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The registered letter hill will be en closed in a separate envelope, addressed to the postmaster, as now required, and wvill be for warded by the usual route as an uiiregistered letter.I Fifeh. The numbers given to registered let ters at the otlice of mailing are not to be chiang ed in the accemnts or letter bills of distributingr offices through which they may pa-s Sixth. Postmasters are re-quire-d to, see that the postdnmark of every letter (whether written or stamped) is clear and distinct, so that the place aiid date of mailing can be readil deternined. JA MES CAM>BELL, Postmaster General. Posy OFFiE DEPARTMENT, .January 3, 15'7. . THE CAMEt~s AT WonK.-Tne San Antonio (Te-xas) Times says: 'The caimels, twent-twoi mrumber Las-e just passed through our ~eity, loaded whith atott 600 pounds enc-h, returning to their pl .ce of rendezvous, whic-h is some saeventy miles from here. There are dromedaries also 'with them, atnd sealed on the top of these camels nnd drn. medaries nre Arabs and Turks, dressed in their own costume of their own country. Texais is a great country, anid San Antonio is a great city. We have amiong us people of every nation and religion, aid around us every specimen uif the animal kIngdom, with perhaps the exception of the wooly horse, which can now only befound u....h m.oue. at Ralt river." AERYAL OF THE STEAMSHIP AFRICA. NEW o'ic, Feb. 7.-The steamer Africa has trrived with Liverpool d.ates of the 24th. Cotton, which opened quietly. improved to wards the close, and prices of some grades thowing 1-8d advance, others being stiffer but luotably unchanged. Stiles of the week 42.000 bales. including 8.000 to speculators and expor. Lers. Midd!ing Orleans-7 5-8d. Uplands 7 7-16J. Sales on Fridav 10.00 bales. The tock of Cotton at Liverpool wast 327.000 bades. including 217 000 bales of Aneriean. Fair Orlein* 81. Fair Mobile 7 13.16d. Fair Upland 7jd. Breaidtuffs and provitonfs were dull. Money easier. Consols 934:93 5.8. The Swiss difficulty'will go before the Con fereoce. The bombardment of Canton by the British coninues.. The ship Confederation, from Philadelphia, had been wrecked in the Mersey. Toe Bri'i-h fleet had taken the forts of Bres. sline and Karnak, iii the Perian gulf. It was reported that the Russians had re-oe cupied Astrachat. SECOND DJ-PATCH. A change in the Entish linistry is expected. Lt io probable th.it Mr. Gladstone will retire from the Exchequer. "hie morehan.s ofr tie principal cities of France have addressed an appeal to the Emperor in behalf of French citizens whose property was de.troyed in the bombardment of Greviown. FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP BALTIC. - NEW YoRK. Feb. 6.-The stentuer Baltic has arrised, with Liverpool dates of Jan. 21st. Cotton was steady, with sales during three days of 18.000 bales. Middling Orleans 7 5-8d. Consol.s 93 5 8. Trade at Manchester droopitng. The steameir Europa arrived ti on the 18it. Cotton closed quiet. Sties of %Vediemday 6,000 bales. Wheat had declined Id. a 2d; Flur Is., and Corn 6d. Ro..in was quoted 4s. 8d : Spirits Tui pentine 4.s. 6d. a 45<. It was expected that Napier, the New Engt lish Miniiter, would sail fur Washington in three weeks. The Neufehiatel prisoners had been liberated, nd the d;licultv between Prussia and Swizer Iantid w;as thuls adjts!ed. The assassitn of the Archbishop of P;.ris had been condemned to death. BARLEY WITHOUT BEARD. MR. I. W. BRtGGS, itS sent us three heads of Barley widiout beard as a specimen of this new variety, together with the tollowiigL con. municiutn. It ii even so. A variety of barley has been discovered in the gulebes of' th Iimalaya M<. u ntains, entirely free from tht a iuoybig and poitcnvus beards attached to tall our cum m10n va1euies. The undersigned obtained 7 grains of thi new variety three years ago. and being much pleased with its general appearance and produe tivenes, h.is spared no pains to multiply ti, stall quantity as fast as the Shianghatis and other birds wold allow. Its merits for grinding or malting have not been tested, und the quantity is now too small to tquander in that way, when every tiller of the soil who sees it is anxious to have a few grains not doubting it will prmve a valu:able ac. quimition. I have sufficient, however, to furnish all per. sons,interested who mill be likely to see this notice, with one head each, containing 30 to 60 grains. Send me your address, on a stamped envelope, and I will eiclose a head, and send i back by return mail, with printed inistructions~ for cultivating in at way to insure a large return from a small quatnity of seed. bhaould this new variety be found to atswer till the purposes tf the common barley, a few years will suflice to drive the .-Barley lDeards" frotm thme country. Should tiny person desire imore than the One head, I will send a package of 700 to 800 grain securely etnveloped, by mail, post-paid ror 25 ets., accompanied with a few heads to prore dhe fact of its being beardless, Address, I. WV. BRCUGS, West Macedon, WVayne County, New York. THE CORRESP'ONDENCE WITH GENERAL SCOTT. \Vamsoros, Feb. 4.----he coirres pondeiice bet weeni Gen. Scott aind Secretary Davis, of the WVar Depairtmieiit is spicy. Davis under date of July 25th'. 1855. charges Scott with thte exhaititio'n of paeevikh temper. Scott, under dat~e of July 30th, says thati erotgh has been done to wairr:imt miore thai a sispiion that Davis considered it his spei.dh mission by repeated aggres-sins on Scott's rizht' to goaid himt into saime perilolis at ti inde of iotlicial oppoiiinn. If he is to be crushed. he prefers it to be donte at thme hands of iittry pters. Dai is. in an unofliciail note of Antt'iit 2d, sas:- Your neeusat ioni whiebh ebtarges mie witha u rpatiion fo.r nmost uamwirthiy entds, and1 impu)iites motives incoia~ tent with official jnt egr i y.i consieured basely mualevolen;, anid pr'onounced uterly false. Scott, Ang~i~u-t 6 h, says lie shall t reat atlI Davis' commitiuie:iiions ~as egn-ilyc ~eiil. "Tiere are beauttie- ini thtem whien oni.ht niot to be lost, amd it shall not he. my hlindt if I d.. not renider your. part ini this correspon~dente met morable, ats tan exanmple to be .,imonued by your .Uecsors." Dvis, S eiem. r~ 7th, says S,:o: t's threal i Lhe tmerest bravadro in oute wn:h ards I he imosi tetoriable exampiles on reciord in thlit de~pairi ment, oft a vaiin contrmoversialist and a f.dlie acen ser exposed. Sutitneni gr~imit leive of absence lto Co.l. hithock utnder cirenmitan ces ntot a pproived by the de'part ment, toil...refuses to comuply with :sm ider of thec de~partmient, to revoke the IleatV, of abi-ence. ~lTe Pr,~.~esiet endonrse~d thme reaison for thi< as "unisati~ietory." H avis rueommnended the removal of lie hiead-quarters of time tirmy to Washinton. Thntiollowvs a lengthy tirade of abusiee epi ties fromt, Scott. David, Dtecem ber 20thI, rakes hly somle of Scott's mtoney dealing~s, and. eba~rges him, with mean ness in itik ing wh at lie Ia.a did not atllow him whi'e in .'exico. Scott replies. Jaimnary 31. charging Dtvis with cot titued reck leosness of ettaracter. D.vis, Febaruary 29. savs he ha~s no ittnttioni force Scott intto ai dunel. 'No disatbility of ae. or plea of con~scientin.% sernples. ean be admni: ted to shi i a slanderer from rebuke. ,'ott agrain retorted. Davis. Mlarch 20th, re~plied at length, antd Sctttagainf retourted in compahntsiotet terma. Te last letter is from D.ivis-Mayv 27th-in whicb lie satys lie has ea-edl t->' regardr Scott's ahtse, and is grat ified to be relievid from fnr. thr exposing his mnaligity and depsrtivity*. Co . J. W. FonNEY ANt) TnlE CaimNtT.-lThe Nw York prs of all -lhades of polities seemst~ at'rblse to the appoitm ent of ColI. F.orneyas Po-t Ma-.ter Generaul. Tlhe New York 1Ierad,4 Tribune and Mirror hate spokeni ot very sistigly ini rat or of his appointmient. Th'ie New York Suun, of Sat iirday, ha~s the folloawing : "It is pretty geniertily untders-nod ini Post Olie circles thait Jason WV. F'.rnerv i ta be ite new Pust Ma-ter General. Mr. Y'orneys enter. gy . andt executive atility lit hitm, itn ain emintta egree. for the positiont. He will tnt be afraid t ' iprovel where imnproavemen~tt is nieeded, a nd i extensive knowledge and ptrieticarl cast of mind will entable hint to inaitiamte atnd carry ont a policy of progress anid reform. If Mr. lForneyv e ni es Mir. Btuchanan i's Caibintet, a s head of theii 'ot Office Departimut, we have every cotuli duce tha~t he will labor w'ithI untirinig ze~al to m aku his aidmniniistr:t i in of i-a :ll'.iir~ betnefici ii to the coutiry, so that it may refleet credit It hm-elf an id on the admnt:istration itor thae poli-i en ah chief to- whoise fortunes he. has been so longt~ ndsri fait hfully atttached. lie is a man of taulett, of progressive ideais, and of great inidis. Fry, and such tare rte kinid of nmen to be plaicedl it'pusitions like thiat Mr. Forney is no0w, by ail miost general consent, tnmed." gg A meetig of thea Louisiana sugar planters ook place at Baton Rouge recently, at which re.,olat tions were passed deprecating the reducetion of thesmu. ..r dnti=. Tuti ui olm ltoe ru n ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 11, 1857. OUR AGENT. T. J. W 1r'TAtFR is our tanthanrised Agent to re ceive subscriptions and collect all monies due thu office. The Cash System adopted. Art--r the first of .Tanuary we will aopt the Casli systeni and intend strietlv tn adhere to it in eacli and every instanc'. It is certainlv the heat -v'tem fir all, esner-inllv newsnpaner nuolishers, an,1 nq ouy hills are generally small it will be no inconvenience to any one to Pay up in a4 eance. To Advertisere. All nAdvertiermsnts. to senre pubtlicitv throill nor Clumnns. must ho paid for when hnnded in Those whn live at nt dist-nee wishinz to navertise can enclose the amnunt fir wlhivh thev .1lsire in nel tertise. Those nAve-rtisine by enntract. by I1h< year. will he expectedi to ,ettle up quarterly. Liberal Proposition. We will foirnish the Adrertiser nnA Cn'umia Examainer. one Vear. for 4 5. pavnble in advance The Examiner is n larze ind evcel.-tot literary pa per. piblished weekly, at $3 per annum. 117 \nv one sending us fiv new s-ubscribrera to tIh.. Advertiser, with ihr- en-l for the same, will bi entitld to the sixth copy gratis. EDITOR ABSENT. The absence of th Editor, on business of an ueen character, will account for our having no editoria this week. a'.7 Public meetings j regard to the deatlh of Hon P. S. BRooxs bave been held in nearly every towt thronghout the State, but we are enmpelled.a to defe the publication of the proceedmntgs of several meet'ng until our next issne. IT* Attention is directed to an article from Rev 0. F. Coatt.ar, on "Dancing." j'y Col. " J. II.," of tIe Crorsa.Roads. will nrep onr thanks for tlx interesting table of he ranige a1 ahe Thermomneter for the past ntth. We hope h will continue to furnish monthly reports. ANOTHIER GOOD CITIZEN'GONE Ir is our maelancholy task to record the death of on veneratle and highly esatemed fellow-ciizen, 3Mr Avoar BLAN4. who died at hsis residence in thi District, on Sunday mornitng last, in the 650h year o lh.s age. In the demtise of 31r. B. our comntunit, nourns the loss of a most wortlay aand valuable memn her-one wh was ever for-most in all works of pub lie nutlity, a.d who always generously opened hi purse to all appeals for elarity, or to aid a friend -'nli citing pecaiainry asnistance. By his antiring energ: anal ecoenomical habits le lhad anase'ed an indepen dent fortune. lie nas a kind father, a faithfal friend, an indul gent mnaster, aid a nost excrllent neighbor. We offi our sinet're eondolaaece to the sorely afflicted ielastive of thte dleeaused. Pence to ais soaul ! We tpe somne friend will prepare a suitable ohitu ary notice for our next issue. MEETING OF THE "9 6 BOYS." It nill be seen that the survivors of she gallant com pany commanded by Capt. PR .Tos S. BaooKs in tIe late war n ith 31exico, will meet in this village, ui Monday the 23rd inst., to pay a tribute of respect I, their brave comma der and comrade. The occas-iotn wlIlae one of deep and mtelanachol: interest. The soldier's tear, dropped upon the grave o his commander, is the highest complienet that can b paid to lais naeme and memory. MISCELLANEOUS ITIGIS. gg The Augausta Coanstituiiouaalist, of thec 71l inest., says: " W. 11. HowAetD (G. A. PaARER, Auc tioner,) mold at the Bark oaf Ilambuarg yesterday there heundred and twenaty-one sheares of te stock of ies Institution, at an average of sixty dollars per shaare The origintal cost aof the stuck was fifty dollars pe shtare. ,gVice stings even in our pleasure; buat virtn c~lades evon in taur peans. /g"Ath, men!"'saidh a piotns lady, "'outr mitniste wtas a poaw.-rful pretebler ; for the shoert ime lee mnia ted then wordl anamoea us, lee kicked elaree pulpias hices.nnd~e baneged the iae'arde taut of file Bibles !" gg' 3r. J.ts. MIooax, a- d :ageda anal htiehly resepcta ble gent lemana ot York District, d ied ali the 1st inal gi Senaatoar St ~Ntin rzacheda Wzasinagtaon City a aoatn oat Thuearsday the 5th inst. LW A catempary, ine e'nmearatiang then very man brilliant acaomp~lishenats of thet uite. .w~ :s A. BA'v Att a, Uneitedl States Seatoaar frama l~elaware. says a be ai ihe best bilizard player ina the Unaited States. W Our mak.-t (-ays the' Auagusta Constituiionau s iveil supt~itl withe fre-la Sh~ad evetry daty freat Saanahl. Prices tire rater 'ghe at prieent: reaail mag fraom eigthty.sevee-and-u-h~lealf toe one dallar; and b then dazene aat sevent-live eenis eaach. 27 'The Gzav'rnaor of Illiniais, itn hais recent ames sage, exparessedl the belie-f thiat the revennae ear th llaena-a Central rauilro:ad wsill soaon pa~y the enijasaes a the aita Go vernaen.. at. 2'7 A fter thte -l'h of Mlarcha ntext, there' will ntat ba a smgt' l)emnocrartie- nenbr it, the Ilactse of hRer, seaetaativesr froma Ntw liaglaand. andi baat atte in I lie sen~ ate, and lie has free saoil lsy-uphathies. a'g"' 31ien ay lae by b.--itng tase commuanaeivat iva 'IThe great laconie- ph~ilosopher-, Sheirk, sniys:- Kee satdy. and~ if youa see a quaraer on the groundaa, pa. your foot ein it.'' gg 'VT t gap of thairt y mtiles itt th-- r:ailroead set i.n baetwveeni Ilutstvitle, Al1a.. anea 31.-miatl.- Trenn. tilsooa lbe Ciiactrnplet. say<a ther Iilntssille~ Democras g1j iTe'I diaor ofl the Ahlaville Innaadependn 1're, hats beena praesented lay 31r..J. R. Black iih a ine ap cimen tof geabi ore, aobtaiard inte e vicinaity of ILueim a alills, int the lowear piart of A nersain District. 27j" 'The Tirutees of the Savanahl Aedical Cail leg- htatve recena'tly ebeosentir.e~ Juritah ltarriss aof At au a te fill a Pro''essor.hip~ ina their inestitaitiaon. I, athi< selction, they heave ex ihiit great wi..domu ine se en ring athe servieces of otne so atbly <ial itied, ite ever resperct, tea aadutaice thinterest- tatnc'anafta inistilaitin Q.?i 'le ca't aaf bareakintg aitt t hae raoads obtstruite by ahe hest seitw nt'rtm, in 3osasahes, wvas $l50 000. lee Uia-tont aelone the expensa:e wtill be- $50t,0J. [7 .\nrewa 'Tene lrek heas beene recoageizedl b ahe Uatvarian g'avernent tat Conisail far the l'aite Saesina then city of Muticht. Gr In thec Oheia L-'gislatture, on Fridhay last, nembi'er namiead Slongth was expelled fruimt the l~ine fair strikitig tanother memer. E' A petition tof claizwes ibefure ale City C,.net cil oaf Anigata,. iee favorr aof the econanec-tiaon cf th Carestot and Georgia lRniltrands thirough that ciay rjY S. C. Ilierrinag, thte safe an was garrated h twao highawiamen itt Newv York thae otheer aighet, fau robed of SI,000. [F A Wahington correspondenaa'tt says :-"' A eceord itg to presenat aplpearatnes, Crubb, P'ickens, Glantcy .Janees, Ifrighet, anid T'oacey, arn thie higheest ona ale Cab inet list." 0ij Prenetice, oaf thme [Louaisville Jeournral, neknowl egese a conmpimentary teotice ite an *eange,. miil fotlewinag style: 4We searcetly knows,dhear eir, h~w ta thanik yat sufflicetly. We w ash yoau were thei stan am te presidlaent of the Uinited States, aned iwe wsere youe fathern." W" Tho Repuabhics of Perna, Clehii atal Eenadeor hare entereid inito a fraal allianice faor than pnrpiate ci preventing enicrachmets fra'ma NorthI America . TIhey have daoubtless becaeme alarmead at the recent demone stationsi an Nictaraigna. 8uW A rather meagnificenatly proportioneda iluestra, ion of thae crc lit systeim c-at lhe founad int the cotat ier ef the Rtichmntd Eeegnirer ns heat, after fifty years a its pahahcatiotn, its proprietor remoavedl to Witiasintn ie booakse showsied over $2i00,000 dute fromn hivinag" pat rs." The amanant of ttal loass wvast not gaven, hla was estimated at $300,000 or amoare. Mii A fewr elhya sintce a yne imnn nmedl Plehiia was attearnpiig te kill a hog in VaTenessee Pratirie. nar Salean, Ill. 'FTe haog ine his struaggles satnek the knaife held hy the young mart withe hm oot and phaiged it into Mr. PhilIps' groin, severing ant artery, from-the REMAINS OF MR. BROOKS. On the eve of going to press we lea-n, that the lEdi tor is still in Augusta,awaiting Telgrapie Despatch es from the Committee in Washiogton ins regarul it the remains of our late Re.presentative, the lon. P. S. Baooxs. We b,'arn however. from an individu il aI reliable srurce. that the renin.n sitd everAl Clommittee gill r-,ach Cnlumbia on Wednesday evening or Thirsday mornin. The Committee of Twrenty nre de.ired to be in 1lam hirr nn Friday next. at 12 M. C 0 NOMUNICATTONS. Fe.r tis A veriier. DANCING. MI. E1ToR.-Tn your Tiper of Nov. 211101. T notice an article published liby regnest in which the writer attempts to prove' the corrPetness.5 of danci-a by scrijpural anth..rih/! I Ido not desiant a reply to this article. ttoI do I desire to provoke a discussion of this snbjct.. (ltioult I atm io well sntisfied tihat it. is utterly opposed to, practical pie ty, Fand inconipatible with the spirit of devotion. that T should fear nothing were I standing against the world for its condemnation.) But the article referred to, presents to my mind the propriety of vindicating the word of God, and establishing the teachings of inspiration on this subject. However common this suljectmay be, our accountability to God ulakes it one of individual importance. That it has strong and numerous advocates is no evi dence of its correctness, for no evil has ever yet existed in the wtrld but had the same. Error al ways has had, and always will have advocates, and I may add, that these ever bave been, and ever a-vill be in the majority; for the Saviour in speak ine of the gate of life said, " and few there be that. find it," while many walked the broad road and entered the wide nate. But whatever advantages .muav be ascribed to error-whatever motives may be alleged in its favour, or whaterer name may lie given for it, if it is not a duty, it is sin; and there is n0 litte sin, because there is no little God to sin against. But I shall now proceed to a tore svs r temiatic discussion of tlis subject. The fallacy of justifying dancinti by the scrip tures will be apparent in the contrast between scriptural and modern dancing. In the illustra tion of this contrast, we must ascertain what is dancing. The original words rendered daice in iur bibles, often mean nothing more than a corn pany of sinners. This will appear by retlerence to Ps. 149: 2, 3, vs. and 150: -i. One of thee has it, " praise his name in the dance," and the other praise him with timbrel and danee." The ie brew word rendered dance in both these passages is properly the pipe. The idea is praise God with the timtibrel and pipe. So in the New Testament the Greek word rendered ' dancing " in Luke 15: 25, is sumphonia, from the verb stunphonto, which means to sound together, to be it union, so the noun suimplonia means symphony, i. e. con cert of instruments. Now what has the modern dance to do 'ith praising oil 1 Who engages in it for that purpose 1 What devotional spirit is there in it! What thought of God belongs to it 1 Would not the proposal to ofi'er prayer or praise to God in the ball room either throw a damttpness upon the aiazeient or be booted down as out, of placel Again, sone of the most pious of the Old Tes ,tament danced before the Lord. Do the most pi. fous engage in the modern dance, and are most of the elders and officers of the Church there 1 Arc those who frequent the ball room the praying andr bible reading mna of thte land ? Ihere 1 might em ploy thie. " argumaentum ad homijan," but I will not do so. Again, when atny great occasion oh joy occurredl the Jewvs expressed it by the dance, 2 Samn. 10 : 14; Ps. 30: 11 ; Luke, 15: 25. But is the design of the modern dance to express joy for temaporal or spiritual blessings :tagaint, Ott oc casions oif national trfumaph, dances were sonic titmes celebrated in~hanii~i of -those whose bravery had been successful in war, Judges. 11: 34 ; and 1 Sam. 18: 6, 7. But is thtis the object of the muodertt dance 1 Agaitt, the Jews also praised God foir his wonaderful goodness int the restoration oh their nation by the dances, Jer. 21: 13. lBut it thte moodein (lance ever initenaded to celebrate a jyful event which God bad caused to take place '! Aso, at seasonas of mirth and joty, on any atccount. the danceit wias not unconinuon, Jet'. 31: 4, 13 A gaina, we have no evidence that both rexes evet minigletd together in the Jewish dance, mnle- s it bc sot-:ht in that idilatro'us cuntulsionuu whicth reigi: around the imnane of EgypL's difieid calf at tht oot, of Sinai. Is it so with the modern (lanee In relizious dantce's both sexes applear' to have utni ted in the satme praic. ssion., but itt separate c'omtpa. ties, Ps. (0 : 25. A.~aina, mnaidenis datncedl alone . udges, 11: : 11-alse conmpatites of females danced altte, 1 Sam. IS8: fl ; attd sonns of praise were of tent sung in the hic'brew (lance,1I Samn. 18: 6;alsr 21: 11. Does this resemble the tmotdern dance Th'ley danced also as an expression of joy for sp)oih taken ini wan:, 1 Sam. 0: 10. David danced foi the restortationt of the Ark-he dantced alone-hu dnttedl .-fore //he Lord-he daincedl as an cxpjres5 suun of joy f'cr fGnd's odniess, 2 Sa m. ti : 14, 1(1 Now where is the analogy betweett the Jewish ani modern', daznces wadeh woul .justify the latter to the formter 1 If we have any thiung nlow thtat apt pochecs to the JIewish (lane, it is the choir o siigers whtich accompilaiesL thle ortgan or mnelodiot in iour Churches. I close this head with one re mtatk, siiundi logit: r'eqir tes that if the example o persuons in Scripture hte urged in favour of dancing IT (cAX tK (iNLY Vfon JILST atren DIAXcEs AS Ti~i li-i nowli pur'poe showintg the sintfulness 0 dantia lby the authiority of God's word. As ther< are nia ny Christiani duties inculeated by a getnera pr~ inc '~ih- th..-ngh not by express pret.'t so thern ae '"nany thin..s cotndetmne. lby a neratl pr'inei plwith Itat anly direct e'xpreion of God's idisap proa:tiona. I shalh conttine iamself ini this ptart, (i the subiject , to one1 pass~e of God's w'ordl, which c'ntints the pr'incipt'e whirhi will evidently shiou Ithec siarabtless oh' mtodern dlantcing. Ilowever atnx ins the adv'ocntes of sinful aumusetments tmay b< to bend God's word with hartmony, with their owt dlesires, or to fortify themselves itt sinfuil itndulgenm ec, byi calling evil good and good evil, will find it he pas~age rteiere to, a prinlciple which Codl wil not changute her~aute they dlesire' it, but uwhich shal stan immanutably, whetn all the speculatiotns of mar Ishall v'anish as the mtorninig cloud or early dewi IThat passage is found ini Romn. 14: 2:. " Foi whatsoever is ntot iof faith, is sin." Thtis text con. taits ana initututb:c trutt-a rule of unaiversal ap phition. Th~e apostle setsi u~s anu exatmple of test ii actions lby this rule, Ie apphles it to te'st th<( crecttess oh' what hte hiad just said, "lie thai eateth is conidemned if lie eat, because lie cateti nt of faith." T'hat is it' aa'y brother doubts th<( prorief~y of eatitng matt prohibited by the law I'dos so wvithonut ha~ving his mitnd fully satisfledi that Glod apsproivps it-cndeans himaneelf, beenaust he does it without faith in its correctness, antd th<c reason of this is that " to htim that esteemeth ana thaiag unclean to him, it is uncleant." But coar science is undet' the control of faith, and it is the tou'stone of the test onily whent our faith is regu hated by Coil's word, and sprinugs from a knowledge of our dluty to hitm. If faith is wrong, conscience will necessar'ily bie wronag. Ilenuce a mtan may in dulge in siniful p!easur'es, without thec reproof of conscience, because fatith has not its foundation in divine tr'utha. Thins wve may have an tutlighitened cosceace. wellI satisfied of the divine approbation in ll our acts. " IIast thou faith. have it to Tmr SELF befote (God," (ntot before amen~.) We should not trouble thc aainds of others ina mataters of in difference, but our oton eonsciences must be wel thal we mny he free from guilt. Let each one. Ihen, lhe fully persuaded in his own mind-fully saiistied that. his actinns nre in accordance to trutli. " A chri.tian " says IHaldane. " may torego his lib ertv in matters of cnlinug and I drinkinn wit lie has no right to liratice whiat. God has not eijoineld. foir to neglect praetice of what God hna instuted " MTaving explained this passage, I deduce the fol lowing proposition from it. Erery art penformed without an assurance of the dirine approbation. ix ain.. lint whnt is implied in leing assured of the divine approhnitionl It. is nt merely being Issa red that we nct in necordance with the forms, cus toms or fashions of those liv whom we are surroun ded. nor is it lioping our ncts are correct. nor is it a blind guessing at. what is our duty. It implies something mnre than having the approbation of man, or the approhat ion of creeds. confessions or diseiplines on our side, for these cannot give us the assurance i eressary. And yet this assurance is of influite importance in our nets-we are deal ing with an infinite God, and with the interests of an immortal soul. At every step we are touching Cords which will vibrate in eternity. This assu rance is the sun-shine of an enlightened conscience -the smiles of God-the ability to appeal without fear or dread to divine omniseence, and say as Peter said, " Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I believe this is right." Now, if I have faith in the correctness of my acts, I will wish to seek the divine blessing upon me in their performance. "1In all thy ways ac knowledge him and he shall direct thy paths." But if it does not approve of pray er for the divine blessing in the performance of any act, it cannot be of faith, therefore it i- sin. We cannot have the divine approbation in giving to any place of amusement where we cannot carry our religion with us. " If our hearts condemn us, God is great er than our hearts and knoweth all things.'' If therefore, we have not suflicient faith in the right cousness of our course as to lead us to pray for God's blessing in it, we had far better alan:lon tile whole matter as evil ill the sight of God. Let mell say or think what they will, God has said " WUAT sozvati is not of fiaith, is sill." He has also said, J Ihat.oerer ye do. do all to the glory of God." How do we p omote the divine glory in the dance? The Hebrews often did it, but is it done in the inidern dance ? Let the principles illustrated he correctly applied, and I am pen-naded they will lead no ore to the ball room. Who has not, at least a slight doubt, as to its propriety 1 Wi., can sincerely pray to God that he would guide and di reet them, when in the ball room 7 Who would lie willing for their last hours on eartli to be spent in the ball room ? What christian would give as dying advice to his children "learn to dance ?" B. F. CORLEY. Ninety.Six, S. C. PUBLIC MEETING AT NINETY-SIX. At a meeting of the cit'zens of Ninlety-Six, 0, T1'uesday the 3d inst., the following preamble aid resolutions were offered and unanimously concur red in. Wn~EEAs, an inscrutable Providence lhas called our State, in common with tile whole South, to mourn over the fall of our Representative in Con gress, lion. PREs-roN S. Bnooxs ; and constituting as we do, that portion of his constituency belong ing to his immediate neiglborhood, we feel called upon to give expression to our grief for the death of one whom we loved for his gentlemanly bearing. hiis exalted patriotism and his untiriLg devotion to the interest of hlis beloved State. Be it therefore 1. Res'olred, That the noble and dlignifieid course of Hlon. Paius'rox S. BEnooks in Congress. has en deared him to our hearts, anid mlore thian realized the most sanguinie expectations of his friends. 2. Recso,'red, Thlat ill his death, our State has lost a faithful sentinel, and one of her truest and most patriotic 50ons. .'. Resulred, That while we deplore his death as a loss to the South, we bow with stumlissive rev crence to Him ini whose hands. are the..issues of life andh death. 41. Resoh-ed, That we tender to the family of the deceased, our he artfelt symnpathies in their af diction. 5. Resofred, That- a copuy oft the above Resolu tions be piresetnted to the family of Col. ]1no oms. andl that thle A b~bev ille Banuner, Independen t P'res and Edgetield Adcertiser, be furnishecd with a copy for publicat ion. N CATPet J. W. CALJnors, See'y. MEETING AT GREENWOOD. At a mecetinlg ofi the citizens ot Greemwoodl, hehl otn the 31st Jlanuary, in the Prmesby terianl Chapel, Dr. S. V. C.ux was calk.ol to the Chair. amnd on tmo tionl of Mr. A. Vnyer, the Chairman was re~1tuested toi appinit a Colmmnittee to dramft, ai Preamnble annd Resoltuticns, expressive of 'lie feelings and .senti menIts of the biody. Mr. A. A Ses, Capt. W~u. 1I. Gttmrris aind Mr. wrho, after a short absence, returned andl repoirted WaIsnsasA, biy the decree of an All-wise l'rovi demlce, u e, the citizens oif tireenwood, ale call-d iponm to express our regret at the loss of our hile distiguished andi nochel beloved Repre-sentatlive iin Con:;ress, the lion. l'as-:-ros S. lihooxs ;and whmilst we bow in humnb!e submnissioni to this unai~l ternh'e decree, we fe-el thnt not onily Souit iroli len, b~ut the whole Si utth, ha~s Ilost a tibte chamioni'I and brave defender of her princtip'!es and her rights -onei wh~ose future uiseuihi.i'ss could only lbe judg~ed of, by his success itn his shlort lbut brilliant career. Th'lereore, 1. Res-ored, That we, ini commnonl with th~e rest, of his conustitutetley, dleely regret the loss ouf hsis vluable services in this the hour of' tu ned. 2. Resoire-d, That we will ever remeinber with lively emlotionis (if plenstme and pride. his spiri:ed andh miainly course ini the comu ~iils of his coitsitry. 3. Resid'red, 'That we. depLj!y syimp~athsize with his aette'l family, il cir irr eparablle lo'as. 4. Rte.n~redt, That a copy of tile albove Pre:in ble and Ilesointions lie .sent to his h~er-eaved fhnnily. lished~ in thme Abbieville Banr Inidependenl I'rs and Edgetield .t dlre'rtier, with a re-prest. that all the plapers in this (conogi enil It&tlriet, copy the RANGE OF THEEM39EETER FOR JANUARY 1857. Jani 1st andl 2d Rainy-Ther.n:bout i0o TI. at '1. 1t " 3 Fair " 40t to 50 .S . " 4 Fair " " 5 Fair 1.1. - t A little hazy, , a 5I " Fair 2 "I10 Cloudy, eveingl~ sprinlkling, i 44 " 11 Fair-at 1 o'clock Ther 34.' 241 ' "112 Fa r '22 06 413 Fair |2t' .lt ''14 Fair~ 2'. .17 ''15 Fair I 39 35 " 16 Fair dI 22 ''17 ('louidv-A little fair at niighlt. ! 5 I47 "18~ Rainy-snow evening andt night' 360 15 "19 Fair , 1 2 "20 Hazy andl a little sleet at night i12 I 29 - '"21 "'all day. 29 :15 " 22 Fair all day. I12 20 "28 Cloudy wit'h Sniow mi~t. I 16i 22 "' 24 " ~lightly alt day. 22 32 "2.5 Cioudy, fair, hlazy. 31 40. " 26 Cloudy. 32 416 S27 Lightly cloudy. I55. " 28 Cloudy and little drisly. 50,5 "2!) Cloudyr all day. 40 | 44 " 30 Rainy'all day'and nlight. 411 | 8 "81 Morniing rainting, cloudy evening: 30 41 Thlere was but, little raini during the mlonth ex etept on the 30th and 31ht, when thlere was consid erable. D.trerence of Thermometer fromi lou est to high est lut sunlrise 417r Ditference of Thermometer froml lowest to high t st at sunset Sio Thlermometer hatngs in openm piazz.a facing~ thle West. J- I Lgh YOUgo Aszjau..-." M, is the pirtrait of father torn," asked a little cherub of three summers "No9 child, why do you aski" " Why1 this morning I hm.u.d im ..n...ds me picinre?" F OR CONGRESS Mit. Ei-Ton: As it behooves its to look about us for a proper person to fill tihe vacancy in our Congressional halls, occasioned by the much ]a mneweil death of our late Represcntat've the [on. P. S. Bnoorcs. allow some of the numerous friends of Col. J. A. CAL11oUN, of Abbeville, to pro pose himt as worthy and well qualified to fill the vacanv. In htringing this gentleman before the public, it is due him to say that he has ever been true to all the great questions that has agitated our S;ate. -MANY FRIENDS. INHUMANITY AT THE NORTH. The whole Northern Press, with but few ex ceptions, are guilty of perpetrating the most foul abuse against our gallant Representative, whose memory is too pure for such inhuman and cowardly monsters to dare breathe. The follu%%ing aitiele from the New York Times, makes our blood boil with indignation ad ha tred tuwards the polluted author of such an outrage: Co.. PREsToN S. lrooKS.-The whole public was btartled yemterday morning by news of tile death of Preston S. Brooks. Not a sylla. ble had been heard of his illness,-his absence fron the House had nit been noticed, and if he had been struck by lightening, the announce mnetit of his death could not have been more unexpected. Prubab'y to m-iny who read the announce ment the first thought that occurred was, that tile event was a providential retribution for the stiantgely savage act, with which his name will forever be associated. But it is nut the pro ince of Imall thus to as.sign motives, or trace design, ill the acts of the Alnighly. The at I Ilpt to do so is always rash, and in such :I case as this becomes presumptuous and uojust. No individual act. ever received so marked and ,gn:- a condemnation, from the judgment of t civilized world, as the assault upon Mr. Sumner. The event whic has now o.ertaken the actor does not call for any renewed re proaches. but iather for such charitable con structioin as the ease will permit. The testi Molly i r those whi-o knew him inclines ts to believe that C:ol. Brooki, in his uatural tem. per.iment and disposition, was far from cruel or ifeeliIINg,-that, he was a mnan ot esl'erous niture, of kindly feelings and of manly imipuh sess, warmly attached to his friends, :nd by no means ie'entless or vindie:ive toward, his foe,. Ile had been educated in dhe extreie sschool of fanaticism upon S;ate rights, tate pride and persmal honor, and all his notions upon the.-e subjects had beefn exalggerated and made mime iteite by tle atmosphere in which lie moved :it W.isinigtoni. We have never considered it at all surprising that ie should have been great !y excited and angered by the terrible invce:ives ,f Mr. Sumner, nor ihat with his ideas upon s the subject, lie should have dtetermined to iniliet upon hint some mark of personal indignity :s a p)niihment therefmor. It was the app:irelly n:ivige nature and extent of the a.,:.ul. that stiarled aind astonished the public inl. We have heard that in conversat.on Coionel Bromks more than once deplored is conduct oil that occasioln as the blot an1d mnisfortune of his lift,-that he declared his only purpose at the out.,et was to iilict tile disgrace of a blow and not ally severe bolily injury, thatl he was excited with wine, of which he had been drinking freely, ;nd that the first blow struck roused all the demon wi.1 in him, and left him no long'er ill po~session of his judgment, or self control. Whether this report be true or not, there is ntthing in it at all inconsistent with probability, r with the character of Col. Brcoks. On the coitrary, it seems to us much more likely to have been the fact, than that he should hlave deliberafely planned the murder which lie but just escaiped committing. Col. Brooks was educate-l at sotme Southern iniitary schiool, antd served in the war with lexico with credit, if ntot distinction. He was of more than11 ordinary mentail ability, a:s hi4 spchells ill C.ongress and elsewhlere s'.ow. le was but 37 years old at the date of hi~s dleath. BU-r of all the false charges. Ilhe Doston At las caps the climax with the tollowing: - "The suidden death of Pleston S. Brooks, by one of' tlie mlost virihenit and p-illIul diseases that atfreets hittm:miity, cani scarcely fail to im pre tile public as ai signal evideciLe of Divine re: ribution fior atrocios aind 'peculiar c'rime. A' bod and airropoiit manit, while yet boasting ofl lis dastardly ,utrge-whil'e yet swalggertig wvi th the barbaric bom rs .shtowe-red tupon hhi n iy a brutalized constituey-hi- lhps still qiv crinir withi thlreats algain'it the frienids and( asso ites of his vWictim-is seized byV theL throat by ii ilnvi-ible' and irresi-tible gra~sp, anld strainigh'd -o deathl. Hel~ diems, sayvs a despiatchl from' Washi into(n,* a horrid dieathI, sufing ll i nteely , andl endvorintg to te:ir lisi own throat (open to get bra.thI. It is well that l'restonl S. Ilroioks diedi in his bed-- hat lie waIS strnek dowin'.l by iie and ot by !:nmanii Ui:.lds-I hat no .von otf3 -l55isachi .'t s sullied thle hair fanli. our Slare as~ a pi.m-e itt :iimi ei'.ilizeud commnityi?, by tliking upn ii'telt to alvenge. her wrng<~i. l'rovidence hi m deat with hiil toIts ownI way anld at its en II time" ,-ne thai is tnken on tin- :iwful trainedmy ini llnd street, the mnore clea rly is ii, seen lihat it wai lhe wmmri of nio coummllion hand1. if noi inere law!ss Ivagrant0. Thoumighi thle n i.neine whime testminy is givenl el.-en heroecalinlil be neserabi. ed ai d ire--tIy fa--tenming Itice ha:r'e ofminI ler mml t~i or that pierson, yet tim-ir evidencel~ goelis mmi the' (mie side to narrow very ui-t el iially the circle wifhil wliehi the elptil muist be somught. :nml mn the ot her to le.'seni the improbmabi ity* that :: perl Mmm ill a stal ion n here nom derers are siuppno sed to tbe unicommtton should hIa~ve tuiken the ife mof the hit e )r. Bturdelh. There is a ri-k and a re spnsibiity iim givinig expression. .at this early s l:gme iln thle inquiry, toC thle sulspietons t hat fum. iel ini thle phile mindiili. It is possible thaut thos~i whom tihe pntblic eye n~ow regards as guii v ay pmiov. silmly unflortitmate. But we are iiipmi 1:tt:1 ny Ih~i tim this ,mom eu nt thle lmurden, N. Y. I eraild. .It; : t.,1 C~y oy .\l .ut: tA; t. -A corres pondent~ of the :\bi,ii onm Virgimianui, wringi roi .\1 ioi, Nntheii, emniily, \'a., rela'es a .inn:I'mr in se. of mar~iriage!i. lie says: -- \Ve hiave uiithin haif a ilein of thiis place. - i..dividnsd whom ham remiainiedhh i u e psituin fi of hiis b~.'-) fomr 16 y e;.rs. or llumre. His iiits are ais stiill ais t hough lie hinid never hiad y ihe can move his hieamd slimiighy, ean mlove iii b:nums a1 tlttle, is unabmle. tim eat a ,.inmmhe nin'hflil unless putl lint imuthi by another pron; is tat, very heiari y andm chieerfu I: ad withmin the last two vemus had nwirrie'd a goodi~ lo~kinig anid healrty tgirl, and1( is r.i-ig a hinily of chilren. The clergymna~n who mairriedl this m nut said he had someli scrtap~es abuiit it ttnI il le had a long conlver.ationt wi h both te par:ie-. le saw they were bent on be~iu~in mrried. The you ng lady'stood by the bi'd mit tie Uroolm (h couli not take his hand fomr he conttId not reach it out) and they were lmde onie. Jan.:19.--The I'i(enytine is imi re.eipil of adir ies fromt T'ampico, Mexico, to the I14th in-aint. T1hue news is imuportanlt. A battlhe had been fought on tie 6th1 instant, bet ween tile revuolutioniary t'orees. Iind(er Gen. Garcia, a:nd the goveri ttent trooups, in which many lives were lost on both sides, bitt thte got. eraient forces claimed the iietiiry. The battlhe oeenitred aL thle Oh! 'Ton'l. and d uritg its conltinniatnce nearlyV every bmuil dinig in the plce wa pillaged by the iinvader's At the date of our last :idvieces, Ge'n. Gaircia, w it h his trooups, was advianciin iipont Talmico being then~ within a1 few muiles oif the. town. T he goverinmenlt forces, however, were prepiar ing to1 give hiim baittle. The American Coi~sll at T::mnpico has sett 0 a requm st to the Comilecr oft thlis oorl, (New Or leans) asking that the Ri veinue Cutter be selit immediately to the scente for thte protection of the Atmerican residents of the place and their property, as the revolutioniists threaten to pillage t11In etown For the Advertiser. TURKISH MANNER OF SUPPLICATING HEAVEN TO AVERT AN IMPENDING CALAMITY. CIIATEAURIAND, in his journey from Paris to .urusnlem, tel's us that when the Turks imagine themselves menaced with a calamity, they lead to the pillars of the celebrated temple of Jupiter Olympus at Athens, a lamb; and turning its head townrds heaven, make it bleat: despairing to find, among m-nkind, a voice sufficiently innoeent foiner it grace of the Omnipotent being, they seek it aming the' most harmless of the brute creation -Faox CHATEAUBRIAND. M. LRA. SELF DESTRUCTION.-MrS. 'David, wife of Rev. Jacob David. residing about fifteen miles from this place, in Harris county, Ga., committed siicide by throwing herself into a well ninety feet deep, on Saturday night. She had been laboring under occasional spells of meital do. rangement for several years, and had oflen been heard to express a determination to kill herself. On Saturday night she is said.to have went to bed vith her husband as usual, apparently all right. About two o'clock, Mr. David awoke, mised her, and after waiting a sufficient time for her return. he got up, roused the family, and instituted search. Her cape was. found by the well, nnd mud on the plank over the well, and on examination her body found at the bottom. Columbus Sun. WIAT THE FRENCH SAY.-The French edi. tors are beginning to open their eyes to the fact that the United States are wielding no little in fluence abroad. They think we are a great christian power. whose affairs cannot any longer be separated from those of Europe; that we possess the position. the condition of possessing great military means by land and sea, and that we have vital interests in common with those of Europe. o B IT U AR Y. DEPARTFD this life at her residence in this Dis trict, on the 20th January, Mrs. ELIZABETH SUL I.IVAN, in the eighty-eighth year of her ace. Tho deceased attached herself to the Baptist Church at Ilardy's, near a half century since, and remaineil a consistent, devout and exemplary member of that denomination. She was kind and genero: s to her neighbors, hospital to strangers, and indulgent to servants. Numerous ielatives, friends and aequaintances deplore her death. A FawEND. ' COMMERCIAL. AUGUSTA, Feb 7, 1857. COTTON- About two thousand bales sold th's morni:.g and all that was offered met ready pur chasers at full rates. We quote good middling 121 and Middling Fair to Fair to 121 to 121 cents. CHARLESTON, Feb 7. Saks this morning of 2,250 baes Cotton at 1I a 1: cents. Prices stiff. "THE 96 BOYS." The surviving members of Company "D" are reguested to meet in the Ccurt House on MONDAY the 2:hd inst., at .3 o'clock, P. M. for the purpose of paying a suitable tribute to the memory of their loved and lamented Commander, PaRSToN S. BROOKS. It is earnestly desired that each member shall attend. The following is a list of the living. Those designated with a star,(*) are out of the State. Those with two stars, (**) are not known to be alive. W. C. Moragne, Jos-ph Ahntey, .P.Jn, J. C. Sinmkins, 'enr ' nais L. B. Werer,JonCet, C. WV. Styles, !.C ak 11. S. Key, mT.Ofid J. T. Nixon, AtoyDlra T. J. Whitak.-r, H.Bes, Frances Po..'y, 'mi.Btel, Wmn. Ilurrell, jhlDom* Benj. Gill, HleyCow, Win. Smith, ~ esGof* Geo. Duirst,W..Gapi, Thos. L. Andiersan, Adro ~~ad* A'exander Sha rpton, E.Mlo, David I 1opkimns, W.. trlh, Wiley Hlolsonbake, .aiesMrn* ILewis Covar, F ocn* ElredS Simkinis, Rbr lmn Johnii A' Addison, ofrvSobl, Robert Kenny, . H. llKen ,* For P.oJores,. ~ Tiu Fr~cnLso nardov JP. ndrews, S.J. C.-Lark, ~ Th Frinds r Co. ATU Safford, thevcncyintheU. . Io- Anthon Deloreatie hi theU. S.house o ersitatrto,** th Hi.leryCooper, L. O~l:~ t anoucehinW. . Candid vata~rv ocasioedWb tE. eturhy,*io.P.S lietreeuttivs o fll Geoacfceeoe thedeah o lin. . . 1o1. Nre, [T Tum Friends of Ex-G. J.\S. C. LOAM MS rND moeet hi annuc bin Casdaa Coandiat inr th~ eU.lS.eItcus of epeen'ituiativ the fsing a i, C The Frind MTof l AbviTHR sIMreSt reslleetn!n<minate himred as a C~ndidate forfl or sondl byt Division, So. C. . U-os 'aTheFenof H.' Rl. AN s. e spelfuly thesne Pis ae Canduivefrsa ment ibl*g vn the m.S lueo eprealsentaties to r1te vareneyct asned by th e so de of liver PnS'o S.Ilos . We~l atre auorie byoth rens ofien. Lane NL.Yrk BOIAnd to. 4 Snnounce . h imds a andidby :floru t1:e :Ut 2 eous ofc. aerrndtative, tobilth eadc caidb the Ceri atht of on.eP.la . Wetife uthor ie br thel fried ofa~ Ci!. .l.\.n.KilMER, and Newey to mione him naluntCanmdiate. fo aeh ter.. Notex uhie.o lyieentaivel cmlt (p theany eeeirol~re by thi itie)at o pnion.P su Bnoto ay laat TI h:ereusefor annhne h~imf of alCandiat f Ta Conlientr chEdield Istavet atwv the enuing fully )ans' Pby hiufri.es a Cakniat ri dM ljo Geeral. 1st cassn S. C. liM. nw o welythitrese I is he betnjled a n versa eai eine, orth arein sadsmand tp hugho the habi tialte une Eventhce, mdifal dogmratitshor it isd ain d~evifromcleerl.anrlg Sroleled y the L ure PE rN Ay~.-ppiiercm P eu o . .''ils..'ul t 'gem~esL Sribe bt then mat ties No.80MdeLn, Fead.th Cet itf a Reua