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Those desiring to advertise by the year can. do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts foi- yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, IN ADVANCE. For Advertising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. LE1TEE OF EON. OHN W. WEITTIELD. WASHINGTON. Aug. 4, 1856. To the People of Kansas Territory : The long threatened act has been consumm:t ted by the recklessness of the Black Republican party in the House of Representatives. and 1, in violation of the Constitution and the law, have been removed from my seat as your delegate up. on the floor of Congress. It is an act without parallel in the history of this country. and it is calculated to excite alarm in the minds of all good men. But it more especially concerns you, to whom it has denied the right of selecting your own delegate to Congress, and you will soon be called on to condemn or approve the disfranchisement. If you are ready to become the supple slaves of a mad and fana:ttical party, you will approve it; but if' you are the indepen dent freemen I suppose you to be, you will con demn the enormiiy. By the Constitutioti of the United St:ttes. the House of Representatives is exclusive judge of the qualifications of its own members. But this power must be exercised under existing la:cs. In my case it has been exercised not on lv without law, but in defiance of law. The House has trampled with violence upon all the principles heretofore considered necessary to guard and protect the representative feature of our iustitutions. 1. In order that the contest of my right to the seat should have been a legal one, l must have had a competitor at the eletion. It is conceded that Gov. Reeder was not a candidate. There fore, he is an intruder, and had no more' right to initiate and pros:ente a contest than .ny other citizen otf the Territory for whom a vote might have been cast. 2. To have made such a contest as is contemE pltetd by the law, the contestant should tave cl:iimed that he was citiled to my sea;, in c.n sequence of votes east at the election at which I was voted for. It is notorious that Gov. Reeder Rets up no such claim, but that all the ca i to which he pretended was founded upon votes given him at a ditlerent tittle. 3. As I was sworn in :ts your delegate, with out any legal contest of my right, I had the right, under the constitution antd law, to remain your delegate during the whole Congress, unles. I had been guilty of some act which subjected mue to remnoral. 4. The House has appointed a committee fur political purposes, and this committee htas gathI ered together a mass of heresay statements, 'hat are not proof, of transactions with which I had no concern, and which have nothitng to do with my election, and these heresay statements have been used as evidence in my case, anid made the pretext for my removal. And thus, in a most unparalled manner, atnd in violation of the plain principles of right atnd justice, has the act or my ejection from my seat been consummated. Although my expulrion concerns you, the people of Kamnsats, more di eegichy, get,.it alstoneerns. thie.whole people of the United States,,orthe party..who have, per twahiandsdeel asone in a..se ries of meatsures with which they threaten the peace and safety of the Union. You have done nothing more thana net pursuant to an existing law of Congress, which organized the Territa' ry and conferred upon yotu the sovereign right to mould your own institutions in your own way. Under thi' latv you elected repre-entatives to the territorial legislature, and they, in the exer cise of an acknowledged power, provided, by a lawv of the territory, for the eleeutona of a dele gate to Congress. At the' time fixed by this latw I was elected without opposition: ; et, in de fince of this fact, and after I was regularly ad mitted to my seat, I have been removeCd-ntot really becatuse I was not elected, but because it has beconme necessatry to the counaummation of certain party and politic~al objects. within the States, that the laws of Kansas should be strick.. en down, and all the rights whicht have arisen under them should be destroyed, even to a de nial of the right of representation. These are serious and startling matters, and it be-eomes you to meet them like men conscious of your rights and prepared to assert them by the peace. ful but powerful remedy of the ballot box. This party was cotmpelled to halt a little itn its career of recklessness. Trhere was one thing which even it Cotuld not do. It could ntot legislate Gov. Reeder into Congress. although it legislated me out. Yet there were eighrlty-eighit of those who compose a majority of the House who did vote that he should be admitted to a seat, in defiance of principle, precedence, and law. These meni whoc thtus voted-whent it ia conceded that Gov. Reeder was tnot a candidate at any legal election, and only claimted hik seat in consequence of votes east at certain popular meetings, held with~out thie authority of any law must have a terrible responsibility to anaswer for beforo the bar of the country. But I have now otily to deal with the results; and this result the rejection of Gov. Reeder becau-e he was elected at a legal election-shows that I had nto competitor; and that it was only by the em ployment of the mnere force and violence of party that I have lost my seat. If Inis action shall become a precedent hereafter, it may be applied to the tatcs: and a protligate majority may deprive any district in the United States oaf the right of representation. There was never a more alarming and startling question presenited to the people. And it will be a proud day for the people otf Kansas when it shall be itt their power to rebuke this outrage. Although they shall do so on their ownt account, yet they shall do so no less on account, of every congresional di'trict in the Utnion. I shall return immediately home, and fully ex plain thre~e matters toa ytbn, so that you miay tact with ftnll kno~wh..dge of' the whole of tem. At the proper time a new election will be ordered, at which I shatll be again a candidaute, bee-nuise in my person this outrage has been off-red to you. I shall expect yout to avenge it; *and this. .l truat, is not expecting too much att the hand<t of a liberal and enlightened consititec. Very respectfully, 1. W. Wlrll~LD. NORTIK CAROLINA ELECTo-The Wilm ing ton Herald, (Know Nothing), of last Mlonday surrenders, unaconiditioanally, as regards North Carolinia. The Journal, (Demn.) of the same place, exults as follows: "From thes seaboard to the mountains the peaceful battle las been waiged, and the decisive issue made at the ballot box. The stmoke of the contest is nowv clearing off', and the result is becoming know. Jt is a result of whaich all may well be proud. North Carolinta sends greetings to her sister of the South-she sends gre-etitng to the conservative men of the North, mand she proclaims by acets and majoritias which apeak louder than words, thatt she is ready. 'That when thec day of trial comes she can be dlepe dod upon. She will speak evena Ictuder and more emphatically in November next." NEW CoTTo.-The first baale of the new crop reached Cbarleston on Friday lash. It was consigned to the house of E. H. Rogers & Co., and is from the plantation of George Norris, of Orangeburg District. There is a sportsman in Michigan, so lazy, that he pyt out one of his eyes Ihe other day5 to CONGRESSIONAL. WAsHINGToN, August 13.-In the Senate, to= da4;ie issage of the President was -ecetied; enclosing Mr. Maarcy'sreply totlie French Min ister in relation to Privuteering. Tlit bill reg ulating the compensationi of member4 of Con gress was passed. The.Senate;uilo. in.Execu tive Ssaiion. ratified treaties in relIaon-to the extradition of criminals,jwith Austria and Ba den-Baden, and cowmercial. treaties with iliL two Sicilies tad N;caraena. A ernmerefia trtreaty had already beens made whit the toruer Governument of Nicaragua. The house of tep resentati' es adhered to its Kansas atmeandmentts to the Legislative add Judicial, Appropriation Bill. August 14.-The Senate failed by a vote of 32 yeas to 17 nays to pass the bill for the im proivement of the Des Monies Rapids over the rein of the President. The H~ouse adhere to their aieiditment to the Legislative and Appro priation Bill. Angust 14.-The Senate has disagreed wih the House in prohibiting to the military the erection of public buildings, and have :added to the Civil Appropriation bill $100.000 fur pur ehasiug three stores:at Atlantic wart. Ntew York The House has tabled the Senate bill appropria ting one million to pay the bond-holders tr the amount expended by California to suppress In dian hostilities. August 15.-The Senate h:tve added to the Civil Appropriation bill, 8750.000 for the cx tension of the capital, and $500 000 fur tli Washington acqueduct. The H-ti-e passed the Senate bill regulating the Diplomatie and Con sular salaries, and appropriated $200,000 to the establishment of a navlaI depot at Brunswiek. Ga. The Senate bill fur the compensation ol members, was amended by allowing 86000 foir the entire session. Many bills were also passed. AWFUL CALAMITY AT NEWOTILEA iS. 137 LIVES LOST ! NEW ORLE.S, August 14.-A tremendonu storm of wind and rain commenced here on Sun. day, which has hardly yet abated. Immense datmage has been done, all the streets of the City having been flooded. The water of Lake Ponehertruin were blown back, submerging the plantations along the Jackson Railroad fur ninny miles, and causing enormous loss. It was reported yesterday that the last Island summer resort on the Gulf had been submerged and all the buidings swept away, causing the loss of 137 lives. The steamer Star a small packet was blown ashore a few hundred yard from the Hotel on the Island and wrecked. It was reported that 250 persons were elinging to her. A steamboat has been despatched to her assistaneo. The island was mostly freqented by plant era in the neighboring patishes, and contained a large hotel, with numerous cottages. all of which are gone. The water rose at the rate of one foot per minute, :tad at last areatots was live feet deep all over the inland. The wetuer was still cloudy and rainy. Great los se: are reported from cvery qutarter. FUItTHER ABOUT THE STORM. N w Oat.saas, Ang. 15.-Thei recent atorm and inundation iave' caused the dleath by drown ing anl eanualty of one hunred and ninety ter son. on Last Islnad. Alhnast everythiu! is swejt away from the lland, ntd as the water rose at the rate of a foot per tiute. but little opportnity was afforded for an escape. The dfis :aster is very great. FROM KANSAS. Cmaco, August 12.-Ad.ies from Leaven. worth, Katnsas, to WVednesday, have been rec-eiv' ed. T1he overland emtigrant company had cit tered Kansas and pro~ba bly arr ived at Topeka safely. The company of Mlissourianus wi ho mnaren ed to intercept them returned without fightintg. The comupany of dragoons headed by Judge Lecompte, which entered Nebraska to arrest General Lanue, also returned withaout effeting the object. It is rumored that a battle occurred between the emigrants and the " Regulators," tnear Ne braskia line, but, it in tiot generally credited. It was rumored at Nebraska city con the 13th that a large foree of Missonrians and Carolinians had invaded Kansas atid bilocked up the public roads. Yolutera had gone forward to drivethem out. PROM ST. DOMINGO. NEW YoRK, Aug. 15.-Advices from St. Do mingto state that a revolution was ini pragreuss. growing out of -the terms of the Spanish treaty, which favors the dcu.,eendants of Spaniards. These beitng most numnerous, desire to hois the Spatnishi flag. anid numbhers were hastetning to the Spanishi Consul's-ofiee to get their na mles registered its Spanish citizens. Great excitemett prevailed, and business wa.s suspended. Tihe President of the Cabinet lhad threateted to te sign. Th'le foreigners were anxiously Iooking for Governmetnt vessel to protect them. T:;e liber:dls say the .Sp:miish tilag sh:.ll niever agaun be hoisted. TIhe Spairishi Constil was oppusing the ratification of the Atmeriecn treaty. FAIR AT AIEEN. Puranant to preparationms and arrangemtntns (says mh Carleston Co.urier) that hi.ae been adi ertiased throuigh our columns, tie ladie.s of Aiken begant and Openeid ont Tttesday evnig 1h inst.. a very attractive anod well organized Fair, in aid of the recoanstrutiocn of a Chnrerbh ini that favored town. We are deliebated to hear that the attendantte was Ilare, even beyond ex petation., the interest of all visitors well re warded and mainatained, anid the success genaeral ly such as was to be expected freon the~ rdeal, dtlerminoation and tasterntily directed efl'rts of. the ladies concerneda. In addition toa thte snum mer residents and visitors, temipoarnily sejonrm ing itt the townt of Aikeat, there wasl a large con course of visitors from the surrondinag regiona anad districts, to a cotnsidlerable distance ; the att endanace of snch visit ors beintg encouragedl anid tmore readily indne-ed by the liberal pout ie provision miade ini heiir favor, by the 8. C. Rail Road. Up to our latest accounts, the interests a.d attractiotns of the fair continued in succes* ful progress, tnler most enaconraging indie-t tionas. I lie result, will be, we have ino doubt, in addition to itappreciable anud incalenlable atd vantaces of social cult ure and enilivetninag .socie tya gratifying reward for the nioble nims anid efforts of the fair taami;gers. HORtaID MURDER IN NonITa CAROLINA.-The Wilmtigton (N. C.) Journal, atics: Un last Thursday, abtaut one o'clock, a younag lady namaed Atnn Melissa, daughter of Richard Tay lor, of Stump Sound District, On-low countty, was found tnut far from lher father's residence, havinig evidenitly beetn tmurdered wvithiti ani hour oaf the time when she was found. T1'ne moarks on her person inidiente that shte was ebioke~d to deht-tI, marks of fingers beinig upon lher tieck which w-as ailsot much swolletn. Th~e deceaased was ate exceedinigly amziabie yoiung lady, and vety much respected. 'Thie occtirrentce lhas cnsed a deep :asationi in the tneighbheood. The excitemnent is very great. Miss Taylor wits about ninie:een ye:.rs of age. Sutspicion tattaches to a yotung tegro fellow belongitng to Mr. Nehemziah Tayloir. There i< no positia e proof, but cirenmzst'ances tire of such a chiar..eter, thaat lie lase been taken upa anad is now ini the jail of New IHanover couty faor sali keepintg, to await hLis trial azt thae next termi of Onatow Supetior Coaurt. ' SAD AcetDENT.-Youtng Mr. Georg~e Cox, son of Mr. Lewis Cox, of this county, hiappened toa a vt-my serious::ceident otn Wen~dy 0h inist., while cut hauttinig. It seems that tie was looak ing up into a tree faor a squtirrel, and ini stepping arotund the tiee his gun, by the trigger coninig in contact with a bush. atn is sttppoased, tired takinmg effet in his nieck, passinag through his winad pipe ad throat, aind breakitng lhi jaw bone. We aire glad, however to learn that there are hopes entertaiintd by hais medical attendant that the wound will not prove fatal.-LaGrange Reporter. The first sweet p--tatoes of the eencon tip penred in the New York markets on Friday last and commauanded a high parice. A colored wotman died a few dazys since at Richmond, Va., and a post mortetm examinatiomn wats held, when a pin was foundc embedded in the lung, where, from its .ntppeartace, it musat have been a gooad while. Doaubiless, the careless practice. common amiong fe~mah-s. of haolditng pius in the month, Its caused many deaths be .idem thi. TIE SOTRCAROLINA COLLEGE. IT i, with feelings of mortification and regret that *we have observed a rising hostility to this venerable institution, in certain quarters of South Carolina. We say venerable, not only from its fifty years of useful ness but in vi'walso of that long list of Carolinians --statesmen, juristand scholars-whose earliest am bition to becnnie great may be trace'd back to this, their revered alsataer. And wlha t areie grounds of so strange and (ns it appears to ua so unnatural a hostility? Let us briefly advert to them. First: It is urge that the necessity for such an institution.is being snperseded by the denominational Colleges that are springing up throughout the State. What and where are these Colleges? Is the Ftrman University. or the Wolrbrd College. or the institution at Dne W-st Corner, or -the Lutheran Seminary twherever it is). to he placed upon grountds of com parison with that resplendent seat of learning over which Maxcy. and Conner, and Henry, and Barnwell, and Prestnn. nnd Thornwell have successively pre sided during the past half century? Without a thought of disrespect towads the denominational Colleres allnded to, we answer most decidedly in the negative. There are high and inspiring nesociations that cluster aronnd the South Sarolina College, which of them selves must continually tend to incite its inmates, professors as well as students, to the severest labors of talent, the highest aims of genius. For nwho can sit in the chair which has been honored by the dis tinguished names we have mentitned, without reali zing to the full the responsibility that rests upon him in the dischargo of the duties of that truly elevated post? Or what young man of virtuous impulses can walk and meditateover the classic ground which was trod in days that are past by hun'ireds of now distinguished Carolinians, without catching up the fire of a noble ambition to equal if not to excel lais predecessors? Tell us not that this is fancy. There is a reality, bright ajd inspiring, in those haunts of science that are hallowed by the memories of other days. The historieLof Cambridge and of Oxford in the land of our ancestors, or even Yale, Harvard and oter long-establishad institutions of learning in our own country, are pointed to in support of what we say. With each of Ahem, it is the Genius Loci tin no small degree) that watches over and preserves their high grade of excellence and usefulness.--But the South Carolina College, from its very organization, is not titbe placed in'the scales with any mere denomi national College. The one is sectarian in its charac ter and tendetcles;*the other is catholic and liberal. The one must necessarily be limited in its scope and influence; the other is founded upon principles of general utility and opens up equal inducements to all sects anti creeds. The one, from its very nature, will superinduce amongst us more of religions clanishncss, if we may so express the idea; the other is calctilatedl to combat all narrowness of opinion, to draw the suns of the State together from every quarter and to in presa them with the sense of a common Carolina bro:herhoud. This indeed i' one of the most impor tant characteristics of the State Institution. It is to this perhaps that South Carolina is mainly indehted for her genral character of independence tanl digni tv. Icr sons, who have imbibed the lessons of wis dam and truth at the satne fountain, have ttamnped upon all parts of the State the same views of pulblic policy and have raised everywhere within her borders the saine sitndart: 6f integrity; and thus have they puiled together with a high-tooed unanimity that has seldom been surpassed in republican annals. Much as has been said of-the influence of Mr. C.unot's leaidership in producing this end, we incline to think that yet more is referable to the South Carolina Col lege.-Again, wd would ask those whlo deems the deominationail Colleges of otur State sufficient to su persede the Statc.~ilege, is it nothing that the grounds and buildings of the latter have, by thte experience tof many years and the gradual improvements thereby efTeted, gronii int a place of Academic beauty and elegance as well as f eminent adanptedriess io all t purposes of such Institution ? Is it nothbing that extensive chemica, astronomical anti geological ap pliances have been adually brought together tintil now there is but li e left to. be added ? Is it tiothting that a splendid lib ry has been accumulating frim year to year, wheit tomes upon tomes, " rich with the spoils of time,'.imfold thme ample page of knowl edge to eacht ingujive stdenat ? Is there anything it the pres-ent or te probable futtiire of our mere sec tariant Colle-ges, to warrant the belief that itiey cati. ini these respects. iutpply the place of the South Cairo ia College? Surely, the very face aof the query refites its affirmation. By a wvise munilicenice, coti tiuied throngh the course of many years, thme State has tat letngtht succeeded in establishitig a College of the highest rank fur the inprovemenzt of her youth. Instead of having her sti stand hy this nole ftoster child', to advance its poition ye higher andl higher every snecceetding year ouf i-s progress, it is now aidt is. edl to stop the annnal appropriationst heretofore made for that enlightened end, and~ to trust, forsoothl! to the sectaiatn schtiols of the day. Is it nttt a tost latte ad impotent concluisionti Se-condly: Atinther nrgtument urged by itise lip pt-ed io lhe College, i.. foundi~ in the fact tif its ot an jprtinig itself biy its own financial income. Tii is trite niot only of te South Carolinta College bitt of tany others. Indeed, is thgert one in this connt:ry that dues support itself decently with its own profis and nuilting else ? To be suecessful, expetnsive litera ry seminaries ust everywhteret have someO sutpport exrneotus of their mnere enoihet;iate earings. And ttus we fitia them in almost all cases eithter enadowed with a funtd by itndividuals, or bty dletnminations. The iterest of this fund is applied, together withI the titiont mwtey', to paty the Fist ifntitn's tnecessary efx ptese-s anal, if it is suflicien:t, to increase its fueli~lsi an d event its adorminets. Is lie St ate to dii le~:s fr her p.,pjle thanat sects are acetinstel to doli for lhir vitari'-s If it i< righit at all that theii State shldi create iine great cenutral Ciollege fir the piublic gooda (ad in thit enligh ted day few will deny that it is so) is it niot alsio righat that site stustain, supp~rt an~d imrove it coiniintimily? It the motto "Excelsior''I he the one nieted uon by the friends of seminairies comparatively private, how much more should it lhe hookeid to ina tha- mrnagement of ant Institamioni, like ours. otnder the fostering care of a sovereign Ciommon wealh. If there has been undue extravagance in the apprpriaatins for taur College, noite cant lie niore neay titan w~e to demnand its cturtailment for the fit tore. It shinulid be remembered, htowever, in estima ting thes expenses incu:'red for its suppoirt, that the whle original ciot of the hlnildings, the cost nf fnr. nising t:te lecture rootms, of replairing from ime to tie, ouf rebttlding afier fires, of provb'ling a proper ibrry. if pait ing tip undditiial professors' houses, of erecting a Chapel suited to the standing of the In sit intioin, &c., &c., have bee-n till enibracedl in the snm-total oft appthropriaitions. If yotu chlont'e to cotmputte ii this way wh.iat the aiver.ue icost of graduates up to th date his been to thet Stace, oft couirse yon make it enrmont. Butt is it tnt clerar Ithat anay stuch aigit eit ntars algainast te estabblaIhmenit of anty Colleges whatever. 'Tke tdmt Girard College twtyt yealrs h c-e. Add to the magnifIcenit stutt, soti ar ttat good ani for bnilingos alone, te fir~lher annuaal expnseis of repairs, adlditions and intsprov.-mtett (as 1aitriedl by his itill) Ojp to the end taf te twen-ty years; atnd thean divide the sum-astotal hy the enmbr of gradinatei amp to that date-. Thei cost of each will ii all probability he greater tlaan it ie~ baten wvith its. htt wats (Girard in withhlolal his ntoble - arity oat that accaia:! Thes same wilt be funnda trite, thmouagh of oure on a smaller scale, of Woflori College, of Frman University and time rest of our denominatiou al Colleges. Butt will the Methaodists, thte Baptists, the Luttherans, thtt Presbyteriants of ouir State be de merret tromn their educeatiuntal enterprises by any sauch array of figatres ? Do they not see that it is a fal-ity? aid that btoth the original, cost of ounintg ant Instti tutinm of Ien rinmg, nnd of keeping tip and 'inaprovinig it, is ini reality an investumetat for ages anid ages to come ? Do they nmot sce that eithter thais cost must he iacurred or teir descendantit are never to etijoy that htighi order of Collegiate facilities without which no people can become" trauly enalighutented, truly civil ized ? Atnd is time State to nidopt a lower stantdard ihant indivitduals or sects in a hinslness of such pre Ieminent imiportancee to her citizens ? WVe throw ott thtest .tnggesttions for thme comttidertionit of thte sensible atd good, and pass ont to another point made by the oappositini. Thirdly then: It la said that the College at Colom bia is for thte rich and not for thae poor, and itat it therefore merits not the munificence of the Statte. 'his potinm is caly made out by first assuming that the expenses of the College course sine too great to .u-ii -1 Ibm beuam..a1 es ~ b7 vn.s.m of neamrtVr~ The second premise of the syllogism is, tha people wiu out means should not be taxed to support a college fa people with means. And the deduction is, that the Col lege should go by the board. ' Was ever any arcum-ni in part or as awhole,mOre preposterous ! Even grant ing. that p-oale of prnperty can alone avail themselve of the College advantnees. we aisk is it not they wh pay the great hulk of the taxes? Every man in th State who works ahalf-dozen gond hands can, wit skill and economy. give at letiat one of his son th Colleen conr'e if he he 0o inclined. Ttke then iii whole of our population fr-m 1hnt degree of mean up.tn the wealthiest claes and cnmpute the proporri" of taxes they pay into the Trea'nry. Ti it not lh grand hulk? Then mark the large annual approprie lions made for the express benefit of the pun Anel is it gcnerni. is it right in any one to murmu at the few thnneands annually set aside for the a'l vnncement of the State Culle'ge, a College both ther reticnlly end practically open to the great ti payinfl holy of our people? When our th lature appropriates hundre-s of thousands of dol lars annually for the educatinn of otr poor. it i pronerly regarded as in the pursuit of a rightent policy. and one which deserves the approval of a good men. But are the neople to turn upon that Let islattre in their wrath when it acts in a similar spir of fostering care (tho' in a lees degree) towards nu admirable State College? We feel confident the every intelligent reader will catch up and appreciat the drift of these refl.c tions tvithnut further elncida lion on our part. They are pna tahle-almost axis matic. The wonder is, that in the (trce of such plai facts any one should seek to attack the College, h arousing in the hearts of our honest poor, unworth and illiberal prelttdices against the (so-enlled) rid} We maintain that the argoment itself is an insult t every high-ninded poor man. It is as much as tell ing him-" you a'e no better than a serf; your pop) lion in society is fixed ; your children will never pat ticipate in these fine literary privileges which tl State is rearing at Columbia; therefore fight again them." how false the reasoning, how repugnant t our republican experience! It is the poor of one hall century frequently who hecome the rich of the next In regard to this thing of wealth, there is a great whet in American society continually turning upon its axit and those who have risen to the top in one generatio may in the next he found at the hot tom ; those wh were below take their places up higher. There are, as general rule, no permanent poor or permanent rich i our country. We are equals, freemen all and endowe by God with the ability to rise if we will, however Im' may he our first condition. Take now the applicatin of this truth to the question under consideration. Wy venture the remark that of all the students who hay graduated at the South Carolina College, say for th last ten years, fully one half are children of men wIh forty years ago were almost dependent upon theswet of their brow for their daily support. And we ver ture the prophecy that forty years hence a similn retrospect wiill occur. It is false then to say that ot College advantages belong to nny fixed cashs of ot population. They stand tlwre for .ill'; to le used b persons of property, or not, as they incline. Bu especially do they stand there as an incentive I every poor yet honest freeman, beckoning him to na bln exertion, that his children, or his grand-chihlre at the farthest, may share with the res: the inesiat h!i henefits of an elevated education. IJundred have dune so already, and so will it continue to he s long as our republican principles shall endure. Viewe in this light alone, the establishment of our Colleg was a bright evidence of the wisdom and foresight c our fathers. But our epace admonishes us to stop abruptly. An perhaps we are wrong in treating the subject serious1: Iris next to imposstble, that the-penphe of Sotuth Carr hina can he led to forsake that noble Colleg., whiceb hi: done more towards elevating andt enlightenir their State titan all the other meats together that ha' been used to that end. As they hope to be blesse and to be prospered, let not such a thioughit enter the! imaginations. *C0 dN U N I CA T!0N S, For the Advertiser. A REPLY TO "RICHARD." Sta :-I wvotubd not beat the empty air, or conter with a dwarf, and I foel that I am doing biut litti more in contending with you. Yon remind me mot of the insect that flies over the water, occasional1 uiuchinig it with its tail, titan any thing else. I wis yot had given tus a tangible point to rtrike at, but alai alas ! it is hard to hit a notnetntity. In boith of your elaborate pie--es, I see butt one sitng iden, except censure, irony atnd sarcasm, thtaideservi a serious thonght. I would reply to you as an ancier sage did? to a younog orator; "you have been so ft from enttertaining us, that yout have scarcely keptt awk." Wh~y do you tnt come to the point like man and proive that our plan of Division is defectiv as you aflirm, and give us a better one? If yon wi do ti, arnd then take the oath of allegiance to til Division party, yeou shall be one of us ; but you mui learn to ar;;ue the poiint bhatter, in favor of Divisim, titan you nows do ttgaittst it, or you cannot be a lead' of .,ur part y even theti. I declare I think your frientd had better stop you, fttr itn my jnid-nent every blol you strike makes the matter worse for you. We admit that ynnt have ptroven one thing, and? i is, tat a Divisiotn of thte-istrict wuld diminish to ji.st anid etiptitabile extentt te con Iinnatl increase of t? vae of property, and amintitnof inacome at the viltig, a~d au'e a greater egntiformity in those paurtienula thr'ugh the District. We wvould nota iinjiure thte puersc or property of any onte at the vilhige. We wanr nt..ig but otur righlts ; we are willing that Edge'fiel shall have an exitent of territoiry and a stillicietnt pa h ii'n to mak -t hr resp-etatile andl eanifortalei. ] itier wiords, we aure willin;:that Elge-fiellhianidI htav as uch~ er a little more t han mtosat o~f the Distr ic1 have in the State. But sir, we are not willing the she should htave more thtan thi:s, e.specially at otur a:1 pense, Vu e are not willing that the htarid earnings ie people shltr tbe extractedt annnally from themnt enlance the valute of yo'ur lands or property. No si such an idea is repngt~tui to all trite principles of juo ie ; atnd sir, the ampgrt of ts lat little argutmetnt yo hve used, amonts ito ahont thas. Thue people at< n.-ar the village are to lie stustainted in person an roi.rty, let it cost its whitt it may. For proof of thi: I refer the reader to your own word.s in your laust < e~oa communiliicaltiion. Now sir, mn such a case u i, tillionas for dlefetice, bitt not one cent fo'r tiihti We. beieve that there are but few such as yourself Eigeied Conrt Hlotte; we bielieve the people ther are geeraily more getiwrous itt their nature. We h~av no doubt but there are somte among you that waittl eve do as the great Washington dlid, sacrifice se interest to help others in distress. It wvoulid benef~ every man ina the Diet rtct, bt a very few in tihe Yi age, for a Diivisiion of the District to tatke plare, f..r it ii not hiing the Coutri Ilonise nearer talh, i woti! lessen thte amtontt, if basintess to be done at tha:,t p~lace tnd adl cneh icilities to the transactioni of buisinie: s oid enable all, to have theirs donie with. greate spee anal nmih less expense. It is not a trifling ex pense as you scam to think, ft people to have to go thirty or foiriy nutles to atten Citt atnd transact all their law business. Ask ger tienit of trthl aind candcour whiat it costs, andh ye vi tic surprised. It is hard and oppressive on thi riht, but more so on the poor ; on many it operati more severely than our State tax does. Besides th~ expense, it is a great deal of trouble antd fat igue. Now " Rctan," we have as good a right to a chiang nl to he accommodated in this matter as oilier see tions of the State. Can you say with trmh I, thtat w h tave tot !How mnany chiangesand alterations of th inl have taken place since our State w~as first set tied ? Edgefield is tmore titan twice as large as Newt berry and most of the oilier Districts; and can yol say that ot claims are unjust? Was not Suimpte d ivided last witnter upon the same princ'iples that w re now contending for ? We belive that allgood ani irtitus men wvill helpli s ; we knowv we are right anal we shall go ahead regardless of the consequencer If we fail, it will be a failure of that kind which ha distingitseud the best of men; namely, a failure i cotetding for the rights of man. Our sympathies are with our friends of the lower an1 upper extremities of the Distri, and we will co-ope rate with them in any plant they may adopt that ma aford them relief, anud that will leave old Edgefield respectable territory and population. We propot aving a Court House near the centre of Saltud Regiment, and another at Aiken ; the boundaries.e te new Districts are designated in our memorial which nie will have published. ARTIHUR SIMKINS1 EDITORb EDflJIEtD. S. C. WEDNE-DAY. AUGUST 20. 1856. A TREAT AT TrATAN. i-r will he seen that the laidies of our Methndist Conrceation propose sonn to cive a collation, snita l+I to the s'.asn. in the new 0.Id Fellows. nnd Ma sonic Hll. It will consist of cakes in ereat variety, fruit of all kinds. lemondes, ice-creams, and nmany other delicacies. In addition. there will he music, intritmental and vncnt, to relieve the monotony of the evenine. Several pieces and sones are'in enorse of preparation for the occasinn. With such a hill of fare, every body will surelv he there. Ontv think every tli-l sweet and tire. fr.'h and juicy, in the way of enke and frnit, with a plenty of drirkahles and mne to hoot ! anti nll fbr 50 ccnfs a head ! When is it? Wednesday night week. .FINE P3TATOJ S. A enpital lot of Irish potatoes was that we received d 'v before yesterday from our friend AnatsToNG. They are decidedly remarkable, especially for this season when patches have very eenerally dried up and run out.-By the way. Jndge, the fee from the wetddine of Mr. JoNEs and lady was not acknowl edge last week through sheer inadver'ence. We thtouht the acknowledgement was handed in to the the printer; hut upon looking over come papers in our hat after we had gone to press, there it was. Suf fer us eve:' yet to wish the happy couple length of days and lots of happiness. May all their ways be pleasantness, And all their paths he peace ! . ERATTA. Is the article of Mr. GatFFrTT, published by us recently, there were severtl err'rs in typography which we can only now atone for by stating nnd cor recting them. Tnstead of "It is magnanimons," it should have been rendered " Is it magnanimots." Instead of" Ireland," it should have been "Iceland." We assure Mr. G. that these errors were purely over sights. We ct.uld not dream of doing him injustice in so small a matter. It is our principle to do the best we can for all our friends. TIE ORANGEBURG SOUTIIRON. This paper has retorted in fine style upon ourgentle murmurings regarding the " cut direct" we had eup posed it gave us. The reply is so well gotten up in the main, that our admiration overwhelms whatever of chagrin we might otherwise have experienced upon reading it. Now we are even-are we not? 'Tu keep so, control your Dcvil and we'll control otr Longfellow. But that caption of yours, brother .S'uuhron: " hold Lahoft hte rears !" Al, Mon Dieu ! ther: is a pli.h, a re iineeti of itrenst abeut it that penetrates the very mtarow of our n.iiliities. All our good rta r :ve n. in the farit it t frui th.: flashing of the Sout hrun's Datonscu bl:de ! NEWs co'r'rN IN IIAMBURU. 1he Aut;usta Chronicle 4 &'ntincl of the 12th inst. I says: "A hale of new Ctttn, the first of ilt: season, I was r: tceivetl int lanttrg on oluiday from Mr. CnAut t.i:t 1 I t t.0o -' Sit' n.v .lill'' plantation, nu.l sold to J.tat::s C. Lat;, at 15 cents. I{I CO.UMISA FRUIT. 'Tunt subj..ined tote from Mr. LYoxs, of Columbia, will expluin itself; but n e shall have to wait patient . - f -r an explanation of the reason why the. fuit has iot re-ached tts. Pecrhaip' to-niighi's(Tuesday'.) llack will tell tihe tale. Mr. Lvoss very hind to think of its bntekwoods people in the distribution of his fat. ors. The attention is highly appreciated. As to time "benighted heailhenismn," of which our friend speaks, we postponue comttent till next week.. What we shall say abont it, will depend enitirely uponi how far the. fruit carries us into tho "seventh heaven." Now let the Captain speak: Mv DE~ta Sta :-I admiir'e the pluck of~ a mian who staids tip for hti- own District, but at thte same time can nomt allow you to bloiw so lond a hiorn in favor of "old Edigeied," without something to say of young Riciand. As sneht, I sentd you by stage a box con taiintg Grapes and Plums, to sthuw you. benighted hethenis how nigh you have been bo'rdering oit star vation all your lives, arid to give you a slight insighti itot the seveth heavent. llad you bteent present at .ur laet f inii exhibition you nonttd have see.n a si;:t thart would: htave re.piid you fur a jorney front hotme. doubt if we have utno iier sneht thits season. Respectfully, yours. I ~IIENRY 150ONS. Cor.. A. Sta:EtNS. Tri.-NKS . NANY TIJAIANKS The thanks of our D. R. D). are mtost cordially ren dered to 31iss 8., of 1lorn'~s Creek. foir two wvater ielnt, "as large and us sneet," says he, "as thiia seasotn has exhibited'-Also, to Mrs. WVADE BantnoN ros he teniders his grateful ackntowled.emnts for tht fine basket of peaches, "f.ir stuperior," lie r -marked to ts, '"to thoe setit yott by Mirs. Jonies la'-r. weekt." To il' Contcltuin we distitnctly demuir. Bitt as he did'nt see muir peaches tnor we lhir, of co'ur,c thier's tno de eidnig thle pint. Ifl AND TH MIZ.L!NE:'. Daniels, the w-renmodiniI~ g proprietor of the acomo dulion line from this pilace to Ai nita, tmtust have pr..neecd a stir amoinig the Auigiu:a, 31iliniers last wee-tk. In response to our request that lie wvouud purchbase for its a keg oif ink, he drops the following rep'y: hIaaun, A ug. 17. 1856. GS:-rs : I went to the lonts.- you nameid for ttteink, itt they hiat tione. I wen-tt to il e grocery stored, unia they lird none ; ito the Dr y Goods biotses. anid 1hey had tnone too. I trie.l the' ceilin-mtaker, untt lie hail non' h tkewn'. I thlen hethltabglt tme of* the Mill-neries andi anit to' myself--inow I've got it.'' Ait :'et it I 'lid. Frif ever omnteit- fn! kin hilacih I' ud rinil lontg at a pior feit'w. they ,d aLt m.-' when i rsteppe'd into ~ 3re. Blak's atnd citrquiredi for Print r's 1'nk. 1'mz sure I ,-halh tnever walk on that sid.- of the stree-t again. Con foutd your P'rinter's Itik. Get it yourelve< tmext tite or sind the devil after it if you can do on tter. Yours, in dismay. C. DAsIEL. We extende to onei guood friend the sincerest condo lence of onr hearts in this 1nke-rmtan blunder of his. But suchm thinigs will hatppe-n ; and the only advice we Iare car able of giving is that the-y be borne with mecek resignation. Tet will mnay-be remetdy the matter. THlE ECLECTIC MEDICAL JOURNA L. This is certainly one of the very b--st medical pill) licationis itn A merica. Its articles are almoust always strong anad welIl written--sometimes dashing aidven turusly tt niew paths, btut all time better for that. Manifestly, an amount of labor atnd care is bestowed upon its colmnns nut often evidenced itt works o.T the kind. They are cunsequently entertaining and agreable as wvell as solid andu inistructive. We comu eti thme work tiut only to medicnl practitioners hut tio Ithe enerral readmer. Thliur.u are: inv periodicailsu that return as full an eqmivalentt for the sumbscriplion purice, which i.s oiily O'2 per :numot, p;ayablo in adv:ure. Addre-s " 1I. S. & 0. 1%. NEW re:, No. 0, Sevenith FROi[ KANSAS. 'The" Border Rujlan" is agaimi ott our table. The items from K~anisau are few. Lanei hiad ineu.aged to g.t six hitundred ment ini linn:as. via : Nehuben-ka, but had himtnsulf left "lmke it stiot out of a shovel" fur the Firee States. Says thei Rusfiuni: Catch Jiat f.Au in K Iansas Te-rritory ! "nary lilae." Hope the matjority Iof ta-t six hutnidred wvill soonm follow ini Jim's tracks. Aother item ne nnne:x ini the Rudi'm's own lan-. guge : "Col. B. F. 'Treadnetl, withm his comtpamy of tabout thirty mtien, have pertainetily located tear [hickory P'oint, K. TI. llis c-oimpaiy is well provtdedl In every wty ; and are as himei a looikinug antd orderly set of young getlem-uen its can lbe tiitil anywhere. Col. 'T. deserves great credit for hii: uttrinig tidimstry amid energy ini organtiziimg an tginiiilmral comp.any of so uuthrers, n~ hu' go to Katnas to staty thliere. atnd we w ish hium mand all of his company thes abutndant sue ces they deserve. Dr. F. X. Richmardsoni, onr esteetmed :'riend, a gen Itleman of education, tand otne who possiesses a high puuttion as im phtysiciutm, is surgeoun of thme companmy. T ihme tinly bail luck nie wtish yont, Dr., is thiat yon titiy never be called on to perform a surg-ical operation for any of your companmy. Messrs. J. hI. Lumbert,.J. II. Black bnirn, WV. Dewy, Lt. Wm. Beardl. arid many ot hers thmise nmes nie do nt knmow recollect. beloing to Cot. T.'s comtpiny. We learn that. thte abiolitioiiists havue itwor tiat they will drive Cot. T1. andi his coitmany friir the Trerritory. He should have assitancime, but whether lie gets it iir rio, we promise the abolition thieves a merry time and a qu ick trip to thme "other sihe of Jlordano," whenever ttey make an attack on Cot. Trendwell atnd his mtent. With such a mnan as Cot. Tr. to commanmd, a good re port is anticipiated." s this TaAADwa.L one of our Carolina Tradeteells? remember the fate of the frog in the fable, that tried r to-imitate the bull--and stop. Yours Respectfully, JosEPU GaIFFITIN. For the Advertiser. TO JOSEPH GR PTzl'H, ESQ. Q SiR: T am most happy in having been rescued b" your kind communication, from that contempt, int e which my unfortnnate attempts had sunk me. M3 gratitude to the Lion of the tribe, knows no bounds . how shall words express it? The travail of youl n soul, when you have to marshal the language, un e acknowledged by you, of the Elder Pitt, Lori Mansfield, and of the venerated Apostle Paul, him self, in producing a botched and irrelevant reply b< r me, indicates a very differcn' feeling in your bosor than a contempt, which you will visit upon me jus about as soon as yost will your pity or compassior It will be well for me not to merit this latter, if you . article is any index of your disposition and tempet s Take care how you suggest this idea of contempt t s tje public mind. The ground upon which yo 1l stand is so precarious, that you should shudder. s that ominous word. And, to be frank with you it if I had been your enemy my vengeance would hay r been more than satisfied by your flourishing debu t in the papers. I was not your enemy though. was desirous of discusaing with you a grave subjeel . and I have been answered, by something, frequent " ly bordering on unmeaning and flippant petulancy y Iasked for bread, and you have given me a stone y or I should rather say, something agreeable neithe . to the sight, taste or smell, but offlensivo to all th " senses. If I am a young man, the community wil tolerate a little redundant nonsense issuing fron such a source ; but from a father, and one who ha been a teacher of youth, it requires lessons of practi cal wisdom, and a food which shall be wholsome t. o the country, and to posterity. Men, of course, are compelled to admire you dashing gallantry, when you interpose your manl: 1 form between your friends and the lashes of satire the venomous fang of slander and the blightin curses of the destroyer; and they would.naturall sorrow over the discomfiture of such a knight," san " peur-bans reproche," --- in this degenerat d age. But they suspect that you have somewb v nilstaken yourself, when you intimate that yo n would rather suffer an attack ; ourself than witnes e :,n assault upon your steady friends-that soli e Spartan phalanx who rally around you in all time of dismay. That is a conception altogether super human-a little transcending the most romantic itm pulses of chivalry. It is a glorious sentiment, bn too sublimated either for a man, for a Spirit or tt r Devil. r But, sir, you speak of assaults, and traductiot y and a dismal war of ruin and extermination upo t you, as if your party were not the real a!'gressor: ? Who commenced this contrc.versy in Edgefield Dig triet, but the Division party ? Who, since 185= n have been nursing and fanning the fires of discon tent, in every little angle and corner of our one harmonious District, but the Division party? Winu i for the last four years, have been starting up ever e trifling hobby, from the gray goose poney to th if tllowing Cannadian, to distract the public mind an the public vote, but the Division party ? Who hay d mooted the questions of giving the election of Magi: - trates, of Governor, of' Commissioner in Eruity, < - ugs of Coroner, of Census-taker, of Escheatoi Sand of' Commissioners of Roads, Bridges and Fet gries, and of Free-tehools, and of superintendantc 1the Village Pump, to the people, but the lDivisio r party ? Who have held caucuses and pablie meet ings, alnost weekly, at Red Bank. at Shady Grovt *and at every untenanted Cabin on Big Creek an Little Saluda, wherein almost every question at w'al with the'existing order of things, and with the peac and composure of' this society, has been agitate m id discussed with fiery vapouring, but the Divisi .parlty ? Who, by the confession of their owvn liig v Priest, have banded themselves together, in ties an v vows more indissoluble thtan those whicb unil hi tlasons in life and death, and have even suffere '! the Church of the Living God to be swallowed a in the greedy vortex of their oi'der, but the D~ivisiu e party ? Who have not only decreed innumecrabl changes in our judicatur'e and in our system talet gnvernment, but have r'esolved upon the ej *eiusion from ofhice of every citizeni wh'lo independeti r-fuses to join their unhal!owed fraternity ? It the Division party. They have begun the contes ind carried it on at wiill, and, desp~ite the forbeam enece of the rest of' thte District, they have, per forci I iroughit it to arms. They have raised a spirit resistance w~hich will never down, at the bidding< r my man or set of mcen, until wve obta'nt security fi. enc.mmunity whtich has been irritated an.l dLtedt h de teeth. Whtat inlerecc can any sensible matn, not ident ' i-d with the Division party. poissity~ draw fro your resolutiuin at Rlichardsons', passed 'ong ago, an re-r'eaolved in oither pats but ihait a state of ho: dity exists between him, and yon, by your ow r solemnO declaration ? The drift of youlr resolutie a'as, that you wvould support, for all oflices of honot Iprotit or trust, the nmn or' tmcn most famvo: able 1 ividing thte District. Thait resolve is unr'epeaee md all men knowt that y'ou havmie acted up to it an re' deteromined to continlue in so, do'in~r, at ever cosLt and hazard. A nunmrotus body of excele e:tizens dill'er with you. What are the:y to do l'hey see, that in a general seramble. fur infice, ye w ~ill invariably elect your t'riends, by givitng thet . an exclusive vote of two or three hundred, to th - deeat of other pood metn, perhaps ten times bette nqualified for all the duties of Le'gislation as well a r *f society than thtey. Is thatt to be borne by intelli l getnt freemen ? No !An isuo must and toill b 9 n~ale with you at the ballot box. it is the dutyc every friend to jttstice to sustamin such atn issue, an o d..'f-at yior piartisanis at every election, until yoi repeal y'our obnoxious res:aution and atdopt a cours pr'jioceedmog chtaracterited by a higher spirit c iherality'. You mnay depend tupon it, that the voter t will not ntow allow you to dodge tlte question ,t'mtut own mtaking, by starting an infinite nunmber c I'ther pialtry issues, about wi-i.h thme people htat' .mi concerni. What care the peCople at thi: uctuire, far thme questiont of' giving thte election c -'.lector's of President and Vice-Pr' silent to themt elves? The election of President tamkes place be ore any action eould be h~ad on such an issue ;ana unpe time for the discussion of tha~t great an< doubtful matter will intervene beforIe the expiratioi Sof the next Presidenti.dl t..rm. W~ere it not imt .pertincent, I would ask youa, if th.' late e.alls upot u the Candiidates for thmeir' pimn:..ns it the subject jus e treted of', wvas not preparedl tand .ignmed, after dhu a consulation, almost alone by thle Divison party * What reference htas it to Divh'ion, and what air could it have niow, but to divert attenttion fromt th, proler issue before the publie ? If I wtere a candi dae, at this time, I would answer to no such inter Srogatories as have thtus been put. andi would respon .to ito such call by wh~atsoeve'r aiu:htor'iy it wats made . ulss I felt an assurancee thmat the people genertall: i would be interested in my replies. You have gut r blows to take as well as to give. Face the uproat with bare bosoms, as Saluda is wonit to do. Y:>u speak of' your rights to a division, end c the rights of your section, in a nmanne r utterly in conprehensible to me, as well as to every other ju dicious thinker. If you ate not at little miore pre cise in the terms you emplhy, or moure correct i1 your agonized conceptions, the inividious reade - may imtagine that my learned senior would be profit fed by a disciplinary shaving of the head, quite a m uh as your unpretendintg zind dutiful servant SYou have yet no right to a Division. A polities Sright results from a constitutional guaranty, or fron the voice expressed, of a najority of the people That is the doctrine in this country, and all othe ak hnnt rhrhtu iislain to absurdity. Whenth Legislature, er a majority of the people of the Dis trict and State. proclaim that you can separate from the rest of the District, then you are entitled to such a separation-you have a right to it. For the present we have the right to keep you here. This unbounded unrestrained liberty you hear so much of, is the language of demagogues. We have no right to any such. God so constituted man as to make him social in his natural inclinations, and as restraints and laws are necessary, to enable him to gratify these, our right to natural liberty has been restricted to the standard requisite for the preetrva tion of society, law and order. In government there must ever be compromises. From the nature of th:ngs, and the shape and character of the globe we inhabit, we all cannot be equally blessed by the same government. Some must live a little farther from the Court House than others for instance, though the Distriets'slould be made is rotiud as a top. The time may come when, from the increase of our population, from other changes in our State, and from the practicability of the measure, a division of the District may address itself to the patriotic and discreet citizen. Then I shall tike my place in your ranks with alacrity, and fight for your good cause with as much zeal as he who now bawls loud est in its behalf. In the meantime you must be curbed and checked, for the husbanding of your resources, and to prevent you from expending your eloquence and useful powers in the pursuit of an igniafatuue. In your vigorous and sturdy floun derings too, you might do injury either toyourselves or others. You have already induced me, (a thing I had thought impossib.e) to be rejoi'ed atyottr in firmities, for if you were well, and should swell be yond the dimensions of Edgefield District, ideihould evidently have a disastrous explosioti :of you. I humbly believe that the arder of your patyf has even now grown into a frenzy! Whom Ged wills to destroy he first makes mad! You havealieady imagined the Divisionists to be another children of Israel-the chosen of God, not only to take thisland I from the accursed Cananites, but torule and govern it. And you are the Joshua, the chosen leader of this chosen flock who, by the winding of your ram's horn, arc to leve! the walls of this modern Jerico, 1 Edgefield Village, I suppose) into the duet of the earth. Is this not moonshine and "midsummer rm:idnt as 1" The cold bath and the salutary effects or restraint and defeat have become absolutely essen tial to your r'atoration and safety. In a future number I shall .endeavor to present you with an impartial detail of the conveniences and ipconveniences-tho advantages and disadvantages of Edgefield District as it is. And I cannot better conclude this letter, than by giving my he.arty assent To your building a Church on Big Creek, for various reasons. I will cordially co-operate with you In the undertaking, from my love of your neighbor hood, and from my love of the fame of Col. BurLna. I will contribute beyond my means to erect a monu ment which shall perpetuate his character, and point our sous to his glorious example. He fell as nobly as WotLF and Mount Ca'm at Quebec, and whilst he added new lustre to his family and left a rich legacy to his children, in dying, he reflected a glory on the American arms and on the reputation of South Carolina,equalled only by the achievement ofour most valorous Revolutionary heroes. Because I rc ere the memory of that goiod and chivalrous soldier, I deem it desecration to mingle his snored name, as a disgusting hobby in your driveling contest for Di ~vision. -RICHARD. P. S.-What will the other portions *of Butler District t'.ink of your having already fixed the site Sof your Court House on Big Creek, within the musical sound of its waterfalls and thie stentorian roar of its green Bull-Frogs; aind of your having selected two candidates from that immediate vicinity ato represent you especially , n the Legislature ? n IIave Halfway Swamp, and Mine Creek, and 96 hCreek, and Wilson's Creek, and.Sleepy Creek 4 and Dry Creek, and West Creek,' aClia'biEitj no claims upon you, and no interest in.the contem plated change ? You go for the Lion's share-do you ?-self first and country next. Who of the - initiated have you nominated for Clerk. Sherriff, eCommissioner in Equity, and Ordinary, and Coroner, and Eseheator, and Commnissioneri of Public Build ings of the new District, which is soon to be ? What pensitined bard have you chosen, who, in wrapped vision, is to sittg the praises of the growing Repub l.e of Uutler ? It must not astonish you, that the writer could mention a probable case in n htieh he might sustain s onmething like your ill-timed enterprise, ie is fatr more friendly to it and to you, in his he-art, than r many of the poisonous demagogues, who now make i capl~it of your intemperate confiding ze.al, to laugh~ hereafter, with hiearcless indiiTerene, at your woftul * uisappoinmtmenlt. ie once proclatimed to the public, " hat, in due se::sou, lhe woauld support, or, at least, Snot oppose a feasible plain to re-distret the State, or 'even the tive or six adjoinaing Distrie:n, including *' Edgelicld, so as 1o equalize them, nud leave no on e n ,f themf, or of those that should be added, of an in convenient size or shape. le tod you, though, the " whole truth in his remarks, but you wvould not believe .t, because it was unpalatable ; and the Lord only am~w no-.i e you will hear the truth again, forwyouz n.we manifested such a horror for that langenuge, when it conflets with your caprices, that your future servanits will be afraid to tell it to you. Itisre thamt it might have looked to you, inflamed and aiiter e.d with false hopes as you were, like abando ing Diviaion to put it on such grounds; but mark me as sure as the heavens are blue, those are the only grounds upon which it can ever be eff-ee, by mor tal efiect. I do disagree with you, tote caslo, as to the practicability or plausibility, and as to thte justice or fairness of your elumsey movement, and also as to the necessity or the extent of wrong mid sufer ing, which has caused you to reach at the silver moon, and to hunt money-bags at the foot of the rainbow. Peradventure, you will brand this address, too, as a piece of flattery. If, in your next, you will oblige us with a list of the members of the ViIlage Clique and the Edgefleld Aristocracy, that we may kill them like snakes, you shall be decorated with a gold medal, or the grand cross of the legion of honor -with any distinguishing badge you desire-you shall be made as happy as Rebut Roughhead in For tune's Frolic. Otherwise, hold your peace forever. I commend you to calmer refketion, and to your guardian angels. U. For the Advertiser. Ma. Envrotn:-I have, ever since the days of my youth and first remembrance, heard of the beataty of your Village, and that it was not to be surpassed by any Town in the State for thme high-toned character, sociality and general morality of its citizens; and in fact, during my annual suimmer visits to your Town, have never observedl anything contrary to the abova assertion, until a few eve:iings since, when I happened -to spend the night with a friend in the immediate . I heart of the place. Bitalas! that night tIoroughly ,convinced me that Edgefield was not the garden of A .Eden-nay, Sir, far from it. Such obscene conduct and disgusting night revelry as then sounded in my ears and disturbed my slumbers, I have never heard befure In any City, Towner Village which I ha14 had the good fortune to visit. Oh! young men of Edge. f field, shame, shame on you. Yes, and you, instead ( -of being participatots, should be the very first to put -down and denounce such proceedings as were enacted -in your .'illage on Saturday night last. Now, I am not the man, who, with a puritanical brow, would frown down young people from any andi every enjoyment. No-hut I take great pleasure in seeing them htappy~andl jovial; yes I think they might. be more properly engaged in other and more becom ing amnusemnents than howling like madmen, crowing jn imtation of Shanhai cocks, brayIng like donkeyse shooting pistols, &c., &c., through the streets, in thte .dead hour of the night, and even on the Sahbath moorn. rI have written the above, Mr. Enica, on the eve' Sof destire, anti Wtri hat t an ith