredl; bitt in tmy case thaere is another tribunal toi which I can apply. The high character of~ onr Board of rustees will se cttre tao their decision, whatever it may be, ithe full measure oaf public contfidence. To that tribunal I make my appeal. Nature adejoands a dillerent course, but the interests of the Collecer are panrmtuns toa my own. However much I may snifer by the injustice dane tme, 1 can affird to await the decision of our Trustees, be fore whom it shall be may care to bring all matters coniected with my brief but inauspicaonas administra tion. Aly accusers will he there to speak nad to vote, and my case will be fgly heard. Conscio'us of my own mocaence of every unworthy accusation, confident in the ahidity that Gaid las giv en tme tia serve the cause oaf scienice anal eaducatlian, trnsting tao the sense of justice inial fir play whichl is instinct in every American heart. knoiiwim; my oawn loyalty to the Santhl anda to the sonithi tnraalina College, demaradinag the fullest atnd motst "earching inivestiga tiaon of toy whtole conaduct und talu~ahfic.ations'' hy our Tlro'tees,'I dea-y the stiarm which prejudice anal cabin ny have raisedh against me, aiad await the. verdlict oif our Board with calm andI perfect reliance that rijght and justice will triumiph. C. F. MlcCA1. Ancient anti Modern Poet ry. Ihere is an etratct ihiat briefly expareses n hat we have been thinking fur the last twenty years: Who dones not aadmirc the clear sense anal easy flow of Poapc. thle mnajesi ic imaginiation aif 1alitn, t he fire tand passioan olf Hyraon. anda the unaivaersal extcllenries of Shiakspaeare ? lBut with these, as with most oilier classic English poets, the paaetic. element co-exasted with siuch a clearneas- anad directness of expression, that the dullest miinds readily perceive the meaning, though they might nut appreciate fte beauty. Thec same simplicity appears to hasve been considered a merit in the great poets of antiquity. But whent I ant called upon to admaire die poets of the present age Teinnyson. hraawning anal at hers-i find that the adifliciul ty of understandling their meaning destroys the pleasure i might uotherwisae derive frotm their beatuties. Why - are noat poets tnow required to obaserve what has always heretiafmue been coansidleredl necessary to excellence clearne~ss and simipliety ? E"Ttuc Londlon Ateniznm exclaims: "a War with the Unaited States? The idea of such a war is incredible. If there be, in the catalogne of moral calamities, a ' worse than civil war,' it is such a con flict as might arise between America and England. The " Ptlns of Kansas." AN unknown contributor, who seems to hanve faciedl himself something of a poet, transmits the fol lowing exquisite verses accompanied with the permis siont to publish clhem, if we like. It so happens that we do like to pubalishi them, if fair nothing else than to Eow this ambitiotas wonner of the blase thu full com pass and altitudae of his first flight, lie shotuhla have profited by the fate of Icarus atid not have satared so near the sun at first. Yoaungz tien, to Kainsas you shouhl ga ; Take with you thecre tin axe, anad htoe; Twv'll serave yoau, to erect a hut, Thei doiar aaf atbolitiaon shot Up in the lains of Kansas Your ch:mttee it gona, to matke thec dime's; Altbave all atther fireignt ehimes,t The l~taad is gaoad, the coutry news, There is the pic~k, thet first for you,C Upon the plainsi of Kans is. Ilinil ! all ye southueranmatraots fair, . You all must give, a liberal share; Sell oly all your finger rings-t ])ispetnse with all such usoless things ; To sentd yaoung men to Kansas. Ye gray haired sires, awake, awake; I Bae libetal for yottr counatrys sake. If its but oneu daollar give, That these yoaung ni mny onte year live, While lfar away ini Kantsas. Young ladies, if you have a beau, I -Just tell him, where lie ought to go, e If lhe refuses, take a stick Anal on the. head hil him a lick, Atnd duive him oly to Kanisas. A Ramoil KANSAs MIAN. Rloughi enough, in all caonsciesnce ! Bable Belt, or the Poens of a Little LIfe that wvas but three Aprita tong. Stuct is thec title of a paaetic caintrnbution to the Southern Literary Mussenager, by TV. BI. ALD~nRcu Esaqr of Barriwella,8.C. It is one aaf the sweetest productions , we have noticed for years, evincing thue fact beyond all a controversy, that we have amonigst us a gifted and accoplishted poet. Whether or not Ala. AL~natotu s has written any other poetry, we are unable to say. c But this we dlo say very earnestly : that lie both cani and shouldl write more, much mtore. It is a duty lie owes to himself, to his. talents andi to his country. No 1 man couldl compose the poem which follows, wvidianit f such enidowmenits as qualify him to write many other i pieces of eqnal anal perhaips sutperiaoramerit. The mel oiy, the grace and the puathios of "latbie Bell" ate carce. surpas-.e, anywhere, nlessa i t ie in Moore 's ' atadise and the -L Let the reader awdan elovely owever and decidi for hi:Eelf.- - I lave you not heard the Poet'tell How came the dainty babie Bell T Into this world of ours ?. The Gates of I leaven were left ajar. With foliled hands and dreamy eyes She wandered out or Paradise! She saw this planet, liki a star, iung in the depths of piitere even Its bridges running to and fro, O'er which the white-winged Seraphas go, Bearing the holy Diend to IeI ave ! a She touched a bridge of flowers-those feet, D. So light they did not bepd the .elli o Of the celestial asphodels They fell like dew upon the flowers! :f And all the ai- grew strangely sweet! And thus came dainty babie Bell Into this world of ours! Slhe eame and bronaht delicious May !n The swnllows built beneatl'the eaves; Like suhenms in and out the leaves, The robins went. the live-long day; a The I ly swung its noiseless bell, A nd o'er the porch the trembling vine Seemed bursting with its veins of wine! 0. earth was full of pleasant smell, When came the dainty babie Bell Intu this world of (ours! C 0 hibie, dainty habie Bell! I how fair she grew from day to day! What wamani nature filled her eyeb. a What poetry within them lay.! Thise deep andl tender twiight eyes, So full of tneaninga pure, and bright As if she yet stood in the light Of those oped gates-of Paradise! And we loved babie more and more: V ' 0 never in our hearts before - Such holy love was born: . We felt we had a link between This4 real world and that unseen The land of deathless morn ! And for the love of those dear eyes. For love of her whom God led forth The mother's being coised on earth When babie came fromt Par.iadise! Fair love of him who smote our lives, And woke the chords of joy and pain ; We sai., Sweet Christ !-our huarts beat down Like violets after rain! And now the orchards which were onee All white and rosy in their bloom Filling the crystal heart of air With gentle pulses of perfume.- t Were thick with yellow juicy fruit, The plums were globes of honey rare, Anal soft cheeked peeches blushed and fell: The grapes were purpling in the grange ; Anal Time wrought just as rich a change . In little habie Hell ! Her petit form more perfect grew, And in her features we could trace, In softened curves, her mother's face; Her angel nature ripened too. We thought her lovely when tshe came, But she was holy, snintly now Around her pale and lofly brow We thought we saw a ring of flame! Sometines she said a few strange wordst Whioe me-aning lay beyond our reach: Gol's hand had taken away the seal Which held the portals of her speech! She never was a chil.1 to us; We never ield her being's key We could not teach her holy things; She was Christ's self in purity! It came upon its by degrees; We itad its shaAow ere it fell, The knowledge that ur God had sent Ths messeniger faor babie Bell! We shuddered with unlangunged pain, And all aaur thoughats ran into teatrs! A ad all our hoapes were changed to fe;rs- a The sunashine iaato dinmal rain Abutd we criedl in our belief 0,smuif- us gt-atly, genatly, Gad ! Teach us tao benad and kis~ the road, A tad perfect groiw thtro' grief !"a Alh, how we loved her, God enn tell;: H er little heart was cased in ours They're broken enskets-babie Piel1! a A t Tla hecatme, the messenger, The messenger from unsceen bands ; And wh~at did daitnty habie fiell ? She only criossed hoer little handle She ontly loakedl men meek anal fair ! We partedl hnaek her silken hair ! il We laid somel buads upon hoer braow D)e:aah's bridhe narrayed.* itn lowers - A ntal thus wenat daitnry lhable Dell Out of thoi< world oaf ouars ! Interesting Items.B "7 'lTax gambiling rooms in Washington city are safial o he koept tap in a style of oriental tmagnificence. ome letter-writer remnarks that "~ almost every other room otn the seconadflaoor itn Pennsylvania Avenue is isedl fur this putrpose," ~ tich of coutrae is a slight exag ;eration. [*FY Tair State Ifaanse itn Coilumb~us, Ohio, will bea wten coampheel, onte of th:: most magnuificent strulc aires of the kind itn the Unioan, anda will cost one mil ion fiove hutndred andl eighty-ahree thousand eight annredh anad eighaty-six dollars.-carcely less may be te cost oaf one~ new State House at Columbia by the ime it is completed. gg5 Tte Iotme Journal (N. Y.) gives currency to J e erronaeous statement thoat one student and three >olice ifficers were killed in thes recent diffienthy be-. ween the town marshtals and certain students of the I ouha Caroalina College. Whereas in truth, they are 11 alive and kickinig. [7' A s Artesian well is to be bored in Green street, gusta, Ca.t g7iar H American portion of General Wialker's army in Nicaragata numbers twelve hundred maen. gg Peni, speaking of the cradle-gift to the Em reas of the French, "0 would preier to see in France another sort of cradle--nam:ly, the cradle of liberty !'' !27 A submarine telegraph has been laid between - lie two shnres of the hBosphiorus. 27i Tue Sparnanhurg Exrpress states that corr, is elling at 55 cents in that district and will probably aperiance a still further deel ine. E" LaATE Yiriginian papers report the death of an Id ad much respectead colored woman, familiarly nown as "0 OlaldtAint Nannie," near Powhatan Court loise, in that State. She waso said to be one hundred nd twenty-seven years of age, retaining aclear memo y to the day of her death. gg Tine plantinag of corn in Edgeiield district was h ever mnore backward thian at present. a 27 Yesterday, says thte Columabla Carulinian of eC tie 3t inst., the solemn sentenice of the law was fr rnnaneedsa b~y Judge W'ardlaw, on James McCombat V nvictedl of the mtaer of William T. Cross, a mar- u1 tad oaf ourw city. 'rThe sad duty was performed in a eeply impressive maonner by the Judge, and the ec ,retched convict was u' ed nitha much feeling to give ye is few remamning day' .e has on earth to prepare for ec a judgnent ofeternity. The day fixed for the penal. of of the law is Friday, th-0"5th April next. -pi ?g During thec last ten years $99,000 have paisseal" arong thea hands~ of Dr. Tyng, oaf New Yoark, col- 0 reed foam his congregation for religioaus puirposes- Ii rh aichi would tmake an average of nearly $?.00 per week. " gg Tate uteamer Gov. Graham, Capt. Yongea, left a fortht Atlatic wharf this morning for Colaumbia, says n te Carlestoan Evenaing Neaos of the 14th inst., being ae frst trip on the new line. Messrs. Wardlaw & P lllker are the agents faor Charleston. (Bound for the Id port of Granby ?) 3g ' Ta entertaInments given by Governor aiken, ~ South Carolina, are saiad to suarpass, in elegance and ospitality, all otliers in Washington. gg Commnissaoners have been appointed to build of a Agrieitural College in Maryland, for which the b ,gislature have appropariated $6000 annually,.p LEAP YEAn.-A corrospondlent of the London isatch ha~s endleavuored to shtowv the connection hieb exists buetween scarlet aind leap year. Hek 'tys. that by ancient custom, a maiden wearing scarlet petticoat in leap year, may propose to a ahlar to matrry her; aind if he declines to do ~ n, and she shownivta a part of her'red petti. P' oat, he is botund ho present to her a' new silk s ress to cover it, and assuage her wounded feel. al giga. Anad ho atvers thtat under-garments of' this Y0 enttiful color have jwst been brought into ha auiatin with a v-iew to carring out thelaw in se tae c~ourse of the v-enr. Bitehtulors must lie ex- el eaedingy cattionts, there-fore, howv thtey give the mr .:ait eeo':ur~iaementt to the " p'pping~f of the sn COO1MUNICATFON S. For the Adrvi ler. 0 THE EDITORILL CORPS OF 119 13& ,GzmrLEM Eytt In the :very.commencenitnt. of tbe kl enterainamint, % hich I have been oligring yo$, iall hutoility, I'was fearful of subjecting *pyself i ifntfaI charg&jouihave.brquglit againaue.. It rain, in me, I humbly confes, to attempt to impress wholesome lesson on personages so di tinguished j you are fur all that adorns in public station ,and so ir removed in a bilities, from the narrow-sphere oflny wn atainments and the impotent 5'asp of my fetbIe Dmprehension. When you saw how 1 felt the dilemma i which I was placed, it would have been kind in ut, not to have exposed my ViUnity, ts it was cruel iM uu to emblazon it tu the public. 'he sagacity of the euple would surely have detected my unhappy infir. ity soun enough, and then you sluld have enjoyed ie ihotnor of being as generous as you are now great. You have miscunccived any purpoises every wherf, lid in every way. It is not possible, that a distrust i poor old man like myself, could- oppress you as an ncubus, even if ho were dispused to such hazard and vickedness. No! No! Gentlemen, sleep quietly leep soundly I shall have use for you hereafter. I ave nmeant to do nothing towards you$ but good oWi es. The horrible weight you have mistaken for ili ight-mare, was only at little ballast, I have been try nag to put into your' flst.-stiling craft. Does it feel trange atd cumbersom-s 1 Perhaps, there was ito lace for its Ldgement. Make room for it, my friends, will do you guod on un other day, when the seash.dil e rough, and the tempests shall beat agatinst your ark. It will enable her to vsent the waves, when the vinds shall howl through her rigg ng, and with masts rect, when the ocean shall be lasited into fury, "To valk the waters like a thing of life." I am one of the people, gentlemen-Editors of the uformer, and whether a Baptist or an Infidet, I have right to speak; because, from your own-oft repeated itimattuns, you have the destinies of us all on board our ship. Shall I then, not cry to t.he helmsman to Leer clear of tihe breakers, and tell the watch %%hen Ie storm is gathering above us? If the billows are aging, and the pilot is deal to reason, and the captain incapable of managing the vessel, they must be splaced from command, or we shall all be engulfed a tile briny deep. You, have constituted yourselves, by your reiterated .vowals, the guardians of the rights and interests of he petople. Your capability fur -the performance of he duties thus devolving upemn you is seriously ques ionrd and doubted by maniy good citizens. lit tAeir mes then, and in my own, (for I am a party in in erest, luowever unimportant in other respects,) I call pon you to give a boid for the faithful discharge of our trust. Sureties are required, and they must be iven, or your functions shall cease, so far as they af ect my interests. It is because, I am a party likely a sufer from your mismanagemen', that I have tite udacity to call you to account; and not because I ave the immodest desire of entering into such a hate. ul contest, or of even beholding my name arrayed in he very respectable colinins of the Edgefield Informer. asure you gentlemen, ihat I am not actuated, in vhat I iow do, by tihe ambition of exhibiting a little ruwess in the discomritare of an adversary. If I were >rompted by sich a motive, I should seek for other lme. linambiaious as I am, in my preten,.ions, if ither your obtinacy or your transgressions, should, ,t any time, provoke me to a conflict with you of eason and argument, the palm of victory, and the houts of triumph would scarcely be awarded to you, ven by your "Saluda L-gion," or your most ardent 4mirers in Barnwell district. You alledge in substance arnd several times repeat n ynur paper, thtat thre people havre turned their backs Iptit mae,'and that I am, at this moment, the writha -ictim of their intdignatiaon fair past political offen es. You say in fact, that I am vi.<ited, with thae biding wrath of an outraged people. if so, I am in' eed, sorry to learn it, antI your generons nature bould hia've made that the last secret, in all your pysng, to be disclosed to thae commuinity. It always ztxctes the compassiaon of a chtivalrmus crombatant, to c his struggling antagonist laid prostrate in thiedust. Jut gentlemen, I have the proud conisciousness te now, thaat if the peaaplc have turned thecir backs utIn i, I hatve not turned mine ulpon theim, iair upjon tlae allant P'halamnx that stomsl shaoulder to shaoulader wit hi ne, ina ahe wvar of 1i?. I shall never desert the ine of any frieinds, ni hen assailed lay greater iinmhers if the enemy, or ablanadointmy laithaful flag, w lien vic ory las declared fur the standard of tmy f..e. Can, at est, uric of yon say as much? %lWho atow attempts to ublickly ridicule Secasiuan and Nullification, as crimi. at abaartions, but the Jupiaer cumn febliie of the .dgfield Informer ? Whon attemupts to diatturb, ini heir new-made grave, the ashes of John C. Calhoun, he pride and glory oaf South Catolitna, amal of all americ-anid to detract froma thte clustering laurels f the man, who living aind strugglinag to the ist for his country-died' with hisi war-hiarness still eeking on his back? One of thle repaited editors of he Informer. Who hiad the redloubtable mnahood to tab thu denad Percy of Shrewsbury ? but Sir Johtn alstaiIl:-Anad who stow has thec boldntess to kick the ead lion of Suth Caraolina, b~ut an editor of te ,edgefield Informeri Who lias the htaailiod to stand ip before an antdience of Ealgefield, and denaunnee MIr. eflrson, the father of American Liberty, as a bad and iprinipled man!i Otne or the editors of the Edgefield nformer. WVho had the unabunshing face to rise in is plnce in the Legislataire, andr amridl te suppressed ittersof thsat ta hole Assembly (hi appily unperceived by tim int his oblivious and dreatmy d.alliatnce of love) Lu olemnize his maritage with lienjamuin F. Perry--the indisguised Champion of Whiggery and Federalism m South Carolina, and she only sons of hers, that never ras her friend in any rdreaadful exigency!i One or the ditors of the Edgefield Informer. I pray Gad to blast hat unhallowed munion with sterility. Deliver my untry from the monstrous offapringof their lascivious mbraces-."Mlon.-truma horrendiuam, insforme, ingens But gentlemen, lay not thec sweet consolation to your ouus, that I amn dead, or even sleeping, or that I liar. mecome an object of dizadairn or of indifIereance to my rlowcitizens of the Dist-ict and State. Ishialinever c before my time. I shall lant mnyself upotn a rock, nd wholly unmovead by the turbiulent ont-cries of the eiagogmue, shall defy the waves of faction, and the rhole kennel of subservient levellers and agrarian. isat may be let loose to worry me. When all the tan positions you niow advocate stiall have beetn at srly demolished--and whten you atnd your party shall ave suffered a total and dizagrac-efuil rout-nay, when i memory of yottr ranscatdenit effiarts, arnd of the [orts rof your worthy co-adjmitors shall be blotted on the minds of mecn, the principles I have espoused ill stand firm, because they are written on the heart rian, and fixed in the inmutalhe laws of God. I can already see the'ean:ire wreck and rtuin of your use, alhich an early day is to bring forth. I see aur disastrous cotnfusion, and htear youe agonizing >mplainta. The. deep-tmoned voice of your goodmaa 7the mountains resounds even amotng the hills and ne-barrens of Edgefiehrl, calling for help upon his ouse "a Nancy ! Nancy"-whilst she, good soul, can ly faintly and despaeringly respond-'-"Haste, my e, and come to me." Your union was unnuatmural, tthiti the prohibited degrees, like thtat of the Devil id Sin, and it shsall he blessed arid consecrated by lhing, no fruit but death, nn abhorred arid ugly odigy entailing dareful woes, and tortures inexpres ble upon the parents whto begot it. You, getntlemen, have yourselves acknowledged mr insufficiency, and thae hopelessness of your cause every line yoti have wrItten in response to my mmunications. Why did you alltide to any disap aintments I may have met with hefore the people!i !as that your only source of comfort in your conduct 'this controversy ? You certainly could not have ten actuated by so grovelling a feeling as malice or tty spite-for thsat was inconisistenit with your char Tere is one portion, though, of the remarks of the former, which I wuldl be imst happy to pass by in ence, but that it might prodluce some misconception the minds of the people. I mean, that portioan In hich the quiotatism of Johnson is employed, ma that triotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." I am re, gentlemen, that you have too much chivalry to ply to me, indirectly, so opprobious an epithet. If i designed to brand r~e witht an instult, you woitld ve the conrage to wtrite it in a single,disconniectedh nence, at I wouldl wisl; it done. Then I could ter submit or resent, as my .nature might prompt e. Ilhat since, in your article, yona mike mnentiomn of mec professionl of patriotism, lby me, andr in te same pers aight not place you in the same category wit mysf, and might give to ti; words you quota more pith than they were intended to have: I de clare then,haif yoti'pnrposed any deituneidflon of me, it applies..ith more tlhr."eqil force to yodrf' .elves, - and consequently I am led to infer, that no offence whatever was aimed at any one. Ypur unwarranted insinuation, thehnfidoking to the egisaI4for office, I shall not dwell upon since it is easy to perceive, that you appreciate in your argumentation no good act, which does- not spring from s'n interested and selfi-h motive. But I could retort upon.you your posyects before the Dgisaita egais),thi, bep f (hg ' "opldI' a pigb . the s legitimately draw some most astounding and convine ng deductions, if my feelings did .not revo't fAomuthoe bandying of course and vu'gar personalities. Inste'd, of engaging in a pastime so loathsome, I invite your' attention to an extract from the dignified and inde pendant presensment of the Grand Jury,to the Marci' term of th: Court at Edgefield, for 1856, as a fitting response to your tiraeeabout new Celia Hdses,i costly and commodious jails, and ornamental Jail yards: "The-Grand Juty; respectfany'reient, that they have examined the Public - Buldn, .and find the Court House and-all rujxoblje- Ofrecic good order and conditjon.. They suggesdt,ta theCopmisioners of Ppblic Buildings bp insteucted to have an opening properly grated in the rearef:f each of the cells of the Jail opposite to tihe windows in the outsid wall of the Jail, for the purpoas of ventilating 'and giving light %%ithin the cells. They furthe.r present, that they have 'xamined the' front ynd of the Jail lot, and approv 'f the improvq. ments now in progress 'under the supervl1sion of the' Cdmmissioners of Public Buildings. .JON-TRAPP Foremah." I am exceeding'y sorry, gendenen of'the hferners that I have been compelled to impart to this Commu. iacation a tone of severity unworped, in me.: Is has been do labor of love, The exposure or bare recital of. your desultory harrangues "ad captandwu pungis" ne essarily induces sarcasmand satre. Any reply to your effusions jimit taste of gall and wormwood. But yo 6 are secure against 'i'ssaulti. Your tender suscepti. bilities are so shielded by a l[appy self-confidence thas all thIe shafts of ridicale, the envenomed darts of wit,. and the terrible projectiles of logic must fall harmless, at your feet. You should sever provoke opposition to your schemes efseform or ambition. -They ean never stand the test of judicious scrutiny. Neither should you attempt wit orj repartee, for you ae ",ineompe. lent to the task." In a word, the fewer of your say ings and arguments you put upon jecord, thi better it will he for your surcess and reputtatioi ; uniss, like time Ephesian who burnt the temple of Diana, you are so bent upon immorality, that you have resolvedlio eternize your name, byleaving to posterity a t6wering and unsightly monument of absurdities and contradic tions. JOHN OF TuS Pzorts. For the Advertiser. To " Independence" of the" former" : Sta-You have niidertaken at my expense, to. throw light upon a subject which you ire entirely ignorant of. The surmises which you have heard from many that " Bufiord proposes to equip, trans port and support a certain number of men for the likst year in Kansas free of all charge, on their signing his pledges, is nothing mbre thin a grand; speculation, having for its object &a. I had imagined thIt all personsidisposed to u-. certain Buford's objects would have iven his Letter a careful perusal, but as it appears many have only hastily glanced at it and misinformed themset--. ves of its contents, I will' enlighten them on its. main features. A s regards Mnj. B~ufords intention to. support his men one year it Wsno such thing. Ag. regards pledge. thtere is not dne to higtn. AS regards. his speculations, his character is too well known eve itt South Carolina to require a 'denia.1 of that charge, Ile is known as a gentleman'of high stan ding, above any petty lanad spec.ulations, his objects. are oef a higher atnd a nobler birth ; his principles amnd.. patriotismn are of that order that he would sooner buckl.- on has arm -i and go to the battle field thman. stay at htome indlulgitng in hine.displatys of eloquence. zanda great ra.solutionms uf what ought to be done. Mlen who' wish to gom, meni .f nao means, will real thmis Extract of Bufurds. To renumnerate me. fur thte ~Irivitlege of jaoining my p arty, for subsistene an~d tr~amsportations to Kansas, atnd for furnishing. means to enter h:s 'pre-emnption, ea'ch enmigrant aogrees tom acquire a pre-empti.,m, arpl to pamy me,. wchena his titles ;are perfeic, a suam equal to thte. value of one half his pre-e~mption which obligation he umy discharge in money, or property at a fair. valn ti.'n, at his own option. - Inm explaationm I will adid tett tio man can take tip. 150 acres of Land withtout the certainity of having. to pay Sl,25 per acre for it. It amay possibly be oneo. Imotnth after his arrivaml as there will be a land sa!e of over 20,100 acres on or before the !st. June. If a poot mani goes with Buford he will bsppecured by - titles 1080 acres. If Bufurd flails to give titles, ho. is under no obligations to psy him one cent; If with the certainty of titles to 80 acres, their prospects. "grow benatifully less," methinks the 'prospects. of thmose who. go expecting laud for nsthing will be roawn in the perspective beyond recovery. Wekor f over fifty vigorous, stauncha, hard stokig mnpoor men who have determined to. accept Mlj. liufords terms and go to Kansas for the. purpose of bettering their condition, and opposing. abolitionists. I have heard thamtsome o'ne has asser-. ted that their votes could be bought after they arri-. ved in Kansas, by any party that showed the. "biggest pile," As a poor man identified with a ceom-. p:amy of poor men, as Carolinians we huil back the . insult upon those that propagate it. We go to take up . Lands live heanestly, and by the sweat of our brow.. we will earn our bread. As thec object of your communication appears to . be a warnaiug to men proposing to join me, I will simuply state to those of Edlgefield District that would ratlher giee a bond for double the amount advanced them, anad pledge themseloes to settle -and remain in Kansas for one year, they are free to do so. iorinig correeted your errors, I would beg you in future to be better asstured on a subject before yeu under take to give infortmation to the injury of a e.mu.<e dcar to) all Southerners. If I can find Ono lalundred Mcen willing to accept my terms and go witha me, it dos not concern you, if there is a Land speculationin view or not, it is between my company and myself. If on my representationi they are in duced to go, and on their arrival theyfiand those representation false on me, an'd me only, falls their wrathm. To time citizens of Edgefleld I would siae that I do not wish to interfere with their aid society, I started the Ball near two mouths ago of my own, free will and I expect au I anm taking metn from every. pamrt of the State, to receive my aid in the same, matiner. But ats we are nll fighting for one common cause, I see no reason aby my company should not receive, at any rate be entitled to some of the: "1'.laterial A iei" raised in the District. Ihowever with or without aid, I shall go, and a 'aplace in the~ picture" we v-ill have and that near " the flashing, of the Guns." E?. D. BELl4. For thet Advertimes. hia. EDrroa : lloping that these odd conceits may afford a amoment's amusementto someofyour readers, I haave semnt thema to you for publication. Please run your pen tharougha those which appear Incorrigibly dull, even thmougha the whole .batch abould he' cancelled. A young' gentlemnan just beginning to htave ha~is moustache examined wIt the microscope is a led, bait a hiod-carrier's stairs is ladder. A liying aimal withtout feathers is a bat, but a, mela'nge of latir, eggs, salt, &e, beaten together with some kind of liquid, is batter. Whenever a' anyhbodie" stammers and ap,tatters in in attempting to call hard namnes, you may know " thaat they are mad, but a certain poywd.r. used in dyimng red or blue, is madder. Mlmize, a specie inf grain indigonous to Amerieca, is corn, but the lanst whecre, two convergingin'