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THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, is rULrSUID Vsay wmnZNUDAT Mo3Ntxo sT W. F. DURISOE & SON. Two DoLLArs per year, if paid in advance-Two Dot.LtAS and FTrt Casr If not paid within six iarn'hs-and Tuas Dot.LaS if not paid before the axpiration of the year. All subseripuons not distinct ly limited at the utme of subscribing, will be consider ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arrerages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions (rum other States must ~iVARaItABY be accompanied witlh the ctsu. " ADVErtIaURENTr Will be cossspweuously inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or less) fur the first in sertion, and 371 cents for each subsequent insertion. When only published Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will he charged. All Advertisements nut having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged accor angly. . Those desiring to advertise by the yearcan do so on liberal terms--it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertisiug-are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firn or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance: For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, ix ADVANCR. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. EPRICE Of A FREE-STATE MAR IN " KANSAS. M. W. King, of Racine, gives an interesting relation of his experience in Kansas. After re lating the circumstances that led to his emigrat tion-his arrival in Kansas city, in Missouri, with his family-he writes: 'Leaving my family, I started for the "prom. ised land." I traveled just ote hundred and eighit miles, according to the survey, before I could find a sufficiency of timber to warrant me in an attempt to build a house. At Pawnee, the capitol as projected by Gov. Reeder, or rathe r within a distance of live wiles from that p:aper city, I succeeded in making at claim of 80 acres, on which, after much severe labor and pri vation, I succeeded in raising a house that would shelter myse!f and family. During all the time of my struggle in the wilderness I was aided and assisted in every way by my neighbors, Missourians, and, indeed, never even had to want longer for their help than they saw wherein they could assist me. "My claim made, and my house, such as it was complete, I started for Kansas City, to bring my family out. Judge of my feelings when 1 learned that for nearly the whole itne of my absence my child had been laying at the point of death, and my wife, the mother, among strangers, too. And remember, also, that these. strangers were all " border rutfians." Of course, I was anxious. I questioned my wife, how did you get along? What did ycu do? Why, sie answered me, no people could be more kind; all took an interest in our sufi'ring and sorrow; I never saw a more kind-hearted and generous people. I was astonished, I confess it. Of course I said but little-what could I say? They asked mo-the "border ruffians"-of my poli tics. I told them I was an ottt-and-out Free State man. The answer was invariably--That's right, Mr. King; vote just as you think-we wish every man to enjoy his own opiion. For many weary days I walked around waiting for the returning strength of my child and dearing these days I saw many things thal would have been disbelieved by myself if state< to me before I left Racine, and while I wast reader of, and believer in, the New York Tri bune. I saw many-very many poor fanihie landed at Leavenworth-teit on by the Nes England Aid Society, who had not the means ta bury the dead of their company. Men, womne and children were there sent on by these Ait Societies, without funds to purchase one meca of food after landing. They came there, ex pecting no one knows what, but in a's deatiat a condition as ever emigrants landed at th docks of New York. " The men of Missouri, the " border nufflians, took them into their homes, they fed4stam the living ones-and buried the dead-they gay them clothes, food and kind words; they acted in short, the. part of noble, generous, Christial men, and their reward has been abuse, econtume ly and misrepresentation. "That the men of Missouri felt and feel ag grieved is not to be wondered at by any wha k ,wsaytkin2 of..the facta .Thex.. de respect, hardly the forbearance of the commo .nities in whichi they lived: they have been oblig ed not only to feed these mn, but to listen tF their aeuril'aus abuse, and now, when they hay, nought nothing more, as I well know, than at equal and jtust, share of the advantages of the newly opened territory, they tare belied b) press and pulpit through the entire North. A I said before, I hate slavery, and never by ac or word will give it aid or countentance, but, hate It so much that I cannot bear even to sea the mistaken (though I believe hiontestly mnista ken) supporters of it lied about anad abused." A PICTU122 OF CONGE88. " Independent," the Washington corresponden of the Philadelphia North American, draws thie following picture of Cosngresional le: " The whole tendency of things here is down. wand. A standard lower than mediocrity pre. vails; and the vast inicreased annual expendi. tures have opened channels of corruption, wiiicha have perceptibly enatered the [halls of legisla. tion, and made trafice and venal combination a professional system. If the lobby has beeti reduced, it is because the in.'ide operators have been increased in number. The "poails of lh-gis. lation are notoriously parcelled out in the. halls, amnong a few choice spirits, who are supposed to be potential in local iutftirs. Atny re.<pecta ble member will at once namne the must conspic uous of these Congressional broker<, who shame to say, include in their numbers men not here tofore suspected of such wanton parnstitutioni of high position and such utter disregard of pri. vate inategrity. "It is niotorious that no large appropritationis, for almost any purpose, catn be carried without employing these base instrumeants. They i'orn secret plans, address themselves to sordid iinflu ences on the committees, and1 by contfoarmingr to the wishes of others, unite iint.re-ts which are seemingly in cotnfliet, but sufficient ly powerfll to obslruct successfully any bill or scheme whieb it may be their itnterest to resist. The moraals of the New York corporation, under the super. vision of New York matnagers, are getting ho be established rapidly. " When members of Congress will consent to fob the money appropriated for their news papers, and to sell, wihoaut matuclh secr~cy, the books voted for the benefit of their constituents. they are pretty wvell prepared foar ainy other step of mnoratl degradation. The "hells" oif Whshaington, which an'drciotnsly fiaunt the prin-. cipal avenue, have, within the last five years, produced much of this evil. " They are notoriously frequenated, not oc casionally, but nightly, by mean sent here to legislate for the country at lairge, anad to watch the partieun coneerns of their own constitn. ents. The indulgence of sneh a passion is cost ly, and the losses thus incurred nus be compeni sated from some source. Is it surprisihag, thus, that venality has entered Congress, or that leg islation should be joabbed, when these gorgeos palaces of crime are to be supported, anid when hdack-legs often swell thie lobbies baoasting their power, and by the force of " obligationas" at the faro bank, commanding votes? The picture is not half drawn for full just ice to it in painful and prominent facts. If the whocle truth were *told, it would astound the cotintry and open the eyes of manay a constituency." FEDERAL. CoURtT.-We find among the pro. eeedingisof the United States Senate, (July 30,) the following: '" Afr. Butler asked and obtained leave to in troduce a bill to alter the time for holding the district court in South Carolina, and for other purposes; which was read three times by tunani moos consent and passed." SiZE OF TIlE WEST.-Illinoja would make forty suceh States as Rhode Island, and Minne sota sixty. Mlissouri is larger than all -New *En-gland. Ohio exceeds either Ireland or Scot istids or Portugal, anad equatls Belgium and Swit zerland together. Missouri i's more than halt kd hara-e as Italy, and larger than Denmark, Hlil laud, blilm anid Switzerland. Missouri and llhinoissae larger than England, Scotland, Ire 1=,id aniui WaJlu THE AIEN FAIB: A writer.in the Caarleatin Courier, noticing the Fair in Aiken, which was to have opened on yesterday, farnishes the follwing extract. This will be a gala week In "Aiken Town," and such of our citizens as wish to enjoy themselves for a lew days would do well to attend: FuA AND FEsTIVITY.--Aiken. independent of her climate attractions, which are so continually in nifest to the recruiting invalid, as well as the seeker for natural embellishments, is now taking preparatory measures for a Fair, which are re ceived with general approval, in laudation of the object from which it emanates. A Festal Fair is in design, and preparations are actively progressing to lcommence on the 12th inst., opening ut 7 o'clock each night, con tinuing one week. A large and well ventilated hall has been kindly volunteered for the occa aion, by W. J. Addison, the proprietor of the spacious establi-hment known as Schwartz' Hotel. The object and intention of the Fair is to erect a Methodist Episcopal Church on the site where now stands one, which from its dilapida ted condition, renaers it unsafe for the congre gation to assemble there to worship. The Ladies who on all sneh occasions prompt ly respond, and unhesitatingly bestow their services, are all here in joyful emulation to as sist in promoting this good achievement. The Gentlemen, nothing laggard in duty, are actively employing themselves, to render the occasion so alluring, that every visitor, will on departure, congratulate themselves on the pleasant hours part, and determine to enjoy the rare opportu nity present, by engaging each succeeding eve ning in its innocent festivities. Beside the many, bountifully and testefully furnished tables, which will combine the useful, ornamental and pleasurable, one long table will be supplied with viands in variety, garnished by delicacies and fruit, while their delectable fra grance will refreshingly invite each beholder to participate. A Soda Fountain will, with icy coolness he kept in opperation.-Ices of all kinds will be furnished. The evenings amusements will be diversified -Exhibitions, mechanical and diverting, will be presented, and not the least attractive will bet the Tableaux Vivant, representing some beauti ful and select scenes, which will vary each night. The Fair will open with a suitable address by Wm. M. Lawton Esq., of Charleston, S. C. A NEGRO TARED AND FEATHERED AT HUD soN, N. Y.-The Hudson Star of Tuesday, says that between the hours of 8 and 9 o'clock on Monday evening that usually quiet community was thrown into an extraordinary state of ex citement, in consequence of a tarring and feath erintr affair which came olf in the upper part of the city. The subject was Wim. Mowens, a colored barber and an old resident. He is rap posed to have been on terms of too great inti macy with a respectable white girl.* He was taken from his shop by force, marched upon the putblic square, and in the presence of a large "Vigilance Committee," a coat of tar and feath ers was well atplied. He was then uiven till Tuesday morning to leave the city. le left as soon as he could conveniently. after getting out of the clutches of his "" friends." "The good people of Hudson must have a very rare idea of what constitutes respectability if the one referred to is "respectable.'-[ED. Chron. & Sent.r A NATION OF METHODISTs.-The minn to thte Frienidly lIsands has been so snecessful. that tho nation is a nation of Methodists; and the whole population, from the king (who is a " local prencher") down to his meatnest suibject, attend the Wesleyasn miiitry. These islanads sotnetimes go by the natme of Tonga. They consist of upwards of a hunidred and fifly, and lie in the Pacific Oceani between latitude 13 de grees and 25 degrees sotnth, and longitude 172 degrees west and 176 degaees en-tt They were di.,overed by the navigator Tasmnan, in 1643, but received their collective name of Friendly Islands from Captain James Cook. THE VOTE FOR COL.. KETT.--The following is the official return or the vote, with the excep tion of one precinct, for the ion. L M. KeiLt: Beauf..r..Di.tri.............. .. 4 Total.... .... ............3723 The etntire vote 'of the District is set down at about 4.000 votes; hence, allowing for the sick, aged and aha'entees, Col. Keitt lias received an sion of opinion.-Columabia Times, Aug. 6. IIIG PatCE ofSr.Avrs.-The Ricnmond (V a.) Dkpauch says, thtere has be-en a greater deatnd fr .slaves in' that city diring thte months of May and Jnne and July, that was eier knnwn before, and they h.ave comasnded hetter pari-e.4 durinig thtt time. Tisa latter is an uinusual thitng, as .1the summer months atre itenerally the dullest in te year for that kind of property. Prims rieldl hands (women) will now bring from $1.000 to S.100, anid me'n front $1,250 to $l.500. Not long since, a likely negro girl sold ini thait city at at privatte sale for $1.700. A latrge tiumber of negroes are bonphat on speculation, sand pro bably there is tnt less tati 81.000,000 itt that townt tnow seeking itnvestmnent itn such property. A F~rt~irRE.-The Unford expedition to Kan.t sas has proved an entire isiture. A Mobailian writes fromt Frantklin, K. T1., under date of July 6th, givinag a dol-ful picture of the rareer of the band. Hec says that of thu 363 who aneompa nid Batfordl, tnot more than tif'ty remtaini in the' territ iory. Of those returnied, the corresponden.t says: "IThe men on whom the South relied to viri dicate hter rights, and for whose support liberal tubscriuions were miade, the men whotn the Missouriains welcomed n ith outspread armtastund open purse. have proved f.,tse just at the time~ when they shoultd hauve stood ready to do or die for Sotthertt rights. Having seent Kantsaas, hatving spent their mont ey in dissipation. when the time fotr work and etdurintg htardships came ott they stritek for tote, to disparage thte couint ry, to denmounace Col Bford, and a bat is worse, to desert and leave unprotected the rigts of the Sonth. int short they will do and say anything to save thteselve~s frotm that ctontemaipt atnd indiganatiotn with which they should be received by their old ieigbors anda frienids." Na~ EWoaK, August, 2. DEATH OF AN Ataf OFFICER.--ilery Sinai. ton, one of the assistatnt quartermsaster gene-r sls itt the United States army, died yesterday. at Fort Hlamiltoni. Gen. Stantont entered the army in 1813 as lietuteanat in the light artillery, anid resignedi ini 1817. In 1818 he was re-atppoinated assistant Idpatty qusartermaster genecral, antd received the brevet of brigadier getneral itt 1847 fair merito rious services itn Mexico. He wass a tnative of Veront. Everybody r-mtemtbers how the beautiful mu latto girl, Sarah, was exhibited some weeks sine, itt Beehters church, ian Brooklyan ; aand how she got the abolition fools to contribute 81.200 to buy her freedom. Well, she staid a while-but otne morniti. Litely, was m missinig." Ste next turned uip with her ma~ster, at Wash ingna, havitng got tired of abolitioni false pre. Madame Jenny Lind Goldschmniudt has giveni her last concert ini Etnglanad. antd she retires to a home, says the Timtes, which is tnow, anid haas been since she was married, one of uneclouded htppiess. It is supposed that the gainis of Madame Gohdschmridt, by her recent enigage rents, amountt at least, to ?40,000. FoRTIFICATIONS.-Thte Fortification bill, as it passed the H-ouse of Representatives, conttains an appropriation of $50,000 for Fort Sumter and 10,000 for repairs to Castle Pinickney, in Chlarleston Harbor. THE ARMY WozsM.-The Uniotnville Journal stys: " We regret to learan that the corn and otton crops. ina various sections of this District, are vegj much injured l;y Ibais worm ; in sogiq ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIEILD, S. C. n WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1856. 2T WE are indebted to our Senators and Repre- t mntatives in Congress for occasional documents and papers. Just now, we would prefer a few Patent Office turnip-seed if they are handy. _ -....- t Postponed. s The mstructive and interesting communication from a" SALUDA PLtANTER" is at hand, and was intended for publication this week ; but to accommodate the Candidates, who are anxious to let the "dear people" know where they are, we are forced to lay the sid article aside'until our next issue. " RIcsAtaD's" rejoinder to Mr. GarrtTa's Commu nication published in our last, is also before us, and will receive proper attention at an early date. Boots and Shoes. The well-known Augusta Shoe House of CLARxE & ROYAL is offering great inducements to the public, In a superior stock of boots, shoes &c., which they are selling at moderate prices. Go and he shod there, if you n ould have the thing done to a T. -..... Edgefleld Collegiate Institute. Reference is requested to the advertisement of this Seminary. It has now been in successful operation for five years, and has proven itself worthy of gene ral patronage. No pains have been spared to make it all that an intelligent and educated community could desire; and it may now be truthfully said to rank amongst the very foremost institutions of learn ing in the State.-But the long and explicit advertise ment in onr paper speaks for itself. Let it be carefully read by all interested in a school at this place; end let a more generous encouragement for the future show that the people of Edgefield appreciate and ap plaud the liberal and enlightened appointments of the " Edgefield Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies." Beautiful Workmanship. One of the prettiest things of the season, is that ornamental child's chair made by Mr MARxaRT of our Town for Dr. BLAND. It is of light-colored mahoga ny, tastefully planned, and skillfully put together, with embroidered satin for the seat and raised work upon satin for the back. Mr. MARKER? is evidently up to his business, and hts industrious habits merit encouragement. See his advertisement on another page. MILITARY ELECTION. At an election held in the Edgefield Beat Company, on Saturday last, Mr. WAIDLAW COVAR was elected first Lieutenant of said Corps. A FINE ARRANGEMENT. Mr. ULIvER I. P. SCOTT, one of the proprietors of the American hotel, Hamburg, it will be seen, by reference to his advertisement, has adopted the plan of delivering all of tis travelling customers and their baggage, at either of the Georgia or Carolina Depots free of charge. This is a capital idea, and will In duce many to put up at the American, who hitherto have been in ths habit of stopping in Augusta, in or der to be convenient to the diferent depots. DEPLORABLE DEATH. A friend writing to us from Mt. Hilliard, Ala., ap pends the following melancholy item: "OL.tvER DoRN, son of ADNER and SARAH DoRM, of Pike County, Ala., aged 12 years, 'was killed on the 1st August, 1856, by att accidental discharge from the shtot-gun of his brother WILLIt.A DoRN, who was walking a few paces in advance, stumbled and fell to the ground, which caused ite gun to fire, pouring its contents into the righst eye of his unfortunate brother, which horribly shattered his skull, scattered his brain and produced irstant death. Let this be a caution to young sportsmen." SOME MISTAKCE HERE. The Southron comes to us this week again, as if nothing were the matter. Can it be that wve have been hoaxed by some inky devil in relation to our co temporary! If so, we forget and forgive thte sprite, in thte pleasure of know- '--- -- - PRIEE SOIL, EPITAPH. A Kansas correspondent of thte Laurensville Her-ald furnishes that paper with the fullowitng copy of an epitapht, taken fromt the tomb-stone of a Free State man whto was killed in the territory last year: " REED PERlKINS BitOWN. Who was bortn itn L.-gan Co., Ohit, aind brutally mur dered by that dlamtnable league, the Kir-kapoc, Ranger., becatse lhe was true tu his native North and her free inmstittiints. Better dtie a martyr for freedom. like Brown. thsn live the champrton of slavery, like Dott gls. IIe died fur freedom, but we live to avenge his blnod." There breathes in this a mixed feeling of hatred and resolve which should warm ttp a counter current in every Southern heart. ----50 HIANDSOMIE CONTRIBUTION. It deserves to hec honorably mentiotned, that Mr. Jozns Jones, oef thtis District, has contributed a round one hundred dollars towards the liqnidation of the Baoons fine. We understand thte old gentleman who, is very wealthty) remarked at the moment of contributing, that Blaooxs tmighat draw upon htim for ay further amount lie needed in such a cause. A truly generous, spirited and patriotic exemplar ! A SHREWD OPINION. Harriet artineau, in hecr " Retru.spect of Western Trravel," pennedt a great many shrewd observations. The followmng opinion is apropos of certain matter' now trattspiring at Washingtn City : " Otns fancies," wrote the old woman, " otte can tell a New Eniglatnd member int thte open air oy his deprecatory walk. He sees to bear in niind p~rpetually that lie cannot fight a duel, while othter people can." BUtiL:NoAstE perhaps designs proving himself an exception to this general rema k. Nous verrons. TUIE DAY BOOK~ AND HEREERT. The N,-w York Day Book te omit in distinnt and emphatic denunctiation of the Coiurr and Jury who wcr inistrutmentmal in acquiitting I~sassai?. Thie is littleshtort of siding wit the popular feeling of thte Nmortht againtsi the decision of justice and law. There are a good many things we like well enough in the Day Book ; but this smaks more of policy than inde pelece. Can it be that thte Day Book pattders to te Irish interest that surrounds it!i Wttlh so many palpable circumstances in Ilantca'.''s favor, arnd a fair verdict ot acqtuital too by his peers, the tone of tte Day Book in this matter strikes us as being very peculiar. PUGH, 0OF 01110. The Newberry Rising mSun states the fact that Hon. G. E. PUGH, of Oht, is a native of Newberry Distrint* We have heard of an old woman of this tname who sed to sell butter and eggs about Newberry village. Any connection between the parties ? Anson Burlingamec. If this gentleman refuses to fight now, he is assuredly I disgraced. HavIng first named a point in Canada as I the place of combat, his propreition was treated by Cal. lBttous with the contempt so transparent a subterfuge merited. Bitt notw Mr. CAMflEL.L an outces that, althtough Canada was preferred by his I principal, Ite yet would have gone anywhere Baooxs I desired, even,to South Carolina If tneed be !!! Where- I upon Gen. LANE, as the friend of Col. Baooxs, noti- i lies the parties tat his principal awaits the designa tionby Buai.:oatuof same other and more suitabler grotund, any where withtln oneo hundred miles of Wash ington City. We are glad our representative has placed the Massachusetts fire-eater in this position. It was necessary in the phase matter' had assumeda between them. BUaRLINOAxE is cornered. Now for t e next dodge.n DUTCH DECENCY. The Knickerbocker is responsible for the subjoined ~ Illustration of Dutch decency, as exhibited by a good ~ many of the dirty little German itmportations of the day. Prepare to latugh and be disgusted: " In a metropolitan auction-ro'm, on a certain oc casion, a little German Jew, who was slowly and shrewdly making his hid, was addressed by a near-by. p stander with: * There is a very dissgreeable odor about here: what cant ii be ?' ' Yaas,' he rettlied, unhtesi neingly, ' dat isht my vest !' ' Your feel !-hen why don't you retire from the roomi, and not mingle with gstlemen I The odor your fe-et exhale is very off'en- te ie.' ' Alt!' respotnded the little He-bre w, ' you ought to zrell 'em in a zmnall room in do sutmmer-time!' -_. WfIT OP) THE PINEST. Our dander has.,been up on several occasions of te, at ob g the weekly accounts of delicious rui subjected to the inspection (and of course the astietion)&that Colombia Committee. We could so Suxuate *th his long rows of white teeth, grin. ing indel ul anticipation of the luscious morsels afore himtGscor rolling his fine sentimentalish yes in froi Mfreniy, CaLDWELL carried bock to be garden oflden in happy cogitation of some poem hose every cadence should resolve itself into plums r peaches.,;pears or pone-granites-and we here in h distance. without a pealing of the feast! But hings have hanged. Our Edgefield fruit-growers re also on thj platform of progress; and we doubt if ,yoNs,OrlU otr, or GO? oaaD, or HAMP'roN,or ny of the restof them can show as beautiful a basket f peaches as were sent into our sanctum yesterday by 'as. Lawus 3oxas of our village, or as tempting a owl of plumsuas came.a day or two before from the arden of Dr.-E. J. Muss. The peaches were of the elocoton, Early York and Old Mixen varieties, arge, ripe,-fpll, and sugary. The orchard of Mr. osEs is alreay one of the choicest; in ayearortwo, pith the care and skill at present bestowed upon its ulture, It wil have few rivals in the State. The lums from Dr. Muss were Green-gages, a kind which nables one to-appreciate T. P. ALDaCH's beautiful anguage in ' Babie Bell," where he calls them 'globes of honey rare." * As much actual enjoyment as such delicious pre. ents afford ti/, it is perhaps exceeded by the satisfac ion felt in regirding the advances in fruit culture now raking in our nidst. It evinces a most correct taste is well as the genuine spirit of improvement. Now for one little brag: Mr. Wu. GaoG, of Kal ia, Edge& District, has realized this year very nearly fofhi.usand dollars, from sales in the New York marketif peaches raised upon the sand hills of rr Distriet rI'hink of that, gentlemen of the Colum bia Committi. N HIS SEAT AGAIN. Our memb, Col. Baooxs, reappeared in the House sf Representatives on the first day of the present month and, bog qualified, took his seat. The con gratulations many friends and the mortified scowls f many enempes awaited him. Some of the Black Republicans, ipdignant at the unanimity and univer sality of his return, affected to doubt whether he mught to be lsttin; but even their brassy impudence lid not dare.tipempt any action in that direction. They will soph see, in the high courtesy and gentle manly demeanor of the member from South Carolina, cause to blushat their insensate conduct towards him; while it is to be hoped they may profit by the lesson of "Noli me tan4re" which he has so opportunely, sot fairly, and souarely administered unto them. For one, we trust that Southern members generally will hereafter imitate the example of Col. BRooKs in re senting promptly and forcibly all such gross insults to themselves otfheir constituencies, as were those which impelled our Representative to his late course of ac tion. Call it ruffianly, call it half-civilized, call it unchristian ifoyou will, it is imperatively demanded by the necessities of the times, and is perhaps the only means of enstering for our section and its rights any reasonable degree of respect and considerrtion at the hands of thanatic usurpers who now control the Federal Housetof Representatives. In his seat again by a tremendius vote of approbation, the case of Baoozs is huab prototype of what would occur under similar circumitances in every Congressional District of the South. LThe universal feeling is one of weart ness and disg 't with the coarse taunts and libelleus flings of foul.mothed abolitionism; and what the Fourth Cong isional District of South Carolina says to her immedlqte Representative in the present in stance, will liglechoed bac-k by the hearts of the whole Southern people from the Potomac to the Rio Grandle: "f you have sature in you, bear ii not." EDEFiELD dr, HAMURG PLANK ROAD. We passed over this road twice in the same day last week, an 4 eel Impelled to note a thought or two in regard therlb. Plank Roadg we fear, will prove comparative hum hugs, at least 4hen managed as the one in question is at present. Aut ten miles of the Edgelield and Hamburg Roai are rougher than any portion of any dirt road we aacquainted with, short of the Devil's 'ii-,' . Jbbeville District. The succession of carria - uan whl:l One-- who rides-Ili'a next to intolerable. Neither would it he tolerated, were it not that the heavy sand of the dirt road that runs alongside presents so difficult and disagreeable an alternative. If the thing is suffered to grow much worse, it can he regarded in no other light than as a nuisance and an imposition. The company have chartered rights hy which they are privileged to exact toll from travellers who take their road. But the very ground of this privelege is to be found in their absolute duty to keep the road in thorough repair. When they fail in this, they are faithless to the guasi contract between thecmselves and the State. It is no excuse to say that travellers need not patronize theIr road if they find it too rough. The spirit of their charter, if not the letter, places them in the attitude of a corporation bound to keep their work of public utility in complete condition, or else to give it up en tirely. As the road stanads at present, the company is morally and legally culpable ; arnd if the evil pro gresses we do not see why their charter should not be held forfeited. By the way, a thought suggested itself to our mind the otherday while upon the road, which it may not be inappropriate here to mention. It is this: The meet ing of vehicle~s is no bad occasion to test the natural politeness of their respective occupant'. The natural gentleman, without regard to'the regulations of travel :pni the road, n ill always give, upoii meeting, one half of the way, and frequently more. The natural eoor, in spite of custom and law, will pop his whip, harden his face and keep the whole track if possible. Mark this, ye who are accustomed to jolk upon the delectable Edgefield and Hamburg Plank Road, and see if it does not hold good in the great majority of THE CAUSE IN KANSAS. The BRUOKs and Btsao.oNoAsxE difficulty has re ently absorbed so much of public attention that mat ters in Kansas have been comparatively lost sight of for the nonce. But the recent ejection of General Wuorut. from his seat in Congress. and the fact hat the Fall elections arc rapidly approaching, must mp-edily result in lifting the Kansas question to a higher prominence before the conntry tihan it has yet iccupiel. The statement, as given by Arcntson himself, is, that the pro-slavery party in that territory, with the exercise of reasonable energy and acturity, will predominate for the present at least. Without t change, the decision at the ballot box in October lxt, will be highly favorable to the hope that Kan ias is to add another name to the slave States of the Union. But great efforts are making in the hireling atitudes to defeat this anticipation ; and there Is no 'oling how far the present condition of things may is modified in the course of the next two months. Ct in certainty no time for the So,.thiern people to lcken their efforts In the cause. " A strong pull d a pull altogether," should now especIally be their ntto. With whlat an amount of carelessness and in iiference should we have tu reproach ourselves, if mfter gaining a sirer-: foothold for Southern men and suthen principles In t et beautiful territory, we fall upinely back and yiesu the victory to Black Repub cnism! And of this denouement there seems to te some real ground of apprehension. Letters from o. Bnan, Gena. JoNza and others, hint complain gly at the slender contributtionis which have gone p from the South to sustain their respective com anl. A large portion of Bcronza's three hundred nd fifty men, it is said, have quit the territory en rely; bit this we doubt.-~ Still, the indIcations are ufciently strong to startle our people into rene wed ction in this all-Imnportant matter. It is too much or habit to make one gallant rush for the mainte ance of our peculiar rights, and then suffer the pros eot f success to lull us into a fancied but false se oty. There is eminent danger of this in the pre nt condition of the Kansas issue. Let It not be so. et us awake again, shake off this langour of indiffer cc, buckle to the work with renewed vigor, open or pttrses more liberally and make a good fight of it the last. Otherwise, we may lose Kansas and all resent hops of slavery extension WUKEmS SUCCESSPUL. t s gratifying to know that Maj. Waaan D). 'IILxEs was, to sums extent, successful in his recent u through this State. The Anderson Gesette f Ldtmcate informs us that he ha. left for the Territory 'Eansas, carryipg with hia several thousand dollase ADDRESS BY W. R. TABER, ESQ. We are indebted to the author for a copy of his polished and impressive address before the Moultrie and Palmetto Guards, delivered on the 28th June last. If we might venture a criticism without offence, we should say that Mr. TAlER. inculcates the precept, "Be subject to the powers that be," with a somewhat overwealing zeal, for a resistance man. Especially in his Socrates illustration, do we differ with him. We always thought that old man wrong in refusing to preserve a life so useful to his felluw-men, when a fair opportunity offered for escape from the unjust con demnation of a demented democracy. But doubtless we are hypercritical. Let Mr. TADr.a's own graceful language show how he qualifies his position : "None honor more than myself the spirit of resis. tance to oppression. There isa sublimity in that wild up-leaping of the goaded heart, that desperate charge of nature galled with long servitude. A people in eapable of this, upon whom have settled a stubborn apathy, and who hug their chains while cursing their oppressors, such a people are lost to liberty. The memories of the past bring neither shame to their cheeks, nor aspirations to their suils. There is no resurrection of national life for such a people. "But Revolution, to hear fruits worthy of history, must have more in it than the mere spirit of resist ance. Strong as the hatred of tyranny mu't be the love of law; and upon its banners, floating it may be over bloody fields and burning cities, there must ever shine, clear as the white plume of Navarre, as the hope and end of all its struggles, the peace and good order of society. Revolution without this, is but a convulsive spasm, suddenly started, and as suddenly falling." CHARACTERISTIC. A number of Chester boys left for Kansas a week or two since. Upon the morning of their departure, they were addressed in eloquent terms by M;aj. Na THIANItL P. EAvzs. At the conclusion of his address, the speaker placed in the hands of the Rev. J. M. Mc. CRAw (one of the emigrants) the following character istic "note of advice." TowN o Ctis'rza, S. C., Aug. 4th '56. Ray. J. hl. McCaAw-Sir: You are on your way to Kansas. If spared to get there, please permit me to exhort you to exert your best abilities to spread the doctrines of the everlasting Gospel, and teach the young emigrants to abstain from vice of every kind ; to love and revere their Creator in the days of theirynutl and follow lais precepts in all things-and teach them to cultivate virtue, charity, brotherly love and trite Carolinian chivalry, and sustain Southern rights and principles at any and every hazard. N. R. EAvrs. Barnwell Awake. The last Barnwell Sentinel contains the information that a single beat in that District (Graham's Turn Out Beat) has recantly subscribed near si. hundred dol lars to the cause of Kansas emigration. A. P. AL. DRieIl, Esq., Chairman of the Central Kansas Com miee, also acknowledges the receipt of several amounts from other quarters. It would appear that our sister Barnwell is fully aroused to the importance of the Kansas Isasue. Would that all the other Dis tricts in the State may follow her example ! COMMUNICATIONS. For the Advertiser. TO THE VOTERS OF EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. Being a candidate for the Legislature, I regard it a duty to respond to all respectful calls for my opinions on political questions of prominence or of interest. Accordingly, I will notice briefly the several interro gatories to candidates, which from time to time, have appeared in the public prints of the District. 1st. The division of Edgefield District. The best plan to effect this purpose, probably would be to erase all the present District lines, and divide the State anew, into Districts of twentymiles square; erecting a Court louse &c., near the centre of each, and having a territorial representation in the Senate, while in the lower House a representation based on taxation and population. The expense attending the execution of this project would perhaps render it im practicable at this juncture. Another scheme, and decidedly the most feasible. would be to cut off the corners of Edgefield, and uniting with portions of the adjacent Districts, form four or more Districts of respectable size, leaving our present Court House near the middle of an area of twenty or more miles square. The welfare of a ma jrity of the people of Edgefield would, unquestionably, be promoted by the adoption of this plan, on the part of the Luegislature. Stillanothcr mode ofDvin onhas been suggested, am ignorant of the extent of territ .ry to be embraced by the designated lines ; of the nuiaber of voters within them; of the amount of taxes paid there, and the relative expenditures for public purposes-and indeed of the disposition, whether favourable or nor, of a majority of those interested. But as a general proosition, I would respectfully decline to commit myself in advance to thte support of the details of any measure. And iinamy judgment, he whto would stub mit voluntarily to the demial of oll discretion in action, would lose, if he ever possessed it, all freedom of thought, and is unfit to repiresent a Republican people. I favour an equitable Division of Edigefield, because I think the District inconveniently large, and amply populou, and wealthy to justify partition. In reason and justice, it could not have been designed to compell the people of the large up-country Districts, whatever in the course of time nmight he the total of populatioan, and whatever their accumulation of wealth, t'o abide forever by extensive boundaries, when all their inter ests atnd desires might require more circumseribed limits. If the system is ptreservedl for the sake of certain comnpromises between ithe two sections of the Stte, let there be adopted other compromises equally potent to protect the mtmerity. A regard for thme rights of minorities, is an important part of the political creed of South Carolina. I am prepared to entertain ar.d to ainruin any fair proposition, looking to the assertion of the rights and t he protection of the inter ests o'f the mintority portion of the State. While the above expresses my honest convictions, it is due to candour to say, that in view of the temper of a large part of the last Legislature, and of the considerable and prospectively increasing itndebtedness of te State, I am quite sure thtat immediate success will not bttend the prosecution of any scheme of Division. 2nd. The Poll Tax. This is an indiscriminate fixed tax upon each citizen, htable to be modified by "able.hodied" or " voter." England tried it, off and oan, for three or fuar haundred years, but. abholi,,ed it finally in the 1th Centusry, under William the 'Thirdl. Thte policy of such a tax is considered questionsable, by political economists, in expelling from the boardera of a State, the scurf of poptulatiiat. It is calculated also to drive to more liberal commonwealths, some of the bonec atnd sinew of the land. And men-true men-who may be of the poor, as well as tof the richi classes, are or vastly more importance than capital, among the ele ments wltieb give power toa State. Alljust taxation is basedl on net income,--that is, the portion of inceome, beyond the demand for the necessaries and comforts of life. Pot-erty has no such income. 'The petty wages of labour with very many serve but to supply the commonest requisites for living. Honesty, pru dence, Industry, combined with intelligetice, may only provide for a family ,-the day's sustenanace from the day's work. Besidles if imposed on voters, and ollected at the ballot box, it would inevitably lead to bribery, corruption and conasequtent demnoralizat'on. Still, the necessity may occur for the imposition of the tax in this, as it has already done in a few other States of the Confederacy. South Carolina has en tered upon a system of bounteous appropriations for Rail Roads &c., and ten years hence, may owe fiteen or twenty millions of mtoney ! To meet the interest on tit debt, adding the necessary supplies for govern ment, would require a largely increased tax on the property now taxed, while many articles exempted, would be included in the tax bill, such as jewelry money at interest-carriages, etc. And even a poll tax would be brought into requisition to aid in sustaining the credit of the State. But "sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." 3rd. The Electoral question. On titl subject, I am rather indiffere-st. The exis ting system has worked well. The Legislature has never misrepresented th.e sentiment of the people in voting for Presidential Electors. If, however, there is a general desire, to recall the power conferred on the Legislature, I am not unwilling to see the experi ment of change tried, under a bill judiciously drawn. th. The Presidential Election. Under the present phase of public affairs, I should st hesitate to rote for BucsrAmNAN and BaEErrasDGE Blctors. The State indeed has noalternative, hence hiis is not the period for mere complimentary votes. In conclusiont, will remnark, that I amuot a special p~x.-. er~d. pblnnW g1r~-M~ma'r aU..e aneed me to the voters of Edgefleld. I am indepen- p dent of all trammels, save those honorable ones, which r, are imposed by a sense of justice, and a consciousness -b of proper motives. If the voters are satisfied with my a views, I can cheerfully promise to act faithfully, in promoting the welfare of the District and the State, with whatever ability I may possess, and in all cases, according to my best judgment. e 1. C. MI. HAMMOND. For the Advertiser. Ma. Etrroa,-I beg that you will give a place f in your paper to the following remarks in answer to a call from many citizens. As a Candidate for the Legislature, I do not claim to be a party man. I am wholly ignorant of the platform or arran;gements of either of the par ties now preparing for a hot contest. Those who vote for me must therefure consider me a free and I independent candidate. I feel no hesitation in de elaring my honest sentiments, and will most cheer fully answer the call made by many respectable citi zens on the candidates. I have long felt the inconvenience of a residence so remote from the Court house, and have labored, in common with many of my fellow-citizens, to ob- t tain such a division of the District as would give E us a Court house at Aiken. I I am in favor of giving the Election of Electors to the people ; and am also favorable to the election j of BUcUAAN and BRECKENaDO for President and I Vice President of the United States. I am opposed to a Poll Tax, unless it be raised for no other purpose than the education of the poor 1 children of the State. however important it may seem to some people to agitate the District on the questions now before the people, I deem them at present of minor im portance, and only calculated to stir up strife among us. The subject of forming a new District out of the lower end of Edgefleld together with the upper end of Barnvell and Orangeburg, has been agitrted nearly thirty years, with little or no progress. If the Parish system of representation be continued, fifty or a hundred years may elapse before we see another election Distr ict mado in the up-country. The Senate is now divided 24 to 24. The low country will suffer anything rather than break up that balance of power, which I think wrong and anti-republican. I would therefore be willing to see the whole system of Parish representation blown up. There are other and far more important subjects of general interest that the people of Edgefield might, and I think ought, to direct their attention to. The State of South Carolina has commenced a system of wasteful expenditure of public money, that ought to alarm every body. Such is the rife spirit for borrowing money and expending, that there is scarcely a project, however visionary, that will not find advocates in our Legislature, provided the means can be obtained by borrowing. heretofore the taxes of South Carolina have been exceedingly light, probably mere so than in any other State in the Union. But any man of forecast must see at a glance, that the day is not far distant when it will be increased five fold for interest alone, without any effort to lay aside, to meet the principal at maturity. When the day comes, and come it Kill soon, our children will be burthened with raising millions to pay for our folly. That awful day of retribution, if it does not drive many out of the State, wilt at least burthen the country with such taxation as we have never ventured on the un pleasant task of figuring up. It has become so com mon now to issue State Bonds in order to forward public works, that a million of dollars borrowed. attd badly expended. does not attract more atten tion, indeed not half as much, as the expenditure of ten thousand dollars thirty years ago, when the Legislature gave ?blrs. Randolph two thousand dollars. after which our most talented men through the State had to take the stump ; and old Edgefield was among the foremost in henping censure upon her members. lina Canal andRail Roa Company one hundred thtousand dollars for ten years. At that tame many in'6uential members trembled in their shoes for fear of the consequences before their constituents Now, after having exhausted our Treasury, and borrowed until our Bonds are no l.mger current at par, we can very quietly stand by and see our Legislatuare cotnmenee a State House which is to cost a milion and a half, if not two nmillions of do! ars, erery cent of which laas to be borrowed, while a hundred or two haundred thousand dollars, judi eiously expended, would have built a house fine enough andl sufficiently substantial to satisfy any deodle. But that is not all; thec Legislature, in utter neg k-ect of the great want of internal improvements for inter-coanmunication ian all parts of our State, witha a perfect knowledge that our common ronads are thte worst in Christiandom-so maisernble, that produce twenty miles int thte interior, is fur ther from our mkets thani Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio-witt: all of these facts, stnring themn in thec fnce, and with out thme fear of consequences before their constitu entp, we see members of the Legislature from every genrter of the State, rallying around a few ad lvecnte. gifted witha tile a ower of eloquence, to be eenvinced that the State ought,to exhaaust haerself in boreing tunnels through the moun tains. Excited to extravganz frnxy, they exclaim, " south Carolina is behinad the age, and must do something.'' A nd thecy proceed in hot haste to plunge the State into subascriptions for amillions of dollars for works, to say thme least, which are naot likely ever to yield income, if earnings enough to keep the wvorks in repair ; and sucha as no enpitalist in the State woud venture a dollar with the expectation of ever getting a cent of it back. The State hats subscribed a million of dollars to the Rabunt Gap Rail [Rond, and has also loaned her Honds bearing 7 per cent inatetest for a million more, andi htas no ork~er security than the Road thus coin meced, utterly worthless, unless the State launeches frth millions more for the coplstion of the work. Thle loan is worse tihan thme subscription, as the Bonds were mtade to bear 7 per cent to suit the parties who were to receive themi. What is to become of us if lhis gigatntic system of borrowing ho permitted ? Te State hats alrea.ly commenced to borrow at 7, tow long~ will it be before excuses will be made suf ficiently strong to induce her to issue at 8 per cent ? An.l what ii to. be the fate of our children when taese Bontds fall due ? If it should happen in a tmonetary pressure, thec State may be placed in 'a situation where there will be no choice between 10 or 15 per cent, or repudiation. It is my deliberate opinion, that beforethte Rabun Gap Road is so far completed as to do us, or itself atny good, we shall have expetnded more money on it, than would build a good Rail Road from the sea board to any i-nportant section of our State, besides good turnpikes to almost every man's door,--and for wvhat purpose are these ruinous expenditures now being nmade ? The State is to exhaust her transury nd her cred-t at to tunnel mountains and cut a road tom Knoxville,t in East Tennessee, that the City of Charleston maye have two outlets to that region of country. There I is already a Rail Road commiunication open to that point, but unfortunately the State of Georgia holds the keys, and may perchance occasionally favour Savannah. For that, and no othaer tangible reason, proud South Carolina must exhaust her credit, and bring a ruinous taxation upon her people for a work, that, when completed, cannot benefit the State ; end e [ doubt if it ever realises one tenth of what is ex- 1I peeted from it by the people of Charleston. I What interest has the State at large in making ~ Rail Road avenues to the West ? The inevitable ~ tendency will be to bring the products of Western lands into competition with ours ;-to enhance the value of land West, and to depreeeate its value here. ~ Whle, if the millions which are to he expended in us. eaale~-..s aska etear .whs.rs wett.~ )mp-and show, were expended in making a rail aids and tiai pikes in our State, our lands would o enhanced Iu value,-thesoil would be reseusitated, ad our many hundreds of thousands of acres of - wamp.land be brought into cultivation. Our now ninhabited wilderness swamps would soon be cov rd with fine farms, white houses and a busy popu tion,-our waterfalls and vallies would be oc ied with manufacturing Villages, and our desert md hills and pine lands 'arnedinto graperies and -nit orchards; and Charleston, instead of being hat she now is, and is likely to remain, a aere topping place on the way tdNevYoc,-a cotsil. on and forwarding agency,-would become indeed he "Queen City of the South" and market'place f a thrifty and a great people. As the State has commenced and expended a urge sum in a magnificent State House,.itoughtito, e finished, but not a dollar more would I expend or the State in Western.Sail Ro 4sanI iounigln unnels. WM. GREGG. TO TEE VOTEBS OF EDGEFIELD: As a candidate for a seat in jhe House of your text General Assembly, I beg leave respectfully to ixpress briefly, my opinions upon the leading ques ions, claiming your attenion in the present canvass. The division of the District of Edgefield is a sub ect of deep interest to a very large portion of its - people, and intimately connected with the political ;rowth and prosperity of the entire Up-country. [he expediency and justice of the measure need no aboured argument, and but for the natural opposi iou arising from the influence of local interests in ertain portions of the District, it were strange there hould exist difference of opinion on the subject here it home. lam a divisirn man, and if elected, will vote for my bill proposing and providing for a practicable echeme for the division of the Distriot. The Poll Tax question is a new issue before our >eople. 1 cannot favor the policy proposed by those who seek to levy such a tax. lam in favor of giving the election of Electors for President and Vice President of the United States, mud the election of Governor of the State, to the people-and will, if elected.vote for and sustain bills r, purposing such changes; and the candidate for the Gubernatorial office, favoring such a measure, I would prefer. I have ever been devoted to the great principles of the States Rights Democracy, and an humble admirer of its sage political fathers who have done honor to the age in which they lived. I therefore endorse the nomination of BuniaAx and BaECE Eaiox, and if elected, I will vote fur Electors pledged to cast the vote of the State fur them. Respectfully, S. W. MABRY. For the Advertiser. CORBESPONDENCE. EDGEYIaD VILLAOE. Saturday, August 2nd, 1856. 'o TuoMAs P. bIAoAATu EsQ. Dear Sir:-At a meeting of the members of the Edgefield Lyceum, held on the night of 31st ult., we were appointed a committee to communicate with you, tender the thanks of the association for your chaste and eloquent address and request a copy of the same for publiontion. Very respeetfull your ob't servants, LOUDON BUTLER) ELB3ERT IBLANI) Coxs. ,10SEP1I ABNEY) NrcnotLAS HO-rEL, Saturday, Aug 2d 1856. GENTLEMEN t--Your note of this date informing me that you were a committee appointed by tha. E&lgefield Lyceum, to request a copy of .my inaugu ral discourse for publication has been received. Whilst the compliment tendered by the Lyceum, and gracefully conveyed by the~ committee, is accepted, you will excuse me to that body'flordeeliuing Its re quest, inasmuch as the effyifnjpmy judgment was -w..Wny,WO,,raT551. lBe pTl~eacdto receive the assurance of my high regard. THOM AS P. ?AlAGRlATII. To Messrs. JJwoVDO TLERr, Ex.scar B LAN, JosEPHt ASNEY, Com~m:ttee. Fott TilE ADvERTIsERt.. TO THE CANDIDATES FOR THE LEOISL&TUEE. GENTLEMEN: Through the columns of the Adver tser and Informer, I will off'er you a few thoughts fur - your consideration, In caso you are elected. When I was about 13 or 14 years of age my father sent me to the Plough Handle Academy, at which school lhe kept me close until I was 21, and I gradua ed with as muclh honor as common. I then bound myself to the school of experience, and that school has tamght me that the present mode of a Convention for the nomination of Candidates for President and Vice President is right, and I acquiesce in the nomination. I am int favor of the Goverr.or's being elected by the people, to prevent the election of fencing Gover nore. I am in favor of giving the election of Commission ers in Equity to the people, for lie is the people's man. Iam in favor of an extra set of Judges to try allappeal caes, for my school of experience teaches me that if there had been such a Court four years ago, I should now have between 85,000 and $9,000 in my pocket hat [ consider I was fairly cheated out of; and I hope tme Judge, wvhen lie reads this or bears of it, will feel like D~avid did when Nathan told him he was the man. In the next place, I am in favor of a poll-tax, sure. Ihave always thought that all taxes must be uniform ; but I perceive that these arises a difference of opinion in the plan of taxation; and that difference appears to e this to my view-that the poor man must be taxed and the rich not, and such a thing has never entered my mind, but if the word equal does not in lude both rich and poor, my school has taught me n rong. But for the poll-tax to have no per centage laid on, as in all other taxation; say, for instance, the tax be 50 cents a poll, and no per cent. laid on, as in ther property, and let that he on the poll of every white man in the State that is able to work, rich or poor. In the next place, as to the division of the District, [am at a loss to say, but owing to our high taxes and present indebtedness, if a division Is advisable, I don't think it expedient at this time. And, in the next place, I am very tired of being taxed to keep up the Com uia College, or for Agricultural Societies, for I would tot give one practical farmer for as many thousand as ould stand from Edgefield C. H., to Hamibnrg ; and f the College cannot support itself letit go like Sodom ad Gomorrah went, andI let the walls stand as Lot's s'ife does, as a warning to rising generations. I would be glad if the parties that are so willing to ax their conatituents to keep up the institution, would bow to their constituents the income, or the public rood It has done, or ever will do, for I think it ts nough to be taxed to school the poor, let alone the And, in the next place, I am opposed to the canmdi lates for the Legislature to have to ride all over the )istrict and have to answer so many questions that is at to them In the papers. I believe in a candidate o be seen and their sentiments known; but there Is a horter way, let them come out for the lone good of heir country, and If they are trust.worthy they wilt make good members, but the present plan Is so habori as and expensive that it has run almost all the talent ? nt of our Legislative Hall. I wan: amnan of an hon s heart to fight for me with all of his warfaring im lements at his command. If he gets whipped, doing eo best heean, he can come home to his constituents nith a clear conscience, and say to them, I did my et, and he will be forgiven ; hut If he or they come msm whipped, with his hands tIed, what can they sy to him or you to themi And the party tnat whips man with his hands tied, has no honor. The above is what I have learned in iiy school, be ides making a very good living en poor piney woods md, and besides the loss I sustaIned for the want of ot Extra Court. I ath getting'lilerablewell, nd I therefore can, with confidence, recommend my hool to the candidates, and -also itoith. fathers and ardans of children. Also, I want you to take into nsideration the Tax-Collector's pay, and see if his tea don't want knocking down ; which I hope will be I duy considered and acted upon. , A PLovao-BAaGMspayga. Atr...sta, MI