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All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the mar gin, will be continued until forbid and charged accor iose desiring to advertise by the year can do so or liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that con tracts for yearly advertising are confined to the imnie diate, legitimate business of the firm or individua contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, i'hree Dollars, is ADVANCE. For Advertising Estray. 'rolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. From t'e New Orleans Picayune. Aug. 16. TE LAST ISLAND CALiTY-URTHER PA3 TICULARS. We are favored with the following letter from Mr. Duperier, giving an account of the sad catas. trophe. BAYOU Bcr, Aug. 14. 1856. Dear Pic: You may have heard ere this reach. es you of the dreadful catastrophe which hap. potted on Last Island, on Sunday the 10th inst. As one of the suf'erers it becomes my duty to chronicle one of the most melancholy events which has ever occurred. On Saturday night, the 9th inst., a heavy northeast wind prevailed, which excited the fears of a storm in the minds of many; the wind increased gradually until about ten o'clock on Sunday mornitg, when there existed no longer any doubt that we were ' threatened with imminent danger. From that time the wind blsw a perfect hurricane; every building upon the island giving way, one after another, until nothing remained. At this mo ment, every one sought the most elevated point on the island, exerting themselves at the same time to avoid the fragments of the buildings, which were scattered in every direction by the wind. Many persons were wounded; some mortally. The water at this time (about two o'clock p. m..) commenced rising so rapidly from the bay side, that there cotuld be no longer any doubt that the island wou!d be submerged. The scene at this moment forbids description. Men, women, and children were seen running in every direction, in search of some means of salvation. The violence of the wind, together with the rain, which fell like hail, and the sand which blinded their eyes, prevented many from reach ing the objets they had aimed at. At about 4 o'clock, the Bay and Gulf currents met, and the sea washed over the whole island. Those who were so fortunatte as to find some object to cling to. were seen floating in all di rections. Many of them, however, were sepa rated from the straw to which they clung for life, and launched into eternity ; others were washed away by the rapid current, and drowned before they could reach their point of destina tion. Many were drowned from being stunned by scattered fragments of the building, which had been blown asunder by the storm; many others were crushed by floating timbers and logs, which were removed from the beach, and met them on their journey. To attempt a descrip tion of this sad event would be useless. No words could depict the awtul scene which oc curred on the night between the 11th and 12th inst. It was not until the next morning. thte 12th, that we could ascertain thu extent of the disaster. Upon my return, after having drifted for about twenty hours, I found the steamer Star, which had'arrived the day before, and was lying at anchor, a perfect wreck, nothing but her hull and boilers, and a portion of her tatchino ry remaining. Upon tis wreck the lives of a large number were saved. Towards her each one directed his path, as he was recovered from the deep, and was welcomed with tears by his followsufferers, who had been so fortunate as to escape. The scene was heart-rendinig ; the good fortune of many a poor individual int being saved, was blighted by the news of the loss ot a father, brother, sister, wife or some near re-la tive. I will not prolong the detail of thiis un paralleled catastrophe. (The writer here aipends a list of the drowned and killed, and also a list of the survivors, which we deem unnecessary to publish.) As I before slated, not a singlo building with utood the storm. rTe loss of properly ts im mense, amouniting to at least $100,000 : the principal snife-rers being John Muggaha & Co., Thomas Maskell, P. C. Bithel, Goy. Heberl, Thomas Mlille, L. Desory, Lytnch, Nash, A. Co mean, and othiers. Tihe loss of baggage beong ing to the visitors on the islanid at the time. which is complete, amounts to at least $5,000, be sides about 810.000 in money ont those whto were drowned, which was nearly all recovered by a set of pirates who inhabited the islanid. The bodies of those who were recovered had been invariably robbed by these men. it was an awful scene to see the avidity of these heart less beings to pillage the dead. I hope that the hand of .iustice will ltke hold of them and dis pose of them as they deserve. I cannot terminate the report of this ad event without lauding the zeal of all the survivors in rendering to each other mutual assistatnce. TIhe self-denial and zeal displayed by Capt. Stmith, of the steamer Star, and his officers, arnd of Capt. Thomas Ellis, of Terrebonne, deserve special commendationi. The thanks of the survivors are also due to Capt. Atchison, of the Major Aubrey ; Capt. Mleynier, of the Orioni; Capt. Dardennies, of the Blue Hammock : and Judge Baker, who came to the relief of the sufferers nte sootn as they heard the news of the disaster. It is deeply to be regretted that the bodies of most of lte'vie'ims were plundered as above stated ; but the 'fact is beyottd question, althoutgh every effort was made, where possible, to pre ie-nt it. T1he itnterment of bodies found exposed, was carefully attended to; but itn a number of in stances the elements had done the work. The waters carried to a depth of several feet of sand and debris, on some parts of the island, anid have everywhere so changed its surface, thai those formerly acqtutinted with it could no longer recognize it. Many bodies rest beneath the graves thus made for them by nature. Peace to their manes. S. S. MEETING IN MOBILE. Withitn the last three or tour days conside-a ble excitement has existed in the community, growing out of the discovery that publicatins of an incendiary and insurrectionary charatcter were being vetnded in this eity, by Mecasrs. Strick land & Upson, Booksellers. In consequence ofi this discovery, a meetinig of some of our best, calmest and most infiuential citizenas was called, to consider the pr. priety of takitng some actior in the matter, with the view ol' protecting the community, by prompt suppression of the evil. A committee was appointed to inivestigate the matter, and 'after a careful, deliberate and tho. rough investigation, they reported to a second meeting that they had arrived at the conc lusions stated below: The character of the evidence and of the books brought before the Committee is such that it would be unsafe and danigerous to make them public. It was therefore determined,sim ply to annonnce the conclusions at which they The following are the conclusions attained by the Committee, which have been handed us for publication: "1. That Messrs. Strickland & Upson have wilfully and intentionally deceived the meetint in regard to the procurement and sale of the books in question, and that their satements or the subject, in view of the existing facts of the ease, clearly ascertained, are little better thtan a tissue of falsehoods throughout. " 9. That these two persons are either in prin e iple, abolitionists, and anxious to propagate their faith on that subject among slaves and slave owners; or 3S. They are unscrupulous and unprincipled speculators without any just sense of moral re sponsibility, and willing to make money by the iudlsatspte sole $au pnd every kind ol ban'ha. t'o aby n'nd a ibb v. "In either case they are dangeroua persons in a slaveholding community, and ought to be ejec ted from it, " It is however de.irable, for the purpose of 1 exact justice, and in order to preserve that ex alted conservative charaeter which has always distinguished Southern Communities, that this ejection should be peaceable and without the least personal violence, and the committee would deprecnte as the last of evils, and as a stain op on Southern elarace~r any resort to violence, or any excess in accomlplishing the end proposed. The commitee, therefore, recommend that C thr.'e persons he appointed to wait on Mlessrs. 3 Willi'mt Strickland and Edwin Upson, and an flounce the conclusion at which the meeting has arrived, and to inform them that unless they leave the city within lice days, we canro guar. e antce their pr rsunal safety." a The report of the committee was unammon<- it lv adopted, and, in pursuance of it, three gen- t< tlemen were appointed to wait upon Messrs. Strickland and Upson. Yesterday morning these gentlemen proceeded to the store of Messrs. Strickland and Upson, and ascertained that they . had already left the city. v It is proper that wo should state that we are B informed that both Strickland and Upson were 4 present at the first meeting, and were heard in F their defence. ii While the high character of the gentlemet , who compose: the meeting afforded an ample , guaranty to all who were cognizant of the facts t that everything would be done "decently and in order," we are yet gratified to know that all cause J for further excitement is removed by the prompt c departure of these men. 'he firm and prompt, yet moderate, course pursued by the Committee, is worthy of all " praise. It is calculated to produce a high moral P effect. and will be cordially endorsed and sus- a tamed by the entire community. P [Mobile Register, August 17. a From the Cha-h-aton Courier. Aug. 22. e ALEAJDER CARROLL. E We record, with-sadness and sorrow, the re- g moval by death, of one whose labors and servi- ,t ces have, for live years, been applied to these al columns with a fidelity, zeal and success of which B our constant readers are better qualified to judge w than we are to write, under the shock of such a loss. Alexander Carroll, Esq., late assistant edi bur of this journal, expired at nine o'clock yes- ti tetd:tv evening, in his lodging at the Pavilion Hotel, on the fifth day of an attack of illness which, from the first, was deemed threatening. b He was attacked on Saturday evening with bitl e ious cholic, in a very violent form, and for some b hours endured severe pain, but obtain relief so h far as to excite the hopes of many of his friends. At an early hour of yesterday (Thursday), Mr. Carroll, in full consciousness and possessiot of his faculties, so far as cou!d be judged, sum- ir mooed those friends to whom he wi-hed to en- ha trust the management of his affiirs, and received afterwards pastoral monitions nud preparatory ? 'ffices of the sad occasion from the Rev. Dr. BIachman. Throughcut the day he seemed to sink gently ?and steadily, with a few flickering r emrts of yielding life to rally, and thus quietly, of and as all around deemed, conscious!y and peace fully passed away. Mr. Carroll was born in the year 1818, in " Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Engand, and alter it a preparatory edunation at a school in Somerset- fii shire, was admitted in 1837 to Queen's College, Oxford, and after some time spent there, receiv ed anhonorable dismissal. In the spring of 1851, he became connected ni with the editorial staff of this journal, and so w remained until his decease. Of his tabors and h success in this cnpacity, it is difficult for us to oj speak adequately, and we therefore omit at temlpts at a deseliption whieh, without doing justice to him, mighlt seem assumption in us. We caln say, however, in brief, that in a post of duty and babor. engrossing anid tryinlg the cont eption of any who have not attempted it prac tically, he was ever found prompt, ready and wilinig, to tthe best of his judgment and inmor mation. laMMENSE CONFLAGRATION AT ClCAco.-A e great fire occurred at Chicago on the nligtht of ~ the 131th inst., whiebh destroyed property to thle amount of 3100,000. It appears while Mr. Antuon Burlingamte, of Massachusetts, was in faming men'l's mnindswitth an ineendiary speech.h another evil doer in a different piortioan of the city was setting tire to a hotnse. Tthe MiCbigan ~ Soutthern Freight Depots, tthe Rock Island Ho tel, tthe WVatker House, RLobin~on's wairehiouse,o Goss & Pllitp's sash factory, two dwelling a houses an~d seveLn railroad cars were bullned. In at tile freighlt depot about (1000 bu.thets of wheaim U and about a hunldred btarrets of stigar were de N stroyed. The property genlerally wats uinstured. GREATr DEsTRtUCTIoS of4 1'toPERTY IN I.oUtsr ANA.-The stornm onl Sund:iv, the 10th inst., e'X tended toSI. Mary's PaissLa nddd m men'tse damage to the croips. The canec anld c-orl tropjs aire almtost totatly rnined, and sugar hou- 3 ses were blo wn down in alt direc tiotn. A t Frank- Ii lini, the Odd Fellw's lialt and other building. ' were tunrooh'ed. 'IThe totalt loss ill St.- Mtny's 9 Pri-h is computed at nlot less than halt' a mil Ilion dotlara. ROBBING TIIE MAIL. - Wec learnl that a malie il rider by thie name oaf Curiir or Currie, was at- It rested and imprisuoned in Dnllas, on Mondzay d lst for roabbing the mnail between Newtoni and g Yorkville. He confessed the fact and told ho(w tI he succeeded in getting thle letters out. and thu ,t he had purtoined drafts and halt' ntotes, whieb lie b burnt-the whlole bills hte had usued. He slates that the mail rider from Lincototon to Morgan ton had totd him he Ilmd beenl lobbing tie mail I and suggested to hlimf to do so too. The plan aopted to get the teuiers out, as they had no key, was to pull the packages between thle stee ples. This other rider will also beuarrested.- ~ North Carolina Whig. A NEW SwINDLE.-The Chicago Tribuneu says: "An Ann-riennt Jew, w ho gavre his natme a New York, has bien selling a number of Chiica- 0 o merchants after the .following fashion: lL' goes roun~d the city with a sample of indigo e put up in small woodetn boxes, and makes colt- U tracts to deliver a quantity of the boxes at $9 e per gross. The boxes which lhe thas delivered a have been fotund to contain at precionts deal moore y Iof pine wood thtan indigo, but as the labels ii were so pasted ais to keep the covers tight. the- c Itrick was not discovered untit too late to catch e tie trickster. Look out for the Indigo Matn !" g Ir. GANGER was not serionaly ilmared in I te affray with Mr. McMttllen. '1The affray oce- hi curred in an omnibus, and both parties bear ti mark. of' violten-:e. The faucts appear to be as I follows: '[Tie part ies were riditng in aln omnni- ii bus, wvhe'n a comiversat ion arose on the A rmy hilt proviso. McMuohen saiid that t he South wold stand lby thle constitutionl, Mr Granger replied that it' they did not, a Republiean P'resi dent would make them. Whereupon, McMullent said lie would not the atddressed in that waty by a youngeur ntan. Gr'ingei' replied-" I waive mv tu age" Methlullenl thenl seized Granger round the nleck, hioldinig doawn his henad, amid stuck hitm n two ltows, drawing btood tutnder the eye and under the ear. They we're then separated by a Col. Chester, of the l'hilatdelphia Inquirer. a si KANsAS CIrY.-A correspondent of the St. Louis Advertiser, writing from Kansas City, says:1 I wish at present to give your readers, espe cially those that would intquire, an introduction to our eitv. It is situated on the west bank of' the Missouri river, ti'o and a half miles betow Fort Leave aworth, on tand not qutite its high as the common level of' this country, yet dry~ and undulating, wiih a small tivitng stream running through ils midst. A portion of coutntry occu- U pyiig a space of from six to eight squairo miles, P inluding time governiment improvements, lad 0 the city is bounded on the north and w~est by a rang" of high bluffs, which f'urnish an abundant e supply of stone as well as a shield frotm the strong win~ds that frequently rise from those di rections. From these bluffs the scenery shows t1 exquisitely fine. This is destined to be the y great commercial city west of St Louis. Our t' ity is only about eightteen or twenty wonthis of age. and yet we have about that many hun dred inhabitants. These sre mostly Americans, al but we have quite a sprinkhing of Irishmen and I nans. mal i fi Arnd ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR, EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1856. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. The Rev. Mr. BsLLINCER will preach in the Imrch of the Redeemer (Mrs. Baonxs') on Sunday let. Inst. Service to commence at 11 o'clock A. M. VARIETY. We are gratified at having an opportunity once in a hile (as this week for instance) of giving our readers variety of interesting general intelligence upon onr side colmns. The news from Kansas is referred as being of 'a most startling character. THE BROOKS DINNER. A note has just reached ts from the neiebhnrhaond of 16 Depot. stating the fact that the citizens of that icinity are moving spiritetly in the matter of the noos Dinner. spoken of through the press of the h Congressinnal District some weeks since. The defield Committee is therefore requeted to meet at is place on saledny next to take action in the premi s. That committee consists of the fuilnwing gentle en: Mai. R. A. ADDISON.. Mai. Z. W. CawI.z. 1. N. Mona:. Col. JOtN S. SNYLY. .IAMP.S Rrcn naoN. Capt. A. J. HAMM'.Nn. S. F. Coon.. Capt. NF.s B. G IrriN. Capt. Wtr.zy HA an ICON. a Renn oerpa and S. MArttws. It is hoped that there ill he a full attendance of these gentlemen. Their ames are sufficient to warrant Edgefield's doing her trt haenlsomlv. Yet it may he. an awkard thnsiness ithout ample consiltation and agreement on their trt. Ience the neceesity for the attendance of each ut every one of them on Monday next. " Abbeville district," says our correspnndent, "will into the di-'ner strong; and if nootherdietricts but tyrfieltl and Abbeville unite, a large affair can he tten tip." We learn further that 96 Depot is now token of as the pla ce. A golden goblet from Abbeville d a silver one from '96 are to be presented to Col. rooKs on the day of the dinner. Other testimonials ill doubtless be in readiness from other quarters. But e are sure the most gratifying manifestation to our ember will be a grand rally of his constituents. Let e Edgefield Committee hold concert with others im ediately in this matter; let a dinner be prepared ithout fail, big enough and good enough for every dy; And, last but not least, let everybody go up to the ast, to do honor to a man who has stood forth so no ,y in defence of the fame of South Carolina and the nor of South Carolinians. THE HOLLAND WHEAT. The wheat advertised by DANIEL HoLLAND, Esqr., our last number, is the finest decidedly we ever be -Id. The 'Squire has acted with a truly generous tlic spirit in letting it go at the usual prices. Fur hat we gut of it, we would not now take three times i purchase money. Next year there will be enough iced to supply many planters. This is one instance what a little care will do. Two years ago 'Squire O.LAND received three small papers of this valuable :d frotm the Patent Oflice collections. Next year, ell nigh on to a thousand bushels of it will be raised this district. This is one of the ways (and no tri g one at that) of doing good to one's fellowmen. CIOICE SITUATION. Mr. BeN. MURRCL oflers hi< place for sale, five iles from town on the Columbia road. Any one ishing a really choice situation, upon which to live alhy and comfortably, would do well to watch this portmity. HAMMOND & LARK. The seeond bale of new cotton for the Hamburg arket was received by the ahove named firin on Fri y last. It was from tlte plantation of Mr. G. A. cKIL, and brought 12k eents. In this coonee'tiotn take pleasure in recomtmending te House of AxNNUN & LAncg to the pubtlic of this and the suir uding Districts. They have tfacilities for a large iness antI will assuredly do all that any two active, terprising and honorable men can do to give utniver. I satisfaction. We are glad to see our llamaburg n of business spurring up to renewed exertion. It gtr a floutrishing trade for te ensuing season. d such the good old market deserves; for it mtust admitted that it is sulperior itt all respects to atny er in the State this side oi Charleston. Let our .ctuntry frie.nds note thte complete preparedness of r llnmhutrg dealers and shape their arrangements cordingly. Attd w hile t:hey do tnot forget the old nds of St~lr, S-roxas, atnd others, let them be ire to remembter the new and promnising im of UA. >NO & L~na. SOUTHERN QUARTERLY. The last number of this review is upon our table, I of interest atnd admtirahle itn execu tion. The list of ieces fur this quarter as as follows :" 1st, Greek in is ?tiddle Ages ;2d, Our Organs of Destructiveness. , The Men of Science int the M iddlle Ages; 4th, IlTe inite ; 5it, Sleep anad Dreams; Gilt, Miracles; 7th, urs Amteritan Ortnhtlttogy; 8ith, Tihe Crusades; t, lelatu's Phltednn ; Critical Notices. THAT SOCIAL 'CUE Wz must be permitted to make mention of thtat de httit barbecue at .JENNtNGs's Spring Otn rthursday t. It was a day tof social festivity such as we eel m enjoy. The dinner was sttperbly cooked anid oriosly relished. Gr.od-httur antd ftun prevailed rougout the dlay. Music of the finest too lent its marina tn the necasion. And whtat a spot for a neigh ~rhtnd ditnner ! in a shady vale, trogh which wan rs a rippling stream, with htilt-sides rising on eithemr de, makittg as it we-ie n inrcd l all int the w ild weouis wa s ceriniy, on'that 21st of A ngttat, a very amphi ea ire of frolieksc'me de lighat. Thte carousals of Robitt roodi and htis merry men were called up more thtan ce by thte scertes of te day. Try it again. TIlE FRUIT CAME AT LAST. Te grapes and pltums front Capt. Lvoas reached safely atid in good contdition after etitdry mishaps d delays. And really they were deliciotns. Delici is that is ntot enough to say of te grapes. Thtey r ntoble. The bunch ,of the Black Ilamburg vari y especlally, nas a sight wortht ite seeing. But the reing wais nothing to t he tastittg. As one a fter anoth they mehted upon our palate, the conviction hecame ronger and stronger, tat the man whto raised item as a ptublic benefactor. For is it not a public hene ectiotn, to show (as Mr. Lyoas has (lone) the practi athility of rearing sucht fruit as itis upon our Sotuth n slpes? The White Fontignac is also a beautifttl rape; and thtose Yellow Cages are magnificent. By ue way, Captaitn, we htave a fine root of the White ttignac and a pretty good one of thte Black 11am urg. ITey came from yotur garden. The White Fun. gna: bore two or three butn che-s itis season. The amurg bore ttonie. Please tell us how to treat thett coll weather. The Edgefid District Agricultusral FaIr. le Exeenttive Cttttttittee htaxalppineed Saturday thme 2d1 w eek of October Coturt, for the first Fair of te Edgefield District Agrienbtural Society. It is hoped thtat the first shtow of stock, and agricul rat prodttets itt getteral. that our District will make, n t sltsort a notice, will do credit to the commence ett. Atnd as " tall oaks from little acorns grow,"~ .ar people may, in time, become the best producers of I that is chtnice in agriculture, anti whtose energy, till and indttstry shtall whtiien every sea with thte uils of her growing commerce. Cotra & Scoo'rla. We htearty second the above appeal of Messrs. COr. a & Scoo ra a. But where is utur Edgefield Socie ?Why can it not meet and make sonic definite reparatory arrangemt'rt? In Fairfiehil such his en thme course adopted, and we see in a late nuttber the Register a onig list of pietniums offered in all o varit us departments of agricultural skill. Can *e not, at least, approach the public spirit and hiber hity of our Fairfield fellow-citizens? Can we not repare g routids, charge a small amount for entrance 'tock, &c., as w ell as for the admission of specia irs, and in this way be etabled to put tup a few silver ups if nothing more!? We shall see. I27 The receipts of cotton at New Orleans, for a cmmercial year, nowv show an increase on last r to same date of 468,000. The receipts of new cot nt are 209 bales, against 48 bales of last year to date., gg The last news from Mexico states that the ies of churcht property were progressing steadily and roerously. It was supposed that the gov ment CONGRES5. This body adjourned on the 18th instant without passing the Army Appropriation Bill. The President conceived it to be his duty to call an extra session im mediately, to procure ha passage by another efihrt if passible. He has doneiio. The extra session begun on the 21st. The resit has not reached us. The probability was that thasaid Appropriation Bill would still he negatived by the Black Republicin provise. If so, some think the ary will disband, as there is no enemy soldiers dread:more than the prospect of no pay. Others are of opjpinon that action sufficiently timely may yet he taken early next session, in cnnnec tion with the Deficisoncrlill. lut suppose the Black lepiblicnns still retain'their strength and obstinacy! Meetings nnght to be held nll over the Sith at once. eneouraging and nreingour Congressmen to yield nn step further to the darin'g encroachments of Ahnlition ism. Let them he instructed to enact a separation of the antagnnistic States'ipon the occurence of theverv next outrage. .et that separation come, peaceable if it can, forcible if it mut. OUR NEXT CmVERNOR. Several names have been suggested for our next gubernatorial term, and among them that of the lion. F W. Pic ta' of Edgefield. Our neighbor of the Informer. in putting hiii name f rward fur that high office. has ht expressgfi the sentiment of the whole people of our District. That we did not respond to it immediately, way not from any indiference to the nomination. We thought it time ennugh to do this after otler sections of the Slate had spoken. They have now done so, to some extent; and several gentle men of high character are nominated by their respec tive friends for the position in question. Either of these gentlemen would- discharge the ditties of that position with credit to hiikelf and honnr to the State. There is no fear on that score. Yet there is a choice to be made; and, as the time approaches for making that choice, it is well enough for each District to speak out its preference plainly and fairly. We repeat then. that F. W. PiCKENS is the choice and preference of Edgefield ; and she would most respectfully urge his election. She does sn, becau-e lie is a patriot identi fied with the people of his State by all the holy ties of ancestry and nativity; because he is a tried son, who has never swerved from the high path of political duty set before himself in early life and shaped in accord ance with the purest States Rights creed ; because he ias, in idays past, served his District and Sta'e with an ability and fidelity that have placed his name high upon the list of American Statesmen ; and lastly. be cause he is eminently deserving a compliment (like this) at the hands of South Carolina, which she is wont to confer upon her distinguished sons as a mark of her approbation and applause. It has been said, and with much show of reason, that the approaching term may prove to be one of the most trying character. If the difficulties that now present themselves are not speedily obviated, it may well be that the next two years shall embrace the history of some great change in American affairs. And the occasion may arise, in the Executive depart ment of out State government, fur the exeretse of a high order of statesmanship. The Governors of States may indeed find themselves standing on grounds of as weighty responsibility as the President of the Union himself. Edgefield presents her distinguished son as the very man for such an occasion. His char acter, his judgment, lii. political information, and his sterling antecedents all point to him as the citizen pe culiarly fitted to adurn and illustrate the Chief Magis. tracy of a sovreign commonwealth in times of real peril to the public weal. BI1 MEETINGS. This is the seasotn for these, our largest religious as senblage-. A round of tem is now going on in Edgefield. The turnout at Dry Creek Church on lat Sabbath is said to have been immense. The Reverend Messrs. W ATKItNs, Noaa is, and Banory~a were the of ficiating clergymen. The meeting will continue, we presume, throughout the week. We have not learned that there is, thus far, any thing like a revival with any of the Churches. A few only were baptised at Stephen's Creek Church, where, last year, more than a hundred co-iverus were numbered. Thislatter fact, indeed, may account for the small numuber this season. They were nearly all gathered last year. There may be something too, in thue preaching. A very sensible miister of the Gospel~ather surprised us the othter day by remarking "that he lhad not heard a good ser. mon in a twelve-month." lie spoke candidly, and we dare say lie was right itt his opinion. rThe truth is, a good sermon is a really rare thing. Since the above was penned a note hass been handed to us, in which the writer ays : " The Baptist Church at Mt. Lebanon (or Sweet Wanter) in this District, un der thes pastoral care of R1ev. G. II. Cr.Ia-rr, of Geor gia, lies experienced a gracions revival. Fifteen mem bers were added to the Church, and two yotung bredh reni commenced exhortation." CO3IPLIMENTARYt. We find the following complimentary notice of the Souftern Light i n a late niumberuif the South Weetern BatisI. Knowing -hat the omoidesty of the Light's editor wotuld never suffer him to exhibit it throughi his own columils, wie take pileasuire in giving the extract a place in ours, if for nothitag else b~ut to show onr nututal readers how this yog monthly is already appreciated by its co-laborers. "Sou-rat aN Ltattr.-Thiis "Indepemiuent Religious Literary Journtl" continues to be a welcome visitor to our office. The Edlitor, E. L. Whatley, is a very rare man. Some wng mauy yet write his epitaph as oue diud for lien Johnson :0 , rare Ed. Whmatley !'" "No disparegemuent, reader. Seldom do wve fintd a man who posseses the rate comnbtuatiions of logie, rhe toric, wit, refitned and waggi-h severity, nmihiness bit that's enough. His 'Light' is like himself. " He is ofteni getitng into scrapes, umnitentional al ways. But hie gets~ out. Sumetimes lhe writes out by mental power; sometimes fights out ; sometimes conl fesses out. unhurt, ever. "We t.reidict that the tinme is not distant whent brother Whailey still only allow such articles to go ir.tuo his journal as h~is aurn clear heuad tand gitod hear' aproves. The-n lhe '.ill nor experience the mis hpe of the Prophet's "speckled bird, the birds round about beir~g against her." "Sonic men you may whip into harness ; others you may flatter, big, antd so on ; but there i, a class that you have to let alone and they will correct their own errtts anid indiscretio~ns. We sake it, that if you let E. L. Whatley alone, lie will always correct said E. L. Whbadey. So, friend Whr.tley, i yo!u hatre errors, we tutrn you n1er to yoturseif for correction. "The wtork has reached its 8th No. Pub'lished monthly, at Edgefield. 8. C., at $2 per annumi. Is is nt euiough to ay that it is worib thes money." SOMETHING FROM THlE MACHINE. Our imp took us out ptivately yesterday morning and placeed in our band, very conifidenitially, ihe follow ing efitusion, whispering at the same time the intelli gecee that, " a fter a long seige of tryinug anid fixing ad screwing, lie had just sneceeded in getting ont oif the old machine ttp-stairs a;piece of poetry in to K. N. Pepper style." He insisted that it might was for a hegitninig andi earnestly claimaed a place ini the picture this week, which we have rather doubtfully accorded hin. A SONIT, ON A Wittrl PtacrNo. Aint it a haepy thing to be a pidging A nd hay stings and sore .bov the 'yeth Not tu hii up neether for feer a feller Might corn by sich a hidl as that yiung man Cot that ws ent fasto sleep n lien Pall and all Of 'etm wits holdin me'etin in a upper rum Sumwhtar 'waty out in that ould kedlentry That the Ju foks cum from. Ni), I'd ruither Not fall if I could help it ; yet it mut Bie grate to flote about among the klouds An' evry now an' then dodge down into A pee feeld or a wvhete feeld and jest ete As long as ever craw cood hole another Grane. Thou pidging hurd ! thtou art so white ! As yin thtyself moos no ef yn would turn Your red i's rotun an' see yttrself all ovr. May be yu feel a kinder proud-like pattin About yur litle hart whiniver yu Git hi ahoy the tress with thtem big winges That hole yu tup so ezy. But look ot, Fur fore yu noit a hauk or elst a noul Ma grab yur litle nek an' twist your very Daylits unuten yu; and then yu wont Fli up no mnoar among the edliments Nor dotdg dotun no moar aftur peas and so forth Poor pidgifig burd ! gwg The Columbia Times says: " The first bale of new cotton that was sold in our market, was from th plantation of Capt. A. D. Bates, of Edgefield Dis tric was and bought by Mr. James Cathceart. Quality Middling, at Ili g' Dobson quit boarding with Mrs. McGallagher, because she persisted in witching her feet in lte soup . lftbb s- Il r.bt, hi.:..anlb. Af ata alkhi For the Advertiser. TO JOEPH GRIFFITH, EZQ. Sia :-It was very fortunate, that you yourself had the foresight to style your last piece, "A reply te Richard." Otherwise, who could have thought it such ?I wish you personally all the good luck that a kind Providence can bestow, and for the present, peace of mind. RICHARD. TO THE PUBLIC. Are we not a most blessed people, to have our condescending Candidates, at this solemn juncture, to avow themselves in favor of the election of IoCnINAN to the Presidency, when scarcely a man, from the mountains to the sea, is opposed? Thanks, sweet eitizen-uffice-scekers, for your obliging dis position. RICH AR D. KANSAS NEWS. SOUTHERNERS ! READ AND REFLECT.! ST. Louts, Aug. 16.-A Westport paper of the 14th says that on Monday night 200 Free soilers attacked the town of Franklin, contain ing only 20 Pro-slavery men. Ten persons were killed and the Post Office robbed and burnt. The assailants also carried off a cannon belong ing to the town. Another report says 17 Free soilers were killed and wounded. The Govern ment troops occupied the place next day. Cmi c co, August 19.-It is ascertained that the Pro.slavery men itt Kansas are concentra ting rnen-and arms for a general attack on the freesoilers. Twelve block houses have been hui't at different points, which are garrisoned by Missourians :'nd are well supplied with arms. A meeting at Kansas City resolved to send 2.000 men into the Territory. and great excite nent prevails along the frontier. A general muster of Missourians is demanded. The attack on Franrlin was to capture arms collected there, and the freesoilers captured one block house containing 50 stand of arms and a cannon. ST. Louis, Aug. 20.-Later news from Kansas says that Brown's company of Freesoilers had attacked and burnt a colony of emigrants from Georgia, and six persons are reported to have been killed. Col. Treadwell's company have been taken prisoners. It is also said that a party of Southerners who left St. Louis two weeks ago for Kansas, were attacked between Kansas City and Le compton, by Free-soilers-a desperate fight en sued, many being killed on both sides, when the Southerners retreated. It is also stated that 300 of Lane's party, (Free-soilers,) had entered Topeka without any difficulty. STILL LATER AND VERY IMPOR IANT. ST. Louts, August 21.-We have' later ad. vices from Kansas. Col. 'radwell's settlement was attacked by 400 free.sailers. Treadwell sent to the United States troops for aid, but they refused assistance. On the 14th, two hundred Free-Soilers attack ed twelve Pro-Slavery men in a fort near Passa wttamie, when twenty of the former were killed and wounded. On the 16th Lecompton was atttcked by 800 of Lane's men, and the United States troops, who had charge of Robinson and Brown, sur rendered without striking a blow. It was reported that the Pro.Slavery men in tended to destroy Lawrence on the 20th. A private despatch states that G .v. Shannon and the United States dragoons had evacuated Lecompton, which would undoubtedly be des. troyed by the Free-Soilers. Correspondence of' the Baltimore Sun. \VAs1JINGTON, August 1.--The session ter minated at 12 o'clock to-day, according to pre vious order, and a motion to suspend the rules of the Hlouse, with a view to prolong the sea sion for a few hours, was lost for want of a twothirds vote, thotngh it had a large majority. l'here waes no object in prolonging the session, excpt to pass the army appropriation bill, and it is my opinion that the majority of the House was prepared to yield their Kansas proviso to the bill. A fe.w ultra men prevented the result. Threie conferences were held upon the army bill, and neither could agree. The Senate stood hirtm upon their refusasl to be coerced by thte House into a party and sectional mecasure, which oft itself involved a gross violationt of the Con stitution by armintg the President with power to declare martial lawy in Kansas a~nd Miissouri. -heim President would,uf course, refuse to exer cise the power; but, still, if the Setnate should ubmit to snteh ce'ercion, it would leave all power in the ha~ndv of the mnajorily of the Hlotse condering t hat body sinmilar to the a long Parlia. ment." or, as Getn. Cass will say, to a French Con. ventiOn. Bot.h parties now aecept the issue wiebh has heen thus made between the two l-ouses, atnd they go before the people there on, at the Presienttial election. It has been rumtored thtat the President would, upn the ladlure of the army bill, call Cotngress toet her atgain immediately by proclantation. Mr. Clayton declared in the Senate thtat it was hea President's duty to do so. The President has the power to summnotn them to resume their legilative functiotns to-mtorrow. For a Coit gress that is already elected it is not necessary for the President to givej notice, .some weeks ahead, in order to bring them togetlier. But in an extra sessiont, the Hounse might be again obstinate and fac~itis ; a majority might be well niisposed, but on the eve of ate electioni they might be controlled by their mere pat biekers There is a difehrence of opinion upon the point whether the army cnn be kept up with~out the appropriations, or whether it would bee dis banded in conisequence of the failtnre of hte ap propriation of twelve millions for the service. bore say that the army can neither be paid nior fed. anad.'must be disbanded in such case. Others innk that it makes no differenc e at amll whether the aplpropriationl be made now or in the defi iecy bill next December. Mleans could be found t re ide for provisions and transportation, &c.. for three months more, just as all this has been d.n since the 1st of July last, for since that day tere has been no appropriatiotns. loir. WASuisocToN, Angot 21.-A quorum of both tho es ofCoges lye-d to)-day ill pursu atee of th lresidentts proclamiation'. Th'le Mes -age relates etntire-ly to tihe Army A plioprintion ill set ting fo'rth thle evils which will result from a refusal to, vote the supplies for the Army, cmetljling a compelete cssatieon of all its oiheera ions, and its praticah disbanent, thus imyi rg tborders of saevaeges freom thme Western l'ins aw.iJ Rocky Motntainis to spread devastation aog a frootier of inore than fot~u thiousand miles and deliver up a sparse poupulation' mof a vast ex tent of country to rapine antd maurder. 'Thle Sennte su..pended i le ruleo making the expiration of six days necessary before the bills reported by a preceding Congress can be ta ken up. In thie House, Mr. C:.mpbell, Chairman of Ways and Means, reported the~ previous Army bill with the Kansas riders, which passed by a vote of 93 to 85. The Senate will take up the matter on Friday. WVipwINGTON, A ugust 22--TheC Senate to-day rejected the Kansas rider senlt from the House, and passed thus, the " Army Appropriationis bill," as in the regular session. On receiving the bill from the Senate, the House, by a majority of two, restored these '-riders" and then by a majority of four voted to adhere to them. A motion to reconsider the reseolve to adhere was laid on the table by one vote in majority, and thus the determination of tile House ma ority is expressed in the most decided form. The Senate adjournled before taking a vote on the question of adherence or conftrence. and it is believed that the action of the Uouse will result again in defeating any appropriation for the army. \VASNIGToN, August 23.-The Senate hav ing adhered to its amendmenit on the new Army A ill. and the House to ils amendment on the old one, both bills are dead. A new bill will be introduced on Monday. gg Riteher says: " No man can eitherlivs pious ly....bui.olasky Wfnhmah g wihK" From the Edgefield Informer. TEE 1LAY 07 DIVIBION SZETOEED. As the Division movement is gaining some prominence, I have put wyself to some trouble to ascertain where the lines will run if that pro ject succeeds. Ve will begin with the Salads District. It is proposed to leave the Lexington line at a point where MeTier Creek crosses the line, thence in a North Westerly direction to a point on the Abbeville line where Beaver-Dam creek crosses the line. By looking on the Map, it will be seen that the line will run near Spann's Church, Dry Creek Church, between Bethlehem Camp Ground and Rocky Creek.Chu'rh, alit. tie to the North and East of Stephea's Creek and Mountain Creek Churches, thence to the Abbeville line, running a little to the No96lAnd East of Dr. Andrews. It is proposed for the Aiken District to corn. menee at the mouth of Fox's Creek, thence in a straight line to McTier, giving Hamburg, Beech Island, Granitville and Vaocluse,'and other pla. ces South of the line to Aiken District. 1t is proposed for Barnwell to part with-all her terri tory above the Upper 3 Runs or Tinker's Creek, ar:d to strike South Edisto at or below the Pine log. It is proposed for Lexington 'to part with about half the territory she got from:Orange. burg some 25 years ago. After these lines are run, it is thought there will be 20.000 person left in old Edgefield; 14.000 in Saluda District, and 10.000 in Aiken District. This plan of Division is the one suggested as a basis only for negotiation. It is by no means intended on the part of the Divisioniste, that the lines and boundaries here sketched shall be made " cofiin-lines ;" for it is their purpose and desire to hit upon that plan calculated for the greatest good; and to this end they are willing to meet the opposition in a spirit of compro mise and treat on the most liberal terms. They would therefore respectfully invite those who have a better plan, to present it. They are not wedded to any particular plan, but are willing to carry out any practicable scheme that may be presented. They present this as a plan that will satisfy them, and those who are dissatisfied with it have only to present a more feasible or practicable plan, and our word for it, the Divis iotnists, will negotiate with that spirit of--liberali ty which is ever ready to give and take. A. VOTER. ERSIE COLLEGE. We attended the commencement of this flour ishing Institution on last Wednesday. The exercises of the occasion were quite interesting. On Tuesday evening Rev. A. H. Lester deliver ed the anniversary address before the Alumni Association. The societies, by their represen tatives, then delivered diplomas to the members of the graduating class, with appropriate addres ses. Responses were made by the class, in an affectionate farewell to their former associates in debate. On Wednesday Morning, the exercises of com mencement were opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Cater, of the Presbyterian Church, and speech es were made by ten members of the graduating clas. The salutatory was delivered by Mr. M. M. Dufie, Chester, S. C., the valedictory by Mr. J. H. Peoples, Mecklenburg, N. C. The speeches were all of th. first order, the compo sition was superior. but we thought in some instances much was lost in the delivery. We felt much pride in listening to the addresses of Messrs. J. C. Maxwell and J. D. Neel, both of Newberry. The Baccalaureate of President Grier was appropriate and able. The anniversary oration before the literary societies was delivered by Hon. James L. Pet t gru, and was equal to the expectations of the vast concourse that had gathered to hear its delivery. A storm of wind and rain prevatiling at the time prevented many from hearing dis tinctly the address, and made the delivery both dificult and disagreeable to the speaker. We hope to see the address in print moon. We are pleased to find Erskine College now in a most prosperous condition. The past sessions have founsd over one hundred students in constant attendance. The project of endowment has so far succeeded as to place the Institution on a permanent basis. This was the seventes'nth anniversary of the College, and a elnss of sev enteen young met' went forth into the world, with fair prospects of a long life of usefmess ahead.-New berry Mirror, 18th inst. NEWsrArER FOR SALE -The proprietors of 11he Orangeburg Sondron atnnounce to the pub lic that that Journal is now for sale, and says: The establishment is complete in its arrange-* ments, being provided with all the fixtures be longing to a well appointed offiee, including a good supply of type, and a new Iloc's press. T[he subscriptio~n li.,t numbers about 600. and is increasing, and the advertising department of the paper if well attended to. and condneted up on the cash pritnciple, highly remunerative. To an approved purchatser Inc terms will be made easy. MAKRlED, on TnIstrday mnornieg, 'th inst., by Rev. John Trapp, Col. W. M. DEAX to Miss ENILT A. A DAMS. ARRIE, in A ugusta, on the 1 6th inst., by Lewis Levy, Esq., Mr. StAr.cor~x IlAL~tand Mlaaasii Bhezc, all or Bath. S. C. o B I T U A R Y. Dien, in this Village on the ly7th itnst.. after a fe.w hours ilhtiess, Mirs. AN~N G. NIHOLAS, n':re or F. .'t. N CtorLA5. in :the 40th ye'ar of her age. 11er love or retirenment and her devotion to her foniy :;nd the duties oSr her household; her quiet and um,bttrusive dspositions ; her industry. perse vrane,-, ne~atness and order in the management of her d,.mestie affairs; her p:atient and christian en d urata e if the adverse circumstances of lire. consti tuted her a model of a women at home. Although she was highly appreciated by all who knew her, and her nmany friends drop the tear of sorrow for her sudden and melancholy removal from among thenm, yet it wa~is in the bosom of her family only that her worth was really known; and it is there her loss will be most deeply felt. A large family of children have suddenly been deprived of the anxious care and attention wlhich only such a mather could bestow :but to them she has kfi the precious legacy of a good cxample whichtecanot fail to im press them protitatbly in after life. Shte was a consistent member of the Baptist Church in this plaee, and died, as ihe had lived, a Christian. * .* DIED, at Satkm, North Carolina. on the 28th of July last, Miss M ARY ANN QUA RLES, in the 19th year of her age. To see one in the fall bloom of youth and beauty and promise, us was the subject of this notice, aud denly stricken down by death, cannot produce other than the most melancholy reflections. At such a scene it is natural to drop the bitter tear of grief, and for a moment, perhaps, to murmur at a dispen sation of Providence so afflictive in its character. The deeeased had been a student in the Female Seminary at Salem since the spring of 1855, where she wasm much esteemed for her amiability by her teachers and fellow students, and would have re turned to her home in a few monibs to cheer and adorn the social eircle for which she was well quali fied. She had reached that period when life is sweetest-when all things appear briuhtest--and when the heart is animated and buoyed up by hopes and expectations the most eheerful and ardent. No~ne of the disappointments and trials incident to maturer years had, as yet, fallen to her lot. Life to he~r, herefore, bad been as a bright picture, without a single shadow to mar its beauty, or to which menmo ry could recur with sorrow. During her last illness she was .resigned to the will of God concerning her, and died trusting in the merits of Christ for salvation. And her mother and her brothers and sisters who survive her, have the comfortable assurance that she, for whom they mourn, is but transplanted from this life, which at best is not unmixed with sorrow, into that better and more glorioum state of existence where Jesus wipes all tears from the eyes of his people. A FaraxD. DanrruD this life, on the 1st inst., Mrs. MARY A NN R AMBO, wire of BIaxus 1IAM5o, in the 35th year of her age. She had been a consistetnt member of the Bap tist Church for many years. She bore her pro tracted illness with Christian resignation; and but a short time before she breathed her last, expressed her willingness to die, and requested the author of these lines to pray for her, in which she erptastly engaged. A few minutes after she fell aslee'p in She has left a disoonsolatehusband, fie atedion ate children, and numerous relationand ftiemds to THlE QUESTION OF DIVISION. It is wrong, we think, to make this question the turning point of our District elections; and it occurs to us as being the worst possible policy for those who seek that measure. By avowing that they will sup port only those who think with them, on this subject, do not the Divisionists see that they array all the rest of the District against them! When a local question like this becomes an element in controlling popular elections, its abstract merits are lust sight of in the very natural opposition begouten in the hearts of those whose political rights are threatened with invasion. They feel at once the up-springing of resentment; and before time has been taken to consider the question, they form themselves into an opposing colnmn. Such an afTect, we fear. is rapidly taking place in Edgefield at this time; and we can but regard it a. a thing to be deprecated. With this sort of 'management. the Division party (as it Is called) may succeed for ar election or two ; but its success cannot he a perman ent one. So soon as the rest of the people become fully aware that the result of the issue is to exclude them and their men from all posts, whether of hnr,or or profit, they will of course, enter the strife with a determination not to be outdone. Thus will the Dr visionists go by the hoard-anel the spectacle will he presented. of a District 'teciding against a measure which it would, in all probability. have acqtiesced ir had the circumstances of its agitation been of a milder cast. It is a pity for the Division cause (anti we are fat from being an enemy in it) that it ehnnll have beer thus initiatedl. When they go before tie Legislature it wonld he far better that they shnbi do so with the assent of the great majority of their fellow-chiizens Tnstead of this. they may find themeelves before that hody with a majority declaradly opposed to them We think it quite likely from pres-nt appearances. Iow easily this could have been avnided by adopting the more moderate course of claiming only a fair pro portion of our Legislative representation, and leaving the question entirely ont of view in regard to the othe1 elections that come before the people. In this way, at least two able advocates in each Legislature conk have been secured and the opposItion of the District left.nnaronsed. The feeling almost everywhere wouk then have been acquiescent if not friendly; wherea it is now assuming an appearance of actual hostility. We repeat that this is to be deprecated. Let it hi etrpped before matters grow worse. Let the Division' ists be content with a part of the delegation. And let the opposition not object to yielding them a fair proportion thereof. But before this can be done, we are awaretlhat each party must he convinced that the other has grounded its arms. The sooner this work of harmony is begun and carried nut, the better foi the peace of the District, and, particularly, the bette for the prospect of Division. TiE GREAT RACE. Ftt.t.uoae, it is thought, will be withdrawn, and the turf he left to BuciiAAN and FttaxMor. Bocz will make a clean sweep of the South. While the Freemonlers will uphold their captain with all their might at the North. But it is surmised that many of Ftt.t.MoE's supporters in that section of the Unior will come to the help of BucHANAN " against ths mighty." And there is the tug of tie battle. The fate of the country will not now be lung in unfolding itself. Whatever may come of it, we rejoice in beleiv ing that the South is at length united and preparet fur the worst. Miscellaneous Items. B' A collision occurred at Washington, o n the 18th int, in an omnibus, between Mr. McMullen, of Virginia, and Mlr. Granger, of New York, members o Congress. Granger received two severe blows in the face. The difficulty had grown out of a political dis cusion. The House has ordered an investigation u the difficulty, to be reported at the next sessioni of Con gress. R Ft-s C~iOAT.-This great man of Massachusetts and successor of aIr. Webster in the Senate, an oh tine Whig, has come ont nobly arid patriotically ii favor of Buihanan and the Unrion. JOHn C. FaIxon-r was a member of the U itei States Senate from September 10, 1850, to March 4 181. During the piertild, covering one entire seasiot of three months, and a part o:' another, he wasn in hi seat hut twenty-one idays. For these twenty-one dayt service he drew $10,000 mileage and per diem pay onclyfee ksuudred dollua per diema for actual serv ice. gg The five great evils of life are said tube standl ing collars, stove pipe bats, tighat boots, Lad schiukej anI cross u omen. Eg Hon. Win. A. Richardson, of Illinois, has re signed his seat in Congres-s. gr There is a man in New Orleatns who is sr ecnuical that he wears a shirt until it rota off', an' the sells it for guano. LV The Hloutstoni (Texas) Telegraph states that nber of cattle and horses are dying on the prairices in coseqence of the scarcity of water. Th~Iis hn: beei uni unfortunate year for the stick in that State Great numbers perisheid trim cold, last witer, ant now others are dying fiomi heat and thirst. [7 FR ED. LDot'G.Ag t:ns withdrawn the ticket o ie Ailitionists fro lis piper, anid gives two col uns of reasons for sui porting Frement and Dayton. gg lt is reported that the manrriage of Prince Frede rick William with the princess royal of Englaind is fixei for Sptembe'r, 1857. Eg Why are energetic men like emetics ? Be cause you can't keep them down. af The Galveston Civilian, of the 9th int, says "1Te weatheir has recently been favorable fur cotton though sonic neighborhoo~ds have been less fortuniate than others. The prisrect for a good eri.p is fnir ; tim pikig is now generally and rapidly progressing The sason ini 'Texs ai l:,ars to be nearly a moiitl earlier than in the older states." gg lHn. James Meachamn, member of Cungres: from Vermont, is dead. gg It Philaidelphiia there is a sign six feet lont and ten inches wide, usn which tire the words, "Fl) oison for sale here." A minute exam'nntion show. that he letters are furnud of the bodies of dead flies who have succumbed to the potency of the poison. gg The New York Trimne, of the 19 inst, lias die l lowing: "A private noate from the lHon. Chbs miier, dated at Cresuon, tun the Alleghany Moun-. tins, otn Friday last, informs ns that lie is, at last irvalescent, thes mnntain air havinig had a benseicial fect. For three days lie had beent able to ride on hsreback. BgThat man onlty is truly brave whto fears noth ig so niuch as c'omnmitting a mean action, anid on dauntedly fulfils die duty, whatever be the danger, which imtpede his way. gg A getilemiani in St. Jo1,se Valley, Culifornia has twnty~ hives of flourishing bees, wihichi produce 150 pouds of honey per month. $7 Sixteen acres otn the Elk Iclanid estate oi Julit Ijarrisoin, of Coochilandl, Va., proiduced the~ lrge amount if six hundred and forty biushels of whleai -averagiig fifcy-thiree and three quarter bushels ol wheat per acre. SUcE.-We regret to .- tate that yesterdat trnig, Mr. George Shetgog, who it appear~s hd premeditated siciide sotme two or three dys previous, delibertitely pied his niek upon te Rail of the Greetnville Ronid wheti a tr.nin of cre ws about passing the aput where hie had re eted, and niot withstanidinug the Etiginecer promptly reversed his valve, the. Engine passed over the unfortunatte matt entirely seve~rimg his had from the body. A letter found aut Is resi dce, writtetn by him on Monday last, disehos ed the fuet that he itended a rush act which hat been very deliberately carried out. e Jury 'of lInquest returned a verdict in ac crdanco with the above f'acts.-Columbiat Times Tus YEAR's ECLIPSES-The Cincinnati En qirer thus serves up politics anid astronomy: "There are to be six eclipsea this year--two of the sun, two of the moson, one of the Know Nothings, anid one of the Black Reptublicans. Theo last two will be tolal. in fact, neither body wll ever make its appearance again. The eclipse of the Black Republienina will only be visible in the northern States, that body never having been neen in the Sonth. It cnn be been without the aid of smoked glass. Trhis eclipse will com mnce on the morning of Novemher 4th, con tinuing during a greater part of the day, reach ing the point of total obscurity about sunset, at hich ime the Democracy will shine outin iai ll ll ainory