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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 an tlhmost liberal term-it being distinctly under. stood that contracts for yearly advertising are con fined to theimmediate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. All communications of a personal character will be charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length will be charged for the overplos, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Adv-irtising Estrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. LATEST BY TEERAPH. ARRIVAL OF THE cANaA.DA. NEw YoRE, June 11. The Royal Mail Steamship Canada, Captain Ryrier, has arrived at this port, with Liverpool dates to the 30th nlt. . Attention has been called in Parliament to the increase of the Slave Trade to Cuba, and Lord Palmerston said that'no diplomatiaeffort would be spared to suppress it. Representations upon the subject will be renewed to the Spanish Government at Madrid. England generously offers another large ship of war to take the place of the Niagara, in lay ing the submarine telegraph cable. iord Palmerston has announced the rejection of the Dallas-Clarendon Treaty, and says that the new.conditions from Washington are under consideration. t The French Legislature have passed a law establishing three lines of Trans-Atlantid steam era. The Bank of France bill passed almost unani mously. The sales of cotton for the week comprised 40,000 bales, of which 2,000 bales were on speculation and 5,000 for export, leaving 3,000 bales of all descriptions to the trade. Quota. tions for the infenor grades were barely main. tained. Orleans Fair was worth 81d.; Orleans Middling 7 13-16d.; Fair Uplands 8d. ; and Mid. dling Upland 71d. per lb. The stock in port was 795,000 bales. Corn was unchanged; yellow was quoted at 39s 6d, and white at 40s 6d per 480 lbs. Phila delphia flour was worth 32s 6d4 and Ohio 33s 4dper bbl of 196 lbs. Red wha was qnotel atfrm 8s 6d a 9s Gd, and white at from 9s 8u a 9s 10d per 70 pounds. Rice was quoted at 26s. Consols were quoted at 93t. It is agirmed that the Bank of France main tains its stock of bullion by artificial purchase. Although the Bourse exhibits firmness, private accounts are not encouraging. TO TEE IEDB OP TEEPRANCE. SPRINGFIELD, June 6th, 1857. The meeting of the State Temperance Society will be held at Chesterville on Tuesday the 21st day of July. It is expected the meeting will commence as soon after the arrival of the cars as possible ; say at or before 3 p. mn. The meet ing, it will be observed, begins the day before the Grand division meets, at York; it is expected to adjourn time enough to reach Yorkville before the meeting there, the evening of the 22d. It is hoe every organization of Temperance will be fully represented. Temperance Societies, Divisions of the Sons of Temperance, Rechabites, and Cadets are ex pected to send up delegates-the more the bet ter. Our friends at Chesterville are making prepar ations to give Temperance a rousing welcome. Dr. Walker, well known as an ardent and devo * ted friend of Temperance ; the successor of Chester's leader in tis great cause, the late Jas. B. McCully, Esq.; writes to me " we intend hold. ing two public meetings, one Tuesday nigvht, the other -Wednesday morning about 11. We give the Delegates a dinner at 3 p. mn." Brethirea~and frends, let Delegates be speedi ly appointed.. The work is a great one-every one who.cani give us a good word, a smile, or even animecouraging nod, will be welcomed. Let us all to the work. re.SaeJOHN BELTON O'NEALL. A RER~LE CAsE OF LONGEvITY wrrnoUT TRE -AID OF. FOOD oE NoValsuxENT.-The follow ing particulars have been related to us by Mr. Geo. Cronkhite, of this village, a gentleman of well known veracity and candor, who has visited, in his professional capacity of County Supenin tendent of the Poor, the lady whose remarkable tenacity-to life, without the aid of food or any stimulus to support nature, we give to our read ers. It appears that about a year ago, the inva ]id, (Mrs. Simeon Hays, residing at Horieon, in this country,) was attacked by a disease known as epileptic fits, and that one of these paroxy isnms was of such a violent nature that it lasted eighteen days, and that during the past eeeren mnonths not a particle of any kind of nourish ment has passed her lips excepting a small quan tity of water and apple sauce, administered to her by her husband; and he is of the opinion that even this did not remain in her stomach, as she seems to have anuncontrolable aversion to any kind of aliment whatever. During the pe rinod of her sickness she has shown no signs of intelligence or recognition of her friends, and all of the natural iunctions of her body have ceased their operations. Mr. Cronkhite, (our informant) who conversed with the husband and gleaned these, most astounding particulars, is of the opinion that she is now falling rapidly, and that but a short time will intervene before the sands of life will run out. In our opinion, it is the most remarkable case of endurance without . food on record, and deserves more than a pas sing notice by the medical professon.-Glenn's .Falls ( New York) Repeublican. isuIsroX RIOT VERDC.-The Infedligen cer gives the following as the verdict of the in quest on the body of one of the persons killed on Monday week last: The Jury summoned sworn, and charged to inquire into the cause of the death of Cornelius H. Alston, " do say, upon their oaths, that the said Cornelius H. Alston came to his death by a gun-shot wound received while standing pea ceably and quietly at the corner of Seventh street, opposite the Northern Liberties market, (recent lylhis place of business) from a detachmnent of United States Marines, acting wnder the control of the Mayor of Washington; and the jury do further find, from the concurrent testimony of aill the witnesses, that the Gricig by the Marines was all subsecjuent to the obtaining possession of the swivel.? J. L. HENSHAW, Foreman. Six of the jurors were Democrats and seven were Americans. The convention of southern railroad mes re cently assembled in Bristol (on the line of Vir' ginia and-. Tennessee) appointed the Hon. Wil. Jiam Ballard Preston a- commissioner to Europe, with a view of bringing about, if practicable, a direct trade beweeun European .ports and the southern States, and Mr. .rstn has spoepted the anonintment. Louis NAroLuox A St.A DEALM.-I have seen no notice yet taken by any of the papers of Louis Napoleon's scheme for securing a sup ply of lahorers for his negro colonies of Martini que and Guadaloupe. Exeter Hall will be in commotion. He has made a contract with a French house connected with Africa to trans.. poit twenty thousand negroes from the coast to these islands, and to procure these negroes he makes use of a certain religious order, whose business it is to redeem slaves froin slavery. They will be sent to the colonies not as slaves in name, but as "apprenticed laborers." 't is, how ever, a real revival of a slave trade, and there will be a great outc about it. Littleowill Nao eIon care for thiat! Lord , owley remonstrate with him on the subject, but was so snubbed as to render it very unlikely that he will again broach the subject.- Correspondence of the Inverness Courier. Oyj Sb,,tiser. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDOBJIELD; 8. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1857. NEW POST OFFICES. Among the new postoffices recently established in South Carolina, we observe the following for Edge field: Grove Hill, H. R. GODxAS, Postmaster; and Sister Springs, WM. HALTIWANGER, Postmaster. MR. ABNEVS ARTICLE. Attention is asked to the communication of JosEpn ABNEY, Esq., in relation to certain facts connected with the history of the Palmetto Regiment. With out reference to his allusions to Hon. L. M. Kzrr, of whici we express no opinion,- -the article is a striking and interesting one, and presents (we have every reason to believe) a faithful rendering of the facts it has reference to. The author and others re spectfully ask those papers, which have published Mr. Kzrrr's account of matters, to give the commu nication a place in their columns. ELECTION OF BRIGADIER GENERAL. The election of Brigadier General of the 1st Brig ade, S. C. M., came off on Saturday last. The result has not been accurately ascertained, but enough, we think, is known to render it certain that Capt. WK. C. MORAGsE is elected. RELIGIOUS NOTICE. We are requested to state that Rav. S. J. McMon RLt, Universalist, will preach at T. N. LuNDY's on Sunday the 21st inst., at 11 o'clock A. .M. HON. F. V. PICKENS AND THE RUSSIAN MISSION. The statement has appeared in various papers that Hon. F. W. Picikss has been tendered by President BRucRLAx the Mision to Russia ; which is entirely correct. But the Car~rninax and others seem to be uncertain whether Col. PICKENs will accept or not. We are enabled to say, positively, that the kind and complimentary proffer of the President was promptly but respectfully declined nearly two weeks ago. We also happen to know, with certainty, that the friends of the Hon. F. W. PxcxEs will place his name before the people of South Carolina for the high post of United States Senator. It needs not here, that we spek of his eminent qualifications for that position. AN HONEST MAN. When a really honest man, "up one side and down the other," comes amongst us and fully proves his claim to that distinction, it is but right to chronicle the fact. Sueh a man, we say-and every one else says so far as we have heard,--was Mr. H. I. CORn WZs., late chief clerk of Col. MAnsuALL FnAzamn's store in this place. He is gone home, and we are not there fore praising him to his face when we say that he was an honest, kind and courteous old man. We have heard it intimated that he will return before long to establish a business on his own responsibility. Let himceome,-it is just such men that every com munity should desire to retain. GOOD THINGS. 1 D.R. D. has been making our mouth water for the. two past weeks with telling of his sundrgfavors in" . the way of vogetablos, ho. But all the ife we had consolation in a bottle cof the raciest tomato catsup we haie ever had the good fortute to taste. It was manufactured by Mrs.'JAMEs AR~sTRoNG Sid handed to us for inspection and.trial by her good man. Wili not the " Judge" addthe favor of giving us the re-. eipt? . . LAMENTED DEATHS.. The Charlfeston papers announce the death of Dr. Tes. Y. SIxeSs, and also of Col. J. CR.ntIs BLUx, old, useful and beloved denizens of that City.. AN UNCALLED-FOR FLING. The Charleston Eveniwg ers speakes o'f the ming led jubilations of Northern Democratic and of Black Republican sheets over tho prospect of Gov. WA.L-. KE's making Kansas a Free State, and then proceeds, to these interrogational deductions: "Was it for this that South Carolinui was for the first time wheedled into a National Conventioni and to aid in the work of restoring the Democratic party to a popular inajority in the Union by inviting and temptingNorthern abolition factions into its ranks ? State Rgts Democrats, shall-we submit to such jug glry and imposition !" As one identified with the South -Carolina Demo cratic Convention of 1856, we deny that the ttewras "wheedled" into a National Convention. The move-. met was an open, direct and manly one, and wasin stigated by motives of the highest patriotiani. . The main argument used by many advocates of that move met was, that It would place South Carolina in a more palpable and efficient attitude, of 'eo-operation with the States of the Soutle. It was this view of thIs matter that made our Democratic State -Convention the strong and influential body it is admitted to have been. The object was to defeat Black Republicanism and to advance the banner of State Rights snd State Equality by the best means within our reach under the then existing condition of things; And to suggest now that It was "to aid in the work of restoring the Democratic party to a popular majority in the Union by inviting and temnpting Northern abolition factions into its rank.," is an Inuendo on the part of our es teemed ootemporary which we sincerely regret, both because It is uncalled for and because it Is inmanifeat disregard of the record of the Convention in question. But, furthermore, in immedlate connection with this insinuation follows the exclamation, somewhat In the nature of a party rallying cry : "State Rights Demo crat, shall we submit to such jugglery and imposi tion !"-We cannot believe that the Editor of the New means here to implicate his fellow-citizens, who participated in the strong and controlling Convention movement of last year, in this double charge of "jug. glery and imposition." It is too far-fetched and too unkind for his goed .sense and generosity of heart, we therefore pass by the language without comment. But there is something about his especial call to " State Right. Democrat." which may admit of the inference that (in his estimation) the participants.in the Convention of 1856 were not State Rights Demo crats. This again we deny, if we construe the New. correctly. Tue South Carolina Conventionists were as much State Rights Democrats as were any faction or wing of those who declined to act with them. They sought but to do their duty to their State, their Sec tion and their Country. In doing this, they repudia ted none of the long-cherished principles of South Carolina. Their policy was founded in considerations f prudence and in a desire to help those who were klping us; But they neither contemplated yielding, por hays thley yielded, one jot of the ancient principles of their State. If it be the desire of any amongst us to array a party of so-called " State Rights Democrats" against that portion of our people who aceorded their aympathy and sanction to the Convention Movement, we imagine th~e contest (though not desired) will yet not be feared by the latter. But they will assuredly. protest against any assumption by their opponents of 1 superior seal in the maintenance'of Southern Rights of of superior devotion to the honor and interosts of South Caroline. They ar.e aus ready .to scrutinize and condemn whatever of wrong ,Gov. V.gz may do in 1ana, or Presidlent Buaia may do jp Wshpg ton, as they are to approve and uphold the Adininis THE SENATORIAL VACANCT. As is perhaps naturaland proper, the people of South ,aroliua are already looking around among their ublic men for some one suited to the high and re pousible position just vacated by the lamented death >f the late Senator Bumv.a. It is indeed a very rave matter, and one which should be decided upon ith deliberation and after a mature canvassing of he real merits and capacities of those who shall be arought forward as candidates for the suecessorship. 3ur State has had just cause to be proud of her repro 'ntation in the Senate of the United States for many rears. She has bad there such faithful and capable guardians of her honor and interests as HAvES, CAL 3orv, McDuprrm, PREstoN, BARNWELL and BUTLR; meh one of whom has impressed that greatest of do iberative bodies with a high sense of his statesman ihip- and with a clear appreciation of the value of South Carolina to the Union as a consistent conserva tor of those great principles upon which rests the' mfety of our liberties. In application to these ilus Lrious Senators the well-known eulogium of Antony apon Cmsar may be most appropriately pronounced; ror all the elements of moral and intellectual worth wre truly go mixed inAtheir characters that, of each )ne of them, ----" Nature might stand up And say to all the world, Tis teas a man I" he chapters which their genius and patriqtism have wrought out in the political history of America form a rich legacy,foralltime,ttheirStateandtheirCountry. rhey weregiantsindeed,and so recognised by the great otemporary minds that met them in high debate. So true it isthatSouth Carolinabasbeen thus far represen td in the Senate of the American Union as became a tovreign member of this mighty confederacy. ShgqId t not then be a source of deep solicitude with her people, that these lofty antecedents of her renown e kept up, in the future, to the same high pitch of Mxcllece and honor. In considering the qualifications which should dorn that South Carolinian who is to go up, in the ootsteps of our dead BuTLR, to do battle for the Donstitution and the Republic, an elevated and ma ;red statesmanship is the most prominent if not the nest indispensible. In the other branch of our Na. ional Legislature it is fit and proper that the strength >f the untried be tested, that'the talents of the inex )erienced be fostered into a more vigorous growth, md the skill of our young politicians be put to the )roof. But in that dignified and far-seeing conclave which occupies the other end of the Capitol, maturity >f intellect, ripeness of experience and comprehen iveness of judgment are the great requisites of sue ss and usefulness. Without these, a Senator may >easionally delight an accidental audience witIL spe iimens of ornate oratory; he may chance to com nand the applause of the galleries by sohe happy it at impertinence, some inanly'rebuke of error, *me warm-hearted defence of the Right; but his -eal influence in the councils of the country will be inch as neither his State will be proud to regard nor ds opponents likely to look upon except as food for lerision. South Carolina wants no such Senator in Jongress. She wants one, whose tried abilities, whose emplete mastery of the principles of our Govern nent, whose enlarged knowledge of the history of hat Government, whose familiarity with the men md measures of the last thirty years, will enable Lim to stand a Senator among Senators, prepared at d points and on all questions to represent truly and owerfully the interests he shall have in change. In addition to this grade of ability, it Is to be hoped hat our next Senator shall possess that readiness in ebate which will be able to meet any attack, how iver suddenly sprung, with the parry and thrust of 1veteran political swordsman. It is not enough, that e be qualified to ,erite profound disquisitions upon iven Constitutional questions. He should have all he elements of such disquisitions at his tongue's end mnd ready for effective use at any moment. Hie hould be ever supplied with the materials for attack mad defence; as capable of upsetting, the sophistry >f an antagonist as of giving "a reason for the faith hat is within him." He should be so imbued with ~he sience of Government, and especially as It ap pears in our Free System, as to know error in its earliest phases ; and he. should possess that power of mauly umd direct utterance by which such error may be l~eld upbefore the country, promptly and forcibly, in, its tine olors. Itisa not merely an essayist, a politi sl philosopher, that South Carolina needs In the Senate Chamber of this Union, but one who is like wise a debater in the most enlarged' sense of the word. Such we have heretofore had in Hayx:, CAL-. poVx, McDUFFI and Bu'rtn; and an equal of these men in this point of strength must occupy the seat rom which they have forever departed, or the halo of glory which they raised above that spot will begin to lose its distinctive lustre. It is certainly desirable, moreover, that he who shall next, represent the State at Washington should be, as fur as possible, free fromsuch political entan glements as ipay impair his usefulness' for the cause of Southern Rights. He should be one whom Southern Senators will eagerly take by the hand as a trusty io-operator in the defence of our political equality under the Constitution. .He should not be an extre mist, who might prove offensive to those whose inter ists all flow in the same channel and are affected by e same causes with our own, but conservative, first, fthe.rights of his peculiar section, and with that f possible in conformity with a just maintenance of hose rights) conservative alse of the Union and of e common weal of the American people. Such a an (and no other) will prove to the South at this uncture, the true co-laborer of such statesmen u'Hrxrnn, Ruax and Divis, in the field of Senato -siI exertion; And to some such son should South aro.lina now look for thme proper furtherance of her est interests as insgparably interwoven with the in ;rests of her Southern confederates. *It may be added that an earnest devotion to South arolina, an unaffeced indifference to Federal honors, prominent'place in the regards of American states nen,and the respect which everywhere attaches to n -advaneed manhood and untainted integrity, would l tend to increase the efficcy and influence of him rlio Is to be selected by the State for the important oat in question. True, we have here made out a very high and com nanding character. It may be that we have no such nan (to the full) now left. Be this as it may, fwe urge hat the people of the State should see to it that this istimate be fulfilled as nearly as possible in their mext Senator ; And we trust they will decide between l candidates who may be placed before them accord ng to the high standard above indicated, and with mt reference to such political tacticians as may par hance desire to dictate to them a choice. COL. ORR AND THE MERCURY. Our friends .of the Xecreurg shrewdly (?) suspect hat Col. Oann has gone to Kansas with some such sin ster design as that of helping Gov. W ALKER to mould he territory into a Free State. It is taken for granted hat the Hon. COLONEL has given himself body and oul to the National Democrats, and then the conclu ion is imagined, that, to concilliato the Northern omoracy and secure the Speakership, Mr. Onn may > capable of proving false to his State, and section, md to their most vital interests. We must think that the Mercury is doing Col. GOnn Ireat injustice by such suspicion.. His going to Kan las, we have reason to assert, was entirely for the pur pose of looking over the territory with a view to a scessful investment in lands. Several gentlemen were conjoined with him in this purpose,-not only Dr. ifAnsuALL who went with him but others who didnot go. Neither of them nor of Col. Gann can It be said with fairness, that they are influenced by any other >bject than the legitimate business of a fair investment >f surplus funds. But the Mercury'. sagacity is roused by the singular (?) circumstance of Col. Onn's ~resence in the territory upon the very eve -of Gov. WAxza's going out to take the helm, the said Gov rnor (according to the assumption of the Xercury) aving it for his aim to make Kansas a Free State; nd so j4 is implied that Goev. WALKER and Col. On mderstand each uother, in fact are working together 'or the same end, viz: to make Kansas a Free State. lhe CoLONEL'S part of the work is supposed to be, to nience South Carolina emigran~ts in the matter. nsupported as such suspicions are by evidence of py reliable description, we can but express an'entire paup a fro tha rc a,.PiUyine ,inrgatoh aspersion is well calculated seriously to affect the repu tation of any public man in South Carolina, and should not be lightly made, especially upon premises that are at least partly imaginary. TIlE COLLEGE REVOLUTION. 1. President McCAY of the one part, and the other professors and all the students of the other part, fall out by the way, and the said President resigns his post. 2. The trustees of the Institution come together in Columbia to consider the disagreement. 3. The President is exonerated from blame and so are the professors. 4. The Trustees determine that it isright to modify the educational system of the College by expanding the institution on the plan of a University. 5. They also detorngno that it is better to reorgan ize the government of the College, and the entire Paculty are therefore requested to resign; 6. Which they do. 7. Ballottings are held by the Board for professors to ill, in part, the professorships thus vacated; 8. Which ballotings result in placing Professor Jour LuCoNTz, Professor JoszEPn Lacots and Pro fessor W. L Riams In the same chairs they before occupied; 9. And in elevating Rev. WaRTEFOORD Sxrrx to the professorship of Sacred Literature, (good!)-and Mr. JAMs McCArDLRs to that of Roman Literature (Good again I and our hand to you, MAC, on the event.) 10. The Professorship of Logic and Metaphysics, and that of Political Roonomy, are left to be filled next September. (Does Dr. LAsoRDE decline a re election? And Is Dr. LISDER to be invited back?) 11. The Faealty are to~appoint from tireir number a Chairman wh'o is.todjiharge the duties ofPresident until a President be. duly elected. 12. A committee of three is appointed to address the citizens on the state and reorganization of the College. (Needed, no doubt-we mean the reorganization.) 13. Dr. DrcKsoN, of Charleston, isput in nomine tion for the Presidency by the Charleston Coiier; 14. And Gen. D. F. JAxsoN Is also namii for the same post. 15. The committee to consider a plan of reorgani zation consists of: W. 0. PassTor, 0. G. MusNMrrxe, L W. BARxWT, B. F. PPar and S. McALmTr. 1. And they are to report to the Board in Novem ber next. Comment. The whole iffair smacks of change, im provement and progress.. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. _SO- MAMMON is the only God that is worshipped in every clime without a single temple, and by all elasses,without a single hypocrite. R- PNRic, of the Louisville Journal, having. read a recent decision of Judge Bicknell, of Indiana, in relation to the liquor law, says that after having examined the document attentively he can assure his friends across the Ohio that It does not compel them to drink unless they want It. This is certainly com forting. Or IT was reported in the city of Mexico, accord ing to the latest advices, thit the Californians were taking a terrible revenge for the execution of Col. Crabbe, the fillibuster, ad his followers, by killing every Mexican they could And. j0- As election Whsaeld for Ordinary of Orange burg District on the 1st. inst., at which Mr. G. D. Keitt was duly elected by a majority of 287 votes. gp So perfect were the Egyptians In the manu facture of perfumes, that some of their ancient oint ment, preserved in an alabaster vase in the museum at Alnwick, still retains a very powerful odor, though it must be between 2000"ad 3000 years old. po Ladles are wanted out West. The r-ecent ensus of St. Louis shows a disparity in the sexee of nearly 7,000 in favor of males. By the census of Iowa, the males are in. a majority by nearly thirty four thousand. Other States are also calling for rein forcements of the fair sex. g'' Mr. Kinsman, who presented the Buck-horn chair to the President, has received an appointment worth about eighteen hundred dollars per annum, to assist in removing the Indians on the Pacific coast. '9W- Au advartisement In a- Philadelphia paper reads as follows:-. " Stolen, a watch worth a hundred-dollars. If the thief will -return it, he shall be informed, gratis, where he may steal one worth two of it, and no ques tions asked." $$ TRE. following is doubtless addressed to old bachelors. We submit it to a certain institution, not a thousndiniles from this place:. You're drying up, you'll baow away, Then pray no longer tafry, Remember what the Bible says There is a time to marry. gg" Tue original "Dred Seott" has been engaged for Barnum's Museum, In New York. He will form the " great attraction" for visitors to the Museum the ensuing fall. p0 A few days ago a man by the name of Bing ham was whipped to death in the neighborhood of Palestine, Ind, by a band of fellows self-styled the "Regulators" THIRTY STUDENTS ExPELLIED.-The Georgian & Democrat published at Marrietta says: ge understand that thirty of the Cadets of th'e G. M. Institute have been expelled for going into G. N. Eldred's Circus show, which has been exhibiting here for the last two dave. The crime, as we understand, was in signing a written pledge, (which was a plain violation of the rules,) to go to the Circus, whether the superintendent would allow them or not. We learn that five of them have left for their homes-thirteen have recanted, and intend try ing to reinstate themselves-the others are to leave in a few days. IMPALED ON THE HANDLE OF A PITCHFORK. Mr. Peter Koons, a respectable farmer of Rich mondville, New York, aged about 40 years, went into his barn a few days since to feed his stock, and, having thrown some hay from the mow, dropped his hay fork, the tines fasteniing in the floor. Mr. Koons, in descending, lost his hold, and fell a distance of fifteen feet, striking upon the handle of the fork, which entered his body, and passed up through the bowels, dia phragm and lungs, and was stopped fin ally by the shoulder-blade. He ingee about forty eight honte, and died in gra agony. DEsTRUCTIvE HAnr.SvoE.-A portion of Lan caster, Kershaw, and Sumter districts, was visi ted on Friday afternoon last, by a most destruc tive hail storm, commencing above Russel Place, in Lancaster, and extending in a South-easterly direction, as far as Bishopville, in Sumter, its width varying, as we hear, from two to sIx miles In many places it drifted to the depth of from one to three feet; some of the ice missiles measuring nine inches in circumference, and many as large as hen eggs. The destruction of crops may be imagined ; man y wheat fields have been totally destroyed, and the corn and cotton very badly injured, trees stripped of their foliage and all vegetation lying in its track vastly injured. [ Camdeni Journal THE Onos- A letter to the editors of this pa per on business, from an intelligent and skillful planter of the vicinity of Auburn, Macon county, Alabama, dated. June-6th, says: " The cotton crops throughout this entire region the poorest that was ever known. In fact, it is already a failure from several causes poor stands, unusually small and grassy condi tion of the plant, and on the sandy lands it issaill dying. With the most propitious seasons we can not in the upper patof Kacon, make more than half a c::op. Corn is still small, but with sea sons, will do. Wheat and Oats uncommonly lne.-Colmbus Sun, June 9. CnRs DESTROYED.-We regrut to learn that on Friday last, the neighborhood of Fish Dam, Union District, and Feasterville, Fairfield Dis trict, was visited by a terrific hail storm, whieb lestroyed the crops in the neighborhood of the latter section. Much damage was done at Fish Dam, but at Feasterville, the 'wheat and other arops were totally destroyed; houses, barns and graneries were leveled, and trees torn from the earth and scattered in every direction. The lelds of wheat in several places have been so in u.- ad tha tiy ha'v b..e' aivan 1m tn stoclr... 0OMUNICATIONS. For the Advertiser. . INSZS TO UNDINE. "Tune up your Lyre, once more, ' CORNILL," and give me a song of the Summer, of Love, br of what you will." UNDINE. Softly, gently, now my Lyre! blend low the sweet eat notes, That ere floated on the silent evening air; Strike high, then low; dear Lyre! give us a most ravishing strain, To enchant this maiden, so radiantly fair. Now, no*, "low, low, sweet and low," As if for an Aidenn beau; Attune to the key of the cooing-dove, To woo this maiden, of my heart's best love. Come, come my Muse! A10te-like voice calls to thee ! Awake! Breathe in gushing sweetness, the mellow, liquid rhyme, Which may float into-her soul, like-some seraphic strain, To gladden and refresh her, through all, all time. Yes, now, "low. low,'sweet and low,",, As if for an Aideun beau; Attune to the key of the cooing dove, To woo this maiden, of my hart's best love. Sing In flowing numbers of our weo wee youthful years, When we too were is guileless as aspirit or star; And lived, unheedingly, as beautiful a life as they Or the Roses and Violets, in the Aldenn afar. Andihen tell, tell, sweetly tell Of my love for my UNDINs belle; Whisper it low, low in her list'ning ear, That.onlyashe and the Angels may hear. And forgetnd in thy song, these longing, hoping years When, having left behind us childhood's plays and toys, - We unfold our soul-wings tojgether, to seek the Unseen The'Truer Life for greater and eternal joys. Yet, the sweet, sweet words " Am.o te," Which simply mean that I lose thee, Shall be the burden t$my song, Through the day, and all night long. CORNETLLE. Written forghe Advertiser. E10PE'5 ITZTITUTE. * BY f. R. GODXAZ, I. D. THmi not, ye hapless ones, '" life is all dark," Although of Hope's fre ye have vot a spark, One thing will serve ye instead-if ye trust Britse to earn swortiay nameul Conquer ye must. What the' your fellows possess plenteous store Of things ye desire 1-desire no more; But armed with Integrity, forth to the task; Ye will gain what ye wish, the' for much ye may ask. Chanee governs nothing I Perseverance alone Can raise up the beggar to sit on the throne; And he who'd be monarch must toil on each day, Or all his endeavors will vanish in spray. Then up and be doing-Inaction's a worm That consumeth the spirit nor spareth the form; And they who are richest, most happy and wise, Have worked late and early t' attain the good prize. For the Advertiser. EY LITZLE YAVORITN. DY KTDIA. Thou art very lovely, Willie, With thy soft, gazelle-like eyes,. While for radiant beauty, Willie, Thou canat bear aloft the prize. Thou art kind and gentle, Willie, Weth such quiet, winning ways "None know thee, but to love thee, - Noseime thee but kyiiil How I love thee, darling Willie, With thy voice so strangely sweet That Its soothing music, Wilie, Oft In fancy doth me greet. When I gaze upon thee, Willie, With thy joyous, sunny smile, I would thy heart might ever be As free as now from guile. .I cannot, Willie, charm thy life, Or wreathe -Time's brow with ilowers, Yet I pray thy future, darling, May be bright as by-gone hears. And, Willie, when life's dream is o'er Oh ! may'st thou ready be To wing thy way, to realms of bliss In Heaven's cerulean sea. Written fur the Advertiser. IDLE THOUGHTS. BY SHIRLEY. Were I a warbler of the wildwood, in these balmy days of Spring, With joyous, liquid melody I'd make the wolkin ring. I'd pierce the elastic ether- e I'a cleave the blue of day ; With strains of heartfelt gladness, I'd sear far, far away. Were I a silvery streamlet Dancing merrily on my way *Breathing soft, delicious murmurs'u To-each floweret fresh and gay, On, on, I'd haste, unheeding - The noIseless foot of Time ; And I'd with Old Ocean mingl -And I'd ride his wayps sublimnp. Were-I the star'of evening, That brightly, brightly glows, And sheds its mystic influence O'er twilight's thoughtful close I'd lull with magic power Hearts so long to joy unknown, - While love and quiet happiness Should return from whence they'd flown. Mimosa Cottage, June, 1857. For the Advertiser. A XISTAZE COEROTED. - AUo usuA, June 13, 1867. To the E~ditor of the Edgefield Advertiser: DianSina:-In your last issue, under the cap tion of " Augusta Mierchants," you have mec re ported as selling my Goods at cost. From what source you derived your informa tion I am unable to discover! Certain it is my advertisements convey no such meaning. It is not my province or inclioation to deal in pufs or hum bugs for the ostensible purpose of selling off my Goods, believing the principle of itself to be wrong and oe that savors of deception. No doubt you intended doing me a favor by so stating, for.wvhich accept my thanks. I may here remark that no Merchant who wish es to conform to Cozgnercial requirements can sell his Goods at New York Cost, as It would be a very unproftable business, which is plain to every ne; and I hope that the intelligent people of Idgefleld will not suffer themselres to be deceived by pufsk of that character. You have done me, gratuitously, as you consid red, a favor: may I ask you to do me another by publishing this letter, in which I distinctly state that!I am no* selling of at Cost-but that I im prepared to sell my Goods as Cheap as any ther House in Augusta, even those who state at they are selling at New York Cost. And, to est the truth of this statement, if purchasers find much is not the case, they are at liberty to return he Goods at my expense. Very respcful, $mEn BrENrY. For tje-Advertiser. 4 COL. EIT' AND THE PALUETTOS. Ma. EDITOR:-It grieves me to mar a beautiful story; and if my own conduct was not Incidental ly brought into question, in a flaming misstatement I have just read in the papers, which abounds much more in poetry and romance, than in naked facts, I should be disposed to remain silent and, let the song have its day. Every man is justifia ble in maintaining the truth of history, and the sacrifice of -truth is scarcely due to patriotism her self, and never required at her hands., One who bore a part, low insignificant so eve, id an achievement, is bound to see it properly promulgedd to the world. If any men ever did suffer from false reports from eternal misrepresentation of their actions from undue discrimination in favor of the least meritorioni; and therefore, from the bestwa' almost all the honor and praise upon the undeser- t ving, the Palmettoes lave suffdred, indeed ; and their forbearance to complain is ai hohorable as their courage in battle-implying as Ymiuch forti tude as their perseverance through the perilsand hardships which have won for their corps an im mortality df fame. Many of the most heroic of that band have received no reward whatever but an approving conscience, without even the slight est recognition by the country of their unequalled I merits. The history of'the Regiment and of the campaign is yet to be published. From the re ports of the officers commanding,. we can gather only a very smal--tbe least part of the truth. The commanders cou'd see and know but a part of what.was accomplished at best; and of some of the severest struggles, 9hose who bore the heat and burden of the day, from an apsurd etiquette, were not permilted to render their own account. Con sequently many of the most brilliant and daring exploits have remained untold, and many of the most meritorious officers and soldiers have re mained unnoticed and unsung. * I had. hoped, that the Palmetto Association, might tend in some degree to establish the truth of what was done and suffered by each and every member of a regiment, that reflected glory upon their State and the arms of theirdcountry. But, in order that It may answer this important end, I protest, that it must sanctkiA the dissemination of nothing In regard to the meanest soldier, but whit is as true as the Gospel itself. The Honorable L. M. Kim, at the late Anni versary celebratign of the Palmetto Association, presents us with a narrative in his usual hyper bolical stye, scarcely encumbered with asingle fact, as if such weighty material might'depress she airy pinions of his wild careering Pegasus. It is surely as felicitous a piece of rodomontade, as the most romantic flights of the famous- Knight " of the Sorrowful Figure." But let the Hondra ble gentleman speak for himself, as he is reported to have done. " He could not trust himself to speak more of Preston Brooks, but his object was now to men tion an incident he-derived from him, relative to his younger brother who fell at Churubusco. Poor Preston Brooks had designed and was hav ing executed to wear a signet ring, i memory of his noble spirited brother, when he himself was taken from the scene of all his earthly honors and labora When another regiment fled, and- all the horrors and scourges of war were pouring down upon the gallant Palmettos, bathed in the blood of their comrades-when Shields said, "who will follow me,"- and Butler said, A we .will "-Brooks, yte, the strippling Brooksueibd oiit; " yes, ali will fol low you to the death "-and he d.4- The same ball which pierced his body shivered his musktet and a shi'vered musket was to adorn the signet, with the motto sau veruisse. When this brother left borbe, Brooks told him, his father said to his old body servant. " go with him and take care of him-I confide my son to you." How did the good old negro act 1I When the baptism of blood was going on-when perils were lingering around -when the hot ignition of stratage~m was every where, with none to watch the wounded boy but this old servanL- was..at hilaor. lve ta. out frmthe ~at~I~ltered them up and peevdthem. Tie n.l spirit passed out, and the csealone was le.What did the old and faithfu slave 1 Tuie regiment gave ,him annmule and cart-the soldiers helped him jo mnake a raide coffin. Witsh his own handib'e placed the earthly remains of his beloved young master in this hearse -he conveyed it to Metico-he carlifed It to Vera Cru-he bore it- on ship board and by rail road to his old master's home, and delivered thebody and the hones *f her child to his widowed and be. reaved mother, at the lintel of his birth-place This is literally true. In classic story-in legen dary annals--in ancient or modern times-whore is te equal of this touching story 1I" Now let us hoar what did really occur, and "look on this pictue-then look fon that." WrmIELD BUTLEB Biooxs was siot'attho battle of Churubusco, on the 20th August, 'in4 f and on the next day, or thereabouts, was removed along with the other~ wounded of the Regiment, to the town of San ugustin;-un'der the super-intendance of Surgeons CLrKai and Br~aug, where we tempo rarily carried Col I3pTLa.. Thence, on the termi nation of the short trucelr arinistice between the Generals Santa Anna and Scott, in the same man ner the wounded man was ;conveyed to Miscoac, and whence, after the battles of the 11th, 12th, 13th and. 14th of Sept. he was most carefully carried t the City,.of Mexico. He was all the while, the subject of the watchful care and kind so'icitude of ur most devoted Surgeons. He-was not hauled. by Old.Joe in a muie cart, neither was-he. then dead as represented,. nor did he breathe his last beyond the walls of Mexico, baving died in that city, only-on the 2nd of October, after survivIng his wound more than forty .days. At San Augus tin, he had as elegant and comfortable quarters as he would havp enjoyed at home. It was the case at Miscoac too, and at the place where he yielded up his spirit. In regard to young Brooks, I declare, that no attention was spared, and no expense to consult his welfare or give repose to his mind. He was the only wounded man of our company then living, that wo supposed or feared would die of his injuries, and consequently, we bestowed upon him unusual pains.~ Moreover, he was the personal, cordil friend of Dr. Bland, the Assistant Surgeon, and he was my own friend and mess-mate. In ad dition, he was a young man of fine address and handsome demeanor, and before and subsequent1 to the begiuning of the campaign, he had ingra-1 tiated himself with most of the officers of thei Regiment, who were hisi intimates, and felt the deepest concern for his fate. Mr. William C. Moragne, on the return of Capt. Preston S. Brooks to South Carolina, at Jalappa, became the Lieut. Commanding Company " D."' and commandcd at the battle of Churubusco, where Brooks was shot. From the terrible expo- I sures of that day and the day previous, he was at tacked with a dreadful malady, that totally pros- 4 trated him for many months, and until his arrivala at his native home ; and he was therefore com- t pelled to yield up the command to me, the 2nd 1 Lieutenant, and the only other surviving officer of I the company remaining In Mexico. t 1 therefore became my duty to have an eye to the interests of the 90 Boys, and I am sure, that there was no occasion after the 20th August, 1847, wvhen not only Brooks, but every wounded and sick man in the company had not every assistancer that the exigencies of the service would permit. t was my pleasure to sec that the most fitting men were regularly detailed for the hospital; and I Dr. Bland was moat assiduous to call for nurses, t when there could be the least.need for their servi-t :es. Old Joe, besides, had nothing to do, but to e wratch over his young master ; and notwithstand- r ng that, Dr. Bland and myself invariably had one r two of the best men in the company at his par acular bed side. The young man, I reiterate,a never lacked for a single moment, money or anya thn.:.e.l. that ho alea the av deadred. er ceua injoy; and, if at any time be did not 1Aw just as veil with us as he would have done in bi'Dother's iouse, It was because we were compelled occasioni Lly to remove him on the army's changng pos ion, when the condition of his wouna would h'ave -equired perfect quiet and repose. But my'purse and the purses of many other officers -were his wn for the, procurement of his necessaries, and br theq gratification even of his veriest caprices. . mother's tenderness would have done lut little nore than was done by his sympathizing comrad, n arms to allay.his anguish, and to soothe his dis-. 1uietsprit. When he died, Dr.Bland, Capt. Cantey, myself, ind other friends after censultation, determined to ave the best1sasnicoffln prepared foihiii. - ary Cooper, a man from my company was permit ed to do the wdrk, and Dr. Bad paId him f . be sum fone handred'dollirs. Such as - reatment at our hands. When we reiolved to Wna LleuL Kdri ne-holdo Oi d rounds and sickness, and as assistints those rho could not heliihen welves, te liody droks was sent along with them, under the char, ot mly.of Joe, but of others whose duty it was to ttend to Its transporatiou. However fom0 some eglect or inadvertence of the esc wgbodywas left at Vera Cruz, and the faithfl oe deliered issaelf to the widemed smol .of young Brooks, hose lusband, through te mnercies of God! was tilu living. Some time afterwaids. thiough other gencies, the bodies of Brooksand of 'thers were onveyed safely to their mourning relatives and aiends in South Carolina, and interred'in the bo mom of their State, with all the eircu EiA be tting their noble career and hodoied deats. What induces me to speak out olll in reply to an infsted but apparendy Annaleas narrative, such as has io equal for 1t touching pathos n in. legendary annal,"-(I agreefilly that it has no match "in classic story,") is, that-Ihave felt ag grieved in the premises. This is not the first time that I have heard of the melancboly deprivation of young Brooks -in his dying momenta. I was then the commander of his company,:and I know I discharged mw duty. No idleatory:"to split the ears of the groundlings~ashallhNfOre cause me to remain mpl and suffer mygood name to be tainted by t1tbreath of. fction Poor Old Joel I-would not deny hIm fnlpralse for his affectionate devotion to.hiaYoung master, nor for all his share of thehardshipsof them0 rble struggleinwblchhebore hisput- _g ly as I appreciate his go conduct moot positively aver, that If he was ever inlt, lear ing or smell of the thing the Iuorable gentle man ddnominatus " the hotignitonsif stratagem," - be was just gn ocupying about atmaill a space of earth, air or water, and was generally as:un happy and as uncomfortably situated, as the live liest Imagination could conceive. Blesslgs- and honor on the' names, and the ma of hitfield B. Brooki id his honored baither, Pieston S. Brooks I-for they *ere oth ggi splec1mens of men-gallant and brave;but Iam-mot ytso-fond of romance as to submit tithe potheosis of a common negro, who feae4e riepo stfhearms as the yellings of so many ihapeshofro.ar tars.' I never sawbptde negrp:' that wasian ink-black Jesuain a church at arrayefrhpon a cr'ess in desecrationofl'he 1g of Christ, and In devilslmockserMo his most sa r'ed worship.........~'~~. ' Itis with painandregretunffectedtsthave - been called upon to conti'overt any of the remarks> of.Mr. Keita. I should hate to give him-rounds of offence. I really esteem him. He is honora ble andpoetical, atleast so much of himas1'canA see. He Is .imbued with much chivalry and pat. riptism; h ut his best friends mu ocede that - is occasionally so encompassed i tby a cloud, (you may call It fancy vapor, smke, fire, or what have said of him though, I own, has been uttered in a spirit of fault findig, but always In admira tion of, and In deference to his versatle talents,his lively wit, and vafiedihigh accomplishments.4 But the Honorable qentleman intimates, thathe obtained his information from 'Col Preston S. Broks, who for a time was the inonmanderf ofour company. Yet, if so, his friend.Col. Broollm'ist have derived his knowledge from a third person, for when-he got permission to return to, the -armiy from the 'recruiting service, all the battles were over and negotiations for peace wore In active progress. There Is another mistakel wish to rectify here,not. for the purpose of detracting from the welI-merited renown of any of. ay:.companiiods- in arms, God knows, for their 'eonduet weB 'too:l conspicuou, to bear detractiotnfrom' ay'oue, if It wera uttempted. The reply of Cot Butler to the interrdiatbry of Gen. Shields, at Chur umuseo, on the eve of the last -harge of our Regiment, was an indignant -reply, not a reply intended to evince any pantieular brave ry. Such was the reply of all otliers who spoke or' responded on the occasion, and thseirname was lgion. It was thoughet ill-timed and ung'aeciuus in Gen. Shields to ask such a question, *when thte wh e Regiment, for sometime, bad been-clamorous to harge, and to mingle in deadly encounter with he.ien, who were so surely destroying them from saferetrat inaccesible to the' fire 'of musketry. Fr several minutes before thie final order was given I could hear nothing alt along the,.lines of the Pal metto Regiment, but a ts imploriing ery,i " For God's sake let us charge " " Let Tus- charge !" This can attest and veri-y ; for feeling all the anxiety that the others felt to sell my lire-as dearly as possible, I nevertheless thought the Itapatience manifested to charge, indicated rather too macit oneasines, in view of death, which then seemed inevitable; and I had just been rebuking som~of the men near me, telling' them that their deport ument did not reach the very highest atandard of the moldier, who in perfect trust and obedience to the tommands or his superiors, and in quiet submis mion to his fate, met his Iast end with calmness and :omposure. I remember that, at that awful mo nent, I either discovered inyself or was informed by a soldier, that the Mexican Cavalry were ap iroaching us in the rear, and hoping that it muight - possibly have some little influence in causing Gen. Shields, who had just then rode up to our Regiment rom whero he had been attempting to rally the New Yorkers, to charge, I asked a staff officer to idvise the General or the attack of the Cavalry. Very soon 'our commander advanced to our front, md made the inquiry so often quoted, which was mivesaly answered through the ranks, by Ian inage ad by screams rather than by shouts ; which *nquiry I then felt to be a piece of insulting bluster, ud I should feel so yet, but frem my knowledge hat the General had failed in bringing some other tegimenta intcmtion, and might at the moment lave been persuaded that the courage of alL had ailed them in the dreadful exigency. A t any rate, feel, and so does every other sensitive officer or oldier feel, that he is wounded, and that his cour go is call, d in questioq by the manner in which he changes have been every where rung on the espose of Col. Butler and others to the question f Gen. Shields. That responsec has been consider d uniformly as a merit to those who made it, and f it was so, the Regiment needed encouragt ment' oanimate them to battle, and required examples >nerve them to that .daring assault, wh'ch has overed themselves and their State with immortal But if those heroes, whose names have been at empted to be signalized, by the well known words o frequently used for that purpcse, were now live, they would acorn the idea of any such inter