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All Advertisements not having the desired number of Insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on the most liberal terms-It being distinctly under stood that contracts for yearly adverti-ing are con fined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. All communications of a personal character will be charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exoeading one square in length will be charged for the overplud, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate (not Inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Adv-rtising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. ARRIVAL OF TE STEAXER ASIA. FOUR DAIS LATER FROM EUROPE. Nnw Yoar, April 4.-The steamer Asia ar rived this morning, with Liverpool dates of the 21st uilt. * LtvEarooL-MaaErs.-Cotton was quiet at un changed rates. Sales of the week 44,000 bales, of which speculators took 6,000 and exporters 4,000 bales. Stock 390,000 bales, including 275,000 American. FairOrleans Sd.; Middling 713-16d.; Fair Upland 7jd.; Middling 7 9-1d. Sales on Saturday 8,000 bales at steady rates. Breadstuff~s were very dull at a decline of Is. in Flour, and 2 a 3d. in Wheat. Rosin, 5s. a 6s. 3d.; Spirits of Turpeutinu, 41s. Rice firm. Money tighter. Consols 933. Bullion in the Bank decreased ?12,000 Mis EoANvovs.-Parliane.t would probably be dissolved on the 23d. The third meeting of the Neufchatel Conference would be held imute diately, and the instructions received by the Prus sian Envoy were favorable to peace. Austria threatens to suspend diplomatic rela tions with Sardinia, and the latter is expending large sums in fortifications. England has a ditiiculty with Japan, and two English ships had occupied llagasaki. The Mexican envoy had arrived at Madrid. Russia had demanded an explanation from ' England in regard to the landing of three hun dred Poles in Circasia who had been fitted out by their English sympathizers. The Spanish expedition to Mexico is assuming a more improving aspect. Pezuelai is spoken of for Commander-in-Chief. The tea market was excited, and prices ad vancing. The French fleet had been ordered to co-operate with the English. Russia was preparing for a decisive canapaigtn in the Caucasus. She has one hundred thousand troops ont the shores of the Caspian, and has se cured the assistance of several native Chiefs. LATE ROXB0 NICARAGUA Nsw Your, April 3.-The steamer Texas has arrived with San Juan dates of the 20th tilt., and accounts from Walker to the 18th. Walker's army was in good health and well provisioned. His attack upon San Jorge, and the defeat of the allies, at Rivas, with great loss, are confirmed. Walker burned the greater portion of San Jorge. It kwas reported~that Canas' had made overtures to. Walker. Chillow had raised a body of men at Loon, and would join WValker. The assassinta tion of President Rivas was reported. Cel. Lock ridge had beeni re'inforced, and confidently ex pected to capture San Carlos. The Britishi mail steamer New Granada had bee-n boarded by a Peruvian war steamer and robbhed of $32,000 -in specie. TE NEw GovER~oa ov KA~N.s.-The follow ing is an extract from the letter of the Hon. Itobert J. Walker, to the President, accepting the appointment of Governor of Kansas: I understantd that you, and all your cabinet. cordially concnr in the opinion expressed by mte, that the actual, bonas fide residents of the Terri tory of Kansas, by a fair and regrilar vote, unt affected by frauid or violence, mutst be permitted, int adopting their State conistituition, to decide for themselves what shall he their social institu tions. This is the great fundamental principle of the act of Congre-ss organizing that Territory, affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States. antd is in accordance with the views unti formly expressed by me throughotut my pulie career. I contemplate a peaceful settlement' of this question by an appeail to the intelligence and patriotism of the whole people of Kansas, who should all participate, freely anid fully, in this decision, and by a majority of whose votes the determination must be madle, as the ottly proper and constitutional mode of adjustment. I contemplate into appeal to military power, in the hope that my countrymen of Kansas, from every section, will submit to a decision of this matter by a full and fair vote of a majority of the people of that Territory. If this decision can not thuts be made, I see nothing in the future for Kansas but civil war, extending its baleful in fluence throughout the country, and subjecting the Union itself to imminent hazard. I will go. then, and endeavor thus to adjust these dliticoilties, in the confidence so strongly expressed by you, that I will be sustained byal your own high authority, with the cordial co-ope ~ration of all your cabinet. As it will be impossible for me to leave for Kansas before the second Monday of May next, I would desire my appointment to take effect from that date. Quite an exciting race took p lace a few days since, in the State of New York. Two sporting men, of the city of Albany, N. Y., started from the Exchatige, in that city, on Monday morntingi last, 30th March, at five o'clock, for a one hun dred mile race, without rest or feed. The bets were $2,500 aside. Whitestown,0Oneidaecounty, was the termtination of the race. The horses passed Fonda, forty-three mtiles of the distance, at 9.15 A. M.; time, four hours amid fifteeni min utes-Datont's horse slightly ahead. They ar rived at Little Falls at seventeen minutes past twelve, the Dalton horse a little ahead, but in bad-condition. Taylor's horse arrived at Whites.1 town at 5.30 P. M., mnaking2 the hundred miles ini twelve hours anid a half,~and winniingthe race. Dalton's horse was a quarter of a mile behind. Hoo Cnol.Ha.t.-A correspondent of the Cincia nati Commercial conjectures that what is called hog cholera is produced by strychninte used in the mnanutiseture of whisky, upon the "slops" from which the hogs are fedl. lHe says: "The c-upidity of the whisky manufactures has indttced them to use strychnine in the preparation of teir yeast or malt, because it has been ascer tained that a large increase of whisky, from a given quantity of corn, is the result. A chemist who has analyzed a barrel made in a certain town in Ohio, gives it as his opinion that there was strychnine enough in one barrel to kill thir ty men I This being the case, is it surprising that so many men die in these days with delirt urn tremtens! While spendaing a few days last summer with a friend in Chilhcothe, Ohio, I was itnformed that large quantities of fish were killed in the Scioto rnver, niear that place, by the, drainitg from the larg~e hog pens at the distilleries on that river I Now, if the excrements of hogs is suffi ciently impregnated with strychnine to destroy in large quantities, what must be the condi io of the meat fed on such infamousa stuff? I abxedis. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. ZDGEFILD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8. 157. VARIABLE. Another change in the weather. Cold again. Win ter has forgotten something and has just stepped back to nip it. Spare a few poaches, old fellow. "LILLIE" TO "LULU." How liquidly the syllables commingle ! And La.. LIE'S piece is quite pretty for a beginner. Try again, dear child; you have merit and it needs nothing more than care and assiduity to develope it in a very nice way. REVISION. Something to the point over there from a new cor respondent. We incline to agree with him. In fact, since we think about it'a moment, we do so decidedly. BOWERS'S "WHEAT." Who has tasted that mellow wheat whiskey Mr. S. E. Bowuas is selling now at his store In Hamburg? We have just uncorked a bottle furnished us from his shelves, and several gentlemen are trying it around us while we write. "Good," says one; "Excellent," says another; "By George. that's capital," says the third and best judge of them all. Now we'll try a small pull. MILITARY ELECTION. At an election held in the Upper Battalion of the 10th Regiment, for Major, to fill the vacancy occa sioned by the resignation of Maj. HroLLOwAy, Lieut. A. B. Da?x was unanimously elected--there being no opposition. DONT YOU LICE A FINEC BOOT OR SHOE ' If so, call on Mr. NICoLAs McEvoy opposite the Post Office. Mr. McEvoy is certainly master of his trade, and is prepared to turn out fine Boots and Shoes, made by No.1 workmen, of the finest material, and in a style that will be sure to give satisfaction. And, in making a beautiful Pump-solad Boot, or Gai ter-Shoe, that will fit easy and wear until you are tired of them, he cannot be excelled. Refer to his advertisement, and then give him a trial. He is a prompt and energetic business man and deserves en couragement. FROM A FRIEND. In publishing the very capital letter of C. W. S., we cannot refrain from giving also several extracts from the note which accompanied it, showing (as they do) the writer in the light of a frank and generous hearted gentleman: "I have been so long weaned from my pen and books that I tind great difficulty in writing; but I ncluded to force myself to the task, and theenclosed production is the result. I am not pleased with it, but can't undertake . to revise or abridge. Take it us it is, and if you think it worth the trouble publish it. y object is to direct the yttentiou of emigrants from South Carolina to this polnt. e 0 a 9 S * * * I regret exceedingly to hear of your sad loss. Riuxoso was a good boy, and 1 feel asif I had lost a friend in his death. * '* * * * low come on the Thespians? When I return, which will be about the let of May, can't we get up some thing? God bless old Edgehleld, I love her still, and shall ever think of the past winter as one of the green !puts in memory's waste." We are sorry to tell our friend that the Thespians are dead, dead, dead. Our chorished "stars" have disappeared, and darkness has settlod down upon the boards of the Edgefield'stags. lealth,and happiness, and great good luck attend our "CIAt" and our -'PA.t L'" wherever they may fix their respective abodes! PROM ANOTHER FRIEND. The following is from another fricnd, who was one of that last winter's circle that can never be forgot. "Zamora" too has doffed the garb theatrical and gone to ork, but thus writes in a brief interval of rest. The letter is post-marked-well, let the village be nameless. We print it to show how dear old Edge. fild is to the hearts of her children. See: " As the Israelites sighed for the fiesh-pots of Egypt, so do I, my dear Cor. for news of brave old Edgefeld. For the future do letmy eyes be gladdened weekly by the sight. of the Adveriser. For the amusement of-and-. I would write, buta total dearth of-niatter forbids; and wvhat is worse the difficulty Is ehronic. Next winter, when "mny captivity shall have passed away," I hope to find you all right side up." May-be so. ...........- ----- THE CANDIDACY. We are requested to say that Mr. $rPtx is a canxdi late for Congress, although he has not becen able to isit the other Districts, either to .see or to address the peple. His expectation was that the tioveranor would not ordler the election before October, and that in the meantime an oijportunity would be aforded the vari ou candidates to canvass the Congressional District. le requeste us to add that lae is willing however to address his fellow citizens in reec~et to hais views of the Federal Constitution and the puroper policy of our Ibverant, whenever called on ; althaough thec space f timne before the election and his personal engaige ment., will not, lhe fears, permit any thing like ec.e tioneering, even if he had a dispositiona for aucha a task. Gen. Boeax is well known to he. fully in the field. o it is unnecessary to rsay anythaing ia, reference to that fact. We are the more ready to wake this statenat as >ne of our exchaanges in the Congressional Di.,trict has expressed a desire for definite ianformaation in the matter. RUSSELL'S MAGAZINE. Delighted indeedl are we to receive the first number f this new Southern Mionthly. Our expectations rere not small, and they haave been fully gratified. RUSSMLL'S MAoAzs Is undoubtedly clever in its be. Cinning, and we have no fears but that it will become more and more so. The articles served up ina the is mc before us are very respectable; the lBitor'sa Table i well supplied; the Literary Notices are rechaerchae; and the typographical execution is caplital. That our readers maay see something of the scope and'aim of his periodical we publish the Table of contents for he April number: " The Edinburg Reviewer Reviewed ; The Tress of lair; Estcourt: or, The Memoirs of a Virginia Gben tIman-Chap. I, Williamasburg ; Chap. IIL Mr. Fran. :is Hay, Student ; Chap. III, The Picture and the Play Bill; Chap. IV, The Hiouse in the Forest; The1 usie Girl of' the Rue de Ia Hiarpe; A C'haracter; icnet-To my Wife ; Beranger; The Arctie Voyager; one-A Song; Sabbath Morning, April, 1854; Ar hur Gordon Pyan, &c., by E. A. Poe-A Review ; The ikaptar Yokul-A Tale of Iceland; Woman's Warn. zg-An Allegory: A Few Thoughts upon Eating; r a Celebrated Actress; Feliniana, Being a Chapter m Cats: A Philadelphia Lawyer's.View of the Consti ution; A Wiane Song; Oriental Lyries; Editor's Ta. ie; Literary Notices.". Is nut that a bountiful feast; and its quality equals1 te quantity. The poetic contributions are espeially pirited ard ell.edited. In short, the work commen aes handsomely and we heartily hope it may "go oravely on." The price is only $3 per annum. Are not hundreds t our subscribers ready to avail themselves of this rortunate opportnaity to obtain an elegant monthly iterary journal? Address "Russel's Magazine," harleston, S. C. OUR OUTSIDE--.COL. CUNNINGHAM ON THE BANKS. The reader is referred to Page I. for an interesting misellany. Among ether thaings thecre is a striking aticle on Banking, ?6., from the able pen of Col. Yoas CuNxascauax, of the Charleston Evening News. Fhe Colonel has made this subject his especial study nd deserves to be heeded accordingly. In the mean Sme, if any gentleman has aught to say adverse to xs views, we have space enough for all. For our awn part, we profess no enmity to banking anstitu .ions properly and liberally conducted. Bet there eems to lie the difficulty : to have them thus conduct ad. Yet the tanks of South Carolina are so managed, re they not ? If not all, are not sonic of them ? If oe, which are they ? If none, God help us! Now lach of these queries is thec subject of a chapter. Who wishes to sharpen his financial acumen ? Lot aim indite. We turn from bankinag in the book of olitis, with almost the same abhorrence we used to urn from chemistry in our college curriculum, and hall only resort to it when mere fully awakened to he turpitude of banking corporations. In the mean ame we think CoL CUxx~axGWAM writes well upon the THE STATE AND HER POLITICS. Tw members of our Press in several quarters of the State appear just now to be casting about to find the political latitude and longitude of South Carolinz Dne thinks she is flying of at a tangent Into new mail eterodoxical notions ; another;' that abe is yet dash ing on in the old bee-line policy, that cannot and will met turn aside to catch any advantages of wind or tide ; while a third conceives her to be steering can iously but resolutely towards the great haven of Constitutional Justice, with the design of casting nchor there if it be possible, but (if not) of putting in all sail for the port of Southern Independence. ro outsiders observing this curious diversity of opin ion among our sentinel-men, this condition of things ust suggest the idea of a dismasted harque, floating >n without pilot or rudder or any such thing, neither giving assurance of hope to her cew nor to any one beside. What reasons, we ask, are there for placing urselves and our beloved State before the country in this ridiculous light? Towards ascertaining whether there be even the vestige of one, we would venture a rew practical interrogatories as well for ourself as For others. What has been the aim of South Carolina in all her periods of excitement and indignation, If not the securing a fair and constitutional administration of the Government of the United States ? as she ever been desirous of disunion from any other cause? Has she ever made it known as a part of her policy, that disunion was to be sought simply to secure the per manency of her slave institutions without regard to whether the government was administered justly or unjustly? Is not this idea of itself new and hetero hixical? What is the politics of South Carolina, if it be not Democratic? Was not such the politics of all our leaders hitherto, from the greatest to the least, from Mr. CALNoUx down to the smallest 'spouter' in our State Legislature ? Are we not thoroughly Democratic still? Did Whiggery ever succeed in lifting Its head amongst us, and what prevented it but the purity of lr Democratic school of politicians? Was not Know Nothingism ignominiously crushed out from our midst L its Inecipiency, and what did itbut the faithful adhe rence of Youth Carolina's heart to her Democratic an tocedents? Are not all our members of Congress to lay Democrats, professedly and emphatically ? Are uot all our papers to-day Democratic in principle and feeling? Do they not all desire the success of the Democratic party over any other, now existant in the ountry? Were they not all satisfied with the ad ministration of President Pianrce? Do they not hope to be so with that of Mr. I1rCIasA ? Do we not all agree that the South has gained much in the last rur yenr. ? Do we not agree, that in conuexion with the Democracy of the United States she occupies mow a vantage ground which she has not enjoyed in this Union for more than a quarter of a century ? Is ut the State now williing, are not her people now ready, to enact her and their part cheerfully and siritedly with the rest of the South in the great work (rapidly progressing) of securing equal rights and lrivileges to all parts of the Union? If in this light we may style ourselves Southern Democrats, and euch we all are, does that imply any enmity to North ern Democrats who are with us, or any hostility to the rights of that other section of the Union? Is a Southern Democrat anything more or less than a Constitutional Democrat? And are we not all in south Carolina Constitutional Democrats? Again, is there in our State at this time any such party as Disunionists per se ? If so, who are its leaders and where its battalions? Is there any Be ession party-we mean any existant, active party of the kind with a specific aim ? Is there any other par ty whatever than the Democratic ? Call us Carolina sr Southern Democrats,--or National Democrats if you will,-we are yet, all Constitutional Democrats. Are we not? Why then should we wrangle and inmpair the just influee of our State among her confederates of the South ? her just influence in the country at large ? While we are De~mocrats, every man of us stands ready to signify his dissent from every act of the party which may at any time present itself in the ight of a departure from the correct faith of that treat political school. While we uphold the party that upholds us and our rights, Ewe mean not to sacra lie one jot of principle. We can act with that party, and will act with it, while yet we may demur to some portion of its probable policy. We will do this, until it shall appear that its impingements upon the 'true ereedl' overbalance its defence of our immediate and rital interests. There can he no wrong in this, no leviation from either the line of independenco or of prudence. We arc acting with the Democracy now we could not act with the SFautleern States otherwise. We have been with our sisters and neighbors to the Cincinnati Convention. We will meect them again n the Charleston Convenation. It is unnecessary here to-discuss whether the State is or Is not by a large iajority in favor of this policy. We firmly believe 'he wets, aned is, and will he still, unless somee great reverse in the expcected currenet of events shall soon ake place. And is South Carolina to be tauneted with this as a departure from leer former imasterly insetiri ty ? Is .she alone to fold lher arms when the fight i. sp and the wind of victory is carrying on to a glori ae success the very principles whoseo defeat in past ears caused leer to draw herself withine the castle of er sovreignty in patriotic indignation ? Should not ee triumph of theose principles neow ineduce leer to itep forth aemng thce legions that arc nobly battling r that which she has ever regarded as " the prize of er high calling ?' Who slays that this course will marry us into the scramble for office and federal plun Icr ? Does that man believe what he saya ? Is there othing purer, notihing more patriotic, nothing more chmivalruns' fet in the mninds and hearts of our people han such gross propenesities as would justify this pre iction against ocur fair fume ? Does he, who utters he thought, beleive that himself would become the have of such temptations? If not, how dare lhe ac ruse a brother of the pitiable weakness ? No-it is a ealse assumption. South Carolinma is not risking her unor in going ineto the contest that now shakes the :ountry. CAremnouN, MvcUFFa, IAYN5E, and all the eat of our great dead,' would go into it heartily and >uldly if they were here; and they would fling behind hem in disgust the puling sentimentality that might >e ready to warne them against the loss of their indo endence or the contamination of their good names 'romn such a cause. If we have not the intellects. cave we not yet the nmagnanimeity of theese departed arolinians? Or are we so dlegenerate, as to need uardians for our weak virtue and' lock-ups for our riciotu proclivities ? Would that tho South Carclinma Press (.eursolf in luded) could see their way ef of the mists that a racillatig state-leadership has brought upon us and apon the minds of our people! Would that our leaders :ould bring themeselves to give us a point-blank policy ,f some sort or another ! We beleive the great body f the pesople throughout the State want something ike what we have indicated in the foregoing reflec " ORGANIC." Te Evening Newos makes some sort of application f this word "orgenic" to ourself; but the punzle ith us is, to comprehend the manner and meaning if the appelication. We have heard frequently of rganic laws and of organic remains, but never bes 're of an organeic individual. It is to be hoped that ur friend of the News is not falling into a, sort of C. P. WIr.LIS monomania upon the subject of words ; end yet, from the evidence before us, it would seem o. Perhapes if we were to supply the Colonel with a land-organ for his amusement during an afternoon] siesta,' he would designate it an organic gift ; and I et before the first "Old Dog Tray" had been ground a ut of it, he would doubtless be eager to re-organize he donor. lBut if, as we furtively suspect, it is sim. 1 ely meant that see are an organ, then do we confess ur single-noted inferiority to one who is known to clay upon a thousand strings ; and, if the News will xcuse the sezanic unfitness of our quotation, in ap hicatin to itself, we would conclude bcy saying " My hub, she's been to hingin' school Along wid old Duck Morgan; And when she raises de highest notos, You cannot hear de organ." By the way, we have just read that gallant artice if the News upon the "Patriot and The Oourier" and .in cop. it next week. " THE VACANCY IN CONGRESS." Under this head the Newberry Mirror presents a eries of reflections bearing upon several candidates n particular and the whole bevy in a general way. 'he Mirror's preference is Gov. HAMMoxn, If he would run; but as he will not, our friend appears to feel imself in the condition .of a great many others: not ally determined in his own mind. He thinks we need. ,he "sternest intellect," "unselfish principle," and hardy courage" iW. our representative; and doubt ass these reqjuisites make upithe very sort of charae. er now needed in our federal councils. But the Mir ror would have had "the utmost confidence" in Gen. GARLINc'rox or C. H. SUans, E."q :-and are there none athers left in the field of equal merit with those gen. lemen ? With five or six candidates still before us, the matter is.,urely notyet reduced to Hobson's choice. JOHN A. CALHOUN, ESQ,R. Tae Abbeville Press announces this gentleman for Congress. His friends thus speak of him: As the Election for a member of Congress Is order d by the Governor, to take:place so early as the first Monday and Tuesday of May next,-within a month of this time-it behooves us of the 4th Congres.ional District, to be very active iu'our exertions to select a fit and proper person to repiesentus. We must make a proper choice. It is due to ofirselvos, and the old Ninety-Six District, that we should have a man of distinguished character to stand in the councils of the nation, where Calhoun andMcDufie have stood; and the only question with all of us, is-Where can such a man be found? We answer-In Abbeville District, in the person of John A. Calhoun, Esq., who was reared in the neighborhood and taught in the same schools with both of those distinguished suns of South Carolina, above named. Mr. Calhoun is a nephew of John C. Calhoun, to whom he bears a strong likeness, both in person and in character. lie was always devoted to his great ancle, personally and politically. He was bred to the bar, and in early life ws a member of the State Legislature. lie removed tbthe West,:and for a time, was a distinguished citizen of Eufaula, Alabama. A rew years ago, he returned to Abbeville District, and here he has cast his lot, to stand or fall with South Carolina. He is a man of decided character and ability; and we make the pledge for him, that he will be equal to the position. Who next? The Governor's sudden appointment of the day of election has taken the people of the Old '96 District a little unawares. But there's time enough yet for a prett fair sweapstakes. CHINESE SUGAR CANE. Iv is just the week, to tow your Chinese Millet Need, and to the very hour come instructions from a practi al farmer as to how it should be done. The writer I is W. S. Lv zs of Fairfield and we extract from the Columbia Times. Read and go to work : Select your piece of ground (the richer the better of course) and bed it up, paecisely as you would for otton, with the rows three feet apart. Then open and drill your seed and e'ver with a board. Ia the aurse of a few weeks, when the millet is four or five inches high, shave it down with the hoe, carefully picking out the young grass, Ac. After this is done s run the straight side of a half or twisting shovel next the millet, covering up the grass and weeds in the mid lie of the row. In about-ten days, or when the plants are eight or ten inches high, the middles should be ploughed out and the dirt lapped high and well around the stalks. This was all the cultivation I gave last year, and is sufficient for every purpose I think. I would then thin out to one stalk, about twelve inches apart. This will enable the stalks to grow sufficiently large for grinding for syrup. After the first crop is cut, and converted into syrup, the second, which is far more abundant, from the uumerous shoots which put out at the root, can be used for soiling or converted into forage by cutting and drying as you would any of the millet family. We may add that the Major agrees with many oth. art in saying distinctly .that he beleives it to be a most valuable crop, whether for provender or for mak ing syrup. The time is at hand when every body shall " Lick 'lasses candy and swing upon the gates," Without "being president of these United States." MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. pZi'* TaE comet that was going to strike the Earth frr existence next June has turned out to be "all smoke and no fire." pa C. P. SUrLIraNi, Esq., of Lauren', accepts the nmination for Congress. pm SAMPsON HAW ES; a member of Congress from Alabama, Is dead. pgTuHE salary of the Lient. Governor of Rhode Island has been reduced from $500 to $200. *pi GE. Scorr's pay will hereafter be $15,000 a year. . . . b pil TaHmE merchants of New York, or a t least some of the wealthiest of them, have subscribed largely to purchase a service of plate to be presented to Glover. nor Marcy, for his regard to their inaterests while Secretary of State. $$' Woxrxx are called "softer sex," because they are so easily humbhugged. Out of one hundred girls, ninety-five would prefer ostentation to happiness-a dandy husband to a mechanie. pi#- AN item is going the rounds (rather late in the day) that aalmratus in breads is very banueful tao health -nm fact, that it is poisonous to the system. We al ways thouaght it a very dirty thing to mix with eata bles, and we hmope now its use will be abandmaed. ie Tue following are ronac very suitahle words f.r actedl charadles: Bag-pipe. Lap-dlog. Red-breast. Brow-beat. In-tent. Shell-fsah. Pitch-fork. Side-saddile. Whip-cord. Nut-ameg. Cut-throat. Trsp-door. p?#- R ALRtOAn communication is now complete be tween Charlestona, S. C., and Memphis, Tennessee. 70 On, ever thus from childhood's hour, Has chilling fate upon me fell! There always comes a soakin' shower When I hain't got an umberelL pgTum difficulty betwivoen the United States and New Granada has, it is said, reached such a point as to render the spcedy despatch of a large fleet to the Isthnaus highly probable. pi7 Tur. New York Central Railroad Company are sad to be making arrangements to run an express train aduring the sunmmer, in connexion witha the Hud 'on river road, from Now York to Buffalo in thirteen ours. The distance is 443 miles, anal the train must ruaa about forty miles an hour, exclusive of stoppag-a 70-tTans wheat craap in naorthern Georgia ands last Tennessee presents a very paromuisinig appearannee. 'he Chattanooga Gazette says an unusually lnrge aunount of wheat has been sown.. and,1 if nothaing hasp ens to it, there will he a crop gathered that will 'nstoniha thae peaople." pit Timx qmalifications of a Represe'ntaative iaa Con ;ress are simply, that he shall be twentty-five years of age. sevena years a citizen of the Uaaitedl :4ates, and, wben elected, ana inhabitanat ot the 8tate elecaimag him. Quaifentions for electors of saiad tepresenmtaatives are the same as for thec most numerous brancha of the State Legislature. p# Iv's a good sign to have a man enter your flice with the friendaly greeting: " Here is two iallars for my paper." p' - A Da. HALL, of Kent, Indiana, was recently muled out of his bed In the dead of the night, tied 4 a tree, anad whaipped till he had got enough, just seause he didn't pay his wife au much attention as ae did other and younger ladies. Rather hard coffee. po Tins President of the United States received >y telegraph, on Thursday morning the 26th inst., I he nmlaneholy intelligence of the death of his neaph- I w, Col. Elliot E. Lane, of Lancaster, Pa. Col Lane a ras Mr. Buchanan's private Secretary whilst in Eng- a and and the brother of Miss Lane, who presides overa he household of the White House. He was in the hirtysecond year of his age. pa9 Tax Lecompton (Kansas) Union of I0th oft arch, says: "Since the opening of navigation, be. ' ween six hundred and one thousand emigrants have rrived in the territory. They come as peaceful and eranent settlers--on tlpeir own hook-and not as 'agrants and vagabonds, under the dictation of aid oners. It is ea'timated that upwards of two hun ireal thousand will make homes in Kansas this sum uer." po" A meeting of the shoe manufacturers of Phil delphia has been called to consider the propriety of merasing the prie of their manufactures, in conse uence of the increased cost of leather. The price of ~ a sather has nearly doubled within the laut few years. i-~ TaLUOaAPS and Prices Current accounts now ake the derease in the receipts of eotton, at all the srts, eoumpared with last year, about three hundred1 =A Awent-e..b ua4n bqla, -:.a OOrMUNIUATIONS. For the Advertiser. TO LULU, 07 IDLEWOOD. aY LILLIE. Lovely maid! Sweet bud of promise ! E'er with thee may peace abide ; May thy heart, so young. so joyous, Never be by sorrows tried. Would that I could guard life's pathway! S!a'den fair, thuu'dst envied be Not a cloud . .h sombre lining. Should st sliaduow east over thee ! I'd wreathe for thee-thou star of beaut! Of Love and (lope a garland rare ; And o'er life's stream I'd bear thee gently, To lleavenly bowers in angels care. But maiden ! time, yes tin.e has taught me, This stern truth, which thou must know, Life cannot be " a joy forever," Thou too must taste the cup of woe. Flower of Idlewood ! home's own treasure ! Gem of virtue, worth and truth ! Remember now thy great Creator, In the sunny days of youth. Resign to Hiim thy pure young heart, Untainted by the breath of sin; Then mid the din of trouble's strife, Thou'lt hear His voice speak peace within. He'll guide thy bark o's r li'e's rough sea, And lead thee to a brighter land And when thou leav'st th's world of ours, Thoa'lt join in Heaven His angel band. For the Advertiser. THE PORT 07 BRUNSWICK. BaLuxswcIC, GA., March 20th, 1857. Duan COLONEL:-This morning I have been en ertained by a familiar and kind old friend-a riend I love and always welcome, but now more lear than ever, as It even visits me here in my new tome and among strangers. When we have cut oose from old associations and friends of the past, othing can contribute so much to make glad the eart as the visitation of a friend from "home," ad it matters not whether that friend comes in nrepria persona or in the shape of a letter or news taper. The one now with me Is the dear old Ad. veriser-the pride and glory of the village; and bough it contains the usual excuse of the Fore nan when the Editor is absent, I have made it a lose companion all the morning ; and having just nished reading the advertisements, marriage no ices and list of candidates, I feel dispo.ed to re pond, in harmony with the pleasurable emotions ,wakened by the perusal, to the kind request of your D. R. D. Since leaving goed ol Edgefield, I have ram led considerably, and although I have neglected o take notes by the way, I think I have sufficient aterlal at hand to fill one of your columns; and is it is the quantity and not the quality that makes ip the sum of life now-a-days, I apprehend you ill not regret my pennings on account of their ength and breadth, eventhough they have nodepth [aving determined to make Brunswick my home 'or the future, you will, I know, excuse me if I speak of her with extended zeal; and if I am te lious and prosy, you must remember that truth is tlways so. I shall give you a faithful picture of he city as I find it. I arrived here on Sunday morning, the lst Inst., ust before day, and when the sun rose, to my ut ter amazement It seemed to be coming up from behind the Rocky Mountains, instead of its ocean bed in the atlantic. This apparent phenomenon was, however, soon explained by a partial topo graphical observation of the city and her waters; from the cupola of the Hotel I discovered that'we ad approached the city by perf.arming a semi rircle, which being done in the night completely hrew me off my bearings and reversed te ma ehinery of the universe. After snstisfying myself ,hat nature had committed no such freak of fancy, [ strolled out to see the sights and look at the own, and the impression then made upon mte itd you know that first impressions are generally the most correct antd most lasting-was that Bruns wik was the most beautiful spot my eyes had ever beheld to set a city ; and a sojournt of twenty days here has tenided only to make that impression more indllible. It sents as if nature exhausted her store-house of beauty and order in the great attd sccessful effort to adorn and prepare theo place for a Southern city. When I see a piece of the handi work of the Supreme Architect so admirably ar ranged in all its parts, thtoughtt settles into moral onvitiona that ie intended it for somte great antd tpecal psurpo'se; andi upon this principle I must believe lie arrantged and intendted this place for the commercial emporium of the finest agricultu al region In the world. It is only strange that nan hass so long neglected to execute the hight comission of his Gsod. For a city, we have here all that the fancy can paint or the hteart dlesire, ex N.pt peole, houses anad montey; and thtese three imtortaint elemenits, I atn glad to say, are rapidly illing their places. Brunswick has very miuch thte shape of Chtarlcs ton, or thtat of a smoothing iron ; her surface for mailes arcund is smnooth and level, antd with a thick growth of cedar, live-oak, wild olive, wild orange, magnolia and a variety of other troptical trees incluing the pine-lie presents most enchantting it delightful scenery. Thte water, which is oh 'ained at a depth of teni feet, is, so far as I ama ca tble of judging-and I am very capabtle you Iaow, especially when it is under proper apirilual nluence-equtal to the water in your own litt le fairy buntain, and that is good enotugh for- the gods. l'he limtate is charming; the salt air delicitus; lhe htealth so good that Ibeto~rs .Mtarve. Ihere tost, he epicure ntay luxuriate-he can fintd fish, fowl md gamne tolhis stomach's contentt. We are served it our Hotel-the Oglethorpe House, whtich is ept by Mr. WOOD, a kind, polite antd accommioda ,ing lost-with oysters three timses a dany, raw, ried and stewed ; baked, roastedi and hoiled crabs mace a dlay, and schrimpls for breakfast and dinnter. *n thso game line we htave venisona, and yesterday ye dined otn a fat cub. Thtis fare we consider ex ellent ; especially as we are allowed the privilege >f seasoning It with good wine and good whiskey, -and Mr. Woon keeps the best. Twelve months ago, I am told there were scarce y thirty houses int the place, and ntot exceedinig me hundred and fifty inhabitants ; now there are bout 160 houses completed, antd as many more re rapidly gointg up. The townt is musical with he hammer, saw and plane, antd every thting wears n air of Industry and lively ptreparation for busi iess. The population notw numabers about 1200, .d every day addls to the numiber. There are everal stores here, and all seem to be doing some hing. We have one Hotel, and two good large oarding houses; a Bank, an Academy well en owed, several Bar-rooms, two Billiard Tables, a Ten Pin Alley, a Court House and Jail, antd one team Mill. There is no Church yet In Bruns rick, ut there are several lots reserved to build n, and thtree subscriptions are now going round to ase money for the purpose of erecting Houses o some of the denominations. There are several inisters here-enough perhaps to save us from he fate of that ancient village where one right ous man could not be found-and they, or some f them preach twice every Sabbath In the Acade iy We also have a Printing Establishment, and "Mayor and Alderman," and thereby hangs a ale, but I should tire in the telling of It. Brunswick possesses peculiar and striking ad-' ntages over oll our Southern Ports. In the first a... ~ p.o.....aica. 11Canda painti katan QUSS the most eligible shipping port, for the South adn West, on the South .Atlantic and Gulf coasts. From the heart of the great valliycf the Missis sippi, she Is by far the shortest distance, and has fewer natural obstacles to surmount in gaining Railroad communication. She is nearer the center of the cotton growing coast, and being East of the Peninsula of Florida, commerce can find here au outlet without incurring the hazards and immense tariff' around the Capes and Keys, on the one hand, an. the expensive freightage that forbids the idea of transportation over longer roads to Ports furth er North, on the other. She likewise occupies the best position for theiSouth Atlantic termini of the Pacific Railroad, being the first and only Port East of the Peninsula, and South of Norfolk, and Beau fort, N. C.,-which all agree are too far North to satisfy the South-that is capable of admitting and accommodating the shipping necessary to do the carrying business that must and will concentrate a such termini. I love Charleston, but it is ab surd longer to cling to the hope that she can ever become the New York of the South. Her sound ings hive long sir.ce croaked her destiny, and ex periment has confirmed the prophecy. Nor can Savannah hope to be the favoured spot. Her har bor is more inhospitiable than Charleston, and will only admit small craft and light tonage. New Or leans is too far South. and the passage round the Keys of Florida, and through the West India Is lands too hazardous and expensive for the high way of such a commerce. Here these objections do not apply; there is fourteen feet of water on the bar at low water, and twenty at flood tide sufficient for all practical purposes; the Bay and Harbor capacious, the water deep, and completely land locked. In short, Brunswick has the capaci ty to accommodate the shipping of the world. I have thus faithful sketched the present con dition of the city, and her advantages as a rhip ping Port. Let us now examine her charms and prospects of success. She has for years been -struggling against a combination of capital, jeal ousy and imbecility ; nor has she yet, escaped the meshes of these formidable barriers to the growth of cities. She is still in her swaddling clothes, and has yet to contend with and overcome a pow erful enemy. An aggregation of capital and jeal ousy at Savannah, has for a long time been wielded for the destruction of Brunswick, and the hydra headed monster still continues to show his bloody crest every now and then; but we have reason to look forward with confidence, to a time not far distant, when this opposition shall cease, and the fallen foe shall lie prostrate at our feet; for the young city is certainly upon the high road to pros perity and greatness, and if she is but true to her self, fate itself has no power to keep her back. Her stirring and almost unparallelled progress for the last four months indicates her future, and if the system of Railroads now proje'ted be pushed forward to success, I predict that a quarter of a century will find Brunswick with a population out numbering that of Charleston and Savannah both ombined. The Brunswick and Florida Road is completed 231 miles, over which the cars run daily; about twenty miles more will be ready for the cars by the first of September, and forty more proba bly, by the first of February. The work is in charge of Col. SCULATER, an engineer of decided ability, untiring energy and a stern strong will. With such a man at the head of affairs in the con struction of a Railroad, there can be no such wdrd as fail. The Road will be pressed on as rapidly as possible to Thomasville-the heart of Cotton Geor gia. From there it is contemnplated to branch to Albany; and also to run a direct line to Mobile, thence to Alexandria In Louisiana, where it igill unite with the Southern Pacific Road, and thence through the Messilla Vally to San Diago It wil doubtless be years before this magnificent idea is carried out; but our road will certainly reach Thomasville, and if it goes no farther Brunswick will grow and fatten upon it. Another important Road has been projected-from here to Macon; the route has b-ien surveyed, and I am told the Engineer will report the most practicable route ever surveyed in the United States: It is also said that the money is ready, and will be put in requi sition as soon r.s the report is submitted. Macon is keen for this road, and the knowing ones say it is sure to be built. With these two Roads and her water facilities, what may Brunswick not expect ? If ths Boys want a new and delightful homne, where they can make a fortune and live like "lighting cocks,t" tell themi to come to Brunswick; or if they desire to spend the su-: mner plcasantly tell them to come to Brunswick. If any of them are sick, and wish to get well, give themi the same advice. If any of my parlicular friends (?) en quire after mec, tell them I shall be in Edgelleld in a few weeks. To-morrow I shall leave here for the country circuit-shall be gone two or three weeks, and on nmy return, shall do mnytelf the pleasure of praying you a visit. Give my love to the Thespians. and tell them I should like to play for them a " farewell bene.fit." In my next I will endeavor to give you a variety of itenms-'till then, adieu. Yours sincerely, C. WV. 5. For the A dvertia'er. Mr. EDrron :-We have been hearing andl read ing something of late in regard to thre " nec reity of revising the Holy Scriptures." This is tread ing on sacred ground ; immense issues are involved in this movement, and nothing sh.'rt of the most commanding necessity can justify it. Thre paresent received version of the Bible has been in use for abouit two hundred and fifty years. it has been thre sure word to millions; guiding themr safely throtugh this world, to a better state on hirzh. There is a degree of veneration entertained for the present vers-on, which no subsequent ver sion can ever expect to claim ; and this is owing in a good de~gree to tihe length of time in which it has been received by thre Church as the inspired wrd of God. Now what has this at age found wrong in the " Old Bible r-mnay we not rather ask, what has it found wrong in us ? that instead of shaping our conduct by itsa teachinrg', we are tryingz to make it sustain our opinioans andl practises. The Bible, Mr. EDITon, has passedl through the hands of re visionists b'efore, but only within a fewv years, com paratively, have the Orthodox, so called, been en gaged in the work. Socinians, Swedenborgians, Mormons, Destructionists, &c., have their versions, for the reason that the English version does not sustain threr destinctive peculiarities. We do not say that there are no defects in the present received translation, but we do maintain that a version without a defect, andl one that com mon readers, can " without note or comment," ful ly understand, is utterly impossible. The Rev. Mr. Honos, a Baptist 'Minister of Brooklyn, has said, " a man who co, I remove every fault, and produce a perfect translation, would be able to kir.dle a comet, and send it blazing through the skies." Dr. Wrari~xs, said to be one of the most learned Baptist Ministers in the world, declares "a per fet version to be a non-entity, and an Impossibili ty, and which no sober man or thorough scholar would venture to promise." Where then is the zheessity for a new version ? Let Dr. Cos, for many years the President of the " American and Foreign Bible Society," and subeuently of the "American Bible Union" so cieties organized for the above object, give us the answer; " that we may have a faithful copy of the scriptures in which the word Baptizo and its cognates, shall be translated by words signifying Immerse, immersion, &c."* The Rev. Mr. CumuxAx,inaspeech deliveed be tore one of these societies, said, "the English Bi 9 to Baptism and Churc OrdeY frbfe ' " a guidsto truth and duty." If ftrthqr evidence is reqUired to show that the alteration of tls;word is the leading 6 ieet with the revisionists, we have but to refer to tle origi4 of the societies above named. The AmeIe an' Foreign Bible gociety withdrew from the Ameri can Bible Society in consequence of a refuai on the part of the latter to publish a Burmese ver sion of the Bible in which the word Raptie wal translated by a word signifying immerse. The managers of the American Bible Society had no choice in the' matter, the constitution rjst'rieting them to the circulation of " the tersion in'eommon-' use, without note or comment," that all denomi nations.represented in the society -could .useit. The A. & F. B. Society meditated a new Eng lish version, containing the desired alteration, but in 1850 when the.,question came up -for final coo.... sideration, they shrank from the responsibility of their original purpose, and deeided to bp cont. with the commonly received version. This deci sion caused a "seceding from the -seession?'& which took the name of the " American Bible So ciety," who taking ultra ground, occupy the front rank in the work of revision. If we have not mistaken the main object of the revisionists, is it -fair, that. In thapresentation of the matter to the public, the main object should so often be kept in the back ground, and points which with them are only secondary, should have prominence ?1 For example, they dwell upon passages of scrip ture, which apparently contradict one another, or passages, which, having reference to ancient cus tums, cannot be understood without some acquain tane. with she history of the times to which they refer, and advocate the publication of a version, having these passages more correctly translated, "for the benefit of the "common reader." That some texts can be better translated we do not dis pute, but that all may be so translated as to be un derstood by the " common reader," "without note or comment" is absurd. If any person Is curious enough to know how the revisionists make things plain, we will give them a specimen from the New Version, which we copy from a work on our table; Rev. 6: 6. The common version reads thus. " And I beard a voice in the midst of the four beasts cay, a measuse of wheat for a penny, ard three measures of barley for a penny, and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine." The new version reads, "and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying a chenix of wheat for a denarius, and three chenixes of barley for a denarius." A strange way of making things plain for the " common people." The impression is being made upon the public, that other denominations beside the Baptist are engaged in the work of revision. Who are they1 When the facts are forced out, it appears, that some of the translators of the new version are members of Pedo-Baptist Churches, whose servi ces are secured, not on denominational grounds, but on account of the " snug salaries " paid them. Such being the case, is it fair to make the impres sion that other denominations are uniting in the work I Query-are men who will sell their relig ions principles for money, suitable persons to trans late the Scriptures faithfully 1 The fact is, but two Denominations are engaged in revising the "English Bible "-the Campbel lites, and a fragment of the Baptist Church. The most prominent Ministers of the Baptist Church are opposed to the movement. 'The Rev. Jexm DOWrLINO, D. D., in writing on this subject, says, " I will now state my reasons, wvhy we should op pose the publication by tbis great denominational Society, (the A. & F. B. S.) of. a revision, of the English Scriptures, the distinguishing feature of which should be the substitution of immerse. for baptize, whenever it occurs in the New Testament." Rev. Dr. FULLER, says, " the moment we resort to a new translation, we sacrifice the whole argument, and virtually say, as the book nw is, we cannot make out our cause." Rev. Dr. MArLcox, says, " were I to utter all my objections to the proposed version, I would want a week for it." Rev. Dr. HlsoCE, says, "If we should accomplish the pro posed purpose, and change the word baptize int. immerse, in a few years we should have to do the same thing and make new changes." Dr. Dow L.INO repeats, " if you expel this word from your Bible, you must give up the name of your sect. You must call yourselves Immersers ; it. that too is rejected because it is a transferred word, then, you must call yourselves Dippers, or other denomina tions will do this for you." These are Baptist Ministers whose talent~s and wisdoi should give great weight to their opinions with their denomination. Up to this time the Or thodox dlenomIinations have received the present version, as their standnrdh; but, shenk1 one Church, in order to carry out a dienominational idea, adopt another version, it will require no prophelatic vision to predict the Iinial result. Let the plublic who are called upon to contribute tn this object, understandl the case in all its hear in.gs and govern thecmseves accordingly. 3. FA-r~u. RAIr. RoAn Accingv.-The freight train which left here yesterday f'or Columbia, ran off the track at Four hole Swamp, and we regreta to learn that the conductor, Mr. John Gilbert, was killed, as was also a white train hand. This accident was consed by the breaking of a. rail, andi from this cause the mail train from the other direction was delayed. Mr. Gilbert was a young man, and leaves a widow and one child." The mails and passengers on the Charleston train reached the city at about half-past 6 o'clock. Chorluston Courier. H Y ME NI A L, M1ARRIED, on Thursday evening, 2d April, by Rev. A. Horn, Mr. Moss Hannis and Miss AMxinA SWARn r~as all of this District. MAnrIs, on the 5th inst., at the residence of Jona than Devore's by A. Hlollingsworth Esq., Mr. Canis ToPEa HORN, and Miss SALLIE Hoax, all of this District. MAnrIE, on the 26th of Feb. by J. A. Lott, Esq., Mr. PzcKxss PosEY and Miss ELLENs, daughter of Jeptha and Elizabeth Couch, all of this District. MARRIED, by the sat'e, on the 12th of March, Mr. MArLacR SATERSs and Miss FRAxcEs, daughter of Alfred Randall, all of this District. 'OBITUARY. AVORY BLAND, who died on thc 8th day of February, A. D., 1857, deserves to have a tribute to his memory as a practical man, who fulfilled all that can be implied in the Latin epigram: " Sue quisque fortune fober est." Hie was at the time of his death, in his 64th year ; and was the son of PRESL.EY BiA.n-a man of marked character, who passed through trying services and lived in an eventful period ;-he wau the son of Joux Br..aD, who, with thirty-two others, feli in the massacre at " Cloud's Creek," under the sword of Cunningham. Mr. AVORY BL..ND, the subject of this notice, being a self made man, acquired in an eminent degree those qualities which naturally arise from trial and exertion. He learned his lessons of life in the instructive school of experience, lie was a man, within the sphere of his operations, of excellent jndgment, looking to re sult, with intelligence and sagacity ; and his success in life was a practical illustration of these traits of character. With perseverance and well directed industry, he accumulated a handsome fortune. In contracts, he was both fair and punctual, designing his plans with skill and meeting his obliga tions with promptness. As a neighbor, he was gener ous, kind and assistant. .It gave him apparent plea sure to perform such offices as would rather confer favour, than impose obligation. He had unflinching courage, not in the temper of a Bravado, but in the spirit of a Patriot. His children have every right to regard him as an affectionate, generous and provident parent.- Another quality' marked his character : He had.a high regard for the Christian Religion, and was rather remarkable for - his liberalecontributions to erect saa support Churches -asa always attended the worship of Christ with fervent eoneern. This was not-known to many,.but