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Willian Aiken, the distinguished Representative in Congress, from the District of Charleston, in reference to Mr. Speaker Banks, has struck not only the people of South Carolina, but of the whole country, with the most profound astonishment. We are free to confess--and we record it with deep re rthat we share largely in this astonishment. We are amazed to think, that one occupying his distinguished position-with his political antece dents-once an honored Senator and subsequeut ly, by the exercise of peculiar favor, elected the Governor of a high-toned and chivalrous people -with a property which, in magnitude and kind, idenlifies himn more largely with the people of the South. than almost any citizen she has-a man of noble and elevated sentiments-as sen sitive and as devoted to the 14mor of his native State as to his own-a gentleman of education, of political experience, and with opportunities to form a clear and correct judgment of what was due to himself and to the people he repre sented-when, we say, we consider all these things, we are lost in amazement at the bare contemplation of this one act, so extraordinary in-its character, so unexpected as proceeding from such an agent. To sa- that we feel mortified-deeply mortifi ed, would be to give but a feeble expression to the emotionis it has excited. It is a source of profound humiliation--of deep and predominant shame-of humiliation when we reflect that one whose pub~lic character anid private virtues we appreciate and respect so much, could so far for get what was due to his own exalted character. even though for a moment, as ti, stoop to the low-level of this arch enemy of all his State and people hold most dear--and of shame from a profound conviction of the utter unworthiness of the object thus distinguished by this signal act of favor. We believe that we know the sentiment that actuated Mr. Aiken, and induced this remnarka ble demonstration. We trust, too, that we art not incapable of appreciating it. Buat while the sentiment, regarded as a sentiment, is honorable to humanity, it is not at all times proper to fol low its dictates. It is honorable to rise superior to the feeling4 of disappointed amnbition or mor tified pride, which personal rivalry and political strife so often engender. In moving that a reso lution of thanks to Mr. Speaker Banks be vote-d, "for his able ar.d impartial discharge of his dum ties" as the presiding officer of the House, Mr. Aiken no doubt rewarded it as an act of muagna nimity-and truly it was an act of unparalleled mnagnammty lBut was it a just act in its ex ercise? Was it proper, under all the circum stance-s? WVas it such an act as suited the rela tions between Mr. Aike-n, hi<' constituents, his State, and the recipient of this distinguishing mark of favor? There is sotmething strikinigly noble in a magnanimous act-in the exhibition of the power to rise superior to the personal coin siderations or selfish motives that are supposed actuate the majority of mankind. To revenge is human-to forgive, divine. It is an heroic act to forgive our enemy when we are in a con dition to be revenged. Yes-it is noble and it is magnanimous to forbear punishing your ene my-one, it may be, who has deeply wronged you-to forego revenge when revenge would be easy. It is not, however, invariably so: there are cases in which to forbear to punmish would be, highly criminal. We regard Mr. Speaker Banks as no better than an incendiary. WVe reward him and the party with which he acts, wi& whose fortunes he is identified, and of which lhe is a chosent and favorite leader, as the sworn enemies of the South, desiring, plottinig and comnpassinig noth ing so much as her destruction .Mr. Speaker Banks, we repeat, is one of the chosen, trustedl leaders of the Black Republican Party. Byv othem, that is the Black Republicans, he was selected to fill the chair ho occupies-and elee ted over Mr. Aiken and others. H is sentiments -his principles of action, in common with his party, are those of the incendiary- the senti ments and the priniciples of those who wouald fire your dwelling-ewould murder your wife and children-would plunder your property-would rob you of all you hadl Mr. Speaker Banks would sacrifice-would conisign to hopeless ruin. an entire half of the Union, to ensure the tri umph of his principles andl party-the party of Pandemonium-the principles of' a Demon I Mr. Speaker Banks openly avows opinions that lead directly and lead inevitably, to insurrection, ra pine, and murder! He boldly proclaims him self an enemy to the Sotuth-to the institutiotns of the South.' Mr. Speaker Banks has identified himaself with a party which repudiates the Con stitution, and unblushingly proclaims a "higher law" thanm tle instrument they are sworn to obey ! Mr. Speaker Banks would put the, knife of the midnight assassin to your throats-he would re gar-d with comiplacency the murder of our wives and children!' Mr. Speaker Banks cotddi thus contentedly sheep with Woo upon his soul!! -And was it proper for Mr. Aiken to move a vote of thanks to such a man as this? 'There is justly said to be a moral fitness in all things, if we can only ascertain what it is, but such an act. coming from Mr. Aiken or any Sonthern Representative, strikes us as very improper. The Black Republicans were astonished-the Southern Representatives were amazed. Strange to say-a large majority of them afterwards vo ted for it, for which they are responsible. At the bar of public opinion then, they must an awer. WVas it not quite enough that Mr. Aiken, by the exercise of an unparalleled act of courtesy, conducted Mr. Speaker Banks to the Chair? -Assuredly, this act was a striking and sufficient demonstration that he was superior to any feel ing of onvy or mortified vanity, or disappointed ambition. -This was proof enough that such ig noble feelings had no abiding place in his noble heart. We say that this was enough-and, though all did not even then approve, yet, all did not condemn. But when in addition to his numer ous acts of prsonal kindness consideration and courtesy, Mr Aikcen superadds the gratuitous ser-vic, the crowning and distinguishing favor of thankg hmfor what? Why, for not liay ingracted as badl,perhaps, as he feared, or as he anticipated, or expected; ior for having, ad miisted* datICs ordliehargied the fucetions )f the chair with unexpected impartiality-with reasonable intelligence-with ordinary ability,; in short, for having simply done his duty, provi led he really did all that was claimed for him for this we say-a Southern Representative representing the largest slaveholding constituen cy in the South, and himself the largest slave holding Representative in Congress, must move that this moral traitor-traitor to his Constitu tion and country-should receive a voteof thanks, and.Southern Representatives must vote for it II This is no tinen or occasion fordisguise ore-on concealment, or the suppression ones sentiments. We will not withhold the free and unrestrained expression of our honest conviction when we think our Representatives have committed a gross wrong. We are aware that the wisest and best of men may- occasionally commit acts of indiscretion, and such too, as may result injuri ously, which are not imputable to their general character. We are aware of all this-and far be it fromh us, in anything we may have said, to impute infidelity to a single Southern Represen tative. We yield to no man in respect for Gov. Aiken, or in the confidence we repose in him. We believe, however, that in the extraordinary and unexpected position he took in relation to Mr. Banks, he committed a great-an unfortun ate mistake, and one too, which cannot be justi fied by any consideration arising from propriety, courtesy, or political expediency. It doubtless sprang from the noblest sentiment of magnan imity-but, we shall ever think that it was the prostitution of magnanimity to a most unworthy object. THE RETIRING ADIMINISTRATION We find in the Natinal Iuelligencer of the 4th instant, the following article, containing a well deserved tribute to the patriotism, industry, and fidelity of the late President, and of the members of his cabinet. It is an endorsement worth more than all the panegyrics of the party press, and strickingly illustrates the candor, moderation and intelligence by which that ex cellent journal has always been distinguished in its course towards its political opponents : In the process of time, and in accordance with the requisition of the Contitution, the coun try is this day brought to contemplate the term. of the Presidential Administration of Franklin Pierce. The executive powers of which, during the last four years of our national existence, he has been the honored depository, are about to be transmitted to the hands of his veteran successor. At such a period when so many eyes are strained to greet the rising sun, it is the oilice, as well of patriotic solicitude as of per sonal respect towards the retiring incumbent of the Presidential chair, to cast a glance back up on the results of the Administration which has now reached its close. Without entering for this purpose into any minute recital of the measures and principles which have given shape and color to the politi cal and public events of the last four years, we may safely venture to say that in hereafter tra cing the civil and materialjrogress of the coun try, the historian of the United States will be aible to discern that the administration of Presi dent Pierce deserves to find a place among those periods whit h have contributed their share to the general prosperity. After due allowance made for that recupera tive energy which enables a young and vigorous nation to thrive even in spite of occasional er rors in the administration of its public affairs, justice will still ascribe to the outgoing Govern ment an active and positive agency in mnch that has coitributed to the national honor and wel fare. Our own readers are sufficiently informed that it has not been our fortune fo concur with the President in the wisdom or expediency of all the measures which have marked either the domestic or foreign policy of his administration, nor have we vect found reason to change our deliberate opiriions with respect to the tendency of those issues upon which wve have felt it our duty to dissent from the conclusions of the Ex ective, however much we mar always have re spected the convictions of piblic duty which guided his course with reference to much-can vassed questions. Claiming for ourselves no ex emption from that fallibility which we have sometimes ascribed to the executiv-e department of the Government, we can only hope that the developments of the -future may viudicate its policy even with regard to those points which are still in litigation and debate, as we are sure the softening effects of time, whatever in other resets may be the award of impartial history, wilmitigate the partisan animosity which has sometimes unduly assailed the purity of its motives. But, however great may be the diversity of judgment respecting the policy of its pairticnlar measures, all will concede to the retiring Admin ist ration, as at whole, the merit of industry and fidelity in the discharge of its ministerial duties. In this respect it muay safely challenge conmpari .4on with any that has pree'eded it. The bead of each D~epartment seems to have vied with his colleagues in giving to his particulair branch of the General Government all the efliciency which talent, aided by untiring assiduty, could etf'ect. Where each lhas thus done his dluty wit~h such commendable diligence, it would be invidious to indulge in special piraise ; and if the same meas ure of success has not attended the efforts of all, the blamne should perhaps be assigned to the intractable nature of certain administrative de tails, which afford a very wide margin for una voidable grounds of complaint oni the part of those who fail to consider the thousaud-fold con tingencies to which such a service is subjected. While the logic of the sagacious and experi inced Secretary of State may have failed ini a few cases to convince us, we yield to none in a high appreciation of the general conservatism and statesmanlike ability lie has always brought to the conduct of p-orresponidence which lhe has held with foreign Governments. Without de tracting aught from the honor due to the Presi deit for his part in directing those iniportant negotiations, we may yet be pardoned in expres 4ing the opinion that much of the success of hiis administration in its management of our foreign relations deserves to be attributed to his trusted and trusty Secretary of State. And if the head of each of the other Departments many be truly saui to have rivalled in his resp~ectiv-e sphere of duties the zeal and ability of the Foreign See-re ar, it is, perhaps, not too much to affirm that the'learned and indefatigable Attorney General of the retiring Ministry has ar;anized the ad ministrative duties of his office, thus rendering more easy the career of' his successor, noit only by the cean docket he transmits, but also by the systematizing genius which has' enabled hinm to definie the boundaries of his provine wvithi all its subdivisions and dependencies. As that praise is always most valuable which proceeds from those best qualifiedl to judge of the grounds on which it is conferred, we need but allude to the confidenice which thme business mni of the country have steadily reposed ini the .utgoing Secretary of thme Treasury as constitu ting in itself stronmg testimony ton the intelligence and fidelity with which lie has pierfomrimd the intricate and responsible functions of his ofiee; while to the per-souznd of the Army and of the Navy, the Secretaries of these Departments niay safely appeal for the general plaudit, which forms the best reward of oflicial station. If the Secretary of the Interior and the Postmaster General have had a wvider constituency to man age and please, we arc sure they have none the less or less justly earind the approbation of those entitled to sit in judgment on their labors. When the Roman Emperor whose naiie has come in aftertinmes to designate the palmiiest days of iational greatness wias about to depar-t fronm the stage ofaction, he turned to inquire of his courtiers if he had played well his part ; amid, being answered in the' affimrative, expired with the simple request upon his lips, "Then give me your applause !' That which in his case was but the inspiration and exaction of imperial pride, the ruiing passion strong ev-en in death, deserves among us to be the voluntary homage which the citizens of a Republic may pay to the faithful servants of the National Commonwealth ; and, so far as is due to those who are now about to resign their public trusts, we cheerfully unite with those of our fellow-citizens who are ready a accord to them that tribute. Pmunc~rt.PHnu, March 11. Dr. Kain's Rnorls.-The remains of Dr. Kane were escorted by a large procession this fternoon, from the Baltimore depot to Indepen lence Hall, which was draped in mourming. The lags throughout the city were displayed at half-mast. Inunene egrowda were gathered at 0)Aj Maetiiser. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR, EDGEIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18,1857. OUR AGENT. T. J. WIrITTAxKR Is our authorised Agent to re ceive subscriptions and collect all monies due this office. The Cash System adopted. Art..r the first of January we will adopt the Cash system and intend strictly to adhe-re to it in each and every instane. It is certainly the beat system for all, especirlly newspaper publishers, and as our bills are generally small It will be no inconvenience to any one to.pay up in advance. To Advertisers. All ndvertieem.nts, to secure publicity through our e.,lumns, must he paid for when handed in. Those who live at at distance wishing to advertise, can enclos-e the amount for which they desire to nd iertise. Those advertising by contract, by the year. will he expected to settle up quarterly. g The editor's absence on business is our excuse for a lack of editorial matter. g. Particulat attention is directed to the adver tgement of Mr. S. J. BISYCE, of Augusta, who is now selline nfl' that splendidi s.titck of Goods of the late Firm of J. F. BucItAan & Co. The business must he closed up, and enniequently he i' .ffering God--rich and beautiful-at tnuensl low rates. ir. RAs'oM, well kuna n to this commusnity. is one of the several g,-tlntansly clerks in that estahlitshment, and will take pilesure in wailing (it his Edgefieljl friends. GUILTY OF MIANSLAUGIITER. Otn Tuesday and Wednesday last JosErn WILLIAMs, charged with the murder o'f slave RicSnMoNo belong ing to Col SiMK:Ns, was tried, and the Jury returned a verdict f " Guilty of Manslaunghter." The Solici tor, Gen. BosnAM, assisted by H. T. WataRT, Esq. pro'ecutel the ca-e %% ith ability, whilst Messrs. SPANN, GARY and MasARY defenided WI.LIAMS eloquently, and with signal success. His Unnor, Judge MUNRo, settenced WILLIAMS tc six tmosths imprisonment and to pay a fine of five hun dresd dollar-the full exteit of the law. $ -.. . --" OUIt LETTER FROM TIlE UP-COUNTRY. We would ask especial attention to the interesting letter of out Upcountry Correspondent. li< s:ate mensts in regard to Walhalla and the Blue Ridge Rail road enter;.riz. are s.trikinsg and gratifying. The whole letter iin.eed is at good one ; we tutst insist up; on 1E. K.'s writing oftener. It will be sern that the Blue Ridge road is not to be a failure, Mr. GaRca's elaborate elubrt in the adverse n"twithstanding. The work is again mightily pro gres-ang ; .di, befire the funds now in command of thi Dir,-etion are expended, it will have gone on so far twttards completi as to render the success of the ucheuic a 'fixed fact' inde, d. .. -....4.1 ROTATION IN OFFICE. The Washington Correspondent of the New Yori Herald says: All the South Carolina Congressional delegation excepting Sir. Orr, are opposed to the principle of ro tation in office. For the eleven federal offices in that State, there are only two applicants. The presen Postmaster of Charleston is the second one who has held that station since the organization of the genera government. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. ftg Diogenes buing asked of what beast thte bitn was most daingeroos, answered, " Of wiltd beasts tha of a slaniderer ; of tame, thtat of a flatterer." gg Tu'H town of Gloucester, Mlass., with but nine thiousands inh'abitants, has appropriated 610,000 t< public schools. 3g" Wounds in cattle are quickly cured by wash ing several times a day with a mixture of the yolk a eggs and spirits of turpentine. glg7" John S. Ryan 0! Charlesten, recently solb 300 acres of Santee rice lands fur $33,000-about $111 per acre. gg Ssow STRMrx -There was a slight fall o snow in New Orleans on Saturday last, 7th itnst. g' lion. S. W. HARats, of Alabama, declines re-etection to Congress. g' Tue receipts of cotton by the table in ti Charleston Courier of 13th inst., show a decrease a 158,538 bales, cumpared with the same time last yeat gg Never wash your silver with soap and water rub with prepared chalk, otherwise it will look iki pewter. gg JAS. A. Paic., who mourdered a man by thi name of Huons, about two years ago In Union Dip trict, was convicted of mutrder In the first degree,uns sentenced for the offence last week at Union Coaurt. i' We learn from the Columbia Times., that thi Hots. JAS. L. OA arrived in that city, on Tuesda: evening last, on Isis return home, and was welcomes with a seranatde by the students of South Carolins College. g" Tu Chester Standard says that the family of Geo. W. Citris, of Chesterville, were potsonei last week, anud that one of them, an infant, lust it life ins consequence. Some tea ha~d been maide of root, supposed to be assafras, and of this the famil: partook ; biut the root was subsequently fsond to h, jessenmine. A negro gave it tto a nephtew of Mir. Cur tis, but hue canntot he idetntiflid. gg A duel took place on Saturday last, at Mosbile Alabama, betweeni Mr. Nixoun, of tI e New Orlene Crescear, anud Mr. Breckenridlge, osf the New Orleins Courier. At the seconid fire Mr. Breckenridge wmt sh ot thrstugha both thighs-the left being broken. Mr Nixon was unhurt. Mr. Brecke~nridge recently fough a duel in Canada, with a gentleman from New York atnd wounded Isis antagosnist. 37 A terribtle Rail Road ta'cident htappenedl b1 thne two rear curs of the passenger train ss the Grea Western Rauilrnad running off the bridge near Hlamil oss, on the 13th inust. Out of {20 passensgers, 60 ni 80 were instanstly killed, and the rest badly mangled g' A t rish servant girl was requestesd by a lad1 to go to tite sf tour dry good stores andI tuhtain ai" bec comiforter" for her. About an hsour asfterwards she re turned with tite of the clerks. It is needless to add perhaps, that thle lady fainted. flg TIwo routes for a railroad from Brunswick ti Macoin have lately been surveyed by Mr. McNeil, thu highe't grade on one of thiem heinig 16 feet to thes mile, anid on thte other 7 feet. Th~e distance is 18( nmil. 27 A magniloquent dtarky thuos expressed himsell the oilier day to a tater-dealer in the W~ashingtort mtarket. lie hadu been driving a bargains with his isp pmenst arid .hus. emphsatically concluded it: "A later," resumnied George-Ed ward Fitz-Augustuu, "is ine vitably had unless It is inwariably good. Dere is no mnedeucraty in de combiniation <.f a tater. Di exterison msay apspear remarkably exemplary and beau. tisisime, while de intierions is ttially negative. But, Sir, if you wensds de article on yuur own recommen dations, knsowinig yous to be a man ob probability in your transactions, I, widout any fiarder circumlocu tiotis, take. a bjtusel." gg Here is one of Tom Moore's epigrams to a lady: " Die .when you will, yost need not wear At heaven's court a form more fair Thain Beauty there out earth has gaven; Keep but thle lovely looks we see, 'Thie voice we hear-auid you will be A n angle ready-made fur heaven !" if " EtLtZA my child," said a very prudisk old maid to her pretty neice, who would cusrl her hair in beautiful ringlets, " if the Lord had intended your hair to be curledl, lhe would have done it himself." "' So he did, Aunty, when I was a baby, but hie thinks I am big enough now ts curl It myself." gly 1s Cuba the tobacca plants' in soame portion. f the island have suffered greatly from drought. Sweet potatoes, plainta ins, and in fact all kinds of egetables, have beent nearly destroyed by the severe old of the season. gg We learn from the Athen. Banner that two ewee belIongmng to Mr. Ama Beadwyler, of Madison ounty, actually gave birth to seven lambs-one aving four and the other three. One of the triplet has died, but the quartette remains unbroken, and the i.are ...oi.ng .. "w..:. as ..:... b.. .~t~.... " BV That was a fearful prayer of the infidel sailor, in danger of shipwreck:-"O, God, if there be a God, save my soul, if I have a soul !" But there is sublimity and beauty in that of the soldier, on the eve of battle: " O, God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget me!" g' Tn great bell in the Ivan tower of the Kretm linf at Moscow, weighs nearly 4,000,000 lbs. It i 21 feet 6inches high, 22 feet 5 inches widest diameter, and varies in thickness from t feet to 6 inches. It was cast about the year 1730. ft I-r is not generally known that a lump of loaf sugar will instantly stop the most troublesome hic cough. gg Have you ever before seen this strange notion of eternity ! " N -ar Pomerania is a mountain of dia monds, two miles in height, and the same proportions in width and depth. Once in every century, a hird lights upon it, scrapes the mountain which its beak, and carries off a diamond. When it shall have re moved -in this manner the entire mountain, the first second i f eternity shall have expired." gg WE read in the hi ' of Northern Europe that the inhabitants of the nsen regions of Norway were so alarmed at the firt, sight of a rose-tree in blossom, (it was a red rose,) that they could not be persuaded to touch it, saying they would not approach the diabolic plant whose buds were flames of fire. g' A bill is before the jouisiana Legislature, al lowing the head of each fa lily to take a three dollar newspaper at the expense of the State. !' It is related that the aborigines of Virginia, having seized a quantity of gunpowder belonging to the English colony, sowed it as grain in the hopes of reaping a sufficient crop to destroy the whole colony ; they had discovered the force of that destructive arti cle, but having no idea of ita'being the work of art, naturally imagined it to be a vegetable production. gA The following is the new style of baby poetry: Oh! babelet, why that tearlet, - A gleaming in thine eyelet, Thy heartlet-babelet-dearlrt! It should never know a sighlet. A smilet, on thy liple:, Should glisten, litte lovelet! Of joy's cup take a siplet, Don't cry, my prety dovelet! 0ONOUNIOATIONS. A LETTER 'EON THE MOUNTAINS. PICasus DIrrICv, March 4th, 1867. Ma. EOTOR :-I have often thought that no man can be happy, who scorns to cultivate a taste for the beautiful. Mankind have a capacity, and consequently a desire for something better than this poor world can afford. Man is a compound of the material and the spiritual. How then can peo ple give themselves up so entirely to the useful, as to exclude the ideal, without breaking the harmony of nature 1 He, who embelishes Home, and makes it seem a second Paradise, not only contributes to the enjoyment and happiness of the inmates, but does a great deal towards counteracting the sub tle machinations of the Evil one. Those who are happy at Home, hardly ever plunge into the mael strom of dissipation. All of the most lovable vir tues spring from the domestic hearth. Some no tion or theory like this must have actuated the founders of Walhalla. I am inclined to think so, because this flourishing and handsome Town, which has sprung up as if by enchantment in the very shadow of the mountains, is built upon a site of striking beauty, and its name is but another term (in German of course) for Happy Home. Having paid a visit to Waihalla, not long since,] was both astonished and delighted at what I saw. The imnprovemecnts, about this German sottlement are on a much more munificent scale tihan I expec ted to see. A broad street, one mtile in lentgth, ham been pretty nearly lined with houses on both sides. In almost every gap, or unimproved lot, I saw eith er quantities of lumber, or the frarpe of some neu building. The Stare and Stripes may be seer waving over every house, which is yet in course ol construosion. This dislnato :be in honor of the "head workman." There are already nine stores and three Hotels in. this place. Some of the edi fces are really handsome and commodious. I think those Germans haso shown not a little tastt in painting their houses. A neutral tint prevails One Hotel in particular, with its dove-colored walls its double piazza presenting columns and balus trade of a milky whiteness, looks pretty enough ti satisfy even the practiced eye; and it looks nict enough, if I muay be allowed the expression-tc: give anty mnan a good appetite ! This is the Anmeri can hlotel; so called, perhaps, because "nmine hot" is a native A merican. Most of the storet are ornatnented in front with fancy work, and sowy signts, which have the effect of making tht place look city-like. Amo--'g other novelties, noticed the " Lion Tavern," and the " Cluck Atu: Tavern;" thtese are places whore thte hardy nmoun taineers can get a wee bt of the " over-joyful.' Than Walhalla, I know of few places, wh'chm com mand a more varied and magnifcent view of ti tountains. The Stump House Mountain and itt cotitguous spurs arc only four or five miles distant whilst beyond Uhese, and much higher, the Clhim ney Top atnel the White Side, two nioted peaks ovet in Cashier's Valley, are to be seen looming tip it: solitary grandeur. A Gentleman of intelligence Iassured me, that the nights here are delightfully cool during the hottest part of thte summer. Nol a few tnative Americatts have settled~in Walhialla; a Doctor and a Lawyer have recenmly left Pickenm Court House for this place. In addition to this large ntumbers of German emigrants are annually arriving at this " Happ~y Home." On dit, that a new paper-" the Pickens Banner," Is sooni to bc stated at ti place. Tunnel Hill alias St- mil Hose Mountain, being in the vicinity of Walhial a, as a mat*.er of course, my exploration was ex tended to that far-famed barrier in the Kice Ridge Rail Road. Several elegant bmildings have been put up recently along the road between Walhalla and "the Hill." Next to thc base of the mnoun tan, there is a residence otn the cottage ord'er, which in cotnjunction with the fine scentery, is unique-" boautifuml esceedingly ;" such a one as cmpiels the admiration of the tourist. Tunnte Hill is quite a Town in point of population amnd nise. Thte blasting is going on at six differett poits on the Hill, antd when one sees the embank ents on thte brow of the mountaini, and hears thte big gutns (the blasts)- boming away on every side, he catn easily imagine himtself in sonme place be sieged by an enemny. Thte houses in this Berg are not retmarkable for their archtitectural beauty, but they serve a temporaryt purpose. It is said that if the rail road were abandoned or finishted, in less thana three months afterwards, the place would be en tirely deserted. Ott entering the Ttunnel at the Eastern portal, I was ushered into a scene not soon to be forgotten. The darkness, the stench of "villaious saltpetre," the sharp ringing sound of drills struck by the ponderous sledge, she half-de fined shapes of men gliding to and fin with lamps shorn of their beams by thte sulphurous vapors all these we're tsuggesttie of a place no less dread ful tian old Vulcana's work-shorp ! Isaqtuanta foIls are but a short distance from the Eastern end of the Tuttnel. Here the tiny streamlet flings itself down an almost perpendicular slope to the depth of one hundred and fifty feet. Directly after this comes a george, deep, dark aud abrupt, through which the dashting waters make their way down in to tme vale at the foot of the mounitain. Connected with this cascade there is a legend, the recital of which may not prove uninteresting to the rehtders of thte Advertiser. " Once upon a time," twvo hostiIa tribes of Inditans met in mortal fray. Ait'er the battle had been "lost and won," the grim victors made thme welkin ring with their shouts of exultation when they found that Isa quena, " the chieftain's daughter," and the sweet est Cwer of the forest-. anong tl nuanber f nt,.ei-r1. nve .t DgI ha-maV& the alov Isaquena made her escape. Fearing pursuit, she hid herself in a cave just beneath the " extreme verge" of the falls. The sheet of falling water etfectually ahielded this grotto from observation. The Indians having tracked the fugitive to the brink of the precipice, and seeing nothing but the 1 spray on which the rising sun had drawn a rain bow, said one to another, " the Great Spirit has turned Isaquena into a water-sprite, and none of us may have her for a bride." But civilization has broken the charm of romance. The water-wheel of Captain Magener's Powder-mill now revolves at the mouth of the cave where Isaquena was con cealed ! Into this establishment (i. e. the Powder mil) there is no admittance. I was allowed to ap- ] proach the walls of the building and peep through a glass window at the powder-making apparatus. 4 There is more machinery required for the business than I had imagined. To avoid ignition the ope ratives have copper tacks in their shoes. There are only two workmen employed, and yet they ) turn out seventeen hundred pounds of powder per ] week. George Collyer & Co. the prevent contractors at the Stump House Tunnel, have about two hundred hands at work, by relays, day and night. More than three hundred feet of rock have been exca vated at the Eastern end of the Tunnel. At the Western end, the workmen have gone into the rock about fifty feet, though the tunnelling here is not quite down to grade., There are four shafts, No.1, counting from the East, has to be sunk 161 feet; No. 2, 226 feet ; No. 3, 213 feet ; No. 4,189 feet. No. 1 is sunk deep enough for the miners to com mence tunnelling ; this gives two new faces upon 1 which to operate. The other shafts can be sunk to grade in the course of this year. At each end of the Tunnel 30. feet a month can be excavated by the contractor, and 40 feet a month can be completed in each shaft; consequently the work is now progressing at the rate of 100 feet every month. As each shaft is sunk to grade, this pro gress will be increased by 40 feet per month. Collyer has two steam engines and one horse gin at work; and there is another steam engine of 40 horse power on the way from Philadelphia. Those engines are used to draw rock and water out of the s.'afts The Stump Hours Tunnel is 1 mile 572 feet long, 16 feet wide and 20 feet high. This Tunnel is a heavy job, but it can undoubtedly be finished in the course of three years. Indeed, Collyer has contracted to complete all the work in two and a half years from January 1857, and I believe he can do it. Virginia has let day-light shine through a mountain barrier no less formida ble, than that of the Stump House mountain ; and with this noble example before their eyes, our peo ple cannot harbor such a thought as failure. The importance of the Blue Ridge Rail Road to the City of Charleston, and to the State of South Car olina at large, can hardly be over estimated. The teeming West stands ready to pour the contents of her overflowing granaries into the lap of our Com mercial Emporium, so soon as the locomotives can be made to scale the heights of the Alleahanies. The heart of the State being enriched by this vast influx of trade, the glow and vigor of an unwonted prosperity will be forced out to the very extremi ties of the body politic. It seems to be the general impression that the commerce of the great Mississippi Valley is amply sufficient to build up all the Sea-ports on the At lantic coast. The Cities of Boat' n, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and other Sea-board Marts, doubtless impressed with this belief, hare cut their way through the mountains after the glit tering prize: held out by the West, at an expense, which almost exceed belief. The New York Cen tral Road cost $28,000,000, and owes a Bond debt of $14,000,000; and the New York Erie cost $33, 000,000, and owes a Bond debt of $25,000,000. The Baltimore & Ohio cost $23,000,000, and owes near $10,000,000. The Blue Ridge Rail Road, at a liberal estimate for a first class road, will cost $,691,677. It will be seen by this statement that our great thoroughfare will be comparatively a cheep structure. There is another advantage on our side-Charesto:n is nearer than any of her rivals to Cincinnatti, the great Commercial Centre of the West. And yet, strange to say, the Blue Ridge Rail Road Company have met with the sternest opposition at the very period of their greatest embarrassment. But thanks to the liber ality of the mountains and the seaboard, the cri .sis is past, and the Road is a fixed fact. By the Act of 1864, granting aid to the Company, the Comptroller General was directed, when one mil ion of dollars wvas subscribed to the capital stock of the Company by individuals or corporations, to subscribe five hundred thousand dollars on behalf of the State; and when the further sum of live hundred thousand dollars should be subscribed by indivduals or corporations, the Comptroller Gena era' was directed to subscribe the further stum of live hundred thousand dollars on behalf of the State. The first subhscripition was obtained, but the second instalnent could not be procured, be cause the subscription by individuals or corpora tions was deficient, $220,000. At the suggestion of Messrs. William & J. T. Sloan of Anderson, it wvas determined sonme time in January last, by the Di rectors of the Company that un ett'ort shouldl be made to procure the requisite subscription. That etrt has been crowned with success. Charleston subscribed $150,000 ; A nderson District $30,000 ; Pickens $20,000; and Rahun County, Ga., $20,000. The Company now have the control of $4,600,000, exclisive of the ainunt already expended. These ample means ensure the vigorous prosecution of the work to a state of forwardness, at which the Stock of the Company and Mortgage Bonds can be mtade available to the finial conipletion and prop er equipmetnt of the Road. lIut this letter is already too long. You will ear from~ me again, when " the course of human events " evolves any thing in the shape of news. Truly yours, E JURTHER BY THE AXERICAN. H AL.wAX, March 13.-Various circulars quote, the decline in Cotton at jd. on Fair and Mid dling, and 1-ltid. on lowrer grad1es. Fair- Orleans 8jd.; Uplands 73d.; Mobile Md.; Mitddling Or leans 7%d.; Uplands 7 0-l6d.; Mobile ild. On Saturday the sales were 6,000 bales, and miarke-t unchanged. Flour was dull at is. decline. Wheat 6d. lower, Corn unchanged. Rice quiet. Naval Stores unchanged. HAvneL, Feb. 24.- Sales of Cotton for the week 11,500 bales. Or-leans *res Ordiniaire 110f. A large Chinese fleet attacked the British squadron, but retired under the forts at Canton.] The British had burnt most of the suburbs of I Canton. The question of the Sound Dues is settled. t Demark receives 45,000,000 thalers, in forty 4 payments, which bear interest. Derby's motion of censure upon the proceed ings at Canton, had been lost by thirty-six ma A DisuroN ORGAN-The Tribune comes out in favor of Garrison's doctrine. The deci- 1 sion of the Supreme Court has settled it. Re-< bellion or submission are the only alternatives, and rebellion is the choice. Mr. James S. Pike< is well known as one of the editors and proprie- 1 tos of the Tribune, and in a letter from Wash- 1; igton he comes out boldly as follows: " But if Mr. Buchanan is not clear and forci- f ble mn style, we must admit that the doctrinesi of the inaugural are sufficiently pointed and dis tinct. Of these we come at one to the expres sion of a firm conviction, blunt as it may seem,t that this Union is not worth saving, nor- this Governmnt worth preserving, upon the basis of the doctrine of the inaugural backed by the t oming decision of the Supreme Court, to which I the President, by intimation, clearly points." a There is the platform of the "Republican." To this coupleaoinanin l omts sI laa I SENATE 00XXITtU. The following are the Committees in the Sen .te of the U. S. appointed since the 4th inst. Foreign Relations.-Messrs. Mason, Douglass, slidell, Polk, Crittenden, Seward and Foot. F uLee.--Messrs. Hunter, Pearce, Gwin, aright, Biggs, Fessenden and Cameron. Commerce.-Messrs. Clay, Benjamin, Bigler, Toombs, Reid, Bright-and Hamlin. Military.-Messrs. Davis, Fitzpatrick, John on, Iverson, Broderick, Wilson and King. Naral.-Messrs. Mallory, Thompson, of New rersey, Slidell, Allen, Green, Bell, of Tennessee, end Hale. Public Lands.-Messrs Stuart, Johnson, Pugh, dallory, Broderick, Foster and Harlan. Judiciary.-Messrs. Butler, Bayard, Toombs, ?ugh, Benjamin, Collamer and Trumbull. Post OJce.-Messrs. Rusk, Yulee, Bigler, swin, Fitch, Collamer and Dixon. Pensions.-Messrs. Jones of Iowa, Clay, Bates, hompson of Kentucky, Thomson of New Jer ley, Hamlin and Chandler. Private Land Claims.-Messrs. Benjamin, 3iggs, Thompson of Kentucky, Kennedy and )urkee. Indian .Afairs.-Messrs. Sebastian, Brown, leid, Fitch, Bell, of Tennessee, Houston and Doolittle. Claims.-Messrs. Iverson, Yulee, Polk, Bell, >f New Hampshire, and Simmons. Audit and control and contingent expenses of Senate.-Messrs. Evans, Wright and Dixon. Public Buildings.-Messrs. Bayard, Hunter, [bomson, of New Jersey, Douglas and Hale. Revolutionary Claims.--Messrs. Evans, Bates, Crittenden, Wilson and Durkee. Patents.-Messrs. Reid, Evans, Davis, Sim. nons and Trumbull. On Territories.-Messrs. Douglas, Jones, Se >astian, Fitzpatrick, Green, Sumner and Wade. Printing.-Messrs. Johnson, Fitzpatrick and 3e11, of New Hampshire. Engrossed Bills.--Messrs. Wright, Bigler and Elarlan. Enrolled Bills.-Messrs. Jones, Brown and Doolittle. Library.-Messrs. Pearce, Bayard and Butler. LEE SPECIAL SESSION-APPOINTMENTS AND TR S. WASHINGTON, March 12. The Senate, by vote 31 to 15, have ratified the Jentral American Treaty. Felix Levingston, Esq., has been confirmed as Dollector for Fernandina, Fla., all the New Or eans appointments have also been approved. Col. Samuel Medary, of Ohio, has been ap. pointed Governor of Minnesota, and J. P. An lerson, late territorial delegate, has been ap pointed Governor of Washington Territory. The President rejects the M.exican treaty with. ut reference to the Senate. , CONGESIONAL. WASHINGToN, March 13. Comptroller Whittlesey has resigned. Philip Clayton, 2d Auditor of the Treasury, has been appointed Assistant Secretary vice P. G. Wash ington. The Senate has discharged the Judiciary Com mittee from the further consideration of Came ron's case. Medary and Anderson have been onfirmed as Governors of Minnesota and Wash ing ton. Five senior Commanders in the Navy have been made Captains, seven senior Lieutenants, Commanders ; and all the masters with four mid shipmen to be Lieutenants. Edward G. Middle ton, of S. C., has been made Commander. WASHINGTON, March 14. The Senate has adjourned sine die. Many confirmations were made, including those of W. E. VTenable, of Tenn., as Minister to Guatemala F. A. Thornton, of North Caroli na, as Consul at Aspinwall. A. B. Ragan, of Georgia, as Paymaster of the Army. C. G. Bay: lr, ofMaryland, Consul at Manchester.A ner Pratt, of Michigan, Consul at Honolulu. LATFsr Naws FROM GEz4. WALKER.-We find in the Havana correspondence of the Char leston Co,.rier, the following: HAVANA, March 7, 1857. Captain McGowan, of the steamer " Granada," informed me yesterday that Walker's troops, undei- the commiahd of Col. Lockridge, con quered the Costa Ricans in a pitched battle at Cherique, I belheve was the name mentioned, and that they had seized a very large quantity of ammunition and five or six cannon. It was in the street I met Capt. McGowan, and my sense of propriety would not permit me to detain him long enough to obtain further piar ticulars from hinm, and my efforts to do so from other sources were not successful, although I afterwards heard that Walker's forces had re captured one of the steamers, the Johni Scott, and that the Costa Ricans had burned the other steamers. It is reported the " Granada" saw the railroad on fire between Mariel and this city. I do not pledge myself for the truth of this, but send you the report as I heard it. DEiA OF CArr. THOMAS PF.Trone.-We re gret to see by the following announcement in the Charleston Standard, the death of Capt. Petigr., a gentleman whom we knew well and esteemed highly: We were pained, yesterday, to learn of the sudden death of Captain Thomans Petigru, late of the United States Navy, lie was on his platation, in Abbeville District, when lie w~as attacked with a somewhat severe indisposition on Monday la.t, and though lie rallied and there were hopes of his speedy recovery, he died at about 5 o'clock on Friday morning. He was one of those who sull'ered under the action of the late board for imnprovinlg the efficiency of the Navy, and has not survived the opportunity of invoking justice. ROTATION IN OFFIC.-"Ion," the generally well-iiformned correspondent of the Baltimore Sun, writiu" from Washington, March 9I, says: "As I in ormed you in liy last, very few noi-i nations are to be sent to the Senate at the pres eut session. There is no pressing occasion for man new ap~poinitmenCts, and they will be made at leisure and with ideliberation, and, of course, ustdiscrimination. The opinioingathers strength, however, that the Decmocratic doctrine of rota 1;ioni in ollice is to be faithfully observed and car ried out. This wasi~ the understanding at Cin uinnati, and was the identical ground upon which the nomiination was decided. Mr. Buch anan himself succeeds Mr. Pierce upon this principle, and lhe has announced, also, in his in agural, that he " reserves the saiie dagger for aijmsc" at the end of his fouir years' term. Be iies, there nre special reasoins of public policy r changing from hand to handl the patronlage )f the Federal Goverunment which do iiut apply u State and municipal officers. An official aris ocracy in the Federal Government is not to be ,durd." Mr. J. W. WHITE.-For some weeks past, a nan calling himself "Col. J. W. White, a Bor 1er Ruffian," has been in this vicinity, making peeches and collecting money for "bleeding ansas." Numerous circumstances have come o light, creating a suspicion that he was not vhat he represented himself to he. The first of hese, was the publication in the Charlotte (N. J.) Whig, of a communication over the signa ure of W. Beard, Lieut. of the Kansas Militia, enouncing said White as an imposter and lwinder. Next, we have numerous and i mpor ant contradictions, made by himself, on various scasions, gf that he ha'd previously made. text will b'e found, in our paper of to day, two etters, one from Hon. John McQueen, and the ither from Gen. Whitfield, the latter the Dele rate from Kansas in Congress. These need no 'omment from us. The communication of Mr. heard was published in the Pee Dee He'rald of ast-week. W#Ihave felt it to be our duty to lay this in ormation before the public, to save them from ma psition. Co. White collected at this place, according a his authorized statement in the fremld, over wo hundred dollars, which he has since reduced a one hundred and three dollars. This money , promised, on last Friday night, to pay over a, the Cashier of the Merchants' Bank, at this' lace, in forty eight hours, but has failed to do o up to this tim~e. We leave the man with the public, and it is o therto detennine how farhe is to be trusted. -rakaw= r,1e. AEARINUEAVE. - A year imcalendered; for what Hast thou to do with mortal time? Its dole of moments entereth not That circle, mystic and sublime, Whose unreached centre is the throne Of Him before whose awful brow, Meeting eternities are known As but an everlasting now ! The thought removes thee far.away Too far beyond my love and tears; Ah ! let me bold thee as I may,. And count thy time by earthly years, A year of blessedness-wherein Not one dim cloud hath crossed thy soul; No sigh of grief, no touch of sin, No frail mortality's control; Nor once bath disappointment stung,, Nor care, world-weary, fiade thee pine, But rapture, such as human tongue . Hath found no language for is thine. Made perfect as thy passing-who Can sum thy added glory now ?. As on and onward, upward through The angel ranks that lowly-bow, Ascending still from'beight to height, Unfaltering where rapt sersphs trod, Nor pausing mid their circles bright, Thou tendest inward, unto God! A year of progress in the lore That's only learned in heaven; thy mind Unclogged by clay, and free to soar, Hath left the realms of doubt behind. And wondrous things which finite thought I n y s a In vain essayed to solve, appear To thy untasked inquiries, fraught With explanations strangely clear. Thy reason owns no forced control, As held it here in needful thrall; God's mysteries court thy questioning soul, And thou mayst search and know them all. A year of love; thy yearning heart Was always tender, e'en to tears, With sympathies whose sacred art Made holy all thy cherished years; But love, whose speechless ecstacy Had overborne the finite, now Throbs through thy being pure and free, And burns upon thy radiant brow. For though whose hand's dear clasp has felt, Where sill the nail prints are displayed; And thou before that face has knelt, Which wears the scars the thorns have madel A year without thee ! I had thought My orphan'd heart would break and die, Ere time had meek quiescence brought, Or soothed the tears it could not dry. And yet Ilive, to faint and quail Before the human grief I bear; . To miss thee so! then drop the wail That trembles on my lips in prayer. Thou praising, while I weakly pine I Thou glorying, while I vainly thrill ! And thus between thy heart and mine, The distance ever widening still. A year of tears to me; to thee, The end4f thy probation's strife, The archway to eternity, The portal of immortal life. To me-the pall, the bier, the sod; To thee-the palm of victory given ; Enough, my heart-thank God ! thank God ! That thou hast been a year in heaven. [Presbyterian. ONE day last week, Jones met his friend Smith limping along, and anxiously inquired, "What's the difficulty, Smith?" Smith imme diately threw himself into a theatrical attitude, and gravely informed Jones how the accident happened, in the following language; "On Wednesday last, the' 13th inst., whilst pursuing my peaceful avocations, an instrument of mechanical labor, vulgarly denominated an adze, violently precipitated itself from my left digital extremity, and alighted trith astounding violence on my right pedal extremity, thereby severing the tendon of the minor toe." .Jones, quite astounded by his friend's conver sational powers, leaves in a hurry, muttering something similar to "Poor boy-cut his foot great pity !" How Masy MrL.s A PRsTER's HaRn TRaa ETLs.-Thou~gh a printer may be sitting all day, yet in his own way he is a great traveller, (or at least his hand is,) as we shall prove. A good printer will set eight thousand ems a day, or about twenty-four thousand letters'. The die tance travelled over by his hand will average about one foot per letter, going to the boxes in which th~ey are containedl, and of course return ing, makiing two feet for every letter he sets. This would make a distance each day of forty. eight thousand feet, or more than nine miles ; and in the course of the year, leaving out Sun days, that member travels about three thousand miles. COMMERGIAL, lA MBURG, St ar II. CoyroN-This week salieu have been rjath~er dull, owing to a slight decline in the Liverpool market, aind buyers being rather indisposed to take hold. The average qotations'this week hau ranged from Greceries continue outrageous high with but very little hope of a decline soon. X. CrlARTLFATON, Mar. 14. Co-rro.-The deman'l is brisk andl prices un ehanged. Sales to-day 1500 at 11 * to 13*c. NEW YORK. Mar. 12. The Caottnn Market fir, with sales of 6,000 bales-Middlins Orleans 14 eents ; Middling Up land 13(ets. Flour decline 10 cents. Wheat nomi nal. Corn, one cent better, other articles unchanged. Rell gious Notice, The Rev. Dr. MaLy will preach in the Edge field Village Baptist Church on Thursday and Fri. day nights the 26th andintji inst., and also at Lit tle Stevens' Creek Church dui Saturday and Sun day following, being the 28th and 29th days of March. . Religious Notice, Tas next 5th Sabbath Union meeting will be held with the Mt. Zion Church on Friday before the 5th Sunday in March, at 11 o'clock, A. M., organize thee meeting, and attend upon the introductory ser mon by J. S. MAvehws. D. D BaussoN, alternate. S. P. GETZEN, MoD'a. Gao. W. Nixox, Clerk. Dyspepsia Can be Cured 1 Is there any one that has Dyspepsia or Liver Disease, and has not tried BLISS' DYSPEPTIC REMEDY ? If so, let them buy, say two packages and lake it regularly according to the direotions, and those two packages will show them that every ord that has been said or written eoncerning It is s true as the book of Genesis. It is for sale by A. G. & T. J. TEAGUE. March 18 tf 10 HolioWay's Pills, Wzusvza once saidl that the rielle of the Brit sh drum welcomed sunrise in all regions. Equally niversal is the presence of this potent remedy for iseases of the stomach, the bowel. and the minor eretive organs. Its praise is written in all lan gages. Sold at the manufactories, No. 80 Maiden Lane ew York, and No. 244 Strand, London; and by alldruggist., at 25o., 62je., and $1 per box. LV' Ta. Friends of Maj. D AVID L. SHUAW, espectfully nominate him as a candidate for COLO NEL 7th Regiment, S. C. M., to fill the vncancy ocasioned by the resignation or Col. HaarRsoN. M asaonice No tic e, AREGULA R Conilnunication of CNODALODOR, No. 50, . F. M., will be held at their Hall, an Saturday evening, Mar. 21st, at 7o'clock. *By order of the W. M. a.h, Rt o 9