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Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid forIn advance. "For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, is AaVANCs. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by-the Magistrate advertising. From the Dnlington Flag. HON. JOHN McQUEEN'S LE1TER. We have received a letter from the Hon. John McQueen, from which we make the following extracts. This letter came to hand so late is to preclude the possibility of any remarks. It speaks for itself, however. " It would be exceedingly gratifying to me te see the State, and the Pee D, e country especi, ally, excited on the issue now forced upon the Houth by the Abolitionists in Kansas. There, is a field for putriotism and enterprise. Tham territory oriinally, slave, has Auiply been open. ed to the South upon principles of equality and jnstice, and laws have been passed to protecl our property. Northern fanaticism atid northern capital have sent hordes of nother~ emigrants expressly for the purpose of crushing out slave. ry. Armed to the teeth, and with an oper avowal of their purpose, they have opened to their settlement, Oregon, Washington, Minesota and Colifornia, as well as Utah and New Mexi co; but regardless of these, they go through and overlook these, although perhaps twenty times as large as Ktnsas, and settle down it that small territory, behind the State of blis. souri, with cannon and Shnrp's rifle in their hands, declaring 'to the world that they wil trample the Constitution and the Lawn under foot, drive from or inu-der the slave.lolder in the territory, and establish their rule. regardless o the South. This i6 the issue; and the North in the face'of the Law, has tendered it to the South; and the time is upon us when we mus respond to it. We must either submit, and le the territory be ingloriously wrested from us with the certainty too, that Kansas being a fret State, the same vile inendiaries who take tha territory will soon steal the slaves from Misson ri until she first, then Kentucky and others wiN inevitably di-pose of the remnant of those it their possession, until God knows how soon w< may be a border State. What under these cir cumstances will our people give? We have tht Constitution, the Law, and the President in ou favor. Shall we becomo excited on subj -cts o much Less importance, und overlook this of mos vital interest to nus? Or shall our people res pund to it as did our ancestry, who when thei rights and their interests were about to be itaa ded, resisted a tax upon tea ? Will we not re bist the invasion of our hearth-stones ? A boli tion has been lootaing up, regularly, and morn formidably, for about twenaty years. Now wa have an issue that no hypocrisy can disguise and it seems to me that duty, patrintism, an< interest demand of us action and that too with out delay. I do not mean b' action necessarill war ;-ail the laws existing in the territory art ini fao of our rights; those who oppose then mayltlald as traitors. In that position thej mu j~ain until new eleepion. lace. Thi A itiuts, through the'rtu anizati great nuibersiih Ufe~iefe~iiinlitiorl thatl the; will control the destiny of the territory by thm next elections: their recent conduct shoiws tha they will sneak back inito their forts and retreat anid make no fight for the present; but the; will only be the better prepatred 'at the time o the electiouns to catrry the polls by numnbers, ant thi5 is evidently their expectation, and it will b realized unless the South rally at once atnd mee them on that ground, also. it seems to mt there is every induement to prompt our peopli to be up and doing in tids matter. it is th4 first time* that the Abolitionista .have ever mad an inue with a in whbich they have not blhapec it in stome way to divide and paralyze ou strengtht. This is a plain issn, and all mos .utude.rstand .it. 1.hope those of our people whc htave the means and ennutot go, will udennect tiiberally their amoney atnd e~nergy to aid younif unen who have not thme means thetmselves to gt to ihe territory atnd settle early, that they tmai -secure for theinselves the most valuable landt which by pre-emption they will get at 91,25 pei acre, wh'ich one hand can easily clear by tilhntt the groutid the first year, and which in a shorn timo may be worth fronm $25 to 40 per acre. A nmatn goitng wvith one negro man betweer1 this and June, may easily buy the claim of a settler for a reasonable priee, turn over the innd with oxen, plant corn on it, antd without a single ploughinig atfterwards make from 30 to 50 bush els of corn on every acre be planits, for which, in so new a country, he ean get from one dollar to oneo and a half for every bushel he makes ; so that the proiduct of 4 or 5 acres thus cultivated the first year, would paty for his 160 acres, the extenat of his pre-emption, whilst lie in the mean time could do any other business which he mtighat find profitabile, atnd patriotibcally aid in protecting the institutions of his counatry, and rigthts of the South ; with a suffiient niumber of true anothern men to control the ballot-boxes, there will be no fighting with the Abolitionists, and the muiserable scum sent there from New ]England would soon fitid they were certainly in ,the wrong atmosphere for them. I trust our portion of the State will not behind other sec lions, having in no way the advantage of us ini ainy respect. I trust it is useless for me to ay I wviil contribute liberally as my mneans will allow, in this enterprise of duty and patriotism."~ KaNSs MEETING IN COLUAIBIA.-Judiging by .ine of the speeches, and the chief one, it ap pears that this meeting was a pretext for the op. posers of the Convention to let off their asper abundant bile and to pronounce phillipies agaitnst tur Congressional delegation. Has it come to this, that the fiery, impulsive, generous and pa, triotic Butlter is to be denouneed, for esersi'utg the privilege of a freeman-e pessjiug his opin inn upon the politics of the day! Is the calm, jntellectual and pure Evans to .be lautured as a 4.chOOl boy. under pretext o~f aiding to Southern ize Katnsas. Our ainoatoars aned no defence from us. 190 rpitit.ar how wve may be divided on winoy pattera, they havte a firm place in the af ifeedoms of the people by reason of their purity and~ fidelity. .So howl away. -Neither isc it necessary to defend our members qf Congreua. South C'arolita ha~s at no tie hadh a strwogge, purer or more brilliant delegation. Tbatt Col. Orr, by his. statesmanishiip, firmness .asd devotion to the interests of lis conatitllents -which has justly given him great influence both at home~ and abroad--has excited the envy of many, we ha e lotng believed. Ho will rise far above all their assagits, I;e is among the first men of the State. Our purpose, howvever, is ito linquire in what has our immediate aiepresettative, the gallant Brooks, beetn wantitng int duty, ,idelity or attach mnent to the interests of his a-nstituents. We aire proud of him. He has dope his shiare in keeping up the ancienit fame af ACaroina: and ,bis devotion to the interests ofl the South in Kansas, is at least, equal to that af any who participated in this meeting. If meetings atre to be held to denounce faithfulI public servants, do not tall them Kansas meetings.-Newberry Mir *ror. .SoUrtz CAnOLIrNA -INstFrUTE ANNUAL. FMRa. -The Charleston Standard ansys: In answer to an ipqtuiy of - A subscorber" weivnduld state that th. next anual-fair-of: hay South Carolina In stitste till be held in ths third-week of Novem ber.. 'he lat.-whi~h was- atyear'ago the-pre .Wtt sanath-ws irregdhatr, bnone avaing been .hed fordiremma te jd' 5?.s'. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1856. s IV gN-Several communications, "JOn OF TUBs b PEoIt.E," " M. TALFoUUtD," &c. are received, but ei cannot possibly appear this week on account of the v previously crowded state of our columns. Next A week they shall appear. a MORE CONVENTION DIEETINGS. n Marion, and Abbeville, and Charleston, and Lex- o Ington have lield meetings and appointed delegates a to the May Convention. There is no doubt now n that the State will be pretty generally reprebented g in that body. An opposition Convention, we bvlieve, has been mooted by certain Fairfield gentlemen, but no one has ventured to take ho'd of the matter. We trust the convention that In to assemble will It be guided by great caution and firmness. A bovo all, let nothing be said or done calculated further to distract our State. We are acting for the best; and b to accomplish a real good, we must, as far as we can, 0 reconcile our brethren who honorably differ with us. si JUDGE BUTLER & HIS ACCUSERS. It is sought to be made fashionable in South Carolina just at this time to arraign our ebteemed senator, Hon. A. P. BUTLER, for inconsistency of couduct and im purity of motives. Beside the studied attacks of the t4 Evening News and Charl -ston Mercury, philipics have tl latterly been fulminated against him from Columbia and from Unionville. One ortwo other minor machines have caught up the javelins hurled by their better . grown models, with the vain desire to bring down the towering eagle from his prid-i of place. IL is gratify ing to see that these eflorts have fallen in their inci piercy and are likely, if they produce any effect whatever, to recoil upon those who originated them. SWhat has been the political crime of Senator BUT LXI 1 No question seriously implicating either the honor or the interests of his State has here demanded that he should speak out with the authority of a leader and a guide. The policy of going into the Cincinnati Convention is to be argued, and has been argued, as a matter of propriety and good sense. No isue is necessarily involved in it that should call forth from our congressmen warnings of peril at hand. It I is accompanied by no dangers from withont nor symptoms of revolution within. It is a peaceful mea sure of State policy, threatening neither our happi ness nor our reputation. And as such we hold it to be one of those matters upon which it would be well for the penple to decide for themselves. The head and front then of Judge Butler's ofending ha. been that, while leaving his high-minded and intelligent constituency to adopt such action in the premises as their patriotism might suggest, he has yet ventured advice for the purpose of imparting to any delegation South Carolina may send to Cinciinati as much res. ponsibility as can be given to it by the judgement and infiuence of our most experienced citizens. Where is his dereliction of duty here! where his inconis ten'y ? Judge BUTLER l.as not from the first given encouragement to a representation in the Democratic Convention. And still he has regarded it as one of those things from which lie might without improprie ty stand in some measure aloof, at least to the ex tent of retraining from any uncalled-for official pro nunciamento against the views of a large and respec table portion of his peorle. In private lie has spoken his sentiments candidly upon this subject. Before leaving for Washington In November last wve heard hIm thtus express himself. And we doubt not, if he had been properly called upon, that his views would hai-e been readily given through the .press at any time. If some of his fellow-r itizens choose now to regard his omiqion to push his opinions on this ques tiup before the people of South Carolina (asked or nasked) In the ligti of -a heintotus delinquency, a f'ar Some men there are in South Cariolina who are . continually croaking about the falling off of good prin ciples and good manners -in our State; and yet, when occasion prompts them, they can exhibit evidences of as rapId dechension as the rest. It has been a custom amongst tie, call it " time-honored"ifylketore e neseago and integrity, especially when connected with long and luborious public services. Anid yet fur slight cause, it is now attempted to impugn the mo tives of as noble and disinterested a heart as ever beat for the honor and weal -tf the Palmetto State ; and this too, when the' itndividoal is one whose life and strenigii have been well tnighi exhausted in thej employment of that State. 'rThe demonstration nteeds no commenLt. We make no charge of unworthy intentions upon those who have thought it right thus to assault our Senator. They are gentlemen, above all tric-kery and dishonesty. But, unwittingly, they are Inflicting upon an old servant a grievous wound-.a wound of the spirit, which might perhaps go fur'her tnwards I bowing his gray hairs into the grave than alt the toils of many years. And we call upon thenm, by every motive of Palmetto fellowship and Palmetto generos ity, to desist their ill-timed attacks. OLD DIANA AGAIN. Months ago we spake of this old negro woman,v once a denizen of our village. By the following l paragraph from the New York Herald it appears that she has again turned up: " About two years ago a ne'gro woman niamted Diana was purehased from her owner, S. F. Gould, of Edgefield. South Carolina. by A besditionists re-si ding in tis city. Among the contributors to the futid for freeing her was llev. hleinty Ward Beecher, C whose rifle practice has gained hint such notoriety Ie lately. Diana camne to this city and nursed hern mother until she died, wvhen, havitng no relatitres or j friends here, and being out of emploayment, she tn turally enough desired to return to the hoime of her childhood, where her husbatnd and children are still P living. Hearing that Cot. M. Frazer, a neighbor of her former master, was in the city, she called upon i him at the Astor I louse and piteously begged oif it hm to take her back to her old h-nme, as she was al heartily sick of freedmum, and yearned liie St. Paul e, " for tier kindred aifter the flesh." Col. Frazer re consented to do so. Before lenving for the South yesterday, he brought her to the lie-rald ofilee, to g afford us another instance of the fitet that a .'ensible c negio pirefers slavery, when it is associated with I home comforts, to freedom, such as the blackts i experience at the hands of the nigger worship- C per. at the North. Diana is a stout, healthy tc wonin, about forty years of age. She was origin ally bought for $250, her owner freeing her for less than she was worth, at thie solicitation of her welln meanitng but mistaken friends." This is all corret except that the gentleman calledk "Gosteu is better ktnown hetre as " Goone," and the Colonel'. namois " FaAzt ia" instead of " FRAzEP." e One or two furthter itenms we gather from Cul. F. ti The old woman not ouly " begged piteoasly" to be brought back, but.act~antlty wrailed aloudl in a passa-ge a of the St. Nicholas and hung to the Colonel's skirts a in the urgency of ther ainxiety. Ile asked tier if she ti was actutly suffer-ing, to which abc replied : " no, sir, I cant say .no ; but theire', nobody bere that cares for me. I wtant to go to my:. old home where fr I can have somec frien~da." The poor greait.ut.e felt bi the need of jytnpathty. With perhtaps bread and *p lothing and shelter suffioient for her tolerpblie com- sj Ifort, she yet knew hurself to be alone, socially an .cc outast. And such is the fate of nytyy .g deluded sa negro itn -that so.-called land of freecm. Owing to the fact that Cot. F. was un the ivery eve of his departure and could not poasibly wait for Diana to make tier little arrangements for leav ing, lhe did not bring her South ; other oppogtwtnities t however will presetnt themselves. Hlo, FOR KArsAs.-W~e had th pleasure,ycyes terday, of a visit from our friend Mmtj. Warcen .D. Wilkes, of Anderson, who pass-ed through our city in company with his co-emigrants of Anderson and A bbeville, on their way toJgainea. Wte number of the band is fifleetn, anid ita fine spited and reliable young men as Sotutb Ceroli- *i pa cin send. We learn with much .satisfaction that ,the ol Greenville Railroad contributed a free ticket to cr them np.d the good cause. and have no doubt.the tri othr,laip1ern roads will be as liberal aitd pa- A triite. We wish them success itn their en~ter... I :,..v.. Crsh,..M., Crol.tnnr of , th 12th In.. .,. FLORIDA EXCURSION. CHAPTER t. W A two weeks jaunt to a most lovely spot on the SL th, hn's river is the subject of our story. By We begin at Augusta, where our party, on the morn. cr ig of the 19th ult., took .seats for Savannah in the th rs of the Waynesboio Railroad. This road extends vi me 52 miles in a southerly direction, passing the old in llage of Waynesboroin its course. Whatever tife may pa Imparted to villages upon railroad routes as a gen. ow al thing, candor compels us to say that this Georgia Ib llage would seem to be an exception. Although the pa histle of our train was duly sounded in the distance cA il the morning looked bright and inviting in its H .rly freshness, yet no omnibus, no cart, no individual, Of a nothing was to be seen at the Wayneshro depot, le Le the lone official who received the mail-bag. A I1 inute's dlay-a bare minute-and we were off fu ;ain, leaving the little old Borough alone in Its wAl ory. at This road is. properly esteemed one of the very best in the South. It is well built, well run and well pro- s, ded in every way. We made its 52 miles in two C rs, to the satisfaction and comfort of every pas- ri tger. It terminates at its jnnction with the Central %v nad, where an admirnble eating-house is ever ready a, r hungry travellers, affording such things as light Is scuit, brown toa-t, fresh butter, steaks, hominsy, Ia Vsters, coffee, &c, &c., all well prepared aid decently rved. 311 The Central Railroad is certainly inferior to the h Vaynesboro, althoeugh we would hy no means say hi tat it is to he complained of. The country traversed % y these roads is very like that upon the Sout i Carolina ei load, one dismal continuity of poor piney-woods, in- U .rspersed with occasional settlements, and now and A ten a cultivated farm. In nearing Savannah how- t, ver, it does not improve after the manner of the ti eautiful garden spots a few miles above Charleston. %, 'lie sterility continues down to the very city. M Tne arrival of our party at the famous Pulaski i ouse added a dozen names to the registry-book of a sat establishment. After the accomodation .or pleas- b nt rooms, wholesome ablutions and an excellent din- c er, we started out in different directions to see the h lace. And to say the truth this was no very easy a atter. Savannah is a queer old city to one unfa- i iliar with its plan and arrangements. We were othered in pretty much the same way with the cracker 8 ho "could'nt see the town for the houses." We 11 ould'nt see the city for the parks we ran into every n o or three hunsdred yards. These parks are many p f them filled with trees, which intercept the view so 1 ,s absolutely to forbid a proper appreciation of the a iildings and blocks of buildings which surround r hem. Yet the plan :nust be a very sensible one, fur. a ishing, as it does at all points, pleasant promenades 1 or the citizens and fine romping places for the chil- ' Iren. The freer and healthier circulation of air too, hus attained, is no small merit Itisthis,orsomething a Ise, that gives to Savannah an air of quiet and re ose rivalling that of the country itself. The Pulaski loue is fronted by one of these parks; and the result 4, there is on that side of the building a distance of t wo hundred yards perhaps, to any regular I usiness I igh-way. Onr room overlooked this hollow square ; I nd thus situated, one might sleep until nine o'clock n the morning without being disturbed from without I n the least. Another cause goes to ex lain this quiet if the Savannah streets. They are generally sandy, Nith few or no macadamtized sections. Plank roads r ire used in several parts of the city, but they are most- I y overid with sand and create no jarring or rattling ron the passage tof wheels over them. For ourself, e like this condition of calmness, this absence oaf the are sound of bustle.; althoungh it certainly takes from city the seeming of busi'ness, anid activit y and energ y., and, by the bye, Savannah is not the business town, ase expected to find her. There ar, enought oif hand-. 'ome establishmruents in every department of trade;, mr, b'esides hearing no activity, we must add that we a very little. Merchants stood behind their counters nd scarcely moved as you entered. They seemed not, Lu think that you came to trade, and not to care a taw whether you biouight of them or not. It may be hat they have all got rich and want no niore. Or it aproud city, arid these manners of digity arid re serve may he adopted by her ment of bnsiness to sit be tastes of that latitude. It may all be very well. We can but regard it favorably, when contrasted waith last ewish pertinacity which would have you buy wuether you wanted an article or not. Still, too mutch f this sort of thing resembles sluggishness, even the appearance of wiiich ought to be avoided in a comn aunity whose hopes and expectations are ftor an on yard anti an upward march. These oboervationrs are nade in reference so "Savannutah abjave th-. river,'' if ye may saispeak. "Savannah uander the river'' is t he eaprt division of the city. This is thie street down pn the lower banks. the fourth stories of whos'e buil- I igs are approachable from upper Sarantnahi by In. ittudinal braidges thrown across fraom point to point. ere, we take it, is the hearrt of Savantahi's prosperity lere are her great ware-houses for t he res-eption of the raiducts of the interior and for the landling of foreignr imodities. Hlere are the wharves and the ship I 'ing, around and about whsich flack the heavy dealers nd sagacious speculators of Ge-orgia's rising mart. .d whatever may be saidl of her apparent stagniatioan I bos there, down here, upon "the bay" as siime call 1 I, it work, wourk, work, all dlay hang anal no sneh ( sing as rest. hlere is Chiarlestont's rival. This hn.<y treet, with its deep river and safe harbiarage, anda'l 'ith the immense State of Georgia there in, the hack-'b round, ready to foster and advance its wealth -and i a power, this is East Bay's comnpetitoir. A n honorablen et warm rivalry let it be, wichs shall redound to the S himate weailth and splendor of both .thorough-fares, id f btth cities. I We return for a moment to "our inn." It is a firstP tie honse, the Pulaski-cleanly, orderly, genteel in t very pint of view. Its present propariertore are ex.k rng themselves in the right way to give it promni- el mene. No pretensions are made to Broad way regali. hi , but everything is of good quality, everythinig right The beds are real auxiliaries to sleep. The t trhors are handsomely furnished, large anid agreeable. t he dining halls are complete without gaud. The at bles are decidedly good, althloughi not startlingly paha. is al, The soups are good too-the roast, balled, hailed cc rid stewed, all good. In tihe Lady's iainary,dlnners q' pecially pass off handsomely and stisfactorily. One 'w son clearly is that the supplies are ample and the s] neral sperintendasnce of Mr. McKnzit saenergeti- gi ally bestowed. Another reason is (antI no insignificant al e by the way) that "Old Uncle Tom Baker" direets I ee enage-" Uncle Tom," long ago oif the Exchange, s oumbia, S. C.; after that, of the Exchtange, Chatrles- P n; since then, of Norftdk ; and now of the Pulaski I ouse. Trhen the Hotel has the best of servants, all I groes, active and respectful-none of your abomina- 0 Ic red-lipped Irisht waiters, ready tso keep hack the il -.izs for themselves, but well-dressed southern dar- a ys, the best servants on earth. In short, thme Pulaski a an admirale traveller's rest, and we commend it aesly to such of our friendls as may chance to pass it But we have taken tea, and one of the party passes se rond alas iniformations that, by the polite kindneass of er resident friend, lie is provided with the Open Sesame mr the Savannah Chub-roams. We crs's (aver the ei rk and enter by a stair-way from the street a suite a, vvry nice apartments appropriated so the ursersaof the na natlemen of the Chiathams Club. In one of these are m es files of all the papers, In another an elegant a Ilard table arnd in a thsird] a modest b.:r at which a it odicu of the choicest liquors is kept. Hcre we hi sent an hour most pleasnireably, aind ,:ft, with the 0' vitiviton that these social cinh-raams are great in etC t tytions. That Londson Dock brandy muighit have da ad sorpetbirg to do witih certain lauditionis bestowead ton the Lihatham club of Savannaht by a party sif rn dgfield gentlemen who recraossed ste Pulaski square ar o out 10 'goc~k slat evening; but, brasndy or no at -andy, we uphold them fair a nioble set of fellows and 'W er association fur a model in its way. ni The next day, at 9 o'clock in the maiming, we be. -ti an our voyage to Florida, a sketch of which will th f ffie to fill a second chapter. 10 resnbetis CHAPT~in tZ. t Our boat we~s the St. J.lo's, a light-draft steamer i reaonale izeand good-enough accomnoda'ions, mr apt. FaEEnOaN in command. At first, the good tr; p ipit prepossssed none of his passengers in his fa- nca r.. In fact it was qwrte evldent that lie had no idea pe an effort to do so. is. business was to manage his er aft; and this lhe did, duiniug this first paartiomn of the at p,, without a thought or a look for any other object. on terwaardshoever, hisi austerity relaxed by degrees heIt ilia the course oaf abse afternoon lie hiadso far emerg- Iby Cro- 1.: LIsis s ael f .....e ....e..n = r r' e n nt , p at s. ou r u , I u. girl upon the head and call her "his little bay," in Sav ich gender he persisted in re arding the child to pub end of our 3teamboat acqu tance. The next and mptom of relenting on his part'was a slightly In- plai easing disposition to respond to sundry queries as'to spol e boat's whereabouts and the prospects of a quick stoc yage. And the second day hai nut entirely closed aimt boforehe wasactually seen to laugh outright at a met sing jest. Matters grew brighter anl brighter on St. ir Captain's visage, until, upon passing the St. Juhn's WI r and entering that wonderful river, lie became as thi pably gorid humored as any member of his living cli rgo.. So much for the deception of first impresstons. aid we formed our estimate of Captain FREEBOa N, .b the St. John's Steanhant, by our first day's know-~ On dge of him, we should have set him down is surly ran i Bruin of a Baatman. But, finding him out more ing lly afterwards, we are clearly satisfiel that lie is, twt ith much apparent gruflijoes, a faithful commanler on, id a kind-hearted man. We were with him return- G. g as well as gaing out, and cari testify to the general Ba: isfation aflbrded. byis care for the safety and Dr. mfort of his passengers. - In coming nout of St. John's we ver on our relurn, we 'were compelled by streas of Of eather to put b ack and anchor for a part of a day to i id a night in -till water. Some grumbled and as- ant rted that we ought to have gate to sea, that the de- ter y was provoking &c: But the Captain quietly as- pre tred them that he wouldl do no such thing until his An dgment satisfied him that his pyseigers would not ing endangered by the step. So he stopped for twelve cel ours or more. At his suggestion, a dancing party bo' as gotten up on board and the evening passed merrily Or iough. Next morning we weighed'anchor and went ces -er the bar, when the grumblers of the preceding day ed ere speed ly convined of the correctness of our Cap- we tin's course; for even tnen, although the effects of ke e blow had been passing off for many hours, the & aves dashed over our guards and tlje boat's situation Or as any thing but comfiortable until we got on smooth by ater again.-In steamboat navigation, more that Se most anyn% here else, do we hold discretion to be the nel eter part of valor.-We have written thus much in wc ompliment of Capt. FaEBoaRN, because we believe Cal im to be reliable and trustworthy in his sph-re of wt ction; and in this reckless age, we hold that all such of stances merit commendation. fac The inland rnute to Florida is certainly a very plea- ha nt one, all things considered. True, there is a chance da 3at you may occasionally, atfow tide, stick in the lua ud at one or two shallow points. But this seldom roves to be a matter (if greater 'Inconvenience than lig e delay of an hour or two. On the other hand, you up void s- a-sickness almost entirel -you run hut little ne, ick of ald Ocean's dangers--you glide along smoothly TI nd securely over glassy arans of. the sea, with a sound up re, the outlet of a river there and again a bay. th 'Nese are all connected by creeks of greater or less is iagnitude, some of them widening to the proportions M f rivers, others so narrow that the boat seems almost KE squeeze through them. Besidei, you in this way Ir e something of the coast of Georgia and Florida, isl hich though not remarkable is yetsa:mething to vary fil he monotony aaf a voyage. There are Branswick, It Jarien, St. Mary's and Fernandina on the route. Some an ice plantations pass under review in the earlier part : f the journey. A fine island now and then appeals pi o your curiosity. Upon one of these, anal in full th tiew from several points on this inland navigation, is at unginness, the large anal rathiir picturesque-looking lei esitlence presented to G,-neral.GR R ENE, of the Revo- at utin, by the State of Georgia. !'Other residences ap ear ii view from tirhe ta time.y'At the little towns t tling the coast new passengers are continually drop. fit iing in, all tenadinag tat give soms variety anid zest to gi ie compaany ah:atrad. And, what is perphaps be~aer Ii till. yau are saometimes happily ridd,,n of a adisagree ible comnpagnon dir voyaigeaitthese landings. (Witness ci ie areciprncity man" on our outward trip, yaou that at eanember him.) Again, upon.asmoothi suirface you ha an amuse youtrself more eslflyeil mnore relishiahly. au are naat tossdc from onea sidie of the cabin to the ei ither hy saurging waves. Yoig h ve no quaalms at the jt tmach. You can play whist' 9d echre (?) to your ~ atisfaction. Yean cain tune .~~ light guitar, or me- al lulate youar saaft flaite to in-spirations whi'apered by the fri east foar ugly monsters aof the d'eep.. Yo can sleep or. ei xake, sit aar st-nad, mieditate or C .nverse, sing or sigh, 1tI tay aar wurk, read aar write, accranling tca fanacy, with ft ao tempest's roar to put all oither ideacs to flight. Give u s travelling upaon water, in a snug boat, be fore all A uther m-adhes of jaourneying ; baut, ini the name of alhl hi hat's pleasant, let it be smaoth water. Those whto bs ave made their "ahom-:~ on the .rolling deep" would C labtless tink very poorly oaf siiehl land-ltubberism as im his we pratfess. lit why shotuld'utt every man speak gi is hionst sentints4 1 Well, we are now up in tha St. Johln's, the great w -iver of F.orida. OtawvrJ speeils thme buaat with new se ido. The sea-guilla, th-ut hail fl-aeked aratunda uts at n< be river's nmouthal, deaap back otie after another. The a melicans cant go nao further up.' The uancaoth paarpais cce ~ambls noa longer foar the amusement of staring pas- ga engers. Th'le m:treh lanads at length recede fraam sighat,3 al the baniks oaf the great stresanmbegian tat daefine tI lemelves. A grataip f gentlemnen are seatted in this hi -nt of the hatat, eager to take the first fair observa- ita ota of the Floaridinan terra fri-a, some of themn (alas ! lo ie 4ssappaintit they are saiun to encouuter !) ex- ira cting tat see braoad aranga-gr'aves lining the shiares. wi )n we go, anal still the river seems not yet a river. cc laril L seems taot yet Flotriada. The wide expanse of uf ie S. Jolb a's is nit yet realized as a stream. The ih w ciast that skirts either side is tnot appreciated as abe Ie soil of tihe magnolia. A fter a while a sort of bluff'n paointedl out. " There!I" exclaims one-" There's ine mie higher land." All tuarn to look, and are evi- at etly refreshed by thme prospect. There indeed was vi1 hiufT, wit a little genutine red-clay exhibited on its the erpedicular surface; and a few hona-hide, dry-land the ies sarmouanted its top, "a Now that place," said a ala riowig atld St. Jaohn's traveller, "is abouat the haigh- ou ci spot of land you'll see on this river foar near two undredl miles." "a Wtbat !" tought all thae rest of us, wl ar nbody spaoke a word in respaone-" nathaing but j s fit, receding cotuntry for all the balance of otur h ip? And then we began to wonder when we shtould fee te the orange trees. But every man kept his wonider tia timelf, determined not to exhibit his ignornn~re- tut netiptions of the country by any unnecessary tin-w tiry. Aind so we sat and sat, and looked at the jlot ite, smooth water, and glanced doubtfully at inc cai aare, the old visions of orangar groves anal green fiuil irdens gradually git ing place to a raher crust y ret- bei izatin of the trtulh as it was. It was thenm thant one ab rajleman of the patrty ro.<e up anid stretching him- Fla If fully (thereby manife-ting that lie was resolved to i intder the matter ato longer) exclaimed--" Waell, now, for II ne d--ed if I believe this is a river." Where en a sharp discussion eoned..-the Flur idianas and hers maintaining that it was a river, while thec gen. sman just mentaurned and several hackers (nurself nii nong theta) argued in the negative. Onessaid it wasst arm of the sea ; another held that the word We- in ka, signifying a strinag or chain of lakes. suggested At a trie view ; atal this was the old Indian namte of ilthe us non-descript sheet of water. The controversy lad] rved one admirable purpose at least. it kept ns !na uployd, and diverted attentioan from the auubject aiter itself, until we gradually became qaiite recon- cea led to the realities arounda us, anad wound up by ter reeig th-ut, river, lake, frith, arm of ths sea, or wh at' sir it, It wis a glaoriously beautiful phase of the liquid ele- jare cot; arid the shores-why the shores too underwent te similarly conveniatent pocess of thought, aid we liv majitted thtemn to be Floarida. Then, with a right cot tarty ,greetinig to the "aLand of Flowers" upon thet ar lips, we all weant below aind took a driank. (i.- upi ae us, ye lion tnavelliing publie ! Youa would have by me the surne cnder thae same circumstsances.) noi Im the afterinoon oh the thirdl day of our voyage, we ari ared the wharf at Jacksonville. It was Sunday,1 Fei ad many uf the8 towns-people were on the river banki tat aitting the boat's approach. Hundreds of negroes Jhat crc there too, in all due jollity. They were a clean, fut cc, pleasant looakinig set of folk ; and their animna- situ in spte well for the little town. Jaoksnville is ca. e main port of entry faor East Florida. It has for a dal ng tie beena celebrated for its saw-mills. Indaeed ed, ishbrancha of bausiness has madle rte place what it is. h et as nw grown to soame sise--its business arrange-' riot muts are extending. and, had it a richer back-couti- ihtisi to support it, would certainly become a place of jbe aittle importance. As things now stand, it is pros ring', ut without the expectation of any large in- sior ease of prosperity. It is half-villalge, hialf-towna, Wae ounding in handsome private residences, boasting Thi e or two fine hotels, and supplied with busies. in f uses in mamst branches of the trade. We were told Juob several Floridians that thecy could proacuire their qaa annah or Charleston. Several newspapers ate (a' lished there, and a considerable degree of talent hi skill is claimed for the legal fraternity or the Ai e, They have also one of those club-rooms we th le of; but our party had'nt the luck there which M d us in hand at the other city. A considerable m unt of freight was left on the wharf by our stea- gr ; and, thus lightened, e, sped on our way up the hi John's, reaching Oraiige Mills at mid-night. r at'ihen) canme to paltiand a word or two about bl little Paradise, will appear in the next and third de pter. g11 Cti.0lER Ill, J luch to our regret, we ascertained tipont reaching . Is nge Mills (the place of our destination) that ais ts gements had been made for the hunting and fish portion of our expedition to continue their course i Ive ailes further on to Pilaika, there to take wag- al and the line of march for the plantation of Dr. I. u Mavs, our esteemed fellow-citizen of yore. At U rwood, the name of the place owned conjointly by oi N. and his son-in-law, Mr. A activ COLE, they 01 re to pitch their tents, and fish and hunt ad libitum. ft coure it was a happy arrangement for them. But iA is who were left behind, it was anything but pleas- Il . A hasty, stidden, unsatisfactory adieu was In- at thanged, In the dlark and with scarcely a full con- P hension of the plan by which ne were ming111'. tt d o we separated, they for the fishiig and hunt- 91 grounds which had been selected, and we (Chan. a lor WARDLAW, ourself and family) for a social de- 7 tair time of It with our relatives and friends at si tnge Maills. Let us here bear testimony to the sue- d 9 of the fishing and hunting detachment, as report- C to its hy one who was there. Besides enjoying a F ek of ceaseless fun, they killed deer and wild tur- si r in abunnance, and caught fish (troth, jack, brim, tl .,) by the hundred. One trout was kindly sent to a inge Mills during the week. This one was caught CoL. CanotL, 1nd weighed full nine pounds, 1l -ved up in a big dish (as we sawihim) lie looked e trr nineteen than nine. Still, the sport at Bay- r od was not near as good as might have been f ulated upon at a more propitious season. The I ther was singularly cold and the wind, for a part t lhe time, unusually high. The whole season, in v t, was almost unprecedentedly backward. To il re killed slime half dozen deer thet, in as many h i, and to have caught any quantity of fish, was t k enough under the circumstances. But to return. I )range Mills, as we have remarked, is truly a de. aful spot. The mill itself stands immediately n the river hank. The wharf and landing con ted with it are among the best on the St. John's. e Carolina, a steam-ship of slme size, come. easily alongside. So do sail vessels of considerable bur n. The mill is a first class establishment and iow doing a splendid husiness. It is owned by esrs. R. G. MAys, Aactny COLE, and CLARK SMi ss, the three being equal stockholders. Their con cis are mostly with New York and the West India nds. At the time we were there, the mill was ingout an immenselbill for the island of Guadaloupe. was required to be all heart. Never have we seen ything of the kind equalling the beautiful lot of nb.r there preparing. all of the mast superb yellow e withouat a streak of sap. Of curse, this involves necessity of laying aside a great deal of reason. ly good lumber. This they place to other hills cif is particularity. The timber supplies fur this mill furiished, in part, from the campany's on land, part by engagements with individuals who follow e business of cuiting and rafting logs. The mill is rihermore manned, except as to superintenlant, en. eer and dck-.caspt.tn, ty the company's own .nds. Anid with a lucky c' ntintuation of contracts, ecatnnot see how aonr gooad friends of Orange Mill ,n fail of complete success. Mlay great good fortune tend them, and Heaven bless their hospitable artis The several residences at Orange Mills have been tablishead within a year. We pass by that of the nior member of the firm (who is our brother by the ay) with the single remark that it is a neat little hir in the arnamental cottage style and very comn rtable withal. Ne-xt below his, and necar thme mills, at. It is situated in the midst of a sour-uirange grove, e trees being at this time still laden wtith golden ut of the last year's craip. These oratnges are not id except for orange-ade, marmelede and the like. smere shrubbery however, the sour-orange tree is gbly prizeablei, imparting as it does an air of great auty to anay scenery of which it makes a part. Mir. s establishment has, moreover, a noble cluster of agnolias, maples and wild-cherry trees for its back. aiunida all of which were nearly full-leaved ten days i. But next comnes the chloice spot of the three a mean thie mnanaion of Dr. Rt. G. A vs. It is not much thte houtse of wthich we speak, for that is at hing more than a capital old E lgefield house, with broada piazza In front and chaumbers enougha to ac modate all the family when they happen in to. ther. But it is that precious aweet-orange grove of r. Ml.'s of which we are think:ng. Four hundred. autifully shaped tress, from, twelve to eighteen feet ih, darkly green with fragrant fialiage, and bloom g profusely fur the coming crop! Think of that, ye rers of the green-house! A siangle one of those es in n genthaemani's yard hiere would not he parted th for hundreds f dollarsa. Indaeed, beside their ex caiiag beantty, they are inatrinsically valuatble. Scame1 thema will beur thaousandas oforangesa seasoni. And se trees of M~rs. 31!. are of the rarest kinad, havinag en selected andc plar: ted years ago by a West lindian irely cotiversant st ith the businass. They were ury killed by the severe wviner of '39, but by skill d attention have been restored to all their original or. Whiat delicious burdens they will bear durin.: next autumn ! It is in the midst of thingrove that house of Dr. MNa is situated. At this place we sawv green peas in ahundance, one crop just going tand aanother nearly full podded. We shiould like to alwell itpaon the social kindnes'es lich will ever make our brief siajaurn at Orange ls lear to memory. We should like to regord, if tfor or oiwn satisfaction, the constant visiting and sting and spaort which marked that delightful week Spi-nic at Deep Creek ! the boat racinig on our re n (a distance of seven miles)! the music upon ther ters ! the attempt at fiashing madhe by the Chancel nd ourself in Daig Branch! the C.'. success in I (ting a trout, and the manner of his pulling the ( nt of his! native element (straight up, wvith pole it double)! Yes, we should like to say a great deal it this bright glimpse of Florida sociality and irida fun. But we might tire the indiffereunt readher o doing, and, therefore, reserve thu reminiscences less publie narration. )o or two general remarks in another chapter. CiHAPTER IV. n Savannah wve were reminded of an error comn ted by Miss Murray in her bunk on America. She tea that the Pulaski House was so called from the rortunate hboat of that name which perished in thed antic some years since, invailving in its destruction loss of manty citizens of Savannah. The good a y makes no mention ofr the Palishi hero wha gave ne to t ie boa, thme htantse, the moumai~ent anal all. 1 he little place Ferinadinta, gnentian:d in a pre. ling chapter, will he called to mtjiid as the eastern rainus of tlte great railroad ntow in process of con-. ictin across the pentmsula of Florida. High hgpp 1 entertained of the success of this work. The gen nen whoa have coantracted tag build ii are full of an-. ty anal zeal. Their chief difficulty Is the present mmand of funds to pay expetases. This difficulty , y are expecting to obviate by a loan predicated - n the caompany's boni Is, said bonds to be enidorsed the State. Shun id theyneccomplish this, the-re can-. be a doubilt of the speedy comrpletion of the road I the almoist unbotndeld enriching of the company. gi nandina will then bencome a place of great imnpor- ( ce, possessing as It dues one of the best and safest I bors upon our coast. In anticipation of its bright ire, the compauny and contractors (who own the: ation and several thoutsand acres adjoining) areI ong aboaut for some attractive name with which to atheir embryo city. "aCalhoun" has been suggest aid, also, "aFloirida City." With doe dleferenice to y, er tastes, we must think the old Spanish designa- l 1J handsunme enough and appropriate enought. It is. orical, aigedl and therefore venerable, atid ought toa res rved. .ti iiaitors to Florida have generally seriousapprehen s of the mosequitoes and .galllnippers of that realm. Is were too early foir all except the blind mosquito. fr tribe is but little troublesome, not as disagreeable It act as our gnats. Ini some localities upon the St. h ls the stinging mosquito is seldom In auificient ritit~ies to becoam' an annoyancea. Cot,. DA~cYT, C .g ...ar.c a mia i i e ange--.. afills in,:.form.... ...sh deliy quail. Such was the character of our sister, nd when such pass from us-pass as the mellow ght of day, or as the light of the stars before the rise Ig son,- we love to contemplate their excellence. We ay say of our sister, what was said of David, at his eath, "he had done good in Israel, both towards ed, and towards his house." She was ever ready sympathize with the sick and afflicted, and to ad. inister to their wants. She loved to visit the hore r mourning, and like an angel of mercy, would soothe to aching breast and dry the tear of sorrow. Hersw ram also a mild and gentle disposition, and as the re alt she led, in the strictest sense of the word, a. peaceful and quiet life," She loved God's house andl Is cause, and was, at ' e time of her death a value ble member of the "Fellowship Female Benevolat oriety." - Buit is. more pleasant to contemplate' the elosing' rense of her life. For the death of a chrisian is a, !gacy bequeathed to the Church, and is precious to' very beleiver. Though confined. to her bed for everal weeks, the murmured 'not; and though gradu. lIy wasting away day by day, she was resigned to* he divine will, and contemplated her departure-wiih ut alarm. When asked if site was willing to essa mit herself into the hands of God, she repli "I ink I am." It was the writer's privilege to be with' er on sit evening.of her death. - Entersg.the roesi, hout 5 o'clock, in the hope of hearing, from her owne ips, expressions of her confidence in Chrimlt,.*p roached her bed-side-she issaddressed, butseemed1 inconscious. We were told it was with, great diffi ulty she eqld speak-we fai she wan nearly ripe or another world, that she could say but a few hours; lt most. And yet she beemed unconscious of thos'r rounad her; even of the presence of her own affection. Lte daughters. Prudence forbade any effort to obtains he expressions we all desired. How consoling wouldl lose expresluns he. But we despaired of ever hear--' tg another word from her lips. And, oh! - how sad! cere our hearts. as we stood around her bed in pain ul anxiety! We believed she was ready to depart.. ut we desired some cheering expressions of it. But, as! it Ia now too late. Her sp:rit will soon tae itsA at. God gilded the dark soene with joy. Slie rei rived-,was entirely consolous of her situation, and he presence of her friends. We asked her " is the Savior orecious in this dark hour!" She calmly and plainly rep ed-" Yes." Oh! what joy was in that, word. Never.will we forget the emotions it produced,. &s the involuntary exclamation was heard around the bed.1 thank God." She was again asked, " Do you believe Jesus will support you in death!" Sh replied " yes;" and then assuring us that Heaven was her home, she gently, without a struggle or a grown, fell asleep in esus. A funeral sermon was preached in. the Fellowship Church, after which, the body was deposited in the narrow house, in the Church yard', there to rest until the rsuarrectior. of the great day. Two daughters and a brother and sister are left to weep over her fall. - Thes had been doubly endeared to her by the kindness and - alection which had ever marked her character; and if the prayers and tears of affection could have detained, on. earth, a spirit rips for Heaven, she would still have been with them.. But the Lord has " done as see'meth him good ;" and He who " made darkness his secret place, and His pa vilion round about him dark waters and thick elouds," may be honored of us by retignation to his will. There is no comparison between the gain of tte departed and the loss of the bereaved. True t'e bereaved have lost much. The daughters have lost a MoTiata-a hallowed name around which the proudest associa. tions cluster. They have lost a mother's love mother's affection ; bnt a mother's prayers rest upon them-a mother's example is before them, and a mother's spirit is in heaven to bind them more strongly to that bright world. Let the Gospel which uided the mother to the Christians home, guide the chidren,. the brother and sister, through lifes stormy orean. Lat it be the star of their souls, to enliven the gloom of - their solitude, to gild the dark shadows of the grave, and irradiate the eternal World. " Our sighs were numerous, and profuse our tears, For she we lost was lovely, and we'loved Her much. * * * * 1 We gathered around her bed, and beat our knees Ii fervent supplication to the throne Of mercy; and perfumed our prayers with sighs. Sincere, and penitential tears, and looks Of self abasement ; but we sought to stay An angel on the earth; a spirit ripe For heaven, and mercy in her love refused, Most merciful, as oft, when seeming least ; Most gracious when she seemd must to frown. . 5 * t * And now her eye grew bright, and brighter still-. Too bright for ours to look upon, suilfused With many tears, and closed without a cloud. They set, au sets the morning star, which goes Nut down behind the darkented west, nor hides Obscured among the tempests of the sky, But melts away into the light of hteaven." B. F. C. DIED, at her resideneo in this District, on the. 22nd of Mlarch, Mass NancY RByNAUs, Aged fifty-. six years and four days. The deceased was en or derly member of the Methodist Episcopal Churoh for twenty three years, during which time she did nmuch by her pious lire to advatnce the cause of her -- -...* La4.-Lt.mnny.e ' es~g and friends to mourn her departure from tiaib to. eterna.i ty, but our loss is her ecternal ga.in. Blessed are the dead that dic in Christ. A FRIEND. Dias, in this District, on the 6th inst. of Con sumption, Mus. SusaN T. iltuats, wile uf Ala. Wau.-. L.tAM G. H~aaats, in the 29th year of her age. The premature death of thie anmicatble and much love.d lady has cast a deep gloom of sorrow ov'er. the whole Community in which she lived. Possessing in an eminent degree many, if tnot all, of the no blest tratits of' the female characte.r, she won the love, admiration, and esteem, of all who knew her. Surrostmded by erery earthly comfort, what a bright, future was befo're her-but a'ss! how uncertain are, alIlhuaraalculationse! for whilst in the very prine of lire, the destroyinag angel comes and eluaims his. victsnm-regardless of age, positiona in society, or the bitter anguish of' family and friends.. Thus by cite blow of the fell destrsiycr, an ageds and infirm father has been deprivedl of an oniy. daughter, the stay and support of hais fast decling. years-The strongest ties which bin'd the devoted husband to earth have been abruptly severed, and, four little orphan children, are never emore to know, a mother's tender care. Mus. HIAsass was admon ished for several weeks of her apiproachinag dissoln-, ton and she wits fully prepared to mL'et tunawed the, mighty king of terrors, asn'l thus death was depriv-. ed of his sting and the grave of a victory. "The scored tie is h-oken; yet why grieve? for time but holds llis moiety in trust, tile joy shall lead' To the blest world when parting is unknown. Barn's in Town once More, D l not pass him by. The ports are clear of ice, and goods are reaching their destination. 1 am now receiving daily my Spring stock of goods, consisting in part of I1.idsie Champagne; Bonche, do. qts. anad ptsa; Miutmt do. do. Nectar Whiskey and all other brands that nrc to be had in this miarket or Augusta. Smoked Beef, Pickles, Preserves. Raisins. Figs, Smoked To'ngtues, Ketchup, Almonds, and all other kinds of Nuts, Crushed Stgar, Ground, Ioti, &o. Rio Cofic, Laguira, Java, Rice, Flour, superior. quality, Mlackerel, whole, half quarter and kittas Maaronl, Adamantine and Sperm Candles, and a. variey of other articles too numerous to mention. T. E. BOWERS, Agt. Iamburg, A pril 16. tf 13 Important to Planters. TpHOSE wishing to obtain the best plow for "al' towork," are invited to examine Warlick's Im proved Plow. A specimen may be seen at tho Post. Lfice in Edgefield. Persons interested, are re-* uested to call and judge for themselves. II. WILLIAMS, Edgefield, A pril 8, 1856. The following certificates speak for themselves. LAFAvEs, Ala. Oct. 8,1855.-We the under signed having used Noah 'Warlick's Patent Plew, lurinag the Last season, state, for the benefit of those' vho have tnot used it, that we believe it to he superior. o any plow we ever saw or used, and for durability and cheatpness it cannot be surpisted. Moas G. Tuowsns A. G. McCaus, Batronrc STAMrs, T. SHANNON, L Ewis ScnaUzsstsa, Tuocs. J1. Waxarow, Was. L. CaArors, Jonr. R. Aitrcats, Aczazson Faiatav, atec BAaxes, IItlxrsTZLLE, August 30, 1855.-We the under signed have seen Noah Warlick's Patent Improvedl Plow at work thtis day, and we feel no hesitancy Ia nononeing it to be superior to any plow that we' tave ever seen, for efficiency in turning sod, depths if cut, and ease of draft, and that we admire th'e nanner of attaching the subsoil, bull tongue, turn ng points, anad scraper to the sme stock, and obeer. ully recommenad it to the farming interests of our, ommaunity. Svrsta S. Ewiao G. W. LAaumnoms, RosIar H ANcocK, Dn. F. JoRana, J. B. Batoroan, Rossar Fassax, ., Tauos. W. Wutara, R. G. Scorr, JOHN R F Hazwz~urr, C. W. VINE.W Wx. C. Vaxcenr, Ta.ansoA, Dee. 6, 1855.-I hereby certify that have purchased and use.d W~arlick's Patent Plow n sowing wh rat this fall in grassy lands,land in. ightly pleased with it. It has an advantage over Ly plow with which I am acquainted in plowing eeply and clogging less in turf, land..Several of. leigh bors have used it, and are. all well' sar' .e nd seem to consider it as having tadvanth-eohe ny plow in use, in grassy IanJl, for .idursinam ;oud work JOEL W.WA . . y A pril 16 ~NE 6ret rate seeona and % RIAG4f.f ail 'y- A'(C NE i did others) that he scarcely observed them at all at fi i place, from the beginning toothe end of summer.- i d the mention of the COLONEL's name reminds us it it we omitted to enumerate him as one of the Orange a ills community. He has.a delightful location a half- d le above that of Ma. CLARK SixNtIs. The fnest t ve of live-oak we saw was immediatelt in front of n house. Mrs. D. had also the finest garden we saw 0 peas, beets, Irish potatoes, strawberries &c. in full V ist. We were kindly presented on the eve of our parture with three noble cabbage-heads from this *rden. Un'uckily, some scoundrel cabbaged them j another sense) on the wharf at Savannah.-Col. D. State Engineer for Florida, and a gentleman of con. lerable political influence. No goed is without its evil. We have alluded to e -pleasures of a Florida excursion. And yet there a one or two things which are certainly draw-hacks a on the full enjoiyment of those pleasures. One of ese is the eternal presence of.some poor consumptive every boat and at almost every stoppIng place. To te unaccustomed to such things these sightsare pain- I i, appealing as they do to one" deepest sympathics r suffering humanity. Going on for instance, we Ld aboard an unfortunate woman who, between he' t orrhages and paroxysms, kept t he passengers in an tins ensan' state of uneasiness half the way. And, re rlnng, there was along one Man In the very last :ges of that awful disease, besides the corpse of tother who had sunk beneath the same malady. hese unfortunates are sent un from the North ly phy cians as a last resort, and of couroe many of them ie before they have been out long.-It is said that nsumptives ie more easily under the warm sun of lorida.-From the fact of their being so often in a ate of hopeless despair when they reach this latitude, te natives of St. Augustine term them " Diehearts," singular and rather unfeeling mode of speech. There is one thing to be said ir the atmosphere of te St. John's. The air :s certainly bracing and even hilerating-at least such was our experience. The -mark was made by some resident that " a man never lt the need of champagne here ;" and really we iought we realized the truth of tile assertion. For ie whole time of our short stay, our animal spirits ere buoyant to a degree that we are unused to even the pure pine-region of old Edgefield. It might ave been the mere change of climate, or it might have een our happy surroundings ; at all events such was lie fact. For want of further room, we must here pause. Miscellaneous -Items, CV' THE English, and nearly every other people, ave given up all hope for the safety of the steamer rg Tux hnsiness of breeding rate is said to be arried on in iew York-kid gloves are made out of heir skins. gW THE bill to extend the right of suffrage to olored citizens has been lost in the Wisconsin Senate y a vote of 13 to 6. gW STAMPEDE.-The following paragraph is from in English paper: " Twenty-one husbands have abscnnded from Sun lerlaid, and the parochial autho-ities have offered a eward of ?21 for the %hole lot, or ?1 rer head." fl' TEN or fifteen corn dealers in Edinburg, coland, have lately failed. Aggregate liabilities tbout two million dollars. ET JuHN W. ARGYLE, an old and greatly respect. d citizen of Tallahassee, Fla., died at his residence ,n that city, on the 30th ult. ggr Wnv is the letter K like a pig's tail! Because it is the end of pork. g'Th ER E is a young 'man in Cincininati so mod. at that lhe wtil not " embrace ani opportunity." Egr TitE people of Scotland are said to be almost manimously opposed to anything like war between the United States and Englan I. ggP'THE receipts by the American Colonization Society from the 20th February to the 20th March, amounied to $l,813,89. Ei'- A person lookirig at sadme skeletons the other lay, asked a young doctor present where lie got them. flSP THE Camden .ournal says that the- De Kalb Factory property was sold nt auction on Monday last, to Capt. T1. Long, for $5,000. E:r THEa New York Bible Society is meditating the plan of publishing the Bible In newspaper form for more general circulation. !E'P A late Illinois paper contains the announre men f the marriage of RI. W. Wolf to Mary L. Lamb. " The wolf and the lamh shall lie down to gether, and a little child shall lead thiem"--after a while. gg"TR~EE hundred and sixty thousand dollars hav. already beeni suhscribed to the Utiversity to he located at Gre-enshor.', Ala., and its friends say they will start it wit h $400,000. gg TntaEE hundredl tons of stigar passed over the Chicago and Rlock Island Railroad, last week, to Chiceiro, destined for onie house in that city. gg A letter from the IndIan agent at Apache, in New Mexico, gives an account of the killing of six lotoriotis Indian thieves who have been committing lepredations in that count ry-amongst them Califor ia Jo, a famous robber. Thmings look more favorable htere. $EF TnE Kentucky American says "the whiskey -rop" will be greater the coming season than it has 1een for years in Kentitecky. If this is true, there will > an increased demand for the other Kentucky crop lemp. !gtr A Frenchtnan has recently laid claim to five nillion of dollars worth of propery in the centre of San Francisco. His claim lha been emnirmed, which ,casions an immence excitement amung :he citizens. 3W" A FrotXTMENT.-The President has appointed m. E. Burns, surveyor of the, Customs at Jackson tille, Fla. vice Ed ward WV. Ward, removed. gg' Fzaas.-Thetre were 32 fires in the United itates last month, so far as known, where the lose in :ash was $10,000; 15 were manufacturies. The total us was $1,021,000. The losses by fire for the three onths of the year were 03,094,000. gg' A new postofilee lia been established at Tem lemai's Mills, in Spartanburg District, and David ~ollins appointed postmaster. W' AT THE STaKE.-Thle negro who murdered 'ir. Capeheart, an1 overseer, at Mit. Meigs, Ala., on tie 1st inst., wa taken out by the citizens on the next ay and burned to death. lie acknowledged his guilt ihile at the stake. gg' NEW Post Office. Table Mountain, Pickens istrict, South Carolina ; S. D). Keith, postmaster. HIUSDiA~ AND WIFE-The LegIsilture of eorgia hats passed ain act to define the liabilities f the husibanid fear the debts of the wife, and to efine the linbiitiesof property received through te wife fur the debts oh the husbatnd existing t the timle of tihe marriage. It provides that hcrfte-r, wheni persons intertmarry, the hus and "hall tnot be liable for the debts of the :ife further than the property received through o wife will sattisfy, atnd that the property re eved by the huabantd through the wife shall in o csew be liable for theo debte, defaulta, or con rits of the hus~band existing at the time of the arriage." Severni other $tates have looked ito anid secured women's rights itt this impor tnt particulatr. inried on the 12th March last at IllisVille, i Ia. Mr. I1. C. .iaamz, laqr., formerly of Edge. I e~ld, . C. to Miss. 1:LuzaBE-rt ELLs, or Columbia ouity, lah. DI ED, at her residence, near Cambridge, S. C., on undaynih,S30th March, Mae. ANN F. WILIt~~Ax, sort ofr.iiio. WV. Williams, dee'd.,and daughter 'Reeves arid Sarah Martin, (also dec'd) aged 52i tars. She became the wife of Dr. W. on 7th July, 124. and a metmber of the Fellowshaip Baptist Church spt. 11th, 1831, and after spending 24 years and 6 oithisint the service of her divine master, she calmly id sweetly fell asleep in Jesus, at 8 o'clock e. K., on e day referred to. Inspiration teaches. us that " the r emory of 'lie just ts blessed"-that the " righteous I tall be held in everlasting remembrance." It ispleas- a it to contemplate the life of those who had the " Lord r a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty." It:ie life of those whose will and affecations have been-. ought in to sweet subordination to the Gospel,. and ery thought and desire sanctified by the spirit of xl, we have not only the moral grandeur of the4 ristian character, but an argument in favor of our