Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, April 23, 1856, Image 2

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THE.EDGEFIED ADVERTISER, 18 rUBLIUSD ETEIT WaD435DAY MORNING ST W. F. DURISOE & SON. ~ Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two -DOLLARS and FIFTY CENTs if not paid within six mc nehs-and Tuaaa Do.asu if not pad. before the expiration of the year. All subscriptions nt distinct ly limited at the thke of subscribing, will iiconsider ed as made for an indefnite period, and- will be con tinued amtit al rgesyne are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must aINVARIABLY be accompanied with the CASH. ADvaisaTsEMENs.will be eqonspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for, the first .i sertion, and 37f cenis for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged accor Tse desiring to advertise by the year can do so on liberal- terms-i being distinctly unestood'that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme disate,1eimate- bbsiness of the firm or individual contrating. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. EFor announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in ADvANcK. For Adivertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. From the Baltimore Ameriean. 7T-rOrro CONGBEa S-2st nmi IN SENATE................ April 14. Mr. Harlan presented an affidavit from Colo nel Lane, on the subject of the Kansas memo rial presented the other day by Mr. Cass, which the Senate refused to receive. Mr. Harlan said that respect for the Senate required him to ex plain why lie should present the second time a memorial from the members of the .Provisional Legislature of. Kansas. He alluded to the charge made on Thursday that the paper with the signatures were all in the same hand-writing, and which was -the reason of its being called an impudent forgery. To his mind it was the same thing- if his name was attached to a paper by his authority, in the hand-writig of another, as if he had written it himself. Again, if the paper was a copy of the original memorial, the estab lishment of that fact would be proof of its au thenticity. He thought it would be a little strange to ar gue against the authenticity of the Bible because we were unable to lay our hands on the original parchments as they came from the hands of the patriarchs, prophets and apostles. Although these parchments have been copied million of times, and been translated into various languages, there were but a few who doubted the genuine ness of the Bible on that account. Mr. Harlan proceeded to tell who James H. Lane is. The first fact about him was that he was a Democrat, not by conversion, for he seemed to have been conceived and brought forth a Democrat. His father, Amos Lane, was twice Speaker of the Indiana House of Repre sentatives, on the Democratic side, a member of Congress, and a wheel-horse of Gen. Jackson's administration. Mr. Harlan proceeded to trace the Oreer of Col. Lane, from his appointment as Post Master under Van *Buren, down to the present time. lHe stated his services in the Mexican war, and alluded to his having been a Democratic elector for Pierce and King. At one o'clock the Chair called up the special order. Mr. Douglas moved to postpone the consid eration of the special order, so as to let Mr. - Harlan finish his remarks. When he could ob tain the floor he intended to object to the recep tion of the giapers presented by Mr. H., and stated that he was prepared to show conclusively that the other petition was a forgery, to all in teuts and purposes. Mr. Weller wanted to kn~ow when the Pacific railroad bill would come up. Three weeks ago *it had been made the special order for to-day, and if it was laid over until to-morrow it would interfere with the Senator from Alabama, (Mr. Clay,) who had the flnor on the Kansas question. *Mr. Douglas urged that this subject ought to be disposed of witbout delay, and his .motion beingsgreed to, Mr. Halan proeeeded with his remarks, in Itar course of which ho alluded to Mr. Butler as be ing familiar with the names of Hector, P'riam and Nestor, the heroes of the Trdjan war, but said he seemed to be more ignorant ef the he roes who had fought the bait es of his own country. Mr. Butler said that he had sometimes illus trated his remarks by allusions to the Illiad, and he did not know but that the exploits of the battlie of Buena Vista would be set to verse, and be styled the Lainiad. [Laughter.] He asked pairdon of the Senator from Iowa for using the word "gracamen" in his remarks, for he said lie knew about as much of Latin as Mr. Ha:rlan did -of English.-[Laughter,] Mr. Dosuglas stated the reason why he objec ted to the reception of the document that the Senate had once rejected, and which it was now at tempted to re-introduce here. As to the Dem cernecy 'of Col. Lane he had nothing to say, unw that he had fallen from grace. ' So were Frn-neis P. Blair and Andrew J. Donelson Democrats once, but no one would regard them as such now, when one of them was a leader of thme Black Republicans, and the other was the Know Nothing ceindidate for Vice President.-He cal. led the document a forgery because it had be* materially changed since its reputed signer! saw it. Mr. Wade replied to what he termed the pet. tifoging arguments of Mr. Douglas. Mir. Pugh said that if the General Assembly of Kansas should adopt the report of the com mittee of supervision and send it as prepared by them to the Senate, properly signed and au thenticated, it would thebbe time enough to re ceive it. Mr. Hale said that Col. Lane had been act-used of frand or forgery and his character assailed by various Senators. What did Mr. Lane do ? He went home and prepared a stati.ment explaining and vindicating his character, and praying that his former memorial be received. The question was-Shall a man who is accused be heard in his own defence ? If the explanation should be deemed satisfactory, then the Senate could de ida upon granting his prayer and receiving his memorial which had been rejected. Mr. Wilson said that Mr. Douglass had indul. . enate. The term Black Republican had been applied to the friends of freedom. But between this and that of border ruffian Democrats, the former were ready to take issue before the country. It was under the malign influence of - avid Atchison, a border ruffan, that secret so - ietios were organized in Mansouri to plant sla. -ary in Kansas. The Senator from Ilinois said e wold. beat us down, but he can subdue us never. We shall have a majority of members here and in the other House, and a man at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, at the head of the government of the country, conducting it on true Domocratic principles. [Laughter.] No oubt of it. Dir. Douglas replied, explaining that he had used the word subdue as applicable to the trai tors and rebels in Kansas. He had used the ord black to designate the Republicans, because every clause in their platform relates to the ne rquestion, and as a substitute for defunct donal republicans, what more appropriate ? r hose principles are sectional, and not avowed in the shave States. Mr. Wilson, interrupting, aild he raddressed a large meeting in a City Hall, in Delaware, on *Saturday, and Isid dowvn the doctrines of the ~pblican party freely and plainly which were nere~y assented to there., The Republicans saim that their principles are national, and they will advocate them in every seuulion of the pnion. Mr..owduglas replied that he truated wherever avwdthey will be as boldly avowed in the South as in the North. As to the increase of Black Republican members of Congress, it was .acomplshed by fusion. The Democratic Presidential candidate will lake issue with that of the Butck Republicans en ever branch of the latter's principles, and '~will boly go before the sountry on the Ne raka and Kansas act and the important doc tipestnvolves. tie sefuted what he termed alolit libels and foul- slanders on him, inven tefrpblian and waliclous purposes, owing ~enhi 'rsb on the Nebraska and Kansas bill. SrWlsonialluded to Mr. Douglass' remarks ~ a amui~pu anad-sald the charge usuairy ome. fri men with tliedr of smalgation on themuseves. * Laughter]. He (air. Wilson) knew nO reason why a man, because feeble, should be degraded by unjust-and unequal lawe H.did not disown the name of abolitionists. John. -Quincy Adam,'-Jeffer'ai;* Waslilngton, Jay, -Hamilton, Franklin, and the men who formed the Coiislitution and carried us through the fire and blood of the revolution weie abolitiohists. The Republican party:opposes slavery every. where, but-he would rather die in his place than interfere with it in the States. The people of Kansas were not rebels but were law abiding. He thought Mr. Douglas had a hard roa4- to travel and would realize that those for whom he fought cannot- afford to be generous, and would find to be true the remark of a once emi nent politician, " gratitude is a lively sense of favors to come." M1r. Stuart deprecated the discussinn of the delicate and exciting question of slavery here by those whose openly avowed object is to grasp the reins of power. It has been seized with the avidity that hungry hounds rush upon a carcasa. It grieved him to see urgent business of the country neglected for such unworthy purposes. He thought the remark of Mr. Wilson, that "the South cannot be kicked out of the Union," should have been reserved for some other place or occasion. Mr..Wilson explained-I said that men who threatened to dissolve the Union cannot be kicked out. I did not use the word South, but I think we shall have no trouble. At the instance of Mr. Stuart the motion to receive Mr. Lane's petition was then tabled. Yeas-Messrs. Allen Benjamin, Briggs, Bigler, Bright, Brown Butler, Cass, Clayton, Dodge, Douglas, Evans, Fitxpatrick, Hunter, Iverson, James, Jones of Iowa, Jones 1'f Tennessee, Pugh, Reid Ru-h, Sebastian, Slidell, Stuart, Toombs, Toucey, Weller, Wright and Yulee-28. Nays-Messrs. Collamer, Durkue, Foot, Hale, Hamlin, Harlan, Seward, Sumner, Trumbull, Wade and Wilson-1I. Adjourned. Oyj ALirieriser. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1856. g Wa must give some three or four rhyming correspondents a fair showing next week. They shall, all together, have just one column to themselves. THAT SHARPE'S RIFLE. We have hal two or three applications for the Sharpe's rifle committed to our care by Col. N. C. M. HasxoND; and it would have afforded us much plea sure to hav? complied in each case. But the gun is really not ours to dispose of as we like. It was sent to our address to be placed at the direction of the Edgeleld Kansas Association; and we can do no more than turn it over as that association shall say. The body will, we suppose, meet at this place on next sale day. At that time, application can be made for the rife. It is ready to be delivered at the bidding of the Association. IMPROVING. Wz are pleased to observe the indications of im provement exhibited by our neighbor, the Informer. Before the year is out, it's prosperity will have been established, we trust, beyond the chances of re verse. The intelligence and energy displayed by it's conductors merit success; and we are very cer tain that no feeling but one of friendship actuates our bosom towards this new district enterprise. If we publish attacks of some severity upon the Informer's course and policy, it is not that we either agree with or approve them, but because this line of conduct has heretofore been pursued in such matters by the Adver timer and is one which it's conductors regard gut con sonant with the freedom of the Press. TRE VILLIAGE H[GHWVAYS. One of the roads running into our village has been flied, we are told, in the true style of the turnpike. We mean the back way which leads by the Academic grove.' From several sources we have heard high compllmnta.passed .upon'this hands6me-1ieee of work. It is indicative, doubtles, that our present Council intend having all the streets, and roads, and alleys, done up in the same judicious manner. Such an achievement would refleet much credit upon their administration. In particular, we trust the hill from Mr. James M.'s to Mr. Lewis C.'s will not be forgot ten. It is there, on the top of that hull, that the sight of our pleasant town first breaks upon the view of visitors coming from that direction. How important then is it, (to keep up the first good impressio'ns,) that the descent from that point should be stnooth and agreeable. As it how stands, there is not a rougher place on the same road for five miles out. It should be remembered too tnat a great many people come in this way, and a job of repairing like that above alluded to would here accomodate and please a large number of citmrens. THE SEASON. After the severe vicissitudes of a long and hard winter, we may at length say with confidence that Spring is here. The woods, which were next to naked ten days ago, are rapidly donning their vernal garb. The forest vistas are closing in m-re and more each succeeding day. The dells and dingles are assuming bheir shades and shadows. The uighing breeze fans gently the soft, fresh verd ure of the grove, bringing the light of other days around us. In the air, the sweet vocalization of a thousand untutored songsters is filling the morn with melody. In the water, the finny tribe are flashing their scaly sides to the sun beam and darting at every flower-leaf that falls upon the glassy surface of the stream. In the earth too, the seeds are swelling and bursting; and the fibres t hat givejlife to the vegetation above are issuing forth in search of that stistenance, tthich is to crown the land scape with its glory and to fill the granaries of men with golden abundance. And yet it was hard for the Frost-king to allow him self dethroned. Seldom have the oldest men among us observed so steady, so biting, so prolongedl a winter. Seldom have farmers and gardeners been more back ward in their operations. Only two days since, the warm spell (which all had thought safely inaugnrated) was rudely assailed by the Parthian-like agencies of this obstinate season. Its wthds came whistling back as if defying the good Sun-light and all the lesser powers of Spring. The quick silver in Fahrenheit sunk again to 48". Snow-suggestive clouds fleckered for a while the azure sky where the warm glow of approaching summer had begun to manifest itself. But it was this time vain to resist the Queen-spirits of the new season, surrounded as they were by all their genial Hours. The discomfitted old tyrant sounded a retreat before the warm array. The full-moon for April passed, his last battle-ground for the nonce wasn gone; and here we are, unmistakeably and absolutely, within the ertain 1boundaries of that deliciotus realm ver which Flora and Ceres together maintain a friendly supremacy. Long live their gracious ma jestieesl THE COWVENTION IN COLUMBIA. Most of the Districts in the State have appointed Delegates to meet in Columbia on the Ist. Monday in May, to make specific arrangements for being proper ly represented at the Cincinnatti Convention, which is to assemble in June next, for the purpose of effecting a nomination of candidates for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency. Some of our cotemporaries seem to treat the proposition to meet in Columbia, as if it were an attempt by designing managers to bind the State to what the meeting may do. It is no such thing. It is only a meeting proposing and recommending a course by which the proper influence and future weight of South Carolina may be organized upon a most imaportant question, in which she is jointly initer ..sted with her co-States. There can be no legal bind ing or pledge whatever. The people are of course left at perfect liberty either to sanction what may be reoommended, or to disapprove it, by their final votes the regular polls. If there be wisdom and proprie ty in what may be proposed, they will sanction it; if not, they will condemn. The Delegates from South Carolina cannot bind or pledge the State ; they can only recommend. In point of fact, South Carolina is perhape the only State in the Union that will not be represented by Delegates sent to both Democratic and -Whig Conventions; and if we had any Whigs of im portance, we also would have tw~o Delegations. Sure ly both Delegations could not pledge the State. What ever even the Cicinnati ,Convention mnay do is culy commendatory, deriving .Aveight from its intrinsic -pr:,t .ey an uit.ableness-nothiir mo~r. Yet this in treated as a grave innovation and an attempt to ma Si'n South Carolina. If assemblies.unauthorized by to I law do or recommend anything wrong, let thos svbo nex stay'out of them show the error and reverse the re- to f -commendation; and the reaction upon those who have - made the filse move will be stifficiently crushing. Thi But if thoslwho pull the secret wires by which pnp. sior pets have been made to fret their hour upon the stage, the see that the time has come when their legerdemain is Lal no longer needed, let them not complain and (by way put of drawing off public indignation) pour out empty our abuse upon others. Remember! there may be two ant sides to this question. Those who are for holding ne 'back South Carolina to the- last, may do soby way ale of keeping her in the market to be bid for; and the pro auctioneer who cries her off may claim the highest wo rewards in the shape of offices, because forsooth ! she me was the last of a good bargain. we But we have said enough heretofore in defence of the the policy of our being fairly represegted-in-the.Gen eral Convention. The political issues of to-day are ano not what they have been. Our opponents in.the Fed- Ch eral Government set forth that they have been wrong. we ed by a repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and the out passagI of the Fugitive Slave Law. They demand be the repeal of the latter and the restoration of the for- nol mer. They likewise demand the Abolition of Slave- wI ry in the District of Columbia, and are looking to pal the regulation of the Slave Trade between the States. In: These are all measures against which we assume the Pr attitude of defence. We now demand nothing but the that things shall remain as they are. There can there- pu fore be no movement in the Cincinnati Convention Ini but a defensive one. The attack must come from our thc enemies, and, if made, may result in breaking down wi the power of the Constitution. In that event, ed shall South Carolina not be there to stand by the South I ad With the present political indications before us, the pa meeting at Cincinnati cannot .rightly be regarded so fix much as a promotive of affiliation with what has been ab called the Northerr. Democratic party, as it is of con- ho certed action to sustain what has been done by the all Government and the President, and to bring about a we more effectual organization of the power of the South. pei ern States. As long as we are in the Federal Union mi and are interested in upholding what has actually ha been done, it is not only our best policy, but our high wi duty to act cordially with those who show themselves tot to be our allies, and, most especially, with our sister ay States who are one with us in principle and interest. thi In former Conventions our position was en- sni tirely different from what it now is. We then LA complained of wrongs and demanded a Candi- if I date for the Presidency who was willing to do justice fri and give us redress. There was then danger to be apprehended from the putting forward of a compro- Ci ising man upon a platform we could not recognise. in1 We now place ourselves upon what the Government ttc has done and assume the defensive. We know what we are about. When the Government is right, we li will use the Presidential Election as ati incident to de sustain it; and this is the interest South Carolina now fie has in the Presidential Canvass. She will use it as of a means in keeping the Government wnere it is atid Ni in promoting concert with others for that purpose. She co will show that she has'the intelligence to understand wi the political changes of the day, the boldness to go N into the contest when she has a stake at hazard and wi the independence to keep out of it when there is a bn prospect of her principles being thereby compromised. pr We tell those who have raised a c!amor against the s movement to be represented at Cincinnati, that there cc are men in favor of the measure who understand the do real value of the occasion and are at least as li independent of Federal Offices as any of those who thi are so reAdy to impute the desire of them to others. No vaunting assumption of superior or exclusive nc patriotism can render that virtue brighter than it is; at and the day is past when vapid aspersions,. made hy to the supple tools of cliques upon those sought to be gri victimized, will be taken as proof conclusive against 1A sterling worth.N if we are not incorrectly advised, the Cino nnati tic Convention will be composed of Delegates in the pro- be portion of twice as many representatives as the State of is entitled to in the Electoral Cullege; that is, four for a the Senators and two for each of the Congressional u Representatives. This sy done, we conceive, toB make ita more popular body. The meeting at Colum bia in May will then select four delegates fur the State at large, anti two fur each Congressional Dis- ma trict. We presume the Delegates from the several T Districts comsposing a Congressional District niill, t after deliberation, recommend snitable gentlemen to s represnt the Congressional District and propose theni for the Convention's approval. It may be too, that i the meetIng will pass some resolution approving the te courso of President Pierce, who has acte d with snch t noble fidelity to the Constitution and the country. ce But we take it for granted that delegates to Cincin-E nati will be left free to support whatever nominee may be thought best stitedl to the exigencies of the tht times. Although preferring Pierce and profesbing him to be their, first choice, they will surely goii untramelled by a foregone dlecision. They ought, at least, to be left free to act harmoniously and eflec- h ively with Georgia, our sister State nearest to us in th interest and principle. OUR TOWN~t. las it is seemly that we occasionally glance3 at our town, me its condition and prospects; and the present is a wi suitable enomughs time for the discharge of that duty. m< In any criticisms we may chance to indite, let nll be go, well assured that we " set down nought in malice." g To begin then with outward appearances. We are ihe upon the lill above that portion of our vllage long ago vi] denominated " Buncombe'." This is rather the Court dr end of town ; or at least it thus ranked some years as go. Within the last Iustrurn, there have been few on changes here. With the exception that Col. C.'s place is in an admirable condition of whiteness, and that a be neat cuttage building has been reared on the lower ' part of Ex-sheriff'J's premises, we see nothing special 1 to be placed on the credit side of the picture. Neither b are there any marks ot declension apparent. All the fa' residences on that side of the braench are well inhab- at ited and well preserved, fences and flower-gardens de included. The stteet too is in fair plight which com- ne mendatory remark could nut have been made a fsw ou months past. In going over to the village proper, we ti observe in passing that a very ugly hole is in progressfa of deepening on the verge of " Three-quarter branch." be Astranger trottingahong there at night would be'jostled mt in a mannier that would lead him to suppose he was any-m where else but " in town." The old hill going up is ti about as usual; and the dwellings which crown its summit are in capital order. That of Mir. H. has been Ine quite improved by the new front and an enlarged flower garden which have been the result of the pre sent proprietor's taste. The office of S & Ml., above the garden, has been dressed up also of late, as ham the old corner house now occupied by friend A. As the road forks here and we can't go both ways at once, we may as well now jump about from spot to spot, as the " Devilon-ttvo-stickm" would probably do were he ourself. The remark is premised, that through' out our whole town, in all its length and breadth, but one unoccupied house is to be found. That says some What new law-office is that, with green blinds and parapet front ? It is owned and tenanted by Mlesers. 31. & S., lawyers at our bar. A good example is liere set, by the way, to such gentlemen-bachelors as would provide themselves with decent habitations> Instead of wooden shanties, why not build with brick, well based upon rock. Houses, like reputations, look better and last longer when thus instituted. And what fine, large affeir is that which rears itself' so handsomely on the South side of thte square ? it. is the Odd Fellows & Mlasonic building, likewise of stone and brick, three stories high and of admirable propor- an tions as any one may see at a glance. When finished, w it will dleservedly rank among the very best structures hi in the up-country of South Carolina. The large Puib- vill ie Hall which takes up the whole of its second floor poi will be an admirable Concert room ; and as soon as its condition will permit, we hope to have mome great times there in that way. Miss Brenan is back from ed the North ; and we vote that she be selected to con-w scrate this Hall to innocent amusement, with her pure, birdlike tones, as soon as may be.-Tism whole establishment will'be an honor and mu ornanient to our plaza. IL Then thite is another new brick btilding across the way. It is the property of Mr. B-n, an active and p esteemed merchant of our place. Inside of it may be Co found shelves and other hiding places from which our Ien old townsman, G. L. P., is ever ready to handl out uit aany varieties of grood things. And if his salmon, or nios jnckterel, or candy, or sweetmueats; or his flour, or Jm ches, or pickled tripe, or fish-hooks should happen trt you in the using, you have only to call back t day for sonpa pills, or salve, or bitters, or plaster, ix every thing up right again. 6nd now for the high iron fence in front of the jail. it'was the work of the former board of Commis iers of Public Buildings, for which they received applause of the Grand Jury at ie last term of our N Court. It is really.tasteful, and, as a part of the ilie works, worthy of this venerable old district of s. In this connection, we will anticipate a uittle I state that arrangements are now making by the v Board to have our Court House covered with te, so thavit shall be, to that extent ai least, fire of. The importance of a proper execntion of this rk will doubtless suggest itself to each and every mber of this Board. We are confident, from what have heard, that no pains will be spared to ensure complete performance of the job. We jump now clear over the old -Adeertiser office i alight some distance in front of the Baptist ureh. Up there in the steeple, we would have the rld to know, there is a bell as is a bell, loud, sonor i, mellow, almost grand. The steeplieitself might improved, might'nt it I But thit's neither here there. The bell is new, and the new things are at we are upon just now.-Then look over the ing into the yard of the Edgefield Female Collegiate titute. The tasteful manner in which the present ncipal and Proprietor is having things arranged re reflects much credit upon his enterprise and ulie spirit. In a year or two the grounds of this tituticn will show, by the beauty and propriety of ir adorpraents, what it is for a teacher to be blessed th perceptions of the beautiful as well as 'a knowl ,a of tle useful. kway we go now to main street. Mr. S. F. G. has led greatly to the appearance of bs hoqse by that rapeted piazza; and Dr. B. just oves the road is ing, and trimming, and freshening up every thing ut him in a way that ought to stir up some older use-keepers. There too is Gen. B's lot and fixtures, bright and clean as new rloney. And this, by the y, is the unoccupie4 house we mentioned. It hap is to be so, because the General has removed a fe w le into the country and none of our young people ve got married since. The hearth-stone in there I soon I e warmed up, we trust, for the reception of ne happy pair, Who shall they be We have our - upon several couples-but mum's he word.-And m there is the corner of Mr. T. R., looking as if a )w-storm had just brushed against it. Old man ,QutEux would'nt knor the place for a full half-hour, ie were just now dropped upon the side-walk in nt of it. Permpit us here to vault over to the high bill on the 'luniia road, just to ask brother Scooter when he ends to begin that new house on that noele situa n. [n retrograding, we observe that a new plank fence s superseded the former rail worm-which sought its vious course along the boundaries of Mrs. La B-e's Id. It is none the less worthy of note, that one part it was built by " Old Harry" and another by "Old ck." What business our good folks had making tracts with any such cloven-footed individuals, 11 perhaps look strange to people at a distance. ertheless, we have it upongood authority that tat we have stated is a fact. But whoever the ilders were, the new fence is certainly a great im ivement to that part of town. in spite of certain ht architectural irregularities here and there per ptible to a very keen eye. Knowing though (as we ) whose handicraft is here exhibited, we avoid shing our strictures further, lest perchance we incur : visitings if dia hlerie. Before going back to a more central point, we must omit to mention the neat improvements in progress the pleasant situation of Mr W. P. B. We hope see a chaste cottage going up at no distant day, to ice lIdlewood's pretty grove. Like Sniooter's hill, place deserves the house and ought to have it. ither should wti fail to say how the handsome situa n of Col. F. still holds it's own. We had expected fore this huwever to see a wing going up on the left that house. The Col. ought to make his residence spot of elegance as it is one of decidedly fine nat I beauty. Back again to the plaza. T building, in which u. S. holds out fur. sale a lht~ choice gootds, has en repaired in front, W. F. D. promises to do the ae with the Adlvertiseroafiice. McE--y and the Dr. -e whooccupy the next house lhave had nothing done their outside lately. Thu Drug Store, however, pre its within as full and as complete an arrangement m~'edicines and medical appliances as can he found any other village, North o3 South.-Next comes 1. F.'s 3Mercantile estabbishmetit, unimproved ex -nally, but literally crammed and jammed with ex lent goods nf every grade and alnost every kind. The large wooden block, ownedl in part by A. B. q., and as to the rest by Col. S. C., is now filled up oughout and laegins to present a more animated pearance than it has done for some years. Among later occupiers of this captital business location, may mnemiion Messrs B. & B. and Mr. E. P., who e set up two very handsome Dry-goods stores quite ely. Th-y have really excellent assortments ; and ase, superadded to our other well-known houses, ht to draw a large amount of custom to our vii a. We have now plenty of competition, plenty of rcatndize and plenty of the spirit of selling ; and iere these three things fall together, purchasers are ire than apt to be satisfied. We may add that the uds of the present season are, to our view, exceeding. brilliant and not over-dear. Such at any rate is showing our merchants make. In fact, Edgefield lage now ofErs as rich inducements to trade in the goods line as any village in the State. This w e ert at a veniture ; but we'll argue the point with any dispos'ed to take us up. Jpon the whole, we may boast that Edgefield, in a iness point of view even, is likely to do about as 11 as any of her sister villages for the good year I6. If she tines not, it will not be the fault of her siness men. We have good stores, good shops, good tories ; and they are in the hands of persons able d anxions to please. The feeling among them is to something that shall make a new era an the busi us characteristics of the place. And wetan assure rreaders of Edgefield district that they will do mselves and their district town injustice, if they I to come atnd test the truth of the statement we re make. That these remarks are unsolicited and paidfor, wvill not d.-tract from any influence they .y have. As gertmain to the matter in hand, wve append a list Lt will show the unpretentious but respectable busi is condition of Edgelield village. Dry Goods stores,................... 6 Clothing store,....................... 1 Merchant Tailoring,.................. 1 Mllillitneries,........................ 3 Shoeshop,........................ 2 Family Grocery,.................... 1 Drug Store,....................... 1 Cabinet rooms,...................... 2 Wathrepairing,....................1I Blacksmith shops,.................. 5 Coach factories,.................... 2 Tinshop..........................I1 Sadleries,.......................... 2 Barber-shop........................1I 3esides this list we have 2 Hotels. 2 Printing Offices (Issuing 3 papers.) 3 Schools (Male & Female.) 3 Churches (Baptist, Methodist and Episcopal.) 12 or 15 Law Oftices. 4 Doctor's Shops.. 1 Steam mill. Lnd other things too tedious to enumerate. hy way of addendusn, we may remark that we are incrporated town, endowed with certain privileges. have no dram sihops, our suveral late Councils rng bee n elected on dry principles. The present age authorities think with their predecessors on this at, and so we are likely to continue a soIrer people IH SoutrH CARLa CoLLEE.-We receiv a letter, last welt, frotn a frietnd in Columbia. o saysa: " I would merely add that the Col e seems to be as quiet, studiomus and well dis medl, s could bte desired. This is saiying a )d dentl, but certa.inly stneh is the external atp rance of thing; 'rTe new Professors, Dr. Linte and Mr. Rivers, are wnnintg golden nions from all. The'futerest felt in their de Enents is very grattifying to the friends of the liege. The umber of studets now in att dance is about one hundred and fifteen." We erely hope anud believe that thist College will v go on prosperously and harmoniously. The aulty will be ott the alert, and the young men thi goo. ~d, btla..h. .--in outcan 'aifr,. CONVENTION NOTICE. he It is proposed that the Convention to assemblet wi olumbia be called to order for purposes of -organiza- hc ion on Monday afternoon, the 5tli of May. We think thi evertheless it would be well for delegates to be in at- w endance in good time, say by Monday morning at any -he ate: The conclusion now is that the State will be yc agely and ably represented. We trust that every am uan appointed 1i Edgefleld will endeavor to attend. at [he occasion will be one of great interest, and, where to ther engagements do not absolutely forbid, all who pa re delegated should make it a point to be found there vt nd at their posts in due time. With the sanction of be the secretaries of our March meeting, the following is iven as a correct list of the delegates then appointed. C Col. A SI tKINS, S. S. TOMPKiNs, Dr. JOHN LANa, N Col. F. W. Ficgzms, Col. Jou TALBERT, M. W. GARY, Esq., G. W. LANDRux, ANDREW J. HAMMOND, JOHN bYLKY, Dr. W. S. MOBLEY, G. D. TI6LUA, -* Evq., Dr J. U. READY, W. N. Mooza, Capt. R. MIza. b iWZTUKa. - SPIRIT OF THE YANKEE WOMEN. A ftiend encloses us th6 following verses taken ci from the Lowell News. They %t ere endorsed upon 01 one of the subscription papers circulated among the et Factory operaives of that place during a recent move- tt ment in behalf of the Free State men of KansaC ti rhere is a touch of the old Lexington. spunk in the te heart of t:.e factory girl who indited them. Uppo9sed b to us as their sentiment is, we can but admire the genuine, ;rue-blue spirit at their.bottom. That girl will make some fellow a good wife, and be the mother h of some solid men without a doubt. We point our fair Southrons to the example, an 1 ask, is tlere nore to respond to this Yankee maiden's bold tone of defiance 1 ousserrons. Three pence a pound on tea, Charged by John Bull, Esqiire, Kicked up a row, in earlier days, And kindied Freedom's fire. lo in later times, the self-same wrong b Makes freemen's hearts' blood boil ;I We claim the right for black or white, ti To squat on Kansas soil ;- ti And settling there, to make their land, A As freemen do, by votes; And not have border rascals force, q By threate and curses loud and coarse, Their bantlings down their throats. it Take, then, our mite, ye Kansas men Our hearts are warm and true- d And let it help the holy cause Embodied now in you. - I Fair girls here add, from honest toil, h Their trifle for your aid. tl " Strike for the right--the right is yours," Cries many a lovely maid ; " We'll share your homes. ye Yankee boys, When Kansas shall he free And add some copies of yourselves, To uphold liberty."$ a -OOMMUNICATIONS, n FOR THE ADVERTISER. d EXTRACTS FROM SEVERAL LETTERS OF AN a OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT. PARIS, Jan. 28, 1856. . . . * * * * * * Friday night, after a two hours lesson in Gerspan, which, as my teacher speaks French alone, may be esteemed two hours in French also, I found myself at the Imperial theatre do Odeon, vis a vis wit I the Emperor and Empress, of whom, except that they were dressed in plain citizen's dress, and that his face was marked with many a wrinkle expressing care and thought, and at the tame time of that slight- b ly sallow hue, or rather bronzed tint, which give the a appearance of great enduraice; that she was pretty b but constantly in motion ; that the both seemed per fectly at their ease-paid attention to the play, and I laughed like every body else at the good things, I have nothing to remark. The next day I called on R. and got permission to attend the session of thse Bio logical Society. I then paid a visit to M. to ask for a ticket to the setnce annuelle of the Academy of Sci encs, which took place to day. This I felt I had a right to ask of him, as 1 had spent three days in trans- I aring the Enjglph artnele ons fislI-breeding, which I heard read at Glascon and of which I have spoken to 1 you before, into French for him, at his request. I spent an hour and a half in the afternoon at a lecture of Milne Edwards on the development of the ovum. After dining I went to the theatre Franscais, and at twelve o'clock found myself at the opera Comique, wheri the great annual ball of the dramatic artists took place. I was advised to go there as the most brilliant ball of the season, and as infinitely more re specable, and on this account more interesting; thsan the masque bal!s that take place every Saturday night at 12, at the Grand Opera. But these basis masquaea, what spectacles ! No description can do them justice, and the delinestors of French manners, as far as'I can see (Ganarni excepted) have not d 'red to attempt it. Altougha I am attempting to give you some idea of toi I pass my time by furnishing a connected diary of three days, and am now, as you see, at the Opera Comique, I can't refrain from trying to give you, by way of episode, a faint dlescriptiotn of what I saw at the Grand Opera a week ago. For 7,50 franks, you are admitted each Saturday aight, at 12 o'clock, fisr the two months preceding time Carnival, to the largest theatre in France. On entering you pass through galleries, saloons and re fresment rooms, crowded with Catvaliess in full dress and immense numbers of handsomely dressed females in dominos and masques. This privilege of the masque is only accorded to the ladies, the gentlemen never appearing thus attired. The chsandeliers., the carpets, the statues, the gilding, and all would seem engh to confuse une, but instantly, on the contrary, you feel at home, you promenade, you lounge, you speak to any body, say whtat you please, and take every thinga in return. But thse immense parterre~the seats removed, the floor plankedjver and lighted by thirty immense chandebters presents the most striking scene. Here are congre-I gated between 2000 and 3000 pe rsons, in every ima ginable costume. The voice of te Trouladourrmingles with the'warhoopof the American'savage ; Harlequin eatas familiarly on the sholder of the Granid Seig eur, while Madame Pompadour more than " half em braced," nor " half retiring from the giowing arm," whirls round in a giddy polka witha a Miller. Ar the far end of this immense chamber, on an elevated stage, stands Strauss, himself a composer, and son of the author of rise celebrated waltzes of that name, baton in hand, conducting his band composed of 100 per formers. To give them music was has charge ie screwed the pipes agil made. them skirn, Till roof and rafters a' did dirn. Those dasinmg, deafening, peals of harmony seem t do more for the dancers thtan to " Put life and mettle in their heels." In their odd fantrastique dresses you no lo: ger recog. nised them as a class of beings called dancers. Thiey seemed to be the incarnation of Strauss' notes, or rather like demone, imspe, and peris long time impri soned y some powerful enchanter in fiddles, flutes and horns, now suddenly liberated Ins wild tumultuous ecstacy by the magic of Strauss' black wand. Also a goodly number of people of all nations and ages, waked by this noisy orgie from their repose, seemed to a have come rtere to look on ; bait swept away by the ecitement had joined in the sarurnsalla, despite I their former dignity ; while a much smsaller number a of witie-gloved, pantalooned fellows like myself, stood by as spectators. And while we "gazed, amazed and curious, il The mirth and fun grew fast atnd furious; Te pipers loud and louder blew, Tthe dauncers quick and quicker flew; r They reeled, they set, the c9oss'd they dreekit, I Till ilka callant sweat and reekit." Men in petticoats, women in breeches-nont mixed in interminable conf usion-'now recalled by Strauss' marains-the hundreds thtreadig rtese mazy tabyrintha' d fring their places again, jumpmng over each others heads and flinging one another up with twisting mo non; and so high they " leapt and flang it" they seem- a dd dancing in thme air, rather tihan on the floor, If you ever recollect to have seen a boy with a piece of a pipe stem in his mouth, with a green rea pierced b by a pin, suspended at the other end, which lie keepe whrling in mid air, and you will just imagine a thou sand of such peas, thus whirnig, transformed into human beings in fancy costume, you will see before you the Parterre of the masque ball at the Grand "t Opera. H. S~coN#1.ETTER. ' . . . * * * Pars, Jan. 28, 1856. It was while smoking a cigar in thie Buflet at the fi Bal Masque, of the Grand Opern, that I made thte S equainitance of a most singular Individual. I was uking English to a young man, when a tall, lank " led.me with "ye,:sir-how-do yoid o sair 1". a is passing oh, but I dried after him, " Well enougbi 'w do you do I" He turned, saying--" very *ell, &nk you sir, but I am devlish thirsty, and wish yoe iold stand a drink for me." ."'Good ! what'll yot we 1" " Grog American, thank you, sir." "W hat' ur name, friend 1' "John Matthews, sir, guide d interpreter, always before Meurice's Hotel, sir d he very happy, sir to serve you any way." Ou be brief, here's the fellow's history, which I go rtly from himself, and partly from others-and tI rious accounts agree so perftetly that there mu. i good deal of truth in the story. John Matthews, after being engaged as a boy In ti a-fisheries, having been -born in Boston, went ti iw Orleans as the servant of a merchant. After irds he served as under-coak on one of the steamer i the Mississippi, which place he changed for ih rihof Steward to alsteamboat on the Mobile. Thene went with an American Minister to Q-, wher learned Spanish, and subsequently to San Framn sco, where his master having the bad taste to b'ov it his brains, John took to thb mines, filled his poek s with a couple of thousands of gold dust, and ro irned to New York. Having acquired a taste fa avelling and having heard talk 'f Europe, he de rmined to visit it. Landed in England, our her -came a pet of the Dutchess of Sutherland, an ade the acquaintance of the young nobility of he it; but finally found himself reduced to the life ofr ty-market sharper. He left London for Paris an it the place of valet at the American legation. Hav g acqtqiret French, his reputation as a diploma amestique spread so rapidly, that he was sent fa om Russia to instal our Minister there. But havin ie misfortune to be found drunk and creating a die rbance in the streets ofSt. Petersburg, with'Lord r rd some other young nobles, le was put Into th ick-up, and thus losing character he made his wa ack to Vienna-attached himself to the legatio arned German and attended the court balls. H avelled with various mapters, as interpreter, ova te East, and Italy, and was put in jail at Jerusalen .fterwardal being in Paris, he gallantly espoused A marrel oft hree Americans to whom he was acting a laide, against four genda rmes. He knocked two c sm down and was given apartments at Clichy ft vo months. In this unfortunate condition he we iserted by the Americans, nnd came near starvinj eleased, he threw himself on the mercies of on ho gave him bread and employment, and finally set im to Spain to instal Dodge. Again in Paris, Ma ews finds his business poor.. He made a raise in th I1 by being at a partykof Lorettos, who were gamblin ith some French nobility; the party being broken i pon by the Police, John managed to secrete fot apoleons lying loose on the table, -in his stocking rid he has lived on them until now. He has kel diary which he tells me will fill two printed volume rd promised to show it to me; but I have not see im recently. The fitting up and publication of thi iary would be no mean literary speculation. in thea tobiographical days of ours; not, however, that itend to undertake so gloriousran enterprise. H. For the Advertiser. THE ART OF LISTENING. WE have had inany treaties on the art of speal ig: we want some on the art of listening. It lways necessary to talk ; but to listenis almost uty. Has nt nature, by giving us two cars al ut one mouth, taught us that we ought to talk le nd listen more? " Strike but listen," said a c l rated Grecian. Not to listen, or to lsten with a want of attentio i an.offense against the laws of politeness, and hig reason agaitnst society. Lord Chesterfield .told 1 otn that lie had knoawn a man knoeked down for ess grave offence than that of not listening to aerson who addressed him. Ne'thing certainly is more acceptable and pleasii han the art of listening. A n old man, it is sai el a large legacy to one who was not his relatic icause Ite had always had the complaisance to list, o him.. - Reader ! try the effect of it in your daily inte nurse. It will always tell in your favor. - BREVITAS. *Themistoeles to the Spartan Eurybisades. miscellaneous Items, SW" Tnoatas McDONALtD ha, been arrested lichigan city, charged with robbing the United Sta nail of $5000. Sg*T TuEz Episcopal Convention of the Diocese Virginia will meet In Fredericksburg on the 21st lay next. 9g' THE Chicago Journal states that the tide ravel is fairly setting eastward and westward. TI rains moving to and fro over the Galena road are eni nous. Kandas, Iowa, Minnesota, are the words, a hole cars full of "household goods" are maki heir way thither." gW'Tus New York Courier, in alluding to the b Kct of the Maine law, says: " Thousands and tens of thousands, n ho are amo le moat respectable portion of the people of tate, and who sincerely wish well to the cause emperance, utterly disbelieve in this coercive systert gg" BaA atse.-The grand aqueduct of Seba opol, about eight miles in length:, width six feet, a nean depth sev-en feet and a half, has been destroy >y the French. gg Two thonsand working women in Engla ave memorialized the Queen not to open the Crysi ?alace, the British Museum, &c., on Saturdays. gw" TIHE Postmas'ter Genernl has appointed Wi am P. McCully, Route Agent on the line betwe 3h~arlotte and Coltumbiai, South Carolina, vice J. tgraves, resigned, at a salary of 8700 a year. gg' TatE anniversary of the battle of San Jacit to begelebrated at Galveston. This battle, foug m the 21st of A pril, 1836, established the indeps lence of Texas. SW' DYtNG OuT.-The State of Maine (Whi ays: "'We saw the statement a few days since Ir eliable anti-Nebraseka paper in Massachasetts thi egret it as they might, the feeling of opposition to febraska bill was dyIng out. gW' THE Legislature of Alabama has passed a 4 rohiiting gambling on steamboats, under heavy pa Ities. gW" SHAD are selling in Washington City at t ents a piece. 3g" A new Post Office has been established :hapel Hill, Campbell county, Ga., and M. Smi pponted P. stmaster. gW" Boston has 6000 more females than mah hile Chuicaga' has about fifteen thousand more inal an females. SW' A new Post Office has been established 'able Mountain, Pickens District, and S. D. I4ei ppointedl Postmaster. gg THE Connecti'cut river is open to Hartfor ake Michigan is open, but t'ie Mackinac Straits a till closed. The Welland canal wilt be opened abe iee25th inst. gg Rev. Daniel Ware and Rev. James By: letodist missionaries, lately died In Africa. 5"THE New Orleans Crescent chronicles ti markable fact, that since the organization of ti [oward Association in 1837, no active stiember ha gW" A slave, carpenter by trade, was lately s' Aains county, MISS., for three thousand seven hoi ed dollars. gg' WhAT THEY WANT.-The New York Mirr all says: " Newspaper readers want short stories ties at roses condensed in phiaels of Ottar." gW'Atynus i. Lvxtrx, a Connecticut scho( astr has been fined $29.70 for brutally whipping y with a rattan. gg" TuE reported recall of Mr. Wheeler, our Nil ter at Nicaragua, is contradicted. 3g" Tuaa is said to be living in New York, in ae of great destitution, a blood relative of Ge ashington, named RUNNELt.. SW" Col. J. G. Etao, one of the oldest settlers eas, antfformerly of Columbia, S. C., died receri in Texas. 3W" Ft.ocas of willI geese are f requently notice ring lorthward, showing that the climate at si ath ia getting too warm for them. 3W' THE New York Picayune has she followic iticism on Nicaraguan affairs: "Motto for Color 0. REE 0rAL. -HAMBURG aril23l. Cirox.-Our Market the past week has beer-' quite bosiysat and we quote astill) further adance1: prices range from 8-to tl*ots.. and one mnallloi was sold onFriday latit Uf rererpeelise . light., - K -HYMENIAL. O the 8th instant by the Rev. Mr. Btoeker,.r Juan T. NwnoLson 'and Miss SA".s BAowm: waten', only daughterof Mr. Burrel T. Boatwright All of this District. Blessed are these who mary young;.for their " - are all the familysweets of life.. Young Eeiseie-Nic A Pie-Nic Party will be given by the Young Mew of Edgefie1d Villnge ou Friday Evening ibe 25th inst. at 8 o'cluek,. to which the lidies of the Distriet and Village are respectfully invited. Capt. lIosa4 and the members of his Brmas Bnd arists ihvited. April2 1t . 15 State or South .Carolina., - r EDGEFIELD l)ISitLCT. - . INCHANCERY. -, I Clans. Wise and others Bill for' . we Account t John Wise Carter and others... and Settlemet. r Y virtue of an order of the Court of. Chancery. to me directed : It is-drdered :that a referen'oe be held in the above Stated ese ~at my ofiee at - Edgefield C. 11. on the first day of May. A. SlMKINS, C.E E.. B April 23 . 2tK15 Penmanship, M R. EATON (rrom Savannah) proposes to give r a course of lessons in the above important and useful A rt, in this Village. to commene as soon as a class of twenty pupils can be formed. a 'Twelve Lessons constitute the course, consisting f of a variety of gradually progressive exercises, which *r lead with invariable certainty to the 'acquisition of a a Neat and Elegant style of Writing. Mr. Eaton has numerous - specimens of the Im ' provement of his former pupils, which, compared * * with their previous illegibleserawls. show sa glance i the wonderful change wrought in so shortas time by a few entertaining and instructive exeroiaeu. e Terms for the course..................400 g Pen', Ink and Books furnished free of chrpg, . n Apri 23 856 t 15 ; wfeLand for 8ale. Twill offer for sale at Edgefiell C. IT.,'on the tst, - l Monday in Maybext at Public Outcry, two tracts n of pine land. i lat. The GOOD SPRING tract containingabout THREE HUNDRED acres, including the Good Sprina. This tract lies well, a fine building -sit. near the Spring, guod provisions and Orchard land, clay foundation, none cleared and heavily timbered 2nd. The BARTLETT tract on both sides of the Plank Road, thirteen miles from Hamburg, and ex t -nds nenas Little Horse Creek, containing about EIGUT HUNi>RED acres. On this tract ion set tlement with Eighty or One Hundred acres cleared, Is a fine Mill Seat on Little Horse Creek. The un a cleared portion is thickly covered with heavy pine d timber. Mr. William S. Howard will show the lines of ' either tract. The Plats may be seen upon applica-. tion to Lewis Jones. Esq., at Edgefleld Court Hlouse; who is authorized to treat for the same at private , sa'e. ,h Tuan.-A .credit until the first of January nex .for the first tract; and one and two years for~the 15 second, interest from day of sale, with-.the usual se a curities. JOH N BAUSKETT. a April 23 2t 15 ig Carrages, Carrages. d, rIPHE Subscribers would respeetfully -jnfor'm the Il public that they are manufituring.' and' have now on hand, and are constantly making ali~kinds - of Carriages and Buggies oif-the latest patrons and most fashionable tylespati y.. r- ceiving from the North ..ipthe.. best.. atts alt kinds of OARRIAGHE8 ani 3 'B GIES, fwlieni they will sell on as favorable ter ms for Cashi or'ap proved Paper as any similar establishment ein the South. LEIGH & TUTCK'ERt: ..N. B.-Repiring done as us~uah on'rtaronable. terms, at short notice. *L. & S. SThe Subscriber returns his sincere thanks to the. at Citizens of the district faor their patronage for the "s last three years and solicits a continuance fo.r the New firm. .10IIN LEIGH. of April 23 1856. tf * 15 of Notice, of QT RAY ED from my place on the Upper 3 Runs he K)Barnwell District. nt small Sorrel IIHorse, five years old this Spring. wvell formced, and all four feet > v-hite, and a Star in the face. No other particular ud ?narks known ; he was in good order and may have o8 lbeen ta.ken off by some p.-rson -r wvill give ten dol l;nrs to any pers',n that will deliver hiin to ; me any ad information concerning him will he thankfully Re eived.-Address Silverion, Rnrnwe~ll District S. C. WILLIAM F. GREEN. "g A pril 23 *4t 15 *fAdministrator's Sale. * Y an rder from W. F. Durisne, Esq.. Ordina-. .- ry ofdeleld District. I will proceed to sell in the town of lamburg. on Saturday the 10th of rd May next the personal Estate of Mrs. Nancy Bladon, consisting in part of one Negro woman and Son a.about eight years of age. Household and Kitchen Furniture, &e. al Tsaus-For all sums of and under Five Dollars . Cash: for all over that amount on a credit until the i. 25th December next. Purchasers to cive two good, m approved sureties. WM. MILLER, Adnz'tor.. s. . April 23 1856 3t 15 Furniture! Furniture! h 1) - EN.TA MIN & GOODRTCH!, Broad street, op n|D psite Lamback & Cooper's, respectful an nounce to their friends and the public, that they are now rc.-iving daily a choice and well selected Sassortment of all kinds of FURNITUR E, such as a 1I[RIEAUS. BOOK-CASES SOFAS. CH AIRS, Lt. TETE-A-TETER, CENTRE TABLES. BEDI hi ST EA DS. WIN DOW SH ADES. &e., of the la test and most fashionable designs, which they guaran tee to sell as low as can be bought in this city, and W invite all who wish to purchas, to call and examine n- their stock. A LL WORK WARRANTED. mn Mattresses and nfl kinds oif Furniture, manuflie tured nnd repaired to order, with neatness and di. at patch. BENJA MIN & GOODRICH. th A ugusta, A pril 23, tf 15 Sheriff's Wale. as B virue fsn r tsfFia to me directed an the first Monday in May next, the following pro at perty, in the following enses, viz: th Marshall Frazier e. Stanmore 3. Griffin; W. 11C Sale Asesignee es. the same, and other Plaiiniffii sey ci, erally e. the same, one negro girl slave, by the' mname of, Ellen. Aprl 1, 156. JA MES EIDSON, a. a. a. Woods Hair Restorative, ec PJHER E are plenty of young Gentlemen, as e b ell as plenty of old ones, whose beards are' Sturning cray, which gives the former a good deal' of uneasiness, and exposes the age of the lattete, ITo avoid these little perplexities, we advise such of |onr readers to use Prof. WOOD'S H AIR R ES - TORA TIVE, which will, in the course of a few. weeks, c.hange the white hair to its natural color, >r It does not dye the hair, like the most of tb's Hair g Rrstoratives, but produces a gradual chantre f color from tihe roots of the hair to the final end,and gives' it a fine and glossy appearance. - We -have seeR' I- many persons whohave used' it snecesafully, and a pronouineed it the only invention which has come up to their idea of a "cnre fo~r gray heads." We *- commenced using it about two months since, and If we are any judge of age and beauty, it has made us at least ten years younger-in fect, we are begin Sning to look quite young, ana feel very much like "- getting a young wife. The change is miraculous; and it wojald be at difficult to find a gray hair now in as itwould he tofnd an idea in the head of the t- Duke of Buckingham. We knite several ~olk maids and some young widows, whose lcks ure ' d just-beginning to assume a silvery hue a'nd w)Io have been talking seriously' shout ~ oriato thit Sremedy ; and we advise them nottsdela ay@U -ger. It never fails-St. levi. Hevad 'E For sale, wlQhhaale and retail by ii WM. HA 1Ni,'Drugiut.