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ARTHUR SIMKINIS, rDITORn 3ID3RXLD, . C. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31,1856. OUR AGENT. TJ. WuTrraka is our autherised Agent to re esivisubscripiens and coleet a11 momes due this ease. T1e Cash System adopted. After the first if January we will adopt the Cash system sd Intend strictly to adhere to it in eseh sad every instane. It is certainly the best system fer alespeially newspaper publishers, and as our bils are generaly small it will beno inconvenience to ay one-to pay up in advance. To Advertisers. All adveitisemeuts, to secure publicity through our columns, must be paid for when handed In. Those who live at a distanee wishing to advertise, an eeose the amount for which they desire to ad wertims. Those advertiming by contract, by the year, wiltezpected to dettle up quarterly. - iberal Iroposton. We wl f4* inh the Advertiser and Columbia Ezasiser,'one year, for $4.25, payable in advance. Thebsasiner is a large and excellent literary pa per' published iveekly, at $3 per annum. We will furnish the Adwertiser and Soutkern ig-ht one year for $3,50, payab'e in advance. - Te Light is a well conducted monthly Journal, devoted to religious and literary reading, and pub libsed in thinVillge at$2,00. Those wishing to eneourage Southern enterprise and obtain good and cheap publieations,. would do wel to take up our proposition. 17 Any one sending us five new subscribers to the Aduertiser, with the cash for the same, will be entitled to the sixth copy gratis. STH PACT OF THE EUSINESS Is this. Editor, Publisher and Printers are taking Xmas on the large, and it falls to my lot to keep things a;-going this week. I would be more wiling to undertake it if I had a real good egg nogg by my side. As it is,Imust go it on that one dram of whiskey the fellows gave me this morning. *POLITCN. There's none afloat. The Charleston Zerury, Gen. Buarwuu, and two or three others, are still talking about disunion. But the biggest part of our sensible people are is for old Buox and the Constitution. If they fail, then there will very probably be the devil to pay. Whether be will take his pay In blood or in niggers remains to bii seen. g7Hoir. P. e.Baooxs' admirable speech in the House of Representatives, on the 17th inst., has beenreceived, and will be published in our next issue. N C IT wil be seen, by reference to another column that the meeting of the Edgefleld Village Bible Society ViU beheld in the Episcopal Church, ,on Friday next, instead of Saturday, as stated by 'Rev. Mr. BzLLrNGER on last Sunday. The Mem bers of the Society will please take notice and govern themselves accordingly. SPLENDIDPURNITURE. Rev. C. B. WALExm intends offering a magnii cent lot of Furniture for sale at auction at his -residence In Buncombe, on Saturday next. See his advertisement over there, and recollect a good opportunity Is at your door. ANOTHER CHANCE. Boa Sururax is also going to auction of his reaining' stock of Goods, on Thursday, and says he is going to distribute them around~among the poor,llfheecannot sell. That is afirat rate idea ! - And, provided he does'nt get any bldderspire ex pet to have two or three pocket knifes, whips, tops, lots of marbles, bails, dumb watches, and -many other things not necessary to elongate, of which Bpa has a right good assortment left. Be certain to turn &ut, if you wish to buy many valu able articles at your own ofebr. To CORRIESPONENTS. I have just received the following note from the Editor, which (not being exactly understood by myself) must speak for Itself: *" Ma. Ii': I mut ask you to say to our pooti cal correspondents, that my paragraph on Lyric Poetry, a number or two back, was not intended for any one In particular,--least of all for the one who has complained about it. It contained a few abstract reflections, 'suggested by the defects of newspaper poetry generaly. If there were any hints that might he advantageously considered by my immediate correspondents, I was in hopes they would be regeivei in kindness. Sorry as I am to part company with any one for so trivial a cause, I must say that I shall continue to supervise and criticize as heretofore; always, however, with much more of esteem than severity. When I shall cease to have confidence in my own taste, I shall cease to be an EDITOR. LAST WEEr'S PLAYS. As every body said they were good, it is not for a little devil like me to say nay. Yet, if I might venture a word!, I should remark that8B's. vocaliza ticn at one point was not characterized .by that emuegic ef'ect I have sometimes witnessed in simi lar passages-that MrLrI V. was barely one de gree below perfection in the left hand corner of the 3rd Act of the "Lady of Lyons,"--that W. L. rendered three syllables, in a certain line of the " Honey Moon," either too warmly or too excited. ly, I could'nt tell which on account of the talking of a blamed drunken rascal who sat close by me; --and that the Cor.. had'nt enough of the Bosphoe vous in his soliloquies. The dances were ne plus sUra--entirely successful. Prof. Brocs, however, In wheeling in the first promenade, on the right corner of the board, placed his right foot about half an inch too far to the left, but it was not ob served by many.-Now I'li get thundernext week. NEWS OP THE WEEK. Cotton Is said to be rising, and thank Heaven for It. Money is tolerably plenty now, but I am one of those who want it to be more so. I want to have gaarters where now I find nothing but these abominable three-cent pieces. The 1wars are all over, and thank Heaven for that too ! I'm opposed to bloodshed out and out. I would'nt spill that of a chicken, if it was not that I love 'em so much friend broen. Walker's making headway in Nicaragua, and thank Heaven for that also and likewise! I dreampt the'othergtlht I was there, and had two dollars and seventy-five cents. in my pocket. La!i how good it didfeell - Fourthly, the Dutch have taken Holland. .-us ARRIVED. - - The Qiaseutue has just arrived within a mile and a half of this place, and will be on exhibition Thursday evening next, at 6 o'clock precisely. The sport will be of the rarest; tickets onlyfiee cents apiece. All who wish to be infinitely amus ed, would do yell to find out the valley in a cer tain old held where this recherhe eshow is to come off. Kit! eed. THE HOLIDAYS. A leetle of the bald-faced has been taken down during the holidays in our town-just sleetle. r have not had a drap till to-day. But every body else has, I verily beleive. The darliies, especially, bad quiea swing inthatHae. Onenlight they got so hlghup asto givea-conert; Miss M. and the Mimesn Y-d were the prima donnas of the eve aing. A chap who peeped In at the wiadow tells me they sagoperatie pieces altogethui. The duo's er thought byf some to resemble the cmbina OUR NEW YUARs ADDnss. Look out for it to-morrow. It is unique, luilferous and not very long. It will be offered at a halfiollar or fifty cents (I don't care which) per copy. Please. good people, save the quarters for.me. Il give you value received, and my prettiest benediction into the bargain. -APP. TODDY-, tebs I undertake to assert that apple toddy isthe best and heartiest winter-drink imaginable. Made mod erately stronit, coffee does not compare with it in point of healthfulness. As a night'cap, after sit ting up and working late. It is peculiarly admira ble; and this is the way to make it: Bake four apples carefully, or rather roa-st them onthe hearth which is better. Put them in a pitcher. Pour on them a brimming tumbler-fall of good brandy. Throw in a dozen cloves, some nutmeg, some spice and a little cinnamon. Add fourtable-spoonsfullof ,pounded loaf-sugar previously dissolved in as little hot water as possible. Stir these ingredients well, mashing the apples in the process. Let all stand and soak one hour. Then pour In four tumblers full of very hot water. Cover with a towel to keep in the steam. Uncover, stir again, and you have four elegant night-caps for four full-grown men. COURTING. Its the hardest subject to write on ever I struck. How to court, is the question. Some do it by a rolling of the eyes ; some by a squeezing of hands ; some by pretty speeches; some by looking so ugly as to excite sympathy; some by begging after they have been kicked two or three times; and afew by the outspoken eloquence of a full heart. And one n'ay or another, every one seems to find a mate. I am happy to state that a very fair amount of courting is said to be going on just now in these parts. Several weddings are on band and others are expected. I am delighted at the prospect; be cause it leads me to hope that my gal will get in the notion along with the restof 'em. And then! Oh. Ephraim Diddledepidget ! what a time wilt thou have of it! FAST BOYs. As this is a good time for us torub every body a eele, I'll just pitch into some of our fast boys a few. There goes a couple of 'em now,-One with a cock hat on and a long nine in his mouth, dancing the Shuckelwackileberger quadrille or something else, and the other with a big quid In his jaw, a walking cane under his arm, anda shawl on. Now aint they a nice-looking couple. They both have been drunk for the last week, or I'm no judge of human nature. What these specimens of the genus homo will come to, is beyond the prophecy of man to say; but we do not hesitate to predict that they will either come to want, the Poor House or the gallows. The latter has gone out of date; but mykingdom! some of the rising gen eration will be greatly indebted toit in a few years. However, as we do not wish to be too tight, and might possibly get ourself into a little brush with some of them, we will close by giving Longfellow's opinion, in poetry, of the present age: In every village you can find, A number of young " gents" Who think themselves, in point of mind, Quite fit for Presidents. They stalk around the~bar-roonm door, Smoking their "long nines,"' They quench their thirst with " Simon pure," And various other wilnes. They think 'tis smart to go to church, And " puff around the door ;" Or else upon Its windows perch And litter up the floor. These " fast"s young men have " brass" enough, To stare in ladies' faces; Deeply in debt-in mannersrough Iu fact, they're out of traces." Some study Law and others Physic, Alas! they neither learn; In practice, they will lbe eniiric For Fame they'll vainly burn. Somebody surely should tell themi, What they seem not to know, That " the wise always do contemn Those, who such actions do." USEFUL. RECIPE, Old Mrs. Sxow-car senda in the following recipe for a new kind of cake. It lasa been a rather difli cult job to make it out, but I trust I have come pret ty near it: "-Take of fiour two pounds. Stir in sugar till it becomes a tolerably stiff batter. Then sweeten to t,ste and add salt enough just to overcome th~e ex eens of sugar. Pour in water well diluted with brandy, till the whole mixture begins to assume a greeing-purplish hue. Then increase the heat rapidly till the upper crust .becomes considerably pukered. Take up instantly, wipe off the ashes with brown paper, and serve before thb puckered surface begins to subside." I hope the ladie-s will give AuNT Snow-cdrs re cipe a fair trial. A compositor at my elbow suggests that the old lady was nodding when she wrote It. I deny the insinuation and boldly defy the scrutiny of our best gaitronomists.. Baut if in truth " there's nothing in it," I console myself with the redieetion, that Sir Giles Over reach thought the same of the crater of Vesuvius. A FEW ITEMS For somebod's benefit. We know they should receive attention and therefore recommend thema to the especial consideration of some of our sub scribers and friends. Recollect firstly, That he who takes the papers, . . And pays his bills when due, Can live at peace with God and man, And with the printer too. And secondly, bear in mind, That it is a mistake to suppose that newspapers are printed for amusement, and-that printers deem it a compliment when a friend bogs half a dozen to give away. -. And, thirdly, we hope our Merchants will re member what the Rothschilds, of Europe, have said about advertising: " The Merchant who does not advertise liberally ig the newspapers is lIke a man who has a lantern, but who is too stingy to buy a candle; he stum bles about in the dark long after all hais more sen sible neigbors have lighted themselves, home." Trusting that every body concerned will give the above sock-dolagers a little space in their era niums, we will wind up by telling them what will be the consequence if they fail to comply. They will take to drinking and lyinag round corners where somebody keeps a little beverage, and finally they will peg out. But worst of all will be the v'erdict of the coroner's jury, which will read as followa: " Death by hanging-round a rumsihop." For my own amusemenat, I have gathered up the following little scrays, most of which will ex tract a smile: IWVA student in wanat of money sold his books and wrote home, " Father, rejoice; for I now de riye my support from literature." 3W Ax enterprising but ignorant~South Ameri can has sent to an Albany locomotive shop for one hundred " cowcatchers." He expects to use them in taking wild cattle on the plains of Paraguay, .in place of the lasso. " SEE here, my friend, you are drunk !" " Drunk I" to be sure I am, and have been for the last three years. You see my brother and I are on the temperance mission. He lectures while I set afrightful ewaniple !" 3g To make a girl love you, coax her to love semebody else. If there be anything that woman relishes, it is to be contrary. 3g SCOLorNG is the pepper of matrimony, and the ladies areithe gppe~r pesps! So says anold un bclor For the Advertiser.4 THE WITEBE E0Q -t. . DEDICATED TO N. W. 0. 'Tis eye, and with the last faint blush, Of daylight fading fromi the sky, There falls upon my heart the humh Of softly dreaming memory I Of oldeni times, when.beauty bright - Enraptured heart, and ioul,.and mind, When thoughts of love, and bliss, and ligh, My clouds all thro' with rose-tints lined. When Joy, and Hope twin-angels wreathed Their garlands fair around my heart, And Love's devotions hro' me breathed, With thoughts that never can depart! The flowers you gave me, love, are1iere, All faded is their gloriou4 bloom, Pressed to my heart still, still so dear,. Like roses drooping o'er some tomb I For is it not the grave of all The hopes that erst were its sole life 1. Whose radiance fled beyond recall, Leaves my wrung soul with anguish rife ! You culled them from the wilderness Of roses that around us lay, Nor dreamed e'en then your loveliness Was stealing all m3 soul away! I think of thee, as of the ray From lightning sudden, fitful glare That beams alone to pass away, And leave the darkness still more drear I Then, fare-thee-well-naught-can impart, One gleam of joy or gladness, save, The withered flowers that on my heart, Keep lonely watch o'er young love's grave ! DAISY. ' For the Advertiser. CAMP HILDEOARDE, K. T. Nov, 9th 1856. Ma. gorroR: You will scarce imagine that you have a correspondent 150 miles from Miseouri, in the uninhabitable parts of Kansas, but so it is. I have gone Into " Unole Sam's service,"1 and am now engaged in laying off or rather surveying lands for the use of future settlers; but I am perfectly satisfied that it will be a long, long time before Un le Sam will be paid enough for these lands to pay for Its survey. It is mountainous and poor, no timber, and totally unfit for cultivation. For several days we traveled over hills without any roads to guide us. Our compass was our only safety. A. it was I have been lost three times, and twice laid out all night hungryand tired, and yet was within a short distance of camp but did not know it., Once for 40 hours I had nothing to eat and had to lay out all night in the -old without even an overcoat. I have seen something of life since I have been in Kansas, that I little dreamed off when I left old Edgefield. In the lower part of Kausia there is little or no game, but here there is plenty of deer elk and tur key, and we are serenaded every, night by a.pack of Iungry wolves. We hunt daily an-I ive1 ii".g One day last week we killed a barrow coon weigh ing over 30 pounds ; and aftet- burying it in the snow three days; we ate it. This,aefi:hife aking a walk, as fine a b:ek/uii I ever saw rose from the grass within ten feet of me, but my ever fithful rifle madgehim pay for his folly. I have a agnificent-pait' of horns fo.r you when I return. The snow is only waist deep. Did you ever have a serenade from a pack of IHungry Wolves and Eaodting Owls. We have it nighatly, it is delight ful-wary. Get a map of Kansas Terr'tory-place yo.- finger on FortsRiley, and I will be just 8 miles west of tlat. My next trip will be to Fort Bend, just 500 iles further west. At present we are near peacea lehIdians; then we will be amongst hostile thieving wretches. I had expected to find Bunfalo here but hey haave'gone south ; the Indians from this section ave gone after thorn. They will return in a few eeks and we will have meat in abundance. We ame through their village, it was deserted-all one. In two weeks time there will be 4,000 of hem at the village to receive their annuities from Uncle Sam. They drink, gamble, dance all sorts >f dances and spend every dime in two weeks-then o home. White men get it all. There are Catholic and Baptist Missionaries amongst every tribe, but about pay days they loose all influence. I have seen some splendid looking chiefs and young girls in fact some of the latter are magnificent. I almost think of turning "Ingin." They would make me " Big chief." I have learned to do a good many things out here that I never expected. I can gee aw oxen first rate, and I can ride one equally as well. I can trait a main over the hills when no one ese about here except an Indian could find'him. I an butcher an animal as well as my old friend Smith Radford. I can mend a boot as well as old Duncan, I can wash my clothes, lecan cook " a no. 1" and can talk " Ingin." Besides all this, I am fat, learty and so bearded that my friend S. G. would ot know me. Let me advise all young men not to think of oming to this country ; it is not the place for them. Mten of family ! don't ene unless you have means to spport you a year or two, and even then you must expect to put up wi-h hardships and privations, if f you should come, go to the southern part of Kan sas near Fort Scott. If [ was confident th's letter would ever rteach ou I would write miore particulars, but it is very nertain. Howevir, I will give you copionse xtracts rom my dairy when I return to Lecompton, K. T. Pray send me a paper to that oficee as I am truly axious to hear from old Edgefield. Yonrs, &ie. * BELL. For the Advertiser.. DEATH'S KISBION. 'T nY TITLE. " There is a reaper ana hiis name is DeathA;' And with his sickle keen, Hie cuts the bearded grain at a breath, ANIDTnIE FLOWEaS TNAT onow BETwvEEN!" Oh, Death ! Death ! Death ! coming every where hy advent is least looked for, least hoped for, and enying thy dreamless, painless slumber to the arth-weary pilgrim sighing for thy peaceful bournel Strangely solemn is this greeting I scud yog, hristmas revellers, mid your joy. Ill timed per hps, but when is death's dark angel otherwisei et 'twill come ; heedless alike or gladness or woe, amine or plenty, young hearts or old. It flutters n thme rags of the shivering outcast, starving for the erumbs that fall from the rich man's table," and s folded in the soft ermine of the pampered child of uxury, " who fares sumptuously overy day."~ it my sigh along the summer breeze that idly wvan ons by,or howl in the frozen.breath of winter ; yet ts coming is equally mire. Every where Death preads his black banner, to floamt forever between s and earth's glad sunshine-throwing his dark antle of easeless oblivion over our joys and hopes1 pleasures and sorrows ; over friend and foe loved snd loving. Many a Christmas carol has he turned e now to a mournful dirge I Many a gushing song ifhope, to a bitter knell of despair ! And oh, how runy a lieautiful flower has lhe crushed forever in his icee-cold grasp ! Bright human flowersand cher shed!i That have clasped their tendrils so elosely rond our hearts, that they are intertwined with rery quivering life string there! And does he Viause to mark the ruin he is ma ig, when he tears them so ruthlessly from their ating place, regardless of their clinging, reckless the ndppingssunder of our heart-strings one, yotei Ah Ino !no !and he buries them deep, leep in the frauen ground, too deep for the sunshine ofour love ever to warm thema Into life again; ibecking, blighting their young bloom even in its tpring. 'And thus the frail idols.of clay we have so vildly worshipped, return t6 .6t, uleepihg on in ine long breathless 6eim, aidw cry, " God help 1s," in our great agony, ?pyd forgive us for our dolatry" and bend our 1triren heads to the very marth for the great storn-elund to pass-on in its meesing work of destriieti.n. And who dreams hen of kissing the hand thilmoldo the bitter ebalice a our lips, and meekly sayn' iuwith the carth-for aken One, kriceing on Geihsan's.bloodtiad urf, "Thy 'Will, not mine, Neile !- Yet "'whom jod Inveth, Ile chasten-th,' -these 'are drops of ove from the great ct an o-od's heart, sent in oving kindness to Wean us fm the t.o fatally en -hanting beauty oftarth. And-He in mereirul and oving, even v hen to Wzr distorted, earth blad ision his judgmontas seem- -most sever, must licart-rending. Ile sends' these triali, that we may not become too deeply attached to the " land >f our exile" and forget thAetright home awaiting as in our " Father's house,<eyond the bright zure, star-decked donie thatveils it fiom our daz ded light-the true home:-of the pilgrim where be weary may rest, in the 1riously beautiful land )f the blest. Where star-crowned angels fold their iings in the august -presence bf the immortal King Af Ages, and whitewingedfseraphs, with hearts btrning with rapturous -1 forever chant his praise on golden harps aituned-to love's most glori Dun melody. God grant, my friends, I* rmay all meet there; and saved at last - will jol with those radiant spirits in their hymn of prai. "and feel in our heart of hearts, no matter what e h's trials were theyre over now, and we can say, - "Joy, joy forever ou (ask is done, The gates are passed:and Heaven is iwon." ARRIVAL OF THE STEMRSEP EUROPA. NEW YonK, Dec. 27.-'ife Royal Mail steam. hip Europa, Capt LErckhas arrived, with Liverpool dates, one day iter than biouglht by the Canada. She brings accounts to Saturday December 13, inclusive. - Liverpool Cotton Marke6 The cotton market continued unchanged. T1p sales for the week were 53,000 bales, of which s'peculators took Q,000, and exporters 5,06 bales: Hermann, Cox & Co., quote 'Middli. Uplands at 6 13. 16 d. Flour Market.-The maret has declined 6.1. to Is. Wheat-Market deelinea2d. to 3d. Manchester trade.-Trade was saisifactory in. all the manufacturing districts. Consols--Had' ieclinedI' and quoted at 931. Money market unehangtd. News.-Political news generally fully antici. pated by the Canada. , . SECOND DIE14TCH. Richardson, Spence & Co.. report that the cotton market had slightlydeclined on the ordi nary and better qualities; and that as the Mid dling grades remained scarce, prices were lirm. Geo. Holt & Co., ieport the cotton market steady, and the demand fairly supplied-Mid dling Orleans quoted at Id. The Brokers' Circular qotes Fair Orleans at 7 3.8d.; Fair Uplands 7 id. The Emperor of Austria has met with a chill. 'n reception from the-Kingof Naples. 'npnd has commenced iperations in the Persian Gulf. jr.ussia is about commencingitive measures against Switzerland.' , THE case of Pennington, the negro preacher, against the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company, Involving the question o'f the right of colored persons to ride in public vehicles in New York, terminated on Friday, in a veraiet for the defen dant. The Herald says an appeal to a higher court will probably be taken. It wilt be recol lected that a suit of a similar character was tried seme time since be~ JudgeW Whiting, and deeiiled in favor of' right' ciaimed. by colored persons. If decent free negroes make no objection to riding in the same omnibus with Black Re. publicans, we think the latter have no cause or right to object. WASHING TON, December 24, 1856. THE ConoN Cnor.-The Senators and Re. preentatives in. Congress from the Cottor planting Districts, have written letters which agree in the opinion that the Cotton erop.thE present year will be one-fourth shorto'that of lst yead, and that it will niot exceed 2,700,000 pounds. They give this as the result of obser. vat ions and conversations while canvassing thei: districts duritng th~e recent elections. CUBA SUGAR CnoP.-A letter from I-Invan: says: ,. The busy season of our sugar planters has fairly set in, and many estates have already be. gun to grind. The crop promises well, and it i, calculated that it wilt ecd that of last yenl by more than 500,000 boxes. The tobacco ib sufering severely for want of rain. FOUND DEADo.-On Sunday last, one Benj Lowsbury, a saddler by trade, was found dead near Benver Creek Ronad, between Capt. In. grai's plaee where A. Gream resides, and the residence of Mrs. Twitty. No marks of violenet were about his person, and the verd'iut of the Coroner's Jury In the case, wa", that the de. eesed "died by the visitation of.God."-Lan. aster Ledger, GENS. WALKE.-Genera1 Walker, says the New York 'Time.., has written a letter to a friend in New York, dated December 1st, in whicuh he says: "I consider that our permanent power in Central Ameriea never has been on ao firma basis as now. Nor do I know of one single month, since 1 have been in Nicaragua, wherein we have made so mutch progress towards final results as-the month which las just ended." Gov. AugE.-The correspondent of the New York Daily News thu. compliments our Repre entative: " The Hon. William Aiken, of South Caroli n, ,ocupied the Speaker's chair in the House to-day, Mr. Baniks being absenit. The appetir ance of' this gentlemnan in that position for the first time evidenced the flet that he is the style of mnan for the place. His dignified appearance and be'aring juatified the selection which the opponents of Mr. Bainks made for a candidate to defeat bim.". THE LATE EXelTESET.-The Richmond Dispatch says: ' The excitement in Tennessee regailding a revolt has, subsided. All the stave churches have been finally closed, and no hoti4*y pill be allowed the negroes this Christmas. The free negroes are being driven ont of aeveral sections of the State, on penalty of death jf they remain. This thas ended the ineundiary -'eff'orts of fiends who have entailed ona Lbeir 4eluded visetims a loss of the enjoyment they oancs possessed, and in many instances have consigned them to the gallows. In Kentucky and elsewhere all dis turbances have been .ef'fectually quelled by the violent death of the leaders, and all excitement has disappeared. THE chief of Pollee in New Orleans has comn mened the policy of making notorious thieves, burglars and pick-pockets " walking advertise ments of their owvn shamie.". lHe affixes the pture of the offence, for which they have been convited, in large letters on pasteboard, and then the culprit, with this prominent label on their breast and back, Is marched about and ex ibited in public places, so as to enable the pub li to see and know the matn who has been uilty of such offences. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23. LARGE FIRns TN PHILADELPHiA.-Funston's extensive Brush Factory, on 16th street, was destroyed by fire to-day, by which two hundred ands are thrown out of employnment. Another o~nflagrtion destroyed Mills & Flynn's Sta b~les in West Philadelphia, together with 150 iorses and 50 cmnibuaes. The flames comn municated to Wilson's Plumning Mill, near the Navy Yard, which was also - destroyed. Loss estimated at 1,iO 00.O. The fiemen~ weko kept bard at work al1 .4ght, MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT. -A most melancholy accident oceurred on Monday, 15:h inst., near Van Patton's, in this di4tricl. by which an iner esting son of S. S; Robnck lost his life. The circnmstances of. his death are exceed. ingly painful and distressing. Ilo was driving the horses attached to a cotton gin, and playing with another little boy, .wlien; through.childish indiscretion, his head iWas caught between one of the arms or the cog.wheel and the upright pie& which supports the en I of the shift of the-hand-wheel, and so mashed and mangled as to cause his deall instantly. His father, who at the time was attending the gin, ran immediately to his relief, but was only permitted to bear him out a bleeding, lifeless corpse. We are seldom called upon to witness a more heart-rending cir eumstanco. Ile was an interesting, lovely boy, full of life and cheerfulness, in the ensoyment of good health and the possession of a kind disposition, and yet in the very midst of the brightest hopes of life, lie was in a moment stricken down, and these hopes forever bligh ted. God in His wisdom has directed the stroke, and we should bow to the decree.-Laturensville Herald. HOMICDE.--Matlew M. Sellers, who was. mentioned as having been stabbed at Odom's sale, died in about .three hours after receiving the wound. - The knife entered the breast be tween the third and fourth ribs, and penetrated the norta. The Coroner, J. C. Ch:,pman, Esq., held an inquest over the body tile next day, who reported that the said Mathew M. Sellers came to his death from a -wound inflicted by a knife in the hands of Daniel Johnson. Johnson fled, and has not as yet been taken. A reward has been offered for his apprehension.-Cheraw Gazette. SAD OCCURRENCE.-A shocking fatality oc curred at Stockport, New York, a day or two since.. A woman named Dickerman was sitting with her child, two years old, in her lap, when an angry conversation occurred between her and her sister, who was cutting some work with a pair of scissors. In a fit of rage the latter threw the scissors with great force, the point ,striking the child upon the breast and penetrating the heart. The innocent little one exclaimed: "Oh, mother! mother !" and immediately expir ed. Mrs. Dickermah did not see her sister throw the scissors, and was not conscious of what had been done until she saw the instrument of death planted in his breast. A coroner's jury was called, who, after a full investigation of the affair, rendered a verdict in accordance with the. above facts, and the sister is now in Hudson jail to await a trial. DEMAND FOR CoTToN.-The New York Her ald estimates the requirements of trade at the end of ten years at from five and a half to six millions of bales-an amount, says the Herald, "which this country would find no diffleilty in supplying, or even augmenting to 7.000,000 of bales, were African labor at all available for the purpose." Bennett, therefore, proposes to re open the slave trade as a method of supplying the deficiency of African labor. To which the Richmond Examiner well replies: " We can point the Herald to a more effica cious and humanle tneans of replenishing the cotton labor market. It is, to make the North and Canada send back our fugitive slaves, and to allow the fine coton soils of the public do main west and southwest of the Mississippi to be colonized by the supernumerary negruts of the Southwestern States, instead of, by eternal agitation, compelling their retention here and employment in the ruder mechanic arts, ror which Nature never designed the nigger." orEiscellaneous Items, Ig"1. Rt. WE'Giins, - nior, of Coluinbia, has been appointed bji his~ Excellency Gov. ALLSTON, Registrar of Births and.- Marriages,' under the Act just gassed by the General As sembly. gg"STECKLE & WILsoN's Livery Stables. in. Augusta,4Ga., and other property in the neighborhood, were burnt on Wednesday lash, to the amount of $2,000. ig O the 21st and 22d insts., the receipts of cotton at New Orleans reached twenty-six thousand eight hutndred anid seventy-nine bales. ig' SECRETAR !- Marcy says, in private conT versation, that the neutrality laws shal'bd en forced against those recruiting for' Walker as they were agast Mr. Cramnpton and the British Consuls. gg THE President gave a dinner party Moni day afternoon to Generals Shields, Quiliman, Law, Cu-hing, Col. Weller anid oficeers who were associated with him in the Mexican war. Eif A Tennessee paper says, Senator Jiell will loso about $10,000 by the insurrection panic. Four of his negroes, in his absence, were hung by one of the local' courts, arnd five more afterwvards by the mob. Og- WE regiret to learn (says 11he Carolina Tines) that the IHon, Jns. A. BLACK, late Sena -tor of this District in the Legi-dature, and for several years a prominent member of the legal profession at this place, died at his residence, at Spring Bluff, on the Wateree River, on Sat urday niigl t, 20th inst., of apoplexy. gr A New York cot respondent writes: " One of'our rich merchants-a man of~ the for tunle of a million and a half-a resident otn the Fifth atvamie-connected with one of the first houses in New York-was carried yesterday to the Insane llospital, 1ie is anothler illustration of what our city shows in many lamentable eases, of the danger of over-attenltion to busi ness." (Gi"EwUAn ANDEnSoN, a negro blacksmith, having shops at Cleveland, Ohio, atnd Madison, Indiana, was arrested on the Cineinnati mail boat on WVednesday evening last, on thle charge of enticing negroes from Carroliton, Kentucky. He was brought to Louisvilie, atnd thence taken to Carrolltotn. [He is said to be a brother of Anerson, the Reveren enclored gentlemian re cently arrested upon a similar charge. (Qi DUNG the past yeaf, Prescott, the his. torian, has received ani income of $20,000 for his literary labors. jg. Tija Rev. E. H. Chapin, the talented Universalist divina, who now receives a salary of $5,000J from his aangregation in Droadw:'y, New York, is said to have been itnvited to take charge of a congregation in Chicago., Illinois, at a salary of $10,000. g' A scald or burni canu be easily eared by the use of P'erry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer. L is equally effectual in curing headache, pain in the stomach or bowels, dysentery, diarrhima, and cholera. H Y DI EN!I A L, M~atsZE, on the 21st inst., by Rev. J. W. Cole nina, Mu Mnst RELIoacI aind Mies CL~arssa Asx LarAno, all of Edgefield Jpistript. NIaJap, on the 23d Dcc.,by Rev. J. Townsend, Mg. J~ras iEAnSIA, of Abbeville, and Miss Sp SAN PoWsas, of Edgefield District. MAaLRIEP, on the 23d1 inst., by Rev. S. P. Getzen, Mr. JAMEs BOYD, of Alabama, and Miss LvarA PARKAN, daughter of Mr. Charles Parkman, of this District. MARaIED, on the 10th inst., by the Rev. John Holland, Mr. Jonx. 1. SAarrLE, of Nitety-Six, A b beville District, and Miss MAaY Axs Fov, of this Ditrict. O BI T UA RY. DIED, on the 21st inst., Mr.PERME.JA HOLLIAND, "ife of Daniel Holland, Esq., in the sixty-fourth year of her age. She was born on the 10th day of A pril, 1'793, in Edgefield District, in which she lived and died. She had been a consistent member of- the Baptist Church for forty-eight years, and died i 11be faith in which she had lived. Sihe possessed niny of the' highest and most endearing elements of the female character ; she was a sincere friend, a dutiful wire, an affectionate mother, and Ia kind mistress. In short, she sustained all-the relations of life with a dignity, calmness and propriety that won the respoet and esteem of all who knew her. She leftsa hus band and three children to mourn their lous. - B DwFD, in this place, Nov. 20th 1856, 3tlr. JAlSrs \. WIL.IAM, in the'36th year of his age. iHe was engaged in the mercantile business for nany years and was exteinsivCly and favourably mown at home ond abroad. In his busiiess trals etions, his -kind and obliging disposition secured din many friends and his deportment in social in ercon rse with all, was of that character that made io enemies. Of naturally a sensitive disposition, ie could not bear up under the reverses of fortune, vith, that fortitude which was necessary to shield aim from the depressing effects of disappointyrent tad consequent discouragement. Whatever may have been his fault, (and who of is has none,) they wvere not such as led him inteu ionally to injure or wrong any man; and all who cnew him, will do him the justice to say, that here was much in his character, underlying hu nan frailty, that was amiable, generous and afee ionate. lie was sincere and constant in his at tchment to friends and without hypocricy towards hose whom he could not call his favoriteq. In all ,he vicissitudes of fortune, be so conducted him elf as to preserve his honor untarnished, and he las left many friends.whose confidence he enjoyed n proqepcrity, who truly sympathised with him in udversity and who sincerely grieve over his un imely end. A FaimsD. COMmERCIAL, HAMBURG, Dec. 29th 1860. The Cotton Market the past week has not been is lively as for a few weeks previous, but still pri xs remain firm. The receipts up totiis date have been moderately heavy. We quoje now as ex tremes, 111 to 12j- strictly choice't2b. . * AUGUsTA, Dec. 27th, 1856. Co-rron We have no change to report in'pri es. The mand continues good. Strictly Good Miiddling 12 cents. CUA RLEsToN, Dec. 27th, 1856. Co-r-ro.-Tho transactions to-day reached very' nearly 1,000 biles at full prices. The.sales may be zlassed as follows, viz: 137 bales. at 121; 427 at 121; 17 at 121; and 847 bales at.12Jp. Bible Society of Edgefeld Village. The Members of this Society are requesteI to meet at the Episcopal Church, on Friday, 2nd Jan., at 11I o'clock, A. M. E. E. BELLINGER, Pres't. Notice. THE UNDERSIGNED being about to retire from the Dry Good Business, will dispose of his stock of Fancy and Staple Dry Goods-one of the largest in the city-at New York cost, for cash. His friends and the public are respectfully informed that the lowest possible price will be asked, and from which there will be no deviation. Country and City Merchants, and Dry Goods Delers in general, are invited to call and examine the Goods. THOMAS BRENNAN, Successor of Cosgrove & Brennin, Augusta. Nov. 25th, 1856, St 46 WiMerclhants and Planters wislh ing to have bairgains in Dry Goods, would do well to examine JA MES TIENEY'S large andl well as sorted stock. Ie has received some more of those solid colored WORST EDS, at 12b cen is per yard See advertisement. tf 45. W Col. A. MSMITH, of Abbeville; is respect fully announced by his- friends as a Candidate for Major General, 1st Division, S. C. M. New Garden seeds, DIRECT FROM THE GROW ERS! L. PENN, has received from the celebra . . ted Seedt Farm and Gardens of Co-nstock, Tyrre & Co., a large supply of FRESIIGARDEA SEED, which are now arranged ini his Seed Box relky for sale. . Die 31. - if - At Privar6 Salt W fA STOCK OF GROCERIES, &C. TE 0 an industrious man with a small Cash. Capi U.tal, it would prove a good investment. For particulars apply at this Office. Dec. 31 IS5G, - - 2t 51 Land Warrants. T IE following Land Warrnnts have ben im E.by tile Comimissioner of Pensiuns, whiel Warrantees can obtainl by appliention to Cicero Ad. ams, Esq. .neob Daughnman, i0ar James Broom, John Bryant," " john J3. Hlmes, S .lohnm Deekart, James Powvell,10 Mlary Prior, alary A. Key, 4 J.hn W. llolly. Gestesesatak th hit wind "tiy tht6t0me . PBESRIN, tt'y. Dec. 31 1856, tf 51 "RISNG TE ND. G TE nlemn ROtkeO th JHiSn th 1tH iEst Susrbe RbINaout to be aomo ebang iheo htais business briesecuy oif andll wh< re idtd to hetlmethe y Nlolur'. uce or Agoun, Ja rny as a nclesrly rcomed to urs the rind"b an cutomersorsc.soM JJ KINNDY addosoict o hM. cn L ES inUanc. r HE concernOo ROBIN&J\CSON, the15t int. r.ROINSO 11. J bCSOnd a thir. 31 31eful 51omn t u l K FlEDank oadlii for iaceniuac HEl~ Annnal Meeting of the Stoekhoilders of the Hamnburg & Edgefield Phank Road Co.ppany, will lhe held in flamburg on the seund Wednesday in January, 1t*57, it being the 1 4th. W M. C. SIB3LEY, Treas'r. Hlambhurg, Dec. 30th_.I856, 2t 51 . Notrge! STR AYE D from the subscriber's Plantation on ISavannaihI River, several head C f C A TTILE of dilrenit colors. A mong them is ain Ox, eolor white and redl, white face, nlo-horned andC bob-tailed; the .ear marks, cropi in the right anmd uppe~r-bit in the left year. .Ayinformation of said cattle, addressed to me fully received,andt~ a liberal compensation itiven for any troubtle incdurredl. F. W. PICKENS. Dec. 30 1856, 3t 51 WOOD IS GETTINiG SCAR CE ! N and after this date, 1 wvili supply my eus ~.tomers with WVood am 82,50O per load. Cor, Fodder, Seed Oath, Cow Peas and rotsites fqr sale ,epeap for eaah and cash only. . ~ M. ETHIEREPGE. p ~ee 31 Itt' 51 PRIVATE BOARD. SOUR or five young gentlemen can be necomn dated by the Subscriber on re.asonableo terms. D. IR. DULRISOE. Hides, Hides, Hides. I WILL' buy 600 good Hides delivered at my Store. EDMUND PENN, AGEN-r. Oct. 29 1850 If 42 'Clodks and- Talmnas. B ROOM & NORRELL h-ive received a few more hlandsome CLOAKS and TALMAS, smom extra rich, which they will sell low. SAugusta, Georgia, D)ee 16 1850 If 49 Teacher Wanted, T0 take chlarge of the School at Thorn's Creek .Meeting-llouse. None need apply but those hat can come well recommended. The applicant must, of course, be master of the Ancient and Mod ~n Languages. To a suitable person, good wages till be given. Apply to. .WASH. WISE,TM. N o . 4.FAR MANS N T ITr . Undersign'ed. hving nnA commodious. ouse. oecio years by Mr. Chas Compty,~as a H by Maj. G.-k.A Adisou as i Dwell grespetful annonnes to lis -old patrqns-an ftaends that he will open said IHouse in a few daye . the accomn modation of all who ma favor himith theik orn pany; His 11tel is privatelynihstuilcouveuiently rocated, which makes it very desiramile ;or a-board ing, house. - lie promises to use every-exertion t;: please and having had consideiabld lexperiene4 in theHotel business feels confident that he will ren'de i coiplete satisfaction to the public generally. Ile has procured the qerviees of No. I Cool and will constantly keei. his table aicnd witir the* - best that can be had. Mrs.tC;- will also -give har personal attention to the cmnry departmeht, in having every article properly prepared. 11is ROOMS will be completely irnishedand care t iken to keep them so. 1ias STABLE$ will also receive the-carfulaten-\ tion (if an experienced Ostler, and, be- plentifully provided with the best of provender. Ile hopes by .giviug strict attention: to business and endeavoring to gratify the.wants of every onej to mciit afid receive a liberal sbdre of patronage. LEWIS COVA - Dee 30 tf . 51 SALE OF FURNITURE &c On Saturday ?Vext, 3rd January. T HE Subs6riber (being about to remore,) will T sell at his Residence, at Edgefield. C.^H.,on Saturday 3rd January, at 11 o'clock, A. M.'Jis HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. Among the articles are Sofis, Mahogany Chairs, 6ttomans. Centre Tab!e, 1)ureas ,S1:e ais, Beds, Bedstends, Presses, &e. - Tmas-Sums of and under $20, Cash-sums above $20, on. a year's credit, wiith interest from date, and with approved security. C. BRUCE WALKER. Dee. 31 1856. it .51 A U 0 T.I 0, NK 1. O N THURSDAY .the 1st January, I will a=' tion off my - RMAMMG STOCK O WODS I The Stock comprises many -articles of value, and such as are constantly wanted in every bousehold. The LAdies will do well to attend, s- there will be offered various Goods that they daily'stand in need of, and which no doubt will lie sold low. The farm ers had also better attend, especially those who are in want of mechanical tools, &c., &a. - But let old and young-all turn out-for he has something for every one. -3R. H. SULLIVAN. Dee 30 it .. 51. IRON AND BRASS FOUlIDRY, AUGUSTA, GA. IGHT & MTACMURPHY, cont'ne the above business, in all its brabebes, at the AMERICAN FOUNDRY, and will be thaniful for orders for all kinds IRON AND BRASS CUTTINGS, For Gold Mines; Mills, Rail Roadsf Bidges,ai kachinery of ani Descriptions. A ugusta, Dec 30m . 51 HEAD QUARTERS, 2; BRIGAXDESCM. - Edgefield, C. II., De. 19th, 185P. ORDERS NO LN- obediendet orders. ieceived from his Exosi leney the Governor, an Election. will be. iefd at the various Regimtintal 'uster -Groundv iiftubd 2nd Brigade, S. C. M., on Wednesday-the 25th February, 1857,.for Major Ceneralof;-1st"Dvm n,. S.. C. M., to fil the vacancy occasioned by''the re sigisation of Major Gen. SAnUEL MoGoW.Em By order of- enl N.R Brig. Gnl N. E Z. W. CARivILE, Brigade Injor. -. Dec. 31 1856, 3L- 51%. tr A bbeville Bariner and 1idependent Press, will-givethreegsetions. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS .CoLUxata, liecembe~r, 2.. 1956. Jly Tlis Excellency, ROBitRT F. W. A LLSTON, Go~vcrnor and Commandcr-in-Chief in and over the State of South Carolina. Whereas, in parauaince -of an act of the Legis latunre of this State, the votes for Representatives o~f the Thirty-Fifth Congress have been counted by Commnisdone~rs appinited for the purpose, and it ippeairs ilh:.t .Johni MieQueen has been elected for the~ Flirst Cingressional iariet, cimposed of the Eleetoun Districts of L,:mnster, Cher.-erticid. Marl and Georgetown; Ws. Poreher .iles hias been elected for~ the Secind Conigressionail District, comn posed of the Judicial District of Cimeleston ;L. Mi. Keitt has becen elected for the Third Congressional District, comiposed of Bentirort, IBarn~well. Orange burg, C.lletoni, r.nd the Election Di.',trict of St. .Julin's Co'leion; p.S.- Brooks has been elected for the: Wuurih Con~gressional Distiet, composed of Lexington, Edgehield, Newberry, Laurens, and Ab~ hoeville ; .hts. L. Orr has been elected for the Fifth Cong~rewioinal Distiict, composed of An'der'son' Piceeis. Oreenville, Spartanburg and Uni'o'n ;' W. Boyce has been elected for thc Sixth Congres -iona'l D striet, comzposed of York, Chester, Fair tield, Ukiebland, Kershaw and Sumter. Now, therefore, I, ROBERT F. W. A LLSTON, Governor and Commnander-in-Cliief in and over the State aforesaid, do issue this my proclamation, notifying and declaring, according to the provisioe of the said act, that Johna 3eQueen, W.' Porcheit, \les, L,. Ml. Keitt, P. 5. Brooks, Jas. L. Orr, and WY. WY. Boyce, ha-d a majority of the votes in their respective Congressional Districts, and are, there.. fore, duly eleted Representatives -in the Congress of the United States, to serve for two years, from the 4th day of March next. Given under my hand and seal of the State, -in .* Columbia, the 22d day of December, 1856, atnd in the eighty-first year of the sovereignty and independence of tho United Staites of * Ameica. ROBERT F. W. ALLSTON. .ITA MEs PATTrEasoN, Secretary .of State. Dec. 31 It . 51 . FOR SL~E1 ATRACT of LAND in Beech Islazid,, S. C., A ormerly owned by Wiley Glever, deecase4, hundlred and fifty cleared and in a good state of 'eul tivation. The balance is allmirably wooded, mostly pine for sawing, and still much inits primitive state. Thern is a first rate SAW and GRIST Mhl4f. on a never-failing stream, convenient to Au. gusta and the Savannah River. .The t611 of the Grist Mill will pay a handsome interest on the in vestment, as it i~now doing the largest business in thec neighborhood. -Convenient to the Mill, &c.,'isa a spacious and well improved Mansion, with out build ings, Unirns, &c. Altogether, it is the most desirable property, of the kind in the District, and irell w~orthy the atteni tion of any one desiring ap investnlent.. Titas willb lie eil. ELIZA BETH 8. CL Alag. Bech Island, S. C., Ree. 31, 18IJg, t'f 51 N. 1.-hf not disposed of privately, it will be sold on the premises on the 12th day of FAbruary sext. E.* S.CO. Strayed or Stole'n FROM the Subscriber, on the night of the 19th. inst., nine miles of ifamburg, on the Pine * llouse Road, TWO IIORISES, one medium size Black Ihorse witirhis righit~eye out, shoulders mark ed white by the collar. The other a Sorrel Mare, - with some white on the nose and .heavy in fonil, and' as wvell as remembered, both hind f'eet white. No . other marks remembered. I forwarn any person from trading for said horses, and any information concerning dhem thankfully re- . elved. My address is ihigrins Perry, Edgefleld, DistrictWILSON 'ABNEY. Dee. 31 l836,. tf . 51 M~oney,.iHoney, lMoncy. ABOOTS & SHOllS furnished during- 1he year 1855 and 18.56, will do well to call andl settleat -- once. I am not able to pay the usual 1eor cent charged fur collecting, and therdfore- make this earnest request. BERRYMAN KEMIP. n..29185r, , n16