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THE EDGEFIELDADVERTISER, 1s PUU.ISHED EVERY waDNEsDAY MORNING By W. F. DURISOE & SON. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and Firry CEnTs if not paid within six menl'hs-and TREE Dot.LARS if not paid before the -xpiration of the year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, will be consider ed as made for an indefinie period, and. will be con tinued until all arreirages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions from other States must INVARIABLY be accompanied with the CASH. . ADVRTiSEMENTs will be conspicuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) for the first in serion, and 371 cents 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 dingly. 1hose 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 iudividual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. CONRMSIONAL. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ApRiI. 16, 1856. Mrs. Mary E. Tillman.-Mr. Oliver, of New York. froni the Committee on Invalid Pensions, reported a bill for the relief of Mary E. Tillman; which was read a first and second time by its title. Mr. Brooks. Mr. Speaker, I beg the indul. gedce of the House to make a few remarks ex planatory of the merits of this bill. The bill itself is the unanimous report of the committee to which was referred the petition of Mrs. Mary E. Tillman, a resident of my district, who, when the requisition was made on the State of South Carolina for troops for the Mexican war, gave to the service of her country, every member of her family at that time capable of bearing arms. They were three high-toned, spirited sons, and the husband, of her bosom. All went; but not one returned to dry a moth. cer's tears, with the story of the gallantry of her soldier boes. The bona's of one now lie at Saltillo, another fell at Jalapa; the father was buried beside the castle w-alis efPerote; and the last reached the goal, at once of his earthly career and of his youthful ambition, at the capital of Mexico. With a strange and crushing fatality, about the very time that this harrest of sorrow was ripening for this woman in a foreign land, her only remaining son, in the discharge of duties which he was too young to perform, and which were devolved upon him in consequence of the absence of his older brothers, by a fall from his horse became the victim of confirmed paralysis. This lady is thus left in the decline of life, with a helpless child and an infant daughter, depen dent upon her personal exertions for their and her own support. This is the narrative of her petition, and upon it she builds the hope that her country will re irember h6r sacritices, and requite her services. By the laws of nature, and of regulated society, the services of a minor are due to its parent; and we, who are the Representatives of the country which has been benefited by the exer tions of the children, ought not and will not forget the obligation we owe the mother. In support of the facts set forth in the petition, it is my misfortune to be witness in chief. Those whom the petitioner gave to the service of her * country were my immediate neighbors and friends. One of her sons volunteered in the Alabama regiment, in the company commanded by his tuncie, Captain Galiman. The father and - two other sons enrolled in my company and were mustered into the service of the U. States .at Charleston, and under my command. Considerations of personal attachment might, possibly did, influence them in joining the army. But, sir, the love of our friends is after all but an~ther name for the love of our country ; for he who is incapable of the first, will be surely 'found r'ecreant in the piour of his country's need. The interest I take in the passage of this bill for the relief of their widowed mother is but a poor refleelion of the friendship borne to myself by her noblepone ;- but it constrains'me to do that for her which she will- not do for herself. She appeals not to your charity, but to your *magnanimity. I appeal to both. I come before you beggingr for bread for the widow. and the ihftherless. Shte comes in confidence and dignit y, as the Mothter of this modern Gracchi, and de mands that hername shall be inscribed in honor upon .the statutes of her country. The pittance of eight dollars per month, which is all that is granted by the bill, is less coveted byv this lady than the officisl and recorded ac kcnowledgment of her service to the State ; and yet, sir, because a few dollars are involved-a sunm less than a single -hundred for an entire Tear-apprehension is expressed lest the pre edent may prove dangerous in the futnre. Never since this Government was established, has a claim identical with the peculiar circum stances ,,f this been presented to the considera tIon of Congress. In all human probability another like it will never be presented; and if it should be. then those of us who admire the example of this mother--those of us who, in our country's extremity, would hold up her heroism as a precedent for every Amerienn mother to follow-will but obey ar honorable instinet, and anbserve the best interests of our respective constituents, when we follow the precedent which I trust is this day to be established. Mr. Speaker. there Is a golden mean even in virtne itself. Prudence may be pushed so far as to partakre of the infirmItIes of fear, and consti tutionual constrnetion In regard to the disburse mnent of public moneys may become so rigid as to prejudief' nublic virtue by its Imitation of the meannes' of avarice. It would be difficult to point out the line, or the section. .or the article of the Constittution whiefh anthorizes the purchase of the paintings which embellish this Capitol ; but, sir, public contempt would wither the wretch who, by his vote, would convert Into filthy lucre that por trait of the savior of his country, [pointing to the portrait of Washington.] or that of him. his chosen disciple, (pointing to the portrait of La * Fayette.] Money. sir, is neither the wealth nor the strength of a State. Virtue. genius, knowledge, courage. patriotism! these are its treasures, compared w ~ ith which. in their influence upon popular sen "timent, gold-gold is even worse than dross. "111 fares the tand. to hastening ills a arey. Where wealth accumulates and men decay." Three centuries ago, when border feuds were common, a maiden born on the shore of Lake Constance had gone to seek her fortune in Switzerland, and learning b'y accident, in the family in which she was domersticated, that an assault was intended upon her native village. under the cover of night ehe took a horse and - awam the current of the RhIne, and by her time. lv warning aved her birth-place and people from ackc and saughter. An enuestrian mon muent was erected toher honor ; but her heroism is to this day commemorated by a memorial more touching. Each night as the watchman goes his round, when the hour of midnight arrives, he calls aloud the name of her who, three hundred years before, awoke the sleeplng inhabitants and resened them from danger. The historian appropriately syli. that the fame and miemory of that girl has given a tone and spirit to the youth of that little town, which is worth in Its de.fense a battalion of armed men. T but repeat the storr: it is for gentlemen of the House to make the application. It iA proper that I should state that the peti tIoner has already received the bounty of the Government: but these allowances cease on the 4th of March next, when, unless this bill passes. tahe will he thrown upon the cold charities of the world. I have stat-d her e.ase wilh as much brevity as a fall understanding of her claim Ywould permit, and I now arcpeal to every, gen tleman who hears met'to vield to the generous * mpulses which now swell their bosoms, to unite rith mue In passing this bill with a unanimity '-which will be as honorable to them as It will be gratifyfrii to the petitioner. The claim is so jnet, so peculiar, that I regard * he'nissage of the bill but as a m,.tter of form, and J therefore'sask for its third reading, wIth a - -vie to 3ts immediate passage. fre: Mes. I have examined this bill, atnd it aimply 0pyo5'R to pay to this lady eight dollars a month. NAfter the statament made by the -gnteman froi South Carolina, I am willing that relief should be granted, and as the amount in the bill is small, I move that the word "eight" be stricken out, and that the word "fifty" be in serted in lieu thereof. - Mr. Giddings. It is not in consonance with my feelings to oppose the passage of this bill. Mr. Mace. I ask the gentlemn from Ohio to yield to me a moment, that I may modiry my amendment. Mr. Giddings. I yield simply for that pur pose. Mr. Mace. At the suggestion of many mem bers, I will modify my amendmens so as to make the pension tweniy dollars a month. Mr. Giddings. I feel disposed, on the present occasion, rather than oppose the passage of this bill, to remind our friends hete of the important subject. which was before us yesterday, and which will be before us again to-day. At the time this war was declared, in which this mother was rendered childless, I was present here. I foresaw the hearts which would be pained and tortured, and made to bleed, in consequence of it. She comes here pleading the loss of her children; but eighty thousand other mothers, whose children were as dear and precious to them as were these to their mother, fell in that war, and three hundred thousand hearts were made to mourn the loss of dear friends. Yet, sir, with these facts before us-for no statesman could have failed to see them-only fourteen. members of the House were unwilling to enter upon that war. Sir, opposition to it was made a hissing and a by-word. Notwithstanding the dreadful, the unutterable, and the fearful pain which it was known would be inflicted upon the people of this country and of Mexico, these sons volunteered to go to a foreign country to strike down ,heir fellow men, but they them selves were struck down. Mr. McMullin. I rise to a question oforder. ebill beore the Hotue is a bill granting a pension to a certain lady of South Carolina, and the member from Ohio is discussing the Mexi can war, and that-is not relevant to the matter under consideration. The Speaker. In the opinion of the Chair the gentleman from Ohio is in order, The propo sition is to grant a ,pension for services in the Mexican war, and it is certainly in order for the gentleman from Ohio to allude to it, so far as he has done at present. Mr. McMullin. But nt to discuss the merits of the %a': Mr. Sapp. It never had any. Mr. Giddings. It grieves me to inflict pain upon my friend from Virginia. Of all men living, he is the last one whose 'feelings I would injure. But, Mr. Speaker, I wish to impress upon this House, what has been urged here for fifteen years-a change of our policy so as to avoid war-so that when we have national difficulties to settle we will arbitrate them as an honorable pople and an honorable Government should do, without shedding blood, and without inflicting pain upon mothers, or children, or friends, or such vast expense to the people. I know tbe pain this widow must suffer. I know the sorrow she must bear. I have myself seen my friends struck down in battle, and I have seen the wife made a widow, and her chil. dken fatherless; and far be it from me to pain any friend of these fallen men by alluding to the circumstances under which they fell. Yet the fact is before us, that these sons went to a foreign country, and foiowhat 1 Why, sir, to engage in the horrors of war, to murder their fellow-men, not because they had done us any nju', not because the people of Mexico had in ny manner offended us, not because they had etracted from our happiness or interest, but for the purpose, which had been often avowed, to extend the institution of slavery into Mexico. Sir, I only rise to renew,the intimation which made yesterday, that it is time for the people of this nation to reform the policy of their Gov ernment, to seek a course of peace and national arbitration, to disband their Army, lay by the ot of their Navy, and pursue a course which shall save the nation from the flood of expendi ture, extravagance, and corruption which are sweeping over it, save our people from the snf. ferig to which human nature is exposed in con sequence of war, and prevent such a state of suffering as that to which the gentleman from South Carolina has alludidita ~iiisei roqueai~ terms. I have no objection to the amendment of the gentleman from Indiana as modified. Mr. Orr. The amendment that has been aug. gested by the gentleman from Indiana emanates, I have no doubt, from himself, and from the generosity of his nature, re'sponding to this ap plition. It is 'for the 'House to determime whether they will adopt the amendment suggest ed by him of giving twenty dollars per month, or will fall back upon the original report. The House can take its choice 1 think this lady is entitled to some relief at the hands ot' this Houise, she having given to the service of the coiutry her husband and three of her sons. I demand the previous question on the engrossment. and third reading of the bill. Mr. Kennett. I would ingure what pension the cosanitteoe recommeinds ? Mr. Orr. Eight dollars per month. 'Mr. Mlatteson. l ask that the report may be Tbe Speaker. The Chair is informed there is no report. r. Brooks. The committee have reported by bill, and reported unanimously. The previous question was seconded,and the main question o.rdered. The first question being on air. Mace's amend ment, it was agreed to. The bill was then ordered to be engrossed and read a third time; and being engrossed, it was accordingly read the third titne. Mr. Brooks. 'I ask for the previous question on the passage of the bill The previous question was seconded, and the main question ordered; and undier tbe operation of the previous question the bill was passed. lr. Brooks moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed, and also moved to lay the motion to reconsider on the tab'e ; which latter motioni was agreed to. THE EXECUTION. Yesterdaiy about ten o'clock, a crowd of all ages, sexes and colors, began to assemble near the jail, in earnest expectation of seeing the prisoner, Miclombs, enter the carriage prepared to convey him to the place of execution. At ten miputes after twelve o'clock, the prisoner left the jail, sccompanied by hisi spiritual advisers and the chief of polie. The carriage was sur rounded by a detachment from the beat compa nies, under cotmmand of Lieut. Wood. Soon after arriving at the place of egution, permis sion was given by the Sheriff~ to those who de sired to speak with th~e prisonler, to come forward and bid him farewell. Several persons availed themselves of the invitation, and took an affect ing farewell of the unfortunate man. He was deeply moved end extremely pale, and appeared to feel sensibly his awful situation. After re moving his coat, shoes'and nec~erchief, hp mnn ted the seaffold deliberately, and ths rops being adjusted, at a given) signal the bolt wa, with drawn and the drop fell. Unfortunately, the'rope was in.suffeient to sustain the weight of the doomed man; it parted, and he fell to the ground. We have beeni informed, from good authority, that his neck was dislocated. Inbtantly the ehe descended from the seaffold where he had be stnding, and with the aid of two polje officers and a servant, raised the condemned man up again, re-adjusted the rope, after which the support was struck away, and lhe remained ss. pended from the gallows. At five minutes be fore two o'clock, his body was cut down and handed over to his friends, an attending physician hauving first declared life was extinct. Thirs en ded the lfe of this unfortunate man, who, giv ing way io the love of strong drink, had, in a moment of exeitemenit,sIot down a city marshal, who, in the discharge of his duty, was endeav oring to preserve the 'peace.-Columbial Times. SENmOR DOUGLAS ,-The Washington corres pondent of the Baltimore Sun, says: 'Hon. Judge Douglas has eonveyed to the Baptist denospina ion of Chies o, illinois, ten acres of land.wa grove-beatI ly situated within the city lim: its, for the pu ~se of erecting thereon a univer sity-with a conditiun that the trustees shall lay the foundation of the edifice during the ap proaching fall, and spend annually towards the uilding $25,000 until completed. The value of the land is estimated at 850,000. TJhe Jydge as also made a handsome donation to the new Thirteenthtreet Baqptist church in Washing '1p JDyerir. ARTHUR SIMKINS, TOR, EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1856. Kansas Meeting. ON Monday next, another, and perhaps the lam Kansas meeting will be held .in the Court Honse A general attendance is earnestly desired, as it wiJ be the last chance for an organized movement it Edgefield. The Sub-Committees are requested to make i fins report of the result of their labors, in behalf of Kansa and the South. And those who have subscribed, it f hoped, will, on or before Monday, pay over to th< Treasurer, the Hon. TILLMAN WATSON, or somi member of the Committee, the amount of their Sub scriptions. Those who propose to emigrate wil please report themselves to the Central C-,mmittee be fore the meeting, which will take place at 12 o'clocl M. on Monday. C. W. STYLES, Chrm'n C. C. 121 IT so happens (as it often does in a printin4 Office) that selected matter has accumulated with u to such an extent that we are forced to 'exclude seve ral notices and contributions, which we designed- foi this week. CONGRESSIONAL FAVORS. Wz are indebted to Senator DoUGLAss for a Copy o his report upon the proper plan of organizing the fu ture State of Kansas. As also to Hon's A P. BUTLEl JOSIAn EVANS, P. S. Btooxs and L. M. KEITT foi various attentions in the way of papers and public documents. DELEGATES ATTENTION WE have received information that Messrs. S. S Tomrxr'Ns, and JollN A. TALBERT, are prevented b) circumstances from atiending the Convention in Co lumbia next week. We merely remind Messrs Jout SMYLEY and J. C. READY that they are thealternatej of these gentlemen, and will of course be expected it fill their places. We beleive, by the way, that allap pointed are expected to attend to ensure a full represen tation. Turn To Our Advertising Department, And look down one column and up another unti you get clean through. See the many and varied representations of our advertising friends. You will find something there from Hamburg, a good dea from Edgefield, and a great deal from Augusta. Read all, and decide for yourselves. LENGTHY OBITUARIES. One word as to lengthy obituary notices. It is too mucl the habit in Edgefield to indite prolix and fulsome eu ogies of the dead. To us, it appears4in the light of bai taste. The announcement of the death of a friend ii trulyasad and asolemn task; and many feel themselvet called upon to say a great deal. It is a miitaken idea A brief and well-put notice is more impressive by fai with the great bulk of readers than a long string oi common-places. It is the habit with many presses to charge foi obituaries over ten lines; And, with a view to efTect some improvement in this class of compdsition, we shall adopt the rule of charging for all over twent) ines, the excess alone to be booked of course. In thal space enough can generally -I e said, especially if a ittle labor be used to polish and condense ; and tIc write anything properly requires labor to that extent at least. PARTIES &. PIC--NICS. TE young people of Edgefield are at last waking up to some vivacity. On Friday evening last, a ver) successful cotillion party came ofi in one of the lowei ooms of the Odd Fellows' Building; and on Satur day next a pic-nic is to be had at Bland's Pond, somi five miles from town. A large cpompany Is expected and much amusement. The Edgefield Brass Rant (Capt. HlonN) will be in attendance, and will doubt less lend'the same charms to the occasion which the) did to the party of Friday night.-This is.-not all yet The girls of the Institute are to give a May concert or xpected.Neither is this all. We learn that it' is ontemplated by our young gentlemen to continue the dancing parties during the Spring, and, if possible, t< get up Thespian amusements forthe dalI, hut seasor of summer. We hope these things will be carried ou with spirit. It is pleasant to mark such improvini mymptons. Youthful~ joy has been too long reapresse< in our midst by sanctimonious frowns. AMGLANCE AT OUR EXCHANGES. Titi Chester Standard says, that the prospect of profitable yield of gold, from the gold operations in tha District, is becoming rather dubious. Several of th rminers are already quitting work and discharging thel hands.-The same paper tells of a serious acciden wvhich occurred to Mr. JAMEs ItATTEREE whilst oi his way to a Catholic Church in that district. H~e wa :lrown from his buggy, his back was-broken, and, a last accounts, he was both speechless and hopeless. No! brother Standard! we have nothing with wvhicl to cap the climax of " York's leetle boy." Mr. IIIL1. son must " bear the palm alone." We merely sugget that the child be named "M3iraculous Escape 11ill. No need of any more christening however. The plunge in the well may be taken nunc pro tune. The True Carolinian, of Anderson, intimates -tht the Blute Ridge Rail-Rtoad will be put in runining o: der as far as Six and Twenty creek by the first< November next. Since the ousting of Bangs and Co everything has started upon this line with a newv irn petus.-The editor of this sheet furthermore tells us a battallion muster lie attended the other day in Andel son District, at which lie saw not a single man unt the influence of liquor and heard not a syllable abut fighting.-Therehad been a pretty heavy frost in th: District on the morning of the 22nd inst, and it wi feared that the fruit crop would again prove a failnri The Souths Carolinian announces the execution IAMES MCCoMsss, convicted some months ago of Il murder of Marshall Caoss.-The editor of the Card linian presents the following melancholy paragraphi relation to the unlucky boat recently lost upon til Alabama River: We had the pleasure last evening of welcomir home John M. Allen, erq., who had just arrived bytil cars. He was on board the ill-rated Cuba which ra against a snag-an old hull of a steamboat-in til Aabama river, on Sunday morning last, and soiin a le sunk. TJhe sad occurrence took place at one o'cloc a. in., when nearly all hands were asleep, and il rapidity with which the boat filled prevented mar re'n escaping. Some fifteen passengers are known 5,e lost, and thle impression is probably thirty or fort A woman and five children, a deck passenger, a n ro woman and three children, and four servants passengers, are known toi be lost. Arfter the boat sac in thirty feet of water, the uipper deck beig above tI surface, it was cut through inimany places, and sevi sal ladies drawn up, who were lying in water in the bet. T~he scene was truly a mournful one. T'e Fuirfeld Register had heard direedly from t1 emigrants yihq jep tlpat District for Kansas some weel since. 7Wey were @ fine health and spirits, and goir on their way up the Mississippi Rliver rejoicing. Columbia correspondent of the Register gives the fu lowing description of Miajor MpCOLLopGf, the cell brated Texian Ranger. Amongst the notables now at the Congares, wI when he is known attracts great attentior, js Ma McCullock, the celebrated Texian Ranger. He hi been here several days, and so quiet and medest is h demeanor that his presence is scarcely known, ati but a few of his personal friends have found him ou He is a gntlemanly, quiet man of aboiut forty yea f ae and is stoutly built for one who has endure he atigues and hardsip. of frontier life which hai fallen to his share. TFall and comandlings in appea ance, with thin light brown hair and whiskers, N mi blue eye, prominent forehead. and a general c,,nt,,l of physiognomy remarkahly like that of Gen. MecDufi hhewould pass for a marked man in every ooutry. With the exception that the MA JOn is by no meni stoutly built and notvery tall, this picture is not a be one. The celebrated hero has been sojourning iome days with Col. F. W. PICKCENs, In this imnmed ate vicinity ; and we may very truthfully add that I baa most favorably impressed all who heve made hi acquaintance. He is a thorough gentleman as well a finished fighter. The last'"number of the Columbia Examiner, lii #1 its predecessors, aboun:Is in a rich variety of inte eating matter. We cannot let pass an opportunity recommending this paper to geberal patronage. It a family journal of decided merit and conducted 1 one the of cleverest fellows in the State. We are gh: to see, among other things, that it is becoming ti juedium through which several of our rising poets a giving their compositions to the public. Jo the numbi befor .u, t.i a poem of considerable length fro OPI the pen of Mr. HoWARD'CAi rL;, of Newberry, and which we incline toiftem the best production we have seen from that quarter.-'-To jump from poetry to politics, we commend the following extract from the .araniner's politicil article of this week; The districts of the State will nearly all be represen ted in.the Columbia Conventbn ;and, notwithstanding the effortsnade by some presses and public men, we are gratified to perceive, by'looking over the list of delegates, thatthis body will-be -composed of some of the most intelligent men. in-the various sections of t South Carolina-men againit whom the accusation of political trickery is brought with a bad grace,and with but little success. We havi'all - confidence in their action and trust that their declaration of principles, k as wel as their seection of delegates and their in structions to them, will be- auch as to command the approbation of eav tae Rights Democrat in South Carolina. The Charleston Mercury reports that the Ladies Calhoun Monument Association have gradually in creased their fond to the sum of $17,000, and that the work of obtaining subscriptions is now to be renewed with ten-fold vigor.--The Mercury, in its issue of April 25th, concludes a series of articles by a writer signing himself " BaUTus,"-" the object of which would seem to be the institution of 'new movement to establish a Southern Confederacy. "BRuTUs" may be a very " honorable man ;" but he certainly is not a very wise one if he hopes to effect this great de sideratum without an occasion. There must be further aggression to give even the-color of judgilment to such advice. The people of South Cat'olina are not to be led into such an indispretion so soon-after the mortify ing result of the struggle of'52. Even with an occa sion, it may now well be doubted whether ours should be the State to lead. . The Charleston Evening News is busily engaged with the character, qualifications and acts of Judge BUTLER. So far as we sesmto be individually struck at, a rebuff may he found.elsewhere. The Newberry Rising Sun corrects a mistake of ours in crediting one of its articles to the Mirror. It was a short one, having reference;o the Kansas meeting at Columbia which was perve'ried to other purposes. We regret the mistake. (Further glances next week.) THE EVENING NEWS. This paper han thrown itself into an attitude of of. fended independence on account of an article of ours, styled " Jndge Butler and his aceusers," which ap. peared in the Advertiser of the 16th :stant. The News remarks of this article: " It ...jerts, in sup 'port of it, appellation, that we have arraigned him (Judge B.) by f.tudied attacks upon his inconsistency of conduct and impurity of motiv.es ; and it is calcu lated justly to excite our surprise by so gratuitous a fling and to arouse us by the~pe of its rebuke." We have but little to say in reply to the strictures of the News; and, to say that little concisely, we beg pardon for adopting the order and style of arrange ment which that papersets before us. " Accusers !" The use of the term was designed to imply what it always implies in common parlance: "Those who bring charges against another." Noth ing more. Had we intended to lay the sin of " ma levolence" at the News' door, we certainly should not have indited, in the same article, such language as the following: " We mal no charge of nnworthy intentions upon those who hatie thought it right thus to assault our Senator. Thqt are gentlemen above ALL trickery and dishonesty.". The conditional taunt of "graceless"-ness is therefore ratherungracefully made, and the " retort" is a "spent ball" which has not reached us. - Studied attacks!" Ithe News is deluded in thinking that we used this expression (in the plu ral number) wvith reference to itself alone. Our language was, " studied'attacks of the Evening NarEwa and Charleston Mztacuar." There was hut one at tack by each of the~se papers that happened to fall uder our observation. If the News therefore ima gines thatire meant to Imply a series of attacks from -its battery, it is very wide of the mark. We never -read -but one. And that one we did regard as " studi ed"-that is, elaborate or carefully prepared. But the Newos denies that any studied attacks have been made upon Judge BUTLER; and, in so lar as itsmown piece is concerned, we hpve no objection whatever to accepting the informati~ The development simply goes to shiw that it costs ewos.ngtil pains or elaboration, to get gpaa ulycmt editorial. -those who " would. now hang upon the skirts" of Judge BUTLER, will be noticed in another place. "Impurity of motives !" The phtilosophizing of the News as to "alarmed conscienc0 s" and "the characteristics of political demagogueism," isa mysti fed absractionl whose scope and bearing we neitherap preciate nor entirely comprehend. If it be meant to classify ours with " alarmed ccnsciencets," or ourself with " political demagogues," we too retort the charge. Thus made, it is certainly as " inapplicable and grace less" as any thing we have said of the News.-The iifollowing remark appears in this connection : " We deny that to arraign Seniator BUTLER for political er rors or political selfishness. Is to imputlto him that' in purity of motives' whichimplies personal treachery." Perhaps not. Neither htd we in onr thtougts " per sonal treachery," when deprecating the charge of -impure motives as advartced in several quarters against Senatot BuTttit The matter was con steplated in a political not a personal light; and thus viewed, we hold ary political selfishness, that could lead a public sesant out of the line of a Ifaithful discharge of hi: trust, to be impure and, at least politically, dingr~ceful. Do we understand .tthe News as making this charge and yet, exculpating our Senator from " impuity of motives 1" It cannot if be. The charge, remove t as far from " personal" ,as may be, is a heavy ant a damning one. It is not -we presume lightly tmade neither will it be readily ff concurred in as againstthe high-tonea Statesman -here assailed. For one, 'e believe it can not be sub r stantiuted from the recort It was this belief that it, prompted tus to deprecatthe assaults of our Charles t tn cotempuraries and ottrs. For where is the neces 5e it, or what the merit,'f embittering the hours of t an old public servar, b3 the prosecution of attacks ff that must etnd in futility!1 Of Judge BUTLER'8 pat e riotism, of his devotion o his constituency, of his -fidelity to the interests <his -sectiotn, the people of n South Carolina entertaimnot a doubt. Many of us e there are who differed wh him in .1852, wg differ with him now ; atul yet a can but be pained at de jmonstrationsn which indiete a growing disposition in e one or two quarters to cistrue his laborious services ninto an abortive career, is honest impulses into po Slitical trickery. Howe~r the Evening News may kscoff the ilea, lie has odipied, and still occupies 0 the first place in South Onlina, whether as to posi Sthin or itnfluence. The httory of our State since the death of .Mr. Calhoun wild also go to show that le is first in the affectiL' of his people ; and it was in thistview that we usedie simile of the " towerinig eeagle," at which the vening News is pleased to sneer. Such at all event is the solidity of lis repu-' rr tation before the State, tle very mitch more will he required to slhake it titan e mere assertions'anid opin 0 ions of ne wapapers and pdic speakers. s In regard to the estinte fixed by the Evening News upon Judge Bumdt.s abilities and qualifica tions, political and socialre have nothiung to respond. I-Thousands of South Callitians know that distin gtished gentleman as wvets does either the News or the Advertiser ; and wtoonceive that any estimate '?of it that either of us mig advatnce would scarcely Sbe looked upon as of great reliability than such as s ndreds of others could t forward. We regret that there sbld have been any thing in or former editorial thatrended by its tone. ,0ur daim was to conceillate, r to arouse. We did pen e the reflection, that if thiifforts to arraign Senator BULr ts had any effect stever, they would (likely) irre-oil upon thmose whko oinatedl them. The remark , was neither " authottatis nor + factions." It was an accidental observati' based upon the general is fact that all attacks, wIt fail, rebound vyith more dd or less power upon tima.riginators. That this is Jr now seized upon as a tlsrand held up as te iracite i- ment to renewed hostilii, tends but to exhibit an e existart pre-dhisposilipon tontiue those hostilities.. is What was set forth as remnonstranco lies been ts snatched up as a gauntle And so far as oijr opInion may go In the matter (wieak not by authority,) we :e should say, let the attanow go on as fiercely as r- Senator BUrr. assalls may choose to press it. ,f We deprecate it no lqpg[He never has done so, is and may perhaps regard meddling as an officious yness that might well ha4)eenl spared. We itnclins .d to think so now ourseli~ur intention., however, te were fair and klind to abncerned, whatever may e have been the inefficacy ur article. And we feel rr lear in the premises, sever muay be the comue a quenes. We have only now to notice the concluding sen tence of the 3rd paragraph in the article before us. Tie passage is erroneous, if it be meant to assert there in that we are " hanging upon the skirts" of Senator BUTLER. While we are far from denying a high de gree of respect for the man an' a full appreciation of his noble patriotism, we yet scorn the position of a hanger-on as much as even the Evening News is ca pable of doing. Whether ornot the Advertiser is less independent in its opinions and politics than is the News, and whether or not Its course is less consistent .ihan that of the Newi, are questions which we readily leave to the decision of our brother-journalists through out the State. We claim to be the Nelvs's equal in all things pertaining to tne duties and responsibilities of 'our-calling; at the same time we now accord to that paper (and have done so from time* to time) a fair character for independence, probity and ability, So much the greater is our surprise Upon observing the unnecessary insinuation against us contained inthe passage just alluded to. Our inconsistencies ! What are they? If they be our advocacy of the propriety of the State's being represented at Cincinnati; if they he our present ad mission that in the sound Democracy (as things now stand) there may be hope of protection to Southern interests; if they be our late earnest endeavors to place the State in closer affiliation with her southern confederates: is this, or are these, more unworthy of a secessionist of 52, than to ly off into the ranks of a wild new party, first national, then sectional, here one thing, there another? a party which, more than anything else, has destroyed the chances of a thoroughly Southern movetwat? Clinging to the skirts of Judge BUTLER! We dif fered with him in the matter of Secession. We differ with him in that of the Cincinati Conventton.-We publicly opposed his-course their. We have publicly dissented from it now, criticizing his very language. Surely it is not needed to add another word, to show that this "fling" of our cotemporarf is far more "gratuitous" than any thing we said, or thought of saying, in regard to himself. We close with an expression of regret that we seem to have been (unintentionally we declare!) the instru ment of promoting rather thin allaying strife at home. As we deprecated the attacks upon our Senator, so do we deprecate further bickerings among ourselves. But if nothing else will suffice but that South Carolina be torn into factions, we will do our. rievoir, as best we may, on w hat we conceive to be the side of com mon sense and true political sagacity. A NOTEWORTHY INCIDENT. THE proceedinga-f the House of Representatives at Washington, in reference to the pension of as. MEARY E. TrLLMAN of Edg'field District, will be found uponranother column, preser.ted at length. It will be seen that our immediate Representative gave a glowing exposition of his case and carried it through triumphantly. The Washington Star, in commenting upon this incident of federal legislation, uses the fol lowing language: The action of the House on Wednesday last upon the bill granting a pension to Mrs. Mary E. Tillnan reflects great credit on the soul of that body. This lady lost her husband and three sons in the Mexican war; aiid is left with a helpless younger family de pending on her. Her deadt all fell gallantly defending their country's flag. The bill, as reported, proposed to allow her the usual pension of eight dollars per month. Mr. Brooks, of Sputh Carolina, under whom the father and two sons volunteered, made one of tne most beautifol, affecting, and effective speeches in ex planation of the circumstances under which Mrs. T. applied for relief from the Government that was ever uttered on sue-h a anbject in the chamber. Mr. Mace, to the great credit of his heart, be it wiitten, immedi ately propsed to inicrease the pension to twenty dol lars a enionth ; anl, in a few temarks, which won him great praise from his political opponents, as well as his friends, materially aided to procure the enact ment of the bill. '4 , / The course of the Senate upon the same matter was markedby simnilar promptitude and generosity. An abstract of thait body's action is hereto appended ; The following message was received from the House of Rep'resentatives, by air. BARcL.AY, Assistant Clerk: Mr. President: The House of Representatives have passed a bill (11. Rt. No. 279) for the relief of Mary E. Titiman ; in which they request the concurrence of the Senate. Mir. WELLERz. I hope the bill which has just been received from the Hupe of Representatives will be taken up an-i put on its pa-sage at once, wiihout being referred to a committef, it provides..for a')sdy who Mr. EvAns. And the only surviving one of her children us unable to assist her. The-bill wassread the first and second times by unanimous consent and considered as in Committee of ihe Whole. It proposes to allow M~rs. MI. E. Tiliman, of Somth Carolina, a pension or S$20 per month during liar natural life, coinmencing Mlarch 4, 1857. The bill was reported to the Senate without amend ment. Mr. BE'NxrAIiN, I wish to ask why the bill fixes the beginrning of the penision so far ahead. I aan in favor of the hill ; 1 have read the debate on it In the House of Representatives; and I am very desirous th ,t it sho~uld be passed ; but why should not the pen sion co'mmence before 1857? MIr. Brocs. This laity is now entitled to a five years' petusion which will expire on the 4th of Mlarch, 1857. AMr. BNJAMIn. That explains it. The bill was ordered to a third reading; and it was read a third time, and passed. The whole transaction reflects much credit, alike upon its mover and those who so handsomely sup ported him. POSTMIASTER CAUGHT.-The Postmaster at Toll Gaite, Matrion county, Alatbatma, was detect ed lately in piurloining letters from the mail containing money, and has been commnited ftr trial. It seemtrMr. Blair the Special Agent fur the Department. had reason to suspect that all was not right about the Toll Gate office that the mail was tolled, perhaps, more thatn the law allowed. A trap was therefore set, by mailing various lefters as decoys. After .the mail hand passed Toll Gate, the Agent examined it and found the bait gone, and he had the Posttmaster arrested forthwith. Some of the money mailed by the Agent was found upon him. The fellow's name is Cashin, and n e hope he will get justice. For years past we have been losing money mailed to us by that route. To the best of our recollection we never lost a dollar in thme mail except on the A berdeen route, via Toll Gate. In one month, some two years ag'o, we lost some $25 mailed from different parts oft Mississippi, the lettera haing to pass thro' the Troll Gate office. Mr. Cashini had made "a good thitng of it," we hear, and was getting rich fast whten Mr- Blair broke into his arriingements.-North Alabamian. STEAMtBOAT BURNT-GEORGIANs LOST !-Mr. B. H. Clark, former of Troup county, Ga., writes us from Alexandria, La., (A pril 5,t that a fratncas occurred on board the steamboat Beilfair, atbout three miles above thme junction of the Red and Mississippi rivers betwe~en the Irish boathands and-the deck passengers; the captain immedi ately commanded the peace, which was restored unti l the boat reached the Mississippi, when the ight again commcnced, resulting in bloody work on both sides. During tihe fracas, or shortly thereafter, the boat took tire and was destroyed, making a loss of $14.000 for the owners to bear. Amonig the deck passengers lost-either in the fiameis or by drowning-the following from this Statte are named: J. B. Taylor, of Macon county, Gat.; N. G. Rise, of Pike county, Ga.; John C. Matthews, of Randolph county, Ga.; John G. Hoge, of Upson county, Ga.; and B. M. Johns, of Pike county, Ala.-olumbus En. Steamboat Disaster. We learn from a private sorce tha~t the steamer Cuba, which left Mobile for Montgomery on Saturday the 19th inet, burst her boiler on the Alabamra river, and sunk. Many if her passengers and crew were lost, but we have received no definite particulars. We learn by a telegratphie despateh received in this city that M'ir. John M. Allen, of Columbia, was among those who escaped, and that he was safe in Cahaba.-Carolinian. - SINGULAR PHKE NOMENoN.-A most singular phenotenon says the Sandusky (Ohio) Register, is now to be seen around the ducks in thme water. Immense numbers of white fish last fall were cleaned on the docks, and the of~hd and spawn thrown into the bay. This spawn has"- hatched" and now around the docks may be seen millions of miniature wvhite fish. Here is a fact in the 'reeding of fish which the knowing ones ought to investigate ; for, if fish can be cleaned, and from the spawn hatching can be induced, what is the use of all the artifieial arrangements now proposed to propagate fish ? gg TuaRE persons were recently burned to death I Holy lIfill in South Carolina. It is presumed that , ispellaneous Items. g- Tua statement that Mr. Bell, of Tennuvee, was about retiring from the Senate on account of impaired health, is pronounced untrue. 97 THE wheat crop in Virginia looks particularly thrifty, and stands well upon the ground. 17 LET us honor God's truth by believing his word; Christ's blood by hoping firmly in the di vine mercy ; and all the divine perfections, by lov ing God with all our hearts, and one another as Christ loved us. 117 0r the eighty-one persons just elected to the Legislature of Rhode Island, fifty-one are new mem bers. r TnE price of a license to retail liquor in Demopolis, Ala., has been raised to $1,000. D7 A fool's tIhgue is long enough to out his throat; a tattler's long enough to cut half the throats' of a whole neighborhood. Wg CoNsUL TO IAvANA.-The Mississippian, published at Jackson, announces that the office of Consul to Havana has been tendered to Capt. A. K Blythe, of Yalobusha county, Miss. W NINE thousand passenaers arrived at Chicago in two days of last -week. Chicago must have a large number of hotels to accommodate such a mov ing mass of humanity. Wg A CERTAIN CURE FOR A RATTLEsNA(E BITE oR SPIDER STINo.-Take the y. Ik of a good egg, put it in a tin cup, and stir in as much salt as will make it thick enough not to run off, and spread a plaster and apply to the wound. 17 TuE great majority of the press in Spain now advocate, though with . some restrictions, the cause of religious liberty. The first Protestant* pajer in Spain is about to be establishe at Mladrid. gW.JUDGE E. STARES has been elected Captain of the Oglethorpe Infantry, at Augusta, formerly commanded by the late Andrew T. Miller. 07 ANoTtER EARTHQUAE.-The Japanese offi cials report that on the 12th of December another earthquake visited Jeddo, destroying houses and I temples, and burying nearly three thousand people beneath the ruins. 07 Costly lnkstand.-The plenipotentiaries, in signing the treaty of peace, in Paris, made use of a silver gilt inkstand speci1ly ordered for the occa ion. The inkstand is decorated in the style of the I first empire, and cost not lest than 11,000f. Ur7 COL. SCH.EssINGER, of the Nicaragua army is a Hungarian. Ile was an officer in the Revolu tionary Army of Hungary in 1848; he was after. wards engaged in the Cuban Expedition, and was taken prisoner and sent to Africa, but finally par doned. E7 " I am a stranger in a strange place," said a clergyman, on entering a printing office. "And you will be a stranger to a better place," replied typo, " if you do not practice closer what you preach.' 07 AN American, Mr. Wm. G. Stewart, is about constructing a telegraph line from Leon to Mata mras, in Mexico, the government of that country subseribing $65,000 to the stock. W' THE General Assembly of Canada has de cided that the permament seat of government shall be at Quebec. Tie cost of the publie buildings is set down at ?178,385. 0T SIrry boats, containing 226,000 bushels of orn, were cleared at La Salle, lnd., fur Chicago on the 15th inst. 07 According to the- report of the New Orleans Chief of Police, during the last six months, one tenth of the entire population were under arrest. Truly a lamentale state of affairs. gg TUE cost of the Eastern war to all the power8 engaged is estimated at 700,000 men and about 300,000,000. ~'THE Rome .Soutberner states that Capt. Chales A. Hailtp as lreadscnt forward twenty-hr i abhr ~ pany will comprise about one hlundred men in all. Fifty more will leave about the first of May, and they will all concentrate at A tchison. For the A dvertiser. DEATH OF OLD SEP, THE yAIL0E'8 DOG. Old Sep, is dead, thmat raithrul dog ! We never here shall see him mor He used to wear a brindled coat All stri'ped up and down before. 'Th~e poor old dog ! I knew him well! lie used to guard the prisoner's cell ;' But now~ his verdict lhas been given I trust old Sep is gone to heaven. HeI was a dog of courage too, And that the pris'ners fully knew; But I'defy the tongue to tell if ever he guard another cell.. Old Sep 11I owed you no ill-will, And if you were back, i'd feed you still;' But as you're now among the blest, We too enjoy some peaceful rest. Oh ! if my root were on the bill And you willi me, to life broughlt hack, With what a right good hearty will I'd put you on your favorite track ! Your bark was tedious, it is true, And that the neighbo'rs all wvell knew; But now that you can bark no more It seems more tedious than before. Ah well, old fell I no use to grumble, As down the steeps of life we tumble ; Of good and bad we'll make the best And humbly wait the future's rest. PRISONER. ' For the Advertiser. SUNDAY NIGHT. Sitting in the corner On a Sunday eve,a With a soft fair hand Resting on your sleeve ; Starlike eyes are viewing On your facethe light Blless me; this is pleat-ant Of a calm Sunday night. How your heart is beating1 ' Gainst your Sunday vest I Bless me ! aint it pleasant . On this day of rest I To have the one you love Seated closely by your side, The one that you have chosen To'be your spirit's bride ! One arm, with gentle pressure, Lingers round her waist; You squeeze her tiny hands, P Her sweeter lips you taste. She freely slaps your face al But more in love thtan spite- a Oh ! eracky ! aint it pleasant p Of a calm Sunday night ! But hark I the clock is striking It's two, I do believe; As sure as I'm a sinner. The time has conme to leave-.p Dh, how it grieves my heart de. To leave tiy own true love ! i But I know that we must part, So adieu, thou pt etty dove I -- One, two, three, four sweet kisses Fivo, six, seven, eight you snatch ; ~ Then thinking that you rob herJ You give her back the batch.1 And as for home you huerry, tb SFat from. the fair one's sight, Dont you *ialh the whole diurnal Was one long Sunday night ? ROCKY CREEK. gg A bill has been introduced into the Legiula rerecting three new Statds-out of tibe territory A Ilk *New Oa!.aAN5Ai9 ~ By the arrival of the steamer Charles.Mrgaan $ chlessenger's defeat is confirmed. -He lost 50' nen, and the remnant of his forcehad arrived at Rivas. The result is attributed to Schlesenget's .arelessness is not taking -precaution to prevent*a iurprise, and to-hir cowardice when the-attack WU nade. Walker was in a good position, and was being largely reinforced.. A battle had taken place at Aristopaka between - 14 Americans and 200 Costa Ricans, in which tbe latter had been defeated with the loss of.50 killed. TRUE TO THE COUNTty or Woo~rZ.,Jiin.% MEG.-Our friend, Warren D. Wilkes. states It - . letter to us, from which we publish.an extract that the Directors of the Railroad from Augustj - Ga, to Atlanta, would not pass the Abbeville Company of Kansas Emigrants free, and, more over, that the Directors were mostly Yankees, - The Yankees in some respects are a great peo pie; their enterprise has flung the iron horse. bounding over the prairies, and their commerce. w hitens the waters of every ocean. : But Yanw kees have one tender .place. -apd that is. their pocket.-Tihfttalk well enough, -butgive one, a quarter, and he will plnch iuntil the 'agle. - squalls. Yankees will grow patriotie on-In de... pendence day, talk largely of BunkerHill and Lexington, and darn the expense so longoas some. one else will bear it. . We hope the Geg'gs . press will give this same Board of Dirjectors "hauling over the coals."-A derson G NEGRO STEALING AND SUICIDE.-0eleartLs-, from the Sumter Watchman, that .W F. Byrd,. a m 'rehant of Sumter, who y arrested owthe Bth instant, for stealing tp'slaves of Col. 3.1 Noses, and selling them-in Ameriens, Georga. was found dead in pris6n on Monday mornng - last. From letters written by him previously, nd which the Editor yielded his better judgment to the solicitation of others in publishing there no doubt of his having committed sIilde, nd evidently while under the influence of norbid excitement, approaching to delirium. AN election for Major in the Upper Battalion, Eighth Regiment, was held on Saturday. Cap. Ain J. H. Cunningham was chosen, by eighty. ight majority, over his competitor, Cantain lames T. Banners.-Abbeville Banner. -44 Mb " F:GoERs vont lie, vill they?" muttered a eedy genius holding on to a lamp post." " Vell, perk iaps they vont; but I see a figure as vont stand, any. low." IT' BEWARE of judging hastily; it is better to luspend an opinion than to retr t an assertion. COMNEROIAL. HAMBURG April 27. Corro.-Oir Market the past week has been angaid, although the first two days it was quite >ouyant and prices reached 12 cents. ul tby - atter part of the Market the week settl down to - I11. We quote Extrenies 9 to 11, The receipts #ere light. H Y ME NI AL. MARRIED, on the 23d instant, by the Rev. S. P. Getzen, Mr. TnomAs W. McK:a and Miss SALLI . 11 AiMOND, eldest daughter of Mr. Charlesam mond. All of this District. MA a:EA, on the 11th of March, by the Rev. D. D. Brunson, Mr. PaEsLEY M. W::.AS1.a,'o Mi3s SAVANau, daughter or aase Bowles, all of this Di. trict. Religious Notice. THlE REV. T. B[RMINGHIAM will preach im this Village on Sunday the 11th of May next, at iir. Loc us's School House, at 11 o'clock A. x. Village Property for Sale. TUE subseribe~r offers fnr said hi,- HOUSB' - .. AND LOT, situated in Edgefield Village immediately Wvest of the Planter's Hotel. Sai Lot contains near FIVE acres of Land, and extendsa from the Pob cSquare to Bever Darn. Creek. - - 7T7iTil~c'dspiised oon reaio 1 Possession given on short notice. I-f With an expenditure .of two or three bun dred dollars it could be masde one of the most hand some places in the Village. For further patticulare call on the undersigned. D. R. DURISGE. A pril 30, 1856. 'tf 16 MiAY CONCERT! T lIE young Ladies of the -Edgefielid Collegiate Institute will give their usual May Concert on Thursday night next. The friends and, patrons of the Institute are respectfully invited to attend. -C. A. 'RA YMOND. A pril 30. 1t 15 To the Ladies. MifSS L AW LESS, begs to' announce to the IILadies of Edls.'field, that a'he has opened her xhibition or Painmtings and Ornamsen al WVork, which slhe w11I continue for one veek, at the residence of Mr. Lawrence Johnson. It consists of Grecian, Mosnie, Clainese and Oriental PaintingB, PAPIER MACHE, Potichomania Leather 'Embossed, Wax Fruit and Flowers and Embroidery in every ityea. Also other varieties, all of which-the Ladies re requested to call and examine. Cla..ses will be lammediaiely formed in the abova >ranches. A pril 30, 1856. 2V/ 16 SPRING GOODS FOR 1856. Cheap for Cash, win.: a. cu.mi~u 224 BROA D STRE~ET, AUGUSTA, GA., [AS just returned from New York with a large and extensive assortme'nt of Dry Goods, uitable for the season, to which he- would respect ally invite the attention of the public, and as he ocs business on strictly CASH principles, he of rs greater inducements than heretofore, so that be -purchaser can see at once the advantage of rchasing for CASH. Hie would invite particular ttention to the following goods : UCH STRIPED AND PLAID SUMMER SILKS: LEGANT SATIN, PLAID, PRINTED H ERNUNA; ~A REG E AND MUSLIN ROBES OP T HE NEWEST STYLES;. EA UTIPUL PRINTED MUSLINS AND L AWNS AT 126; LAIN. SATIN, STRIPED AND PRIN T ED CHALLIES; INE FR ENCH ORGANDIES'AND PRIN T ED JACONETS; EW STYLES PRINTS AND GINGH AMS, VERY CHEAP;- -- LACK CHALLEYS1 AND MOURNING MUSLINS; LARGE ASSORTMENf' MANTILLAS~ NE WEST STYLES;. MRO1DEREDJ SLEEVES, COLLARS AND B ANDS ; ARASOLS, SILK AND COTTON UM BR ELLAS; The above, together with all kinds of goods usa ly kept in a Dry Goods Store suitable for Family id Plantation use, will be sold at the lowest Cash je. A ug usta, Ga., April 30, St -16 Notice SLL persons indebted to the Estate of Wiam. ..D. Thurmond, dec'd., aresequested to make y meat to the undersigned. And those hai mands against the same will present them . . g to law. PLEASANT D. THURMOND, Adm'r. April 30, 1858 . tf. 16 Edgefleld Beat Company, 70U are hereby commanded to bea' Lapa at Edgefield C. HI., on the - th of May next, armed and equipped as, e lay directs for Drill and Instruction. By order of - Capt. N. L. BARTLEY. , - April 30, 2t g i Good MILCH COW, with a- young Calf, 1for a hich a reasonable -priee wlR .bg- ss, ~ply at this office. - I --. April 30, '56.'V tf .16 I