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All Advertiene-.:s not having the .le..ired number of insertion" usnarke-J on :le usarlin, will be continued until forbid artd c-ha rlied accorelingly. Those desirarmg to advertise 1.y the year can do so on the moot lih.-ral terms-it being distinctly under. stood that contrarts for y.-arly advertislng are eon .,fined to the imuseeliate, legitimate business of the firm or indivisital contrnating. All communicatis5wof a personal character will he chaiged as all Vert iemits. Obituary N-stim-es exceeting one square in length will be chairged for thr overplus, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate- (ant inserted until paid for,) .iv'e Dollar 1ry AJtiisg &srtya Tolled, Two Dollars, to be y theilagi.tmrae advertising. DrATH O. IO . J.TAMS C. Domnsx.-mWe are deeply paiied to announee that our djstingish eA and belovedfelow-citzen, the 1-on. Jatmes C. - Dobbin, breathed his last at his residence. in.this city a few minutes ngo. -.It.ns been apparent, for some wieks past, tiat hlsend was approaching. He himself was -not less aware of it :than were the sorrowing friends who h'ai so earnestly hoped and prayed that he miglit be spared to them, to his State, -iud.to his country. He was prepared for the * aOful change. A life of purity is closed by a Striuiphat'death. The honest. and conscien Stions statesman, the true friend, the upright man, has passed fron the sceue of hi ethl.lonor s, to his reward above-the well done of the faithful servant. The Mayor has called a meeting of the. citi zens-of Fa.yettevillb, at 12.9.. to-day,- to make suitaile,ariggcments. for this sad occasion. .- D2IgltiU was Iorn in 1814, and' was in the 4aof lis age.., He was graduated at the Jnivityo( ith Oarolina in 1832; read eie of. the \ate Judge Strange; was eminently anepissetul at the Bar; and elect 1> ed to Cougreat inig 941 isedeeliued a re-elec tidn; wsselected'to li gislature from this county in 1848 and ,1850; was Speaker of the House'ot'Comnons it the latter Session, and finally entered the Cabinet as Secretary of the .2avy in 1853, servinw through the entire Ad ministration of Presient Pierce, which he did much to render successful and popular. His devotion to the arduous duties of that station cost him his -life. He has passed away ; but his memory will live hei-e, in a community which i'otlikAonored and loved hin, and for whose pros perfty his lest public letter breathed the most aidenf deste.-Fayetteville Observer- Extra, --D.EALTE . Sa ENATOR BRUsr.-The -demise of this distlngtiished Senator is as unexpected as la~Y1iientable. i.he Sonu has lost a fearless and ablcelampion, the Senate a useful member, his a Stete a faithful represenitative in the-Sensate, * 4:dthe Union at large a~ high-minded, patriotic S4itizefti. Senator. Rusk wasza .native -of South * tCabolnse.frnwhich State he emigrated when *Z.jongto share i the advancing-fortunes of - TrexstanThene he had always enjoyed-the popu ascotifidene, and reiceived iniresponsible.pub) grave has eosed over him .too early apbi p~areer w t - orwwihi felt at-hi eth5 s thmannr ofhiedissolution, which afi'ords stoa presumption ofinaity.-Charlieston News.e inx ASa it-. e and most astounding phase in the Burdell case camo to light in N.ew York on . uesday morning, which-in brief appeatrs to be a sham birth to oa tain the whole of the Burdell estate-the arrest - of Mrs. CunniIingham, Dr. Caln (of Drooklyn) her physician, aend the nurse. Mrs. Cunning ham, it is alleged, some timle siine, sent for the family physician, Dr. U.hi, who had attenided her previous to the trag'edy at. No. :11 Buond s:.reet, and wished to bribe~ himt to aid in enacting the faree of a sham birt.. The Doctor declined, and confidentially gave the necessary information to District Attorney fall, who Io'thIwith lhtd his pan to exposet the attemspted fraud, and secute the conspirators. *3On Monday night a child of some poor woman -was born at one of the institutions, and it is alleged w~as immediately taken to .\rs. Cunning hanm&where Dr. Catlian and the nurse, Jane hell, were in waiting. Mrs. Cunningham, it is alleged, was in rap tures at the arrival of the intended heir-threw herself upon the bed, complained of being ter ribly indisposed. and affected having given birth to the-,7oungi Blurdell hairself. The farce was overdrawri. however, antd in a short time the police wits its posesseion of the house, with Mrs. C. under arrest, as well as JDr, Cattlin and the nurse. . The latter two were sent to the 15th Ward /Station flouse and lo.cked uap. Mrs. Cunning ham, persisting in being sick, was confined to her room by the police, whu would neither per mit ingress or egress.-Bahtimore Clipper. CoNFESStoNt OF A 1)ING COUNTEFEIuTER. The editor of the Boone county (Ind.) Pioneer has been informed that ai short timie since a man aged about 650 years, living in Morgan county, wasl taken sick and (lied. P'revious to his death lie called itt some of' his neightbor.i, aind told -thein ha .w~s about to die, aind that lhe had somec thing weighing on his ind which he wvished to communicate 'to thema. He then stated that he had for tiity years be onneted with a gang of robbers and counterr, thtat he had never stolewi any himself, but 'had concealed a large ainount of stolen propi'rty; that the band he bdlorigedi-to was composed of some two hundred and finy peraons, well org'anized and some of them apparetitly respectable citizens, in good circumstances, and tbat most of them lived in Morgan-and Hendricks counties. He then gave the names of sorme of them, andl two of' those named are naow in Hendricks county jail. LADIEs AT SAArO..-A correspondent, after describing many beautiftul young ladies now at Saratoga, adds: I have never seen so many pretty young girls at: Saratoga befoiea-ranging from seventeen to - wenty years. I nt happy to say the style of dress is more simple tha~a formerly, organdies and tissnes having it-some measure supplanted tize heavy silks worn on previous occasions. There are not many distinguished people here at-present,-ess than I have ever seen-but the copany~I is more genteel, taking them en masse, 'adfreer from decidedly vulgatr persons than formerly'. The young ladies are decidedly in went of beans, and it would be a good thing to send ouit a recruitinlg officer to scour the country around. Dancing beaus are seairce, and much in demand. As yet we htave had no fine vocal or instrumental performances, but sonie is soon promised. A Wrrass.-A boy eig'ht years old, being ofered as a witness at a Justice Court in Bous ton, was examinled as to his understandiung the nature of an oath.- The Justiee i,.euired--'Do you know anything about hell h boy seratching his head for a moment. and lookingi as the Justice innocently replied-" No sir, Ino' 1 - r- watshf. -hr inm -ie"H a loe itdiexicosem inevitable. Mari pa pers wAich are the organs of tief- Gover'nment pi-oclaim that Mexico must receive chastisement to repair the wounded honour: of the Spanish nation. The honbur of the Spanish nation! Where has it slept for the last hundred years? The British diplomacy will vouch for the scru pulous honour of the Government of Spain -when its records are examined. At the very moment almost that the Madrid press in the in terest of the Spanish Minister for Foreign n'afirs was, in a bellicose spirit, insisting on the repara tion of Spanish honour, Lord Pahnerston in the I~Ouse of Commons was charging Spain with a shaimteful breach of faith, in receiving a nwney e.Inivalent for the suppression of the slave trade, while she and her agents in Cuba -were coniv ing at its coitinnaice and pocketing its profits. So much for Spanish honour. 1tut as the London Times very properly ob serves, the governments of England awl France should interpose to prevent two petty States from kindling a war, the consequences of which cau not be foireseen. The point of honour involved is satisfaction, by the apprehension and punish ment of the murderers in Mexico of certain Spanish citizens. Now Mexico has alirined that she has made every efflort, unavailingly, to discover and bring to punishment the olfending narties. There however prevails a jnst suspi 'ion that, in this case, interest more than honour, forums the governing impulse. There is said to be interested parties in Mladrid, who are urging the Spanish Government to make reclamations for unadjusted claims at the mouth of the canon. So that the -.ery scrupulous sense of honour in Spain is, in this instance, blended with a spirit of calculation, and the high-toned chivalry o! the Cortes, can find no more appropriate antag onist than exhausted, c-rippled Mexico.-Char leston .News. WIVsu-r11ITos, August 5. Oa GovrnnMusT AND N:W GRANADA. Claims for consequential damages will be en, foreed by our government against New Granada, abhough General Herrara expressed a wiling. ness on the part of his government to allow such as were actual!y sustained by American citizens in consequence of the Panama riots. No diiiculty is appreh'bnded as to agreeing unon a basis for the settlement of the questions now pending ; and in no event will the Admin istration permit Costa Rica, or any other Central American State, to diminish the boundaries of Nicaragua, nor divide or absorb her territory. Costa tica has already been notified on this ppint. . WE have recently traveled from South-Wes tern Georgia to the mountains in the North-Wes tern part of the State,.and. to the Seaboard. The recent rains have seepoed an abundant corn crop to every section. The:cottdn erop, though late, comparatively small, and:lacking fruit, is grow ing rapidly, and on many fields blooms are plenty. The fear, now, is, that the continued wet weather and rapid growth, will cause the sheding, or prevent the ripening of the fruit Wherever we have been, we found the country healthy, except perhaps at Marietta, where we learned that 1n epidemic bowel complaint pre vailed, which has bean fatnj to children.-Alban3 Patriot, 6th inst. CROPS i TExAs.-The State Gazette mention fine rains about Austin, which have given th< farmers good reason to hope for large crops. The Assessor and Collector of Williamson county report eighteen thousand six hundred acres o wheat. This, at ten bushels to the acre, wouh oive one hundred and eighty-six thousand bushels Wiilliamson is one of the twenty-five countie, that are now raising- wheal. Corn and cottor crops in other counties are fkir, and from preseni prospects an abundant harvest will be realizei in Texas. Caors 1v AR-AXsas.-From daily accounti received front every section of the State, ani from its own observations, the Little Rock True Democrat is satisfied that, with the exception o a few localities, abundant crops will be made ir Arkansas this year. TENNEsSEE.-The Memphis Appeal, August2 The rains which, judging from our exchanges must have been general in North Mississippi West Tennessee, atid North Alabama, have place< ~iinUQb~Thefirt si ioed crop ee to be put beyond all doubt, whila the latter waar; aI~''--dpieaance. If the sea son continues tavorable a little longer, we fee justinied in holding the opinion that the plantel will be well remunerated for his labor. The grair crops being more than full, the cotton crop wil be a surplus production, and its proceeds will therefore, go far towards making the approach ing business one of the brightest and most pros porous which has been cnjo~yed by the Southerr people for a number of years. Wae have ever1 reason to be thankful to the kind Providenca that dispenses these benefits. THE R.TN.-Cuo~s &C.-Ncver, u since tim< whereof the memory of' man runnmeth not to the contrary," has there been a better prosplect fol an abundant Corn crop thtan at presetnt. Th< recent rains, however, have induced the fear.' os somue of our (itiz.ens far the Corn on bottonr lands, but we finid a majcrity of our planter. think that this crop has suliered none thus fat from too much rain, not even the low ground. The opinion .is quite prevalent among us nov that Corn will not. bring this fall more th:an fifty and sonme think as low as forty cents per bushel We trust this may be the result, and from thc present flattering prospects, we think it quite probable. With the already garnered Whent and Oat crops, and a good yield of Corn and Cotton, we think that invidious old seape-goit ".Hard Times"--will be compelled to seul kfromr our midst in utter disgust.-A bbeville B~anner, CorroN.-.-The United States Economist, o. last week, says that there is no0w a prospect o0 advanced prices for cotton. It bases this expec tation upon not much more than an ordinary supply-, while the large harvests of Enrope must create an increased demand. It says: " This demand is to be reached only when the general demand for cotton so far exceeds the United States crop as to compel large suppliest from other quarters. This state of alfauirs sems now about to be attained. The United States cop) is limited by the supply of labor, and the wants oft Europe are moure than: eriual to the whole of that labor in the most favorable years ~even in years of dear food. A season of cheap food and cheap money is now about to ex tend its influence upon the consumption of goods, in such a manner that the most saunuine of the great manufaicturers have despaired of lower rates for cotton. They are to seek their comn pensation in an advan'ee of prices of fabrics. It s not unreasonable to suppose, that as this con vition spreads, a speculative demand for goods will set in, notwithstanding that the realized silk rops of France and Italy are much better than last year." FRaNs DirstAan, a youth, who but one year since, left Petersburg, Va., with Col. Rosser's cornp any to Kansas, and who shortly after en tered Walker's Nicaraguan army, returned to that city a few days ago, from the U. S. sloop of war Cyane, via the Jamestown. He gives a flattering account of Walker's present prospects of success inE the conquest of Nicaragua, and expects soon to return and share the glory. Sev eal Virginians returned with himi. He says that accounts of Walker's cruelty are exaggera ted and malicious. Racexr-rs oF GHaTs.-The receipts of Grain in this city, by the Georgia Railroad alone, are about 16,000 bushels daily, which are purchased by our merchants on their own account, and to fill Northern orders. So rapidly is it despatch ed, either to Charleston or Savannah, that the depot is cleared every day of the receipts. To accomplish this during the late spell of wet weather, each dray was provided with a tarpau line, which protected it from the rain. These facts will afford our renders some idea of the extent of this trade, and the rapidity with which it is transported to Northern markets.-Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel. " CHAIsrG TuE Hoor."-The Saratoga NeVws says: This has always been a favorable amuse ment a nong the childr-en, but is now no uncomn mon thing to see ini our streets a half a dozen young men "chasing hoops" at the same time. We apprehend that there must be much more in hoops than there used to be. Who knows? ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITORa, EDGZ'IELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12.: 1857. TAKING VACATION. The Editor claims Isis freedom duriaig the Dog-days, and yields the' chair,-for this week at least,-to his particular friend, ourselt, Tir lar. That's right, Colonel; eat your water-inelone, sow your turnips, attend the picnics,. and enjoy yourself. I'll keep all right in the sanctun. "Suio," is the signature of an interesting com munication which we will publish next week. ..- The account cof the Pic Nic, at the . Division Academy. Saludn, and of the remarks of Mr. ABxEY has been received, and will appear in our next. CAVALRY ELECTION. AT an.election held in the 2nd Regiment of Cav airy on the lst inst., Capt. J. F. Bunasus was elected Colonel of said Reginent without opposition, :to fl the vacancy eaasioted by the re.ignation of CoL TAs.usu-r. Like his worthy predecessor, Col. B. will will nake an excellent and popular ComUsmder. H[e alw3nys pays for his paper in advance. RIDGEWAY PICNIC. The citizens are generally and cordially invited to a Pienic and Barbaecuo to bo given at or near Harmo ny Church, 53 miles East of this Village, on Friday next. This invitation in extended by authority of the -Committee of Arrangements.-Edf. Adr. Said I not truly, on an occasion which it delichteth me to remeulier,-" Hooray for old Edgsfield!" What occasion was that, says a chuckle-headed cus tomer on nmy right. I reily, "go to Itidgeway and' you sball ree just such another one."--ini Ad'. RAIL ROAD MEETING AND BARBECUR. We are requested to state that the friends of the Savannah Valley Rail Road intend having a grand Barbecue Pie N si at Durn's Mines on Thursday the 13th inst. Several speakers have been invited to ad. dress the meeting, and a great demonstration is an We arc happy to hear from the Independent Press, that " The sucess of this great enterpriso is already placed beyond doubt; and we learn that contrncts for work will probably be let out, early in next month." POST MASTER ARRESTED. Maj. S.MaL C. ScoT, who. has for a number of years been Post Muster at Collier's Post Office in this District, was arrested on Friday last, by Gen. JAMES L. MAG1ciz, special Post Oiceo Agent, upon charge of robbing the United States Mail. He was detected through the use of a decoy letter. He has been la-: ken to Charleston, where we understand, he will await his trial in September next. Maj. Scon is between fifty and sixty years of age, and has heretofore main tained a good character. THAT CABBAGE. Otir "boss" yesterday morning received a magnifi cent Cabbage frosm the Editor's garden, which in re gard to size and quality, would put to blush the best raised by the N. C, Boncotuitos. Like the Water melon described in another paragraph, it was uncon maouly largo. For our own curiosity we weighed it, and that solid, plump Cabbage, without any of the outside leaves; weighed precisely thirteen putinde and nesuredrclfuir feet in circumiference ! Now, Mr. 11. or anybody else, if you can beat our Editor's Cabbage, you are entitled to our other hat. The Colonel will accept of trthanks of the offie for his present, for we all e ect to sample it. " Hurrah for our side." THE TOWN. Tiines are very dull with uts. Quite a number of our good people are gone to the Springs. Some too have gone to time North. The rest of us are going to -stay. at home. And, take it all in all, home is a very good. place. - Few better. To be sure there is Inothing doing, not even a respectable show of loaf lmelon carts in, almost every day. Queo in a while, Margaret sen~s sironstsd ic-raa Thpn there's a plenty of thI "whita-fangd" to be had, by those who like it. We have also a little beef occasionally for dinner and plenty of tomatoes. So upon the whole Iwe can't grumble. Matters might bo worse. And then again they might be hotter, Let us all live in hopes of the 'good time a comin,' when cotton shall sell at 20 ets., a pound, when store goods- shall be cheaper, when victuals shall be plentiful, and when no man shall have cause to say unto his neighbor "I say, old fellow, can't you lend me a half for a day or two." THlE GREAT WVATERMELON. Mr. Joux~ Swnesc.mists undoubtnedly raised the moaster melon of 1?57, for tihe sane he had tihe kind ness to present to the Advertisor Omeie on Saturday last was 34 inches in length, and big round accordin' -and' he said that was nothming to one he had at home. We dent doubt it, but feel certain that if he could have hauled it in a two horse wagon, he wrouldJ have brought it. It took ten grown men together with the Isar, to devour the first mentioned maelon. Oh ! it win a whapper-a real " honey in the gum" kind. Mr. S. has our warmest thanks-long may he live! And may the dews of heaven ever fall gently on his watermelon patch!! Those fine meclona the Colonel is going to send us In a few days from Granite Spring, will, we are aw fully afraid, he the last treat we shall have to ac knowledge this season. THESE MIOONLiT SIGHTS. How glorious in their silvery spilendor ! What hues of romance they engender ! What thoughts of love, both warm andl tender, pertaining to the femsinine gender ! Awake to joy each pretty maaiden,! List to tihe sighms from far-ofg Aiden ! All thme air with sweets is laden! Awake to josy, echcl precioius maiden. What though no P'hilomnel is singinag, 'neath your win dow, rapture bringing ! What though an occasional screech-owl trills his doleful plaint to the whippoor wills ! What though the katydids will bore us with their unending nightly chorus ! H~ave'we not yet the bright old LVNA~ beaming down on each laguna vt And do not all thme starry powers shed beauty o'er the rose-clatd bowers ? Are not the Southern zephyrs playing? And is not K.c emphatically saying, in tones of mingled warmth and gladness-" This is the time for love--or msaneer 1" Now just there the old machine was beconming a lit te more truthful than poetical, and I took the liberty of sheuing doron on it.' It was only night before last that Iland another feller went out serenading, beguiled by the handsome condition of the evening,-he had a jews-harp and I played on a coarse-tooth comb covered with brown paper. We had'nt got through the first piece before a cussed cur made his appearance close under our bows and commenced jerking the bark off of an old cedar tree that stood hard by. Sans andl me stood our ground for the first round or'two; but when we saw the plagued beast getting madder andl madder, jumnpinig higher and higher, and making the cedar bark fly faster and faster, we "together thought for a flitting moment," as the poet says ; the next instant one or tether of us murmured "mad dog," and, at the word,-did we fly on the wings of night ? or wsas it only runnting on the legs of fright ? If somebody found a panel of him palings knocked down the next morning, he must not blame Sam and me. No, it was that cuss of a mad-dog. Catch me out serenading any inure these dog-days ! OUR BOOK TABLE. "3fy Fair Coesia" is before me, from the Press of Flebit A Devilcoat. It purports to be a " Tale for the Fireside," and is from the pen of Philis Phlipa way. The typographical execution is worthy the bril liancy of tihe narrative, which would be complete were it not for the inhuman desertions of Ellen Manton by her first lover. The substitution of Frank Hardware in his place, while it reminds one slightly of the "Fair Maid of Perth," yet more forcibly rocalls the story of Dlido, with this differetsce ina favor of the lat tr: that while "My Fair Cousin" is permitted to con aIt4 no-aening to se hInroine but auto her of oth the reinark "Her frst'lover dying, abe Ie - Herh las.e.efiy. g.'i d; -Laebrud'a ShetchcCff auter*' -Travel Is another new work, or a copy:ofawhleh. I-a indebted to the uiterprisnug publishin huneofarkspui A Iokei, Boston. It is really refresling, andat the wide waste of voyages and travels, to find a book, like Mr. Lie. brand's' coming- Aome to theheioarts of home readers with those.aniited ill'strationis of home life, which glean forth in -is cha ters respectively entitled, " Tqrkish Apron-strings," "'Persian Daby-i'ood" &e. Ac Many solid lessons to .Yeng-America may be deriv6d thereiir. GEN. WILLIAM WALKER. I have'seenthe iiiant 'general, ,Valiant general Wm. Walker, idaraguaWri: Walker; Ye not i i person'proper- . But our-editor, he saw him, And he'itold-1ne"what I tell you; So you see you'd letter blieye it. Saw him down in old Augusta -- ),t the old United States'n Saw him up in No.. 40 Saw him also at the. table In the Ladies'. Ordinary.; -Saw-hiit'sevoral times in passing, At the old United States'n, Old hotel, kept'now by Dwelle; Captain Clarke and his good lady Are the ones that iake the fixins, In the roouis and at-the tables, Which the travellers relish daily, Relish daily, nightly, hourly; Foirthere is a constant eurrent Of, the -humai river lowing In and out of that old building; - And I say, with many others, Uncle Tomn and many others,. Long ware the old United- States'n I Iut of- Walker, what of Walker? What of ieariguan Walker ? Should you ask me.what his stature? What his tead and what his features ? What his walk and what his manners? I should tell you very briefly, Very briefly I should tell you, That his height is somewhere near to Five feet four without.his stockings, But, with stockings and with bouts on, Mightibe five feet and five inches. And his head's s very good one;..' :And the ii1upon'is sandy; And his eyes are bluish-grayish; And his ch'eeks aro rather rosy, More so when a blush o'erspreads them And his mouth, and nose, and forehead, Alf seem fitly joined together; Yit is he by no means handsome. Still, in looking on his faciet, One cat easily imagie That when properly illumined By the flash and heat of battle, It would show another sight to What it did down in Augusta And then his hand is like a lady's, Small and soft as any lady's; - Made for love as welLps-r" Such was the han(f Loehinvar. And noxt,-1isivalk is strait and manly, " Left foot foremost" to the music; And his manners are as modest As a brave mnan's ever should be; Modest without awlkardnes And timid without fear. Such is General Win. Walker, Such is Nicaraguan Walker. ind they toll me that his plan is Soon again to soudhis bugle;' And the troops are soarlfready ; And the funds are all provided; And the ships and the munitions ; Troops, and ships, and guns, and soldiers, Nearly ready for th'.iavasion, Should he fail, the world will say 'f 4n upstart Fillibusterhere Has mnot the end he well, deserved." But should ho-'triumph, that same world Will crowd around the Hero's path And throw their off'rings at his feet, Meet off'rings to the truly Groat, Who work to fill the book of Fate. POLITICS OF THE DAY. The whole matter resolves itself into this simple proposition : whether we (the American People end youra to emmand) nrc, in the langusge of Mr. Shake apeare, " to lie or not to he." If "/to be," I would say " so be it." If "not to be," why then " be it so." My friend and eotemporary of the " Onvuonox HAIR somnTV.," who well understands the force of pointed expressions, will readily see to which sidIe I incline. Having nothing to ask or to gain in the way of plun der or partyisin, is the reason why I announee my position so plainly and boldly. -e...----. RUSSELL'S MAGAZyNE. R usser~r., for August 1. a capital nniber. The ar ticle on " The Duel," and the " Editor's Table,'' nre the strongest and best parts of the issue. "Forest Faneos," is also very good in the main ; and " The Voice, The Hand and The Silhouette," opens stri klngly. We recognise " Eupean Correspondence,'' and rclinquish i-t cheerfully to Russell. Fur "some of the couintry papers," the editor should have writ ten " the Edgefleld Advertiser." " Render unto Cm. ar the things that are Cmsar's." Bet it Is a small affair-let it pass. We repeat, that Russell, for Au. gust, is a capital number, giving high assurance of inercasing usefulness and brilliancy. We have some spare copies for sale at our office, 25 cents apiece. Call and get them, those of you who wish a pleasant intellectual treat.-Ed. itdh. No look at that. Just as I expected, he's gone and said nothing about my favorite artice. Its as tonishing how some men sco a thing one way and some another. But may-be, after all, its fur the best. As old uncle Delaughter used to say, "it would'nt dlo for every body to think alike, cause, if they did, eve ry bodly would wrant Sally." lBut that aint the pint. The artice in Russell which suits my human intellect is this :-hnp. Adv. " The following is the l'atest joke upon John Bull: John was travulling on some Western Rtail Road when a tremendous explosion tookt place, the cars at the same timo comning to a sudden halt. Tiue passen gers sprung up in terror, and rushed out to'- acquaint themiselves with the mischief,--all but Mr. Bull, who continued reading his newspaper. in a moment oinebody rushed back and informed him that the boiler had burst. " Awe I" grunted the Englishman. "Yes," continued his inforniant, "and sixteen peo ple have been killed." "Awe!" muttered the Englishman again. " And-and," said his interlocutor with an effort, "your own man-your servant has been blown Into a hundred pieces." " Aaee I bring me tihi piece that ha. the. key of m~y portmancteSau." ~fr Jony Mousvz, Esq.,- a venerable citismn of Georgetown, S. C., died .n Saturday, 1st instant, aged eighty-seven, having filled the office of clerk to the corporation of Georgetown for sixty-five years, and to the levy court of the District of Columbia for' over fifty-five years. FUGITIVE Sz.AVE ToBIES.--A letter from Cairo, Illinois, to the Cinciniiati. Gazette, dated on the 2'7th instant, states that a party of Mis sourians, supposed to be near fifty mn number, came over from the Missouri shore to search for fugitive slaves*-some ten br. fifteen having re ceitly escaped from thiatpart of the State. They surrounded and searched several negro-cabins, but at length tlie free negro residents determin ed to permit no further search without a warrant, and offered ddterminied resistance. A anmber of shots wei-e exchiaged,a ad a Missourian by the name of Wilsori had his jaw blown off'. Three of the Missourians. have been arrested and were to be tried immediately. There was great excitement about it-it large riumber of itizens taking sides with the Missourians. The slaves that they were after .were not in.Cairo at he time, but had passed 'through on their way hith. COZUNNIOATION2S Fur the Advertiser. h REVISION NOVEEENT-EECELESB 8S. a MR. EDiTOR :-The reckless manner in which statements are made and quotations given from authors whose names the Rovisionists are desirous of placing on their li,-t of friends, also, deserves exposure. While many instances could be given, taken from reports, public speeches, &c, a few specimens found in the articles under review will i answer. Mr. Enxoxna says, " that the present version is obscure and inaccurato, no scholar will deny. It is almost impossible to open a single book writ'en by any biblical scholar within the past century that is not, full of evidences to this effect." In support of this statement, ho quotes from two or three emi nent scholars, Dr. CLARK, CoNsYn.inA and How soN, and endeavors to make the impression, that because there are some " obscure and inaccurate " renderings in the )resent version, these men justi y a iiex translation; whereas nothing is further from the truth, as we will show, first by a quota tion from Dr. Clark's " general preface." to his Commentary, to which we call the rcaders special attention. " Those who have compared most of the European translations with the original have noticrupled to say, that the English translation of the Bible, made under the direction of King James the first, is tie most accurate and faithful of the whole. Nor is this its only praise; the translators have seized the very soul and spirit of the origi nal, and expressed this almost evcrychere with pathos and energy. Besides, our translators have not only made a standard translation, but they have made their translation the standard of our language. The English tongue in their day was not equal to such a work, but God enabled them to stand upon Mt. Sinai, to use the expression of a learned friend, and crane up their country's lan guage to the dignity of the original, so that after the lapse of 200 years, the English Bible, is, with few exceptions, the standard of the purity and ex cellence of the English tongue. The original from which it was taken is alone superior to the Bible translated by the authority of King James." " This " adds the Dr. " is an opinion in which my heart, my judgment, and my conscience coincide." Mr. Edmonds, is, if possible, even less fortunate in his reference to Messrs. Connybeare and How son. In the introduction to their work, " the Life and Epistles of St. Paul," to which he refers, they say, as if in rebuke to the Revisionists, (of whom, probably they never heard,) "it is a rash experi ment to provoke a contrast between the matchless style of the authorized version, and that of the modern translator, thus placed side by side." They justify their work on the ground, that they had " a special object in view, which could only be ac complished by a paraphrase," and declare them selves to be Paraphrasts, and not translators. They further say, that the " authorized version is a standard of authority, and ultimate appeal in controversy, and as such. is inimitable and unap proachable." These quotations show whether their learned authors considered a new version necessary. " E. L. W." also, makes assertions with as little caution. He says that " Doddridge, Wesley, Mc Knight and others, were in the habit of rivising the Scriptures." But does it follow, that because they rendered a few words differently, they were In favor of a new translation I Can " E. L. W." show where these learned men ever intimated a desire for a new translation, such as the Revision ists of our day are attempting, or in fact, a new version at all ? Or can he show that they designed their version, to supersede the one in common use? This Is the way reference is made to every learned man, who has taken any exceptions to the manner in which any passage in the common version is translated. All he says, Is construed and published as so much said in favor of this .movement, no matter how unequivocally lhe may .have oxy--sao his admiration of the common version as a whole. The reasons gIven by Mr. Edmonds and " E. L. W." to justify the Revision of the Scriptures, are a fair sample of all that wve have seen, and will re ceive a brief notice. We are told that the Bible contains "real contradictions," specimens being given ; fc-r example, in one place it reads " thou shalt not covet," then in another place we are ex horted to " covet earnestly the best gifts." Again, it reades, " God did tenmpt Abraham," In another place it says, " God tempteth no man," and hence the wonderful discovery has been made that the Bible contains contradictions. It is also said that words found in the common version have gone out of use. Th~e writer should have said that one of the signiflcations of certain words was obsolete, and not the word itself, though it may have under gone some change in its stricture. Such objec tions as these are perfectly puerile with a person in any degree conversant with the genius of language. Words in all languages are oftentimes used in dif ferent senses; for example, the word form, has according to Webster eighteen dilferent significa tions; the word wash, has twelve or fourteen dif fernt meanings; the word quarter has nineteen or twenty. Other words have thirty or forty dif ferent meanings, beina used sometimes in a goodi sense, and then in a sense quite the opposite. This is true in all languages, and will explain why we frequently see the sanme Greek or Latin or Hie brew word, rendered differently in English in the same translation, as is often the ease in the Bible. But will this furnish a reason for believing that one or more of the translations are wrong'I by no mans. All mtay lbe corr.ect. We would suggest to those casuistic gentlemen, that before the Bible is revised, th'-y go to work to revise the doctors and dictionaries, and not suffer any one word to have more thtan one meaning, or be used In more than one sense. The Revisionists hav~harged the translators of King James' Ver sion, with resorting to the "popishi artifice of traisfer," for using the word baptize when the or dinance of baptism is referred to. This we affirm to be untrue. The translators in rendering baptizo by baptize, (lid really translate a Greek word by an English wvord. It is true the word baptize was taken from the Greek, but at the time of the trans lation, it was as much an English word as it is now. We refer " E. L. W." to some Baptist authorities. Dr. Dowling says, " the word baptize, Is Itself to all Intents and purposes an English word." Rev. Dr.1 ide says, " I suppose that baptize Is the only Eng lish word by which you can translato baptize." " It is eight hundred years older than immerse." Dr. Williams says, " on the score ot age, the word baptize Is probably some six centuries older as an English word, than the word immerse, proposed to reiilace it." As the Revisionists have quoted bMessrs. Conny beare and Howson in their favor, they will hardly reject their opinion in reference to these "mis translations," which the common version is said to contain. " These," they say " are not ahways mis-translations, but ambiguities in the orignal 1 text, to effect which requires admirable skill in the translator," and which they characterize " a merit ~ in the authorized version." In conclusion, we would ask, If in view of. the scriptures being writ- r ten in different languages, by different men, living ] in dilierent countries, under different circumstan- * ces, covering a period of nearly two thousand years, and their ljgving been copied hundreds of times, by as many different transcribers ; and then, ~ to know that the contradictions and errors which a they are said to contain, do noat affect a single doe- tl trine or duty contained therein, we ask, whether I these very errors under such circumstances are not - better calculated to close the mouths of infidels, ti than to furnish ground for opposition to the Biblel ; ow, can any man believe that the Revisionists hi ..uldepn .".alf a~ miin of Anilarn" aIn the is Drrection of these unimportant e -r blunders," as Mr. Edmonds calls them, without aving some other object in view or suppress his mazement at their assurance in asking for prayers nd money to assist in the accomplIshment of eir jesuistical work I CANDOR. For 1 vertiser. PIC NIC AT ROCKY PONDS. There was one of the most extraordinary affairs otten up at Rocky lPonds recently by those two cry respectable gentlemen, Dr. JAXES PRicE and . H. GOODWIN, whose gentlemanly-like manners re indicative of their prosperiky and happiness in his life. We are well acquainted with both of hcm, and believe that their noble natures and up Ight actions, justly entitle them to the hand of ,me of the fair daughters of the " Dark Corner." chey would make good husbands, fond parents md true citizens. And, young ladies,if you should iave an " offer," our advice is to take them with nt hesitation. I will here remark, that this Pic fic was gotten up exclusively for the ladies, and I lo not recollect of having seen a drop of the rrdent about the place-an occurrence never known >efore in this locality. The gentlemen and ladies >f the neighborhood are now roused up to a double legree of diligence In the way of sociality and iofound politeness; and are also shaking hands Fith the temperance cause-as an evidence of vhich fact we will but allude to the social gather ng above noticed, which came off on Saturday the ,5th July, at the spring of Mr. EDwARD HOWLE, worthy citizen and estimable gentleman. The able was furnished with the best of viands in the ray of fresh pig and mutton, and a variety of regetables, well served up under the supervision f Mlr. JohN NoRTh, who deserves the best praise or the good manner In which it was prepared. * At the announcement that dinner was ready, I hink that about two hundred persons, both male d female, assembled around the table and par ,ook of as fine a dinner as has been given in Edge leld District this season, and that, Mr. EDITr, is ,aying considerable. After dinner the announcement was made by Ur. C. H. GooDWIN, that as the clouds were indi mtlve of the fallof heavy rain,he would be p!eased ror the ladies and gentlemen to repair to the well known and familiar "old castle" at the steam mill, which he had the peculiar but most melan -holy privilege of occupying as a bachelor's hall. rhey accordingly so done, and the young ladies ind gentlemen soon after engaged in a social cotil Ion during the remaining part of the evening, and njoyed themselves finely. During the afternoon, delicious ice lemonade was ever and anon handed to the ladies and gentlemen present. Iwould sug gest to the ladies if they want a nice thing.served up in the way of good lemonades, to got Mr. C. L. BLAIR to make it as he is well qualified -to do so, and will cheerfully comply with most any request the ladies may ask of him. All things past off well, and we had a happy and glorious time. D. M. J. A ScHooL TEAcHER CUT TO PIECEs In TExAs. -A terrible affair took place about eight miles east of Greenville, Texas, on the 3d ult., between a school teacher by the name of Moore and a man by the name of Howard and his four sons. A letter says: "Moore undertook to chastise Howard's son, about 12 years old, for writing indecent language in a young lady's copy bool. He had struck the boy but four or "ive blows with a switch, when the boy's brothers came into the school house with clubs, and one of them struck the teacher with a heavy club on the forehead and felld him to the floor. The other struck the teacher several times while down, but the teacher recovered himself and got out his pocket knife and drove them out of the house. "But at this juncture the old man, two other sons and two sons-in-law arrived, and the old man rushed into the house with a large dirk pocket knife. Moore begged Howard to spare kia-lifertlling hiehe -warterr-nearldead. At this. time Moore had a severe contusion on the forehead and was covered with blood. But How ard disregarding his entreaties, rushed upon him and plunged his long knife into him twice on his right side, both of wvhich wounds entered the cavity. Moore broke from him, when Howard cut him on the right shoulder, making a fright ful gash four inches long and to the hone. With all his wounds, Moore broke from the house and ran twenty rods. The boys outside threw clubs at him as he ran, one or two of which hit him. " Moore was a young man of slight make, and poor health, who had lately come to this place. He was a man of unexceptionable character and a successful teacher. Hie will probably die of his wounds,.a victim of revenge so low and de-' spicable that humanity blushes at the recital." P~Tens OF NEnuoiS.-Millions of money have been disbursed in Richmond during the past fifteen months for negroes, who have, during that time, commanded more exorbitant prices than ever before. All negroes are sold for cash, whih is spplied by means of Northern sight drafts, which are disposed of to the brokers. Enough of these sight checks are sold to sup ply the Richmond market with Northern Ex change. As before remarked, at no period be. fore did this species of property coimmiand so exorbitant a figure. Many sell because of the very high prices obtained. In proof of this, it may be stated that if the market declines, say $50 to $100 per head, the receipt of negroes is visibly affected. It is said, by those who assume to know, that the increase in slaves greatly more than counterbalances the number sent from the The following statement of the ruling rates (and which, it is confidently asserted, are likely to prevail for some time to come) is subjoined for the information of the readers of "The South :" No. 1 men sell readily for $1,300 to $1,400 ; something extra, a shade higher. No. 1 girls from $,200 to $1,200 (field hands.) Likely girls (seamstresses) command from $1,400 to $1,500. Boys, from twelve to fifteen years of age, $1,000 to $1,200. Girls, from twelve to fiteen years old, $750 to $1,000. Good black-. sith:,'f ine size, ranging from twenty-two to thirty years old, sell at $1,600 to $2,000. Car. pent'ers command the same rates. Bricklayers bring from $i1,500 to $1,8~00. All others in pro portion. These pricesi are for negroes free ot ifets and sound and healthy. At the present time, however, it is safe to say thatnegroes, good >r bad, command all they are worth.-Thse South. PRsBnnvEnIAN FEMALE CoLLEG E.-The Law -ensvile Herald says : We are enabled now to state, by authority, ;hat the Corner Stone of the Presbyterian Fe nabe College, at this place, will be laid, on Wed :esday, the 24 day of September next with the miposing and impressive ceremonies ,of the aasoni Fraternity, usual on such occasions. Rev. E. T. Buist, D. D., will deliver the ora ion, and all who know that excellent man must 'eel confident that his address will be one of pro 'ound interest and instruction. We feel confi Lent no man is better qualified to perform that uteresting service that Mr. Buist, and we hope n see a large audience in attendance to partk af that "feast of reason and flow of soul" which re guarantee he will provide for them. Other gentlemen of prominence and ability ril also deliver addresses on the occasion. PAssINa COUNTERFEIT MoNP..-No law in tmerica is more strictly enforced than that against assing counterfeit money, yet, some otherwise espectable dealers sell worthless counterfeits of 'erry Davis' excellent Pain Killed, thus inmpo ing upon the affieted. O MINIsTER TO PAnis.-All sorts of stories ave been act afloat concerning the incapacity of [r. Mason, our Minister at the Court of France, nd it is perhaps to strengthen theevidence upon mis point that the Paris correspondent of the eondon Journal writes as follows: " His Excellency Plenipotentiary Mason, hay ig been reprimanded for throwing his arm round me back of the Empress Eugenic's chair, is mak ig up his pack to fly to some retirement, where e means, so says report, to study the affinities, Mssouai.-Thrt.g jo ti heard from, aid Col.Jn ican candidate 4b.s ma jo f' His opponent was Col. .+ wa Benton and pro-slavery Im" The Democrats have e 8* the Third Congresionil biatr cancy caused byth 'eleelioiY to the United tates Senati' NonRH CAnotrxA.-From Wo1tk W. tial returns received. Ev-e so far. NEW ORi TEXAs.-The returns from~Teid election of Runnels, Democratie Governor, by twelve thousand Wo No opposition to Democratid to the Legislature, so far as heard fro - WoemwoToirA TE O'EsSEE.-Private dis patches stats T. Avery in the Tenth andJ. v.-Wr n Eighth Congressional Nistricts of Tenn ar. elected. [Mr. Avery succeeds Mr. R believe Mr. Wright had no pponent] Loursvi4r KENTrrY.-W. L. Underwoo e the third district rather doubtfAl, 11A, Americai friends are very sangpinef6 tion. In the fourth district, A. G. Tabho ocrat, is certainly elected. AUGUSTA, Agis - KANsAs AFFAins.-Advices from port an intense excitement as existingttLeav enworth, owing to the discovery of an organied gang of murderers, of whom' two haiebeenhung. ST. LOUrS August7 INMAx HosTILrixs.-The. Kansas; . states that the Cheyenne Indians havind1. Fort Riley, which is occupied only b half 4 pany of U. S. Infantry. The nei riista have been driven in, and some" of them - dered.' Crook's command was ' dered to the place by Gov. Walker.' Lucx'r EsCAPE rRox A HoRduxitz 4a.-h We have received a letter from Pn C., giving .an account of a dr c atfi which hapened at the distillery of thans' & Dibbles,in Johnston county4t. t that while the stiller was taking offth; tirpentine still, he stumbledand pitch foremost in the hot rosin,-and then wi assistance, jumped ouL. Thp iman'was at on the 4th inst., and is expected'to Wilmington Herald. '. From the Washington- ltterin CoL For new paper, the Philadelhia press, we clipfr-, following: - "Col. James-L. OrieofcSouth Carolina the Hon.- John S. Phel N of Missourarbt spoken of for Speaker of the next House. Orr will, doubtless, be the man. John S. Phalp. or George W. Jones of Tennessee, willrow be at the head of the, Cominittee of . Means. - AnlTrED.-The following .geiitliefn. B('sy't . the Greenville Patriot) were admitted this week-kT before Judge MAGnAT, to pradtice inteFed. ' eral Circuit and District Courts fr"this 0 Maj. B. F. Perry, Col. E. P. - Jiaes =0% i livan, Es, Gen. S. M. Wilkes, Co-1.0.F.;Tpwnqs" Col. W. . Cam bell, J. W... Siokeq.' Elford, Esq., Waj. W. K. EasI. . T Broyles, S. D. Goodlett, Esq a T Esq. ATTEMPT TO SHOOT THE MAYOR OF 'TA Mss.-A letter to the Vicksburg Sentine~ Jackson, July 28, says: -'~ - VL Our city is in some little exciteme-.h1s.~ 'ning, owing to certain eii-cumstances~*i occurred thisafterndon, 'and whieli~ ".r a 'tiallyas followe r - -T eiier Whitesides at the reque 0~~ lor, arrested 'a turbulent drunkien mna -- about tocaerry'him to the cicalaboe-~ 'liver~ -stable - keeper, by te na'au ~ .~ sought to interfere wit the, offlcer iilro cbguof his duty; -nd:1fds flinE ed b.his Honor, ,who.badeathe office on o his prsoner, ashe origin'ally mifeds),y -~bi sufferng the, interference of jmnys pero ever. . .-.* - .4 Mr. Ware soon began- to'exhibit" hite'rar~? ence to a greater extent, "when Mayor Taylbo.* laid hold of him, upon'which Ware drewt e.V' tol, and had it not been for" the 'interferenceof i a bystander, who knocked down 'the weapor-as: -' it went off, the shot would probably have rwd. fatal; as it was, the ball went but a few :chiqsi from the Mayor's side. By order of Horace Barr, Esiq., Justice of thea Peace, Mr. Ware was instantly arrested, andi brought before him for a preliminary examina tion. Several witnesses were examined, and, after due deliberation, the magistrate i ound the prisoner over in the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court, and answer for the alleged offence. RELTTG:oN IN DEAUrORT-BAPTIslra ERA. oaDinY.-The Rev. J. M. C. Breaker, of Beau fort, S. C., writes to the Southern Baptist, an uccount of a revival there in progress, from which we take the following: On Sunday last, the 12thimat., I had the pleas urc of baptizing in our beautiful " Jordan," and in the presence of thousands of interested sp. tators, two hundred and twenty-three rejoicing' converts. Three of these. were whit'e. -The' most of these convertions are the fruits of the revival which has been prevailing -among our - colored people for the last five or six months, and which was conmmenced and has been carri- -' ed on chiefly through the efforts of "thie chuirch itself. From this circumnstance the reverend gentle man deduces the following argument uponi much mooted point among religious -"contiover-~ sialists: I will only add, that the baptism, thoug per formed with all due deliberation, occupie oly an hour and five minutes. This is nearly four in a minute. And thus we have it actually de- . monstrated, (which our Pedobaptist friends would do well to notice) that the three thousand on the day of Pentecost could easily have been baptised by the twelve Apostles-.ichi aki~ ~ two hundred and fifty, in an hour and thirtfeen~7 minutes ! A SUITOn Fon rHE Parrczss ALICE.-AQC0?'. ' ing to a letter from the Hague, the Qsiten' -. mother is shortly to proceed to Lonidonipk mar. riage, it is sai, being projected betseen the - Prince of Orange and the Princess A~nethe se: cond daughter of her Britanic MajestgW. H YE itI AL. MaARIE, at the United States, Hotel, Anegusta.. Ga., on Thursday evening, Augtust 64,byRev. De Mann, Mr. MARIKaL C. THssgae af that.City,-anc4 - Miss VIRGINIA KEDULta, formnerly of-'Baltimore, Md.. A MOST~EXYEAORDINARY' CURtI - fly Dr. Mc'Lane's Celebrated Vermifage, prepamre&f by Fleming Bros., of Pittsburg. This Is certify that!I have been troublsd.feg, almos~.47 four years with a choking sensatIon, somatime.se. bad as almost to sufiocate me; I employed twor~u~ physicians, but to no purose. I was ihen perw d'~. to try a bottle of Dr. M'Lane's Celebrated Vermifup -. I took tao teaspoonsful at one dose. liaon begs i operate when it made thorough work. I lea~ s>.j worm factory within mte. I sonld judge .itipqh*A away from me some two quarts of worms. 't'"~ remainder of the boute at tw'o doses. Theeeows~ it brought away about one quarl inore, and no -e.~~> like a daffergni person.'* .. The above is from a widnw lady, 46 year of~a ag resident of this ciy. For furthierpetieulars, thlepob-, lio are referred to~e Hardie, No 3 Manhattan .a 37 Purchasers will be careftil to ask ~foi'-DR. M'LANE'S CELEBRATED VERMIFUGE,' isan factured by FLEMING BROS., of Pittsburgh, Pa: - All other Vomifuges in comparison are wortlileuss'V? . Dr. X'Lanes genuine Vermifuge,.also his' celebrated Liver Pills, can how bo had at all respectable .drug -. stores. Nonse genuuin e itAosat rhe signeodure - - 19 F. LRMTNG:BROS. DAVIS' PAIN KILLER. . We are glad to learn that Perry Davis' PaineKlller i4. ' is having so large a sale In our ceny. We bive et - reason to believe lt.to be an almost never fkIling~ ear~ for pain, and as such is a medicine no 'family 'su& be without.-Morntreal Piloi. 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