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to 1t Sout4 a Snutfern R jts, d, Citfrfture, Io litt, 11=tAn5e, "We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Li 0,es and it it muust fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins." SIKI[NS, ]DURISOE & CO., Proprietors. EDGEFIELD, S. C., VEMBER 4, 857. -O "--"*- - FALL TRADE! H L, CUNNINGHAM &100., GROCERS AND PROVISION MERCHANTS, AND DEALERS IN FOREIGN WINES &, LIQUORS, HAMBURG, S. 0. E take this opportunity of returning thanks I to our patrons and friends for the very liberal eneouragement and favors we have received for sev eral years past. and respectfully solicit a continuance of the same. Our highest aims, and besl endeav or will be to merit and deserve the patronage of our old customers, friends and the public generally, by conducting our business as we have done hereto fore, and increasing our reputation for Low Prices and Fair Dealing, And making it to the decided advantage of all who favor as with their trade. The increased patronage we have received and are continually receiving has induced us to BUY A LARGE and WELL ASSORTED Stock of Goods, in order to meet the growing demands and increase of trade. The Superior Quality Of all Goods offered to the Publie at this establish- I ment. is so well known that veryt little need be said upon this subject. But with the unity of LOW * PRICES, and the VERY BEST QUALITY OF GOPDS, is the system of business the subscribers are determined to carry out. This will be made up plicable to every branch of their business. Our Goods in all intances will be what they are represented to be-and when sold by sample, shall always be in conformity with the sample We are constantly receiving and have in Store a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT of - GROCERIES, -consisting of LOAF, CRUSHED, CLARIFIED, ST. CROIX AND O'RLEANS SUGARS, ORLEANS SYRUP & CUBA MOLASSES. TENNESSEE AND BALTIMORE BACON, LARD, SODA, STARCH, h SOAP, CAN DLES. WHITE WINE AND APPLE VINEGARS, &c. -Also- a A large assortment of ai WINES AND LIQUORS, ti Consisting of Pipes, Half Pipes and Quarter Casks of e amPORTED BRANDIES, Of the roilowing celebrated Brands and Vintages, Otard, Dupy & Co.. 1839, 1844, 1847. W Alex. Signett, 1852, 1855. Martel & Co., 1847. Azirat Signett, . 1849. q J. J. Dupy, 1848. P. Signett,. 1850. A OLD BORDEAUX AND CAMPAGNE a BRANDIES. -ALSO -a~eo-in MADEIRA, PORT AND SHERRY WINES, w HOLLAND GIN, JAM IC-AN S.4c:LIX NDM Domestic biqu ?o f seiliu bi Tua ARRANGEXENyS of our Store are such as to ti nake this Establishment, in fact the substitute f the tu cellar of every consumer. A HOTELS and persons wanting small asorted a, lots of Choice Wines and Liquors for speeial ocea sions, can be supplied at the shortest nriiee. COUNTRY TRADE supplied at the wholesale prices. FAMILIES can command the best Table Wines at very low prices, as also the cietaest sorts of ti Wines an Liquors for culinary purposes. PHYSICIANS requiring fine Liquors for medi.. CI cal purposes are particularly solicited to call and ex- ai amine our Stock. Ii We keep ennstantly on hand a Ii Of Sadales, Brid!es, Martingales. Whips, Saddle ot Blankets, Bed Blankets, several Cases of fine U1 . Sewed and Pegged. Boots and Shoes, La- IX dies, Miisses and Children's Shoes, Waterproof Hunting and Diteh-T er's Boots, Boys and Men's V Brogans from No I to 15, b: Fur, Wool and Sik 11ats, qi Cloth, Plush and Faticy Caps,w Osnaburgs, Sheetings, Shit tings, stripes. h: Georgia Plains, Gunny and Dundee Bagging, el .Bale Rope, Twine, &ec, &e-. ti 'We solicit CASH ORI)ERS fr,\rn parties not1 visiting our Town, and will endeavoa\ in all instan- d ces to satisfy in every particular, all who confide t Pherodesvisiting this Market are earnestly soliei-I ted to give us a callI before they make their purcha sem. We are determined to make it to their advan-I tage by selling them their supplies LOWER than they can but them elsewhere. .Ia .3 gyWe will give the snarket price for Cotton, I m and every other kind of produce off'ered. t * hENRY SOLOMON. e U. L. & G. C. CUNNINGH AM. Hamiurg, Sept. 3tJ 1857 6im 38 n O'CORN SHELLERS,. it Self-Sharpenling -Straw Cutters! SPENN, Anent, has just reeived and offers .1i for sale a supply of the mnost approved arti cle of CORtN SIJl ELLERS. Also, a large StockI of those celebrated Self-Sharpening S T IR A W d O UT T.E R S. 'The farmers will please send in- t~ their orders. 34 .Sept 2 tf 3 . i N4otice, . NTOn CE is hereby iiiveni that ap.plication .will ] I be made at the next Session of the Legisla. tl tnure, to vest one half of the eschea~tted estate or Charles MceGregor, late ofV Edgefield District, in thme Trustees of the Edgelield Alale Acadermy.3 " Sept. 30 __ m "'__ Head-Quarters, 9th R KGlM liNT. S. C. M. ? I Tecxea's POND, Oct. 12, 1857. 5 e TN Pursuance of an order receivnd fiunm Gen.r ..W. C. Mtoaax&s, an e-ectisn will be hield at tine Company Muster Groun~dsouf thme Upper Battalion. s on the 27th November, fo.r MA JORI of amid Bat. r talion. By order of J. W. TOM P'KINS, Col. e Oct 14 7t 40 a Notice a 'S hereby given ghat Mrs. EMILY CARROLL, t I.wife of Enwann 0. Cannfons residti mn 1Ham- ~ burg, but late of Graniteville, Edgefiekd.District., ~ intenmds to become a sole trader in one month fronm this (late. EMILY CA RROLL. Witness, BsJAxts BhArna. Hamburg, ct. 6ith 1857 4t :19. Notice .t fS hcreby given that CAT HERINE II. GIR EENE, Sthe wife of Cormacs A. GRaF.YF of Edge steld District, residing near Hambutrg, in sail' Dis 1iet, Intends to become a soce trader witbim one] month from this datAiE. RN . REE Witness, BmuAis l1ata. ,, Hamburg, Oct. 7th 1'.57 ' Notice. ALL Persons indebted to the Estate of Janmes f S. Shadrack, dee'd., are earinesily reqgested to ionke immediate payment. and those hatvmn de nands aains- the said Estate will render them in prperly attested. H. UBIJRNETIT, Ad'ors pro T. M. FISHER. uMarn . tf 9 rID FmD xE A GRAVE. BY LIET. THOMAS WILSON, r. S. A. 'll make me a bonie, says the sailorlad. In the ship, as she rides the wave; '11 laugh when the ocean's raving mad, I'll smile when the tempests rave. ,et the winds rave on, let the black skies frown, For what care I how it bel rhen the vessel's a wreck I'll go down, down, down, And find me a grave in the ;ea. 11 make me a h'me, says the soldier brave, Amid battle and gory fight; hen the eagles in triumph above me wave, I*will shout with a mad delight. could die so well on the battle field, My shroud of the star-flag's fold; it the spot where the trumpets of victory peal'd, I'd find me a grave with the bold. wish not a home 'mid the battle's tide, Nor alife on the briny sea, ut I'll settie me down at fireside, With her who is all to me. wish not a death in the battle's strife, Nor a tomb in the ocean's foam, ut I'd find, when my heart beat its last in life, A grave near my boyhood's home. From the Marion A merican. TIE PALMETTOES IN MEXICO. BY O.Xr OF THE Two HUNDRED. NEW SERIES-NO. V. My last chapter left us at Montgomery. Five andred men werd crowded on the steamboat Tilliam Bradstreet, and kept two days without iything to eat, and in quarters fit only for a Illev slave. The weather was intently cold id fbitter, and half starved and almost frozen, ie men coudtl he seen crowding round the b6il - of the boat, to preserve life in their stiffening xies. It was a sad and pitiful sight to look pLon them. Boys who bad been reared in luxu r and splendor-who bad never done a day's ork in -their lives, and had never suffered a rdship, were suddenly reduced to gnawing inger, to the bitterest blasts of winter, and to iarters hideously loathsome to refined feeling. part of these hardships were unavoidably, and part of them were the result of wilful neglect id carelessness. -The government which had -actised a fraud upon us in the terms of service iposed, aggravated the injury by a gross and ilful neglect. Sonic hardships were unavoida e. The inclement season of the year, the bad ss ofthe roads, the long and hurrie arch, h' ieeof them-and. eers, -o.ught - ships that weie rididbie.Y -2@ ere was no necessity for starving and crowding on the Alabama river. Three steamboats in end of one would have prevented crowding id starving. When the government asks the rvice of brntes, and pays them so much per onth, to be treate-1 as brutes, it is very well, it when the government asks gentlemen to ;t its batges, it onght to treat them as gen emen. It was too much for men of spirit to bear rses both loud and deep were freely uttered, ad there was bold and open inutiny. Forty or 'ty men, mostly of the Barnwell company I be eve, fixed bayonets, and went ashore. They ere ordered to be put under arrest, but the hers sympathized with them, and refused to )eV the'order. The nitineer.; carried their >iit, and the matter was hushed up. One bright morning we arrived at Mobile. be 1st Battallion had been there a few days. r were quartered in a large warehouse on the y in the western suburb of the city. Our iarters here were very comfortable, and we ere, for the first time, decently fed. The rdships welhad suffered began to develop their lcts upon us. The hospital was full of pa ents, prostrated by pneumonias, and diarrheas. his last disease is common to all armies. Sud m changes of clima.e and of diet are certain Sproduce it. Among volunteers the liability Sdisease was much greater than to seasoned ddiers. Their change -of habits and mode of re was sudden and great-their transition from >nfortable and luxurious homes to privation, bor, and hardship was too abrupt. In this arch, duing the first month of their service, ae germs of diseas~e were sown, which soon ilminated into :an abundant harvest of death. I write this narrative without the aid of any tes or memoranda. It is wvritten purely from emory, but a memory singularly vivid and re ntive. The dates wvhich I give may be inaccu Lte by a few days, but I think the inaccuracies ill be trifling.. It was between the 15th and 20th of January, preume, when we reached Mobile. We were stained there about ten days waiting for ships transport us. During that time we were rilled severely every day. During our stay in Mobdle some generous gen emen of that city gave us a barbecue. T wo of cm I remember distinctly,-Jamues L. Day or eas, and A. B. Meek. Meek wvas the orator of je Mobilians, and it was his assigned part, to ake the address to us. Meek was then in his rme, young, ardent, winningly handsonme, and iovingly eloquent. IIis 'address was a gem of rilliants " Like oirient pearis at randiom strung." a a musical fiar of language, warm, spontane us, impetuous and grand, he spoke of the histo y and people of South' Carolina, their nmames of T7, "rich in historic legacies,"-namnes which till lived in immaortal history, and in their living epre:etaives, among the P'.dmettoes. i~e osed in a burst of gorgeous beauty, dazzling a shower of falling stars. A decado of' years, iarked with blistering imenmories, and wihl, trange events have passed over me since then, ut I remember Meek, hi- eye, hi~s face, his words, s vividly as if all had occurred only an hour go. Meek closed with olfering the followving ast, or ' sentimenit:" "The Pahnietto Regiment-may it soon sit own to a nobler feast than it has partakena to lay, prepared by the hands of' its own Bler in he halls of the Montezumnas." ol. Butler rose to reply. but his big heart r~s too full. " Whean the hecart feels most, the lips move nt.' utler was ordinarily a prompt and fluent speak. -r, but on this occasiona he could not speak. iter a fe~w words, tuarninag to Meek, he saidh. "1 hank yo.u-fromn the bot tomt of may heart I thankl -"-his bosoma heaved, and a gush of tears wasu ais only responul~e. My eyes were not dry. HIad ever doubitedl the courage, or huaity, or ;reatess of Butler, the doubt woald have been lispelled forever. What a spectacle ! To see utler on a grand, pu'blic occasion, weeping like child-a man who had "sounded all the depthe nd shoals of hoo,- soldier, and a hero, ogntle, so mpnathetic, and so childlike, that in the presence of a thousand men, who were I be fashioned and formed after his character, an in the presence of distinguished strangers, 1 wept in the simplicity of infancy. What- w. the train of sad reflections in his own min< which so softened and over-powered him I kno, not, but his bowed head and his gushing tears saw, and until the waters of the oblivious Lett shall drown all human memories, I shall nevc forget that scene. Several post-prandial speeches were mad< one of which was made by a fat son of John ( Calhoun, who was then a planter in Mareng county. A NOBLE WOMAN. The New York correspondent of the Bosto: Journal writes the following: "One of the citizens of New York, a gallani whole-hearted and noble fellow-who is bette known in the country than any other man whi lives in New York-whose house has been th, home of all great men of the land-and wh, has the same great gift that God gave Solomor "largeness of heart?"-he, to the su prise of ever; body, failed. All persons sipposed the bous was immensely rich and was daily coining mo ney. It was said that the failure was occa sioned by the outside speculation of a partner All that this gentleman had, and all lie hai earned, was at once given up to creditors, ani he began life again, as he began it. thirty year ago, with the same spirit and energy, with th, same cheerfulness and the same liberality. Ii: affairs were as far as possible then kept fron his wife. She is a women that had her birtl and education under the ulwelcome sky of Nov 'England. But her mental and moral trainint were had under those influences that hav raised up so many men and women of mark am talent in our land. Hearing nothing from hei husband about his matters, this lady visited bel imsband's lawyer, and heard from him the ful measure of the evil that fallen on his future H1er resolution was at once taken. She knem that her husband valued his honour more thaT all the wealth of the world, and that he fel that that honour seemed to rest under a cloud She had at the East a large and valuable prop erty, which was e:elusively her own. Shi oidered the papers to be drawn at orce, placin; all the p~operty in the hand.s of her husband'sered itors, resolving to partake of all the con.wquence! of the loss of the property. She then sough1 out her husband, told him what she had ldone and with a smiling face bid him look cheerfuill to the glowing future before them. Noble woman! worthy of the best ilays o Roman fortitude, worthy to be ranked amone those noble woman described in the word o God, whom the children 'rise up and caller blessed,' whose ' husband sitteth among the c. ders at the gate of the city,' of whom her hus band says, 'Many daughters havne done virtu oudly, but thou excellest them all.:" THE HALF HOUSEKEEPER. She was only a half housekeeper. Go wherc you would about her home there was neither taste nor neatness. She would .begin.with great through. Of her huSband's ialf-a-iozen r.ett shirts all were partially linished-one wantet sleeves, another a coll.r and waist-bands, anothei another a hosom unud gaii:set, and so on througli the whole list. Several skeletons of qtilts lav unfolded in her drawers, and her tables and trunks were loaded with inagnificent promises 11er bread was alays uinqplatable, becautm she forgot this or that-an though she had beenl married ten years, in all that time the tahik was never rightly laid f1ir a meal. Either Iic .alt was wanting, a knife or spoon. or somWe im nortant ingredient. This afforided exercise fhi the family, aid there was at all times a contin ual rinning to and fro. She wt..; a half lousiekeper. Her ment were never cared for after dinnier, and when it was, "la! throw it away, it ain't much." Much or little, it makes the butcher's bill enormous, and her hubaind half distracted. T1her~e ahwvy stood in her musty smelling paty mouldy milk andl mnouldly bread. There always lay about her room a dozen garmnlts worn out by trampling rathler than use. She was forever wondering why on earth work caune so very hard to her. He11r children's clothes came to pieces the first day, because they were only half made, and her temper soured quicker than any thing else. She was continually lamenting that she ever married, aind wondered where some folks got their house work. ' Oh ! dear me" ? eemned to be the whole of her vocabulary, and it would make one sad to watch her listless movements, and hlear her declare that no woman worked as hard as she, which was pretty true, for she had no method. She dragged through life, and worried through death, for which, I fear, like every thing else, she was only half prepared, and lef t six daughitern to follow her example, and curse the world with six half housekeepers.-New Yosrk Orgazn. WO~MA xx -rm: HI:ixc S-r~rms.-A lette from an esteemed lady corre.,pondent, in one o. the so-called free States, but inure truly namned ireling States, ini the Far West. gives the fol lowing graxphxic portraiture of female white sla very, in that region of theoretical freedom where, so far at least, as woman is concerned, it is thme custom to "keep tihe piromise to the carl and break it to the l-:pe." "Although we have not "thme lieculiar insti tution" in thecse 'fivc States,' necessity imposes a terrible servitude on poor tree born woman and nothing is more coimnoa than the total transfer of all domestic labor to the mnistress o the family, (falsely so called here.) by th< 'hired girl,' at any mnoment it may suit her con venience, or pleasure. This has been moy owi case, with little intermission, ever since 'm) jewei' felt her impo'tance and fiounced away ix June last. What would mmy Southern friend: think to come on ine suddenly, and see me act. ing couk. chamber maid, dinner waiter, in: word, 'maid of all work 'P llut such indeed i, the fact and ' too true to be a joke.' Such ari ' the comforts' that women themselves arxe yin dicating in their opposition to the black man' slavery, tunnindful of their own vadayje to thei: so-.-yled 'free iabtituti'us.' I sometimes believi that, if only the African famnde were in bon dage, all thought of uiversal emancipation, (s far as woman is the ribj~ect,) would die a natura deth. Certain it is that tho Abolitionists them selves impi~ose more heary irork on their ow: wives, than slaveholders do on their slaves, ex pecting their ' bet ter halves' with all the care ol wife, mxother and nurse, to do the whole wvorl of tLe ianse, yard and grdens besides-in a wvord as much as six of your dlarkies will do, or ar even required to do."- C/iesion Courier. A Qu exem~n ron Vm~svws.-Among a pam tvy ot Amecricans' traveling in Europe one Ynnkee-who, unwilling to admit of any supc riority ini Europe over his own country, woul always tell ot somiethiing to " imatch" whateve he was taken to see. Inx Ituly they ascendie \Cellrius when tha:t vol::anol was muhii distr. ed, andI he remnarked: IWell, it is conmsiderable of a firti but w ha]'ve a water privilege in America, (meanin Niagara.) that, I guess, would sqnirt it outi aboaut five minutes. 01 OWD T You wiked blud sucker, why t e You urn your liven sum wa e r Liten down )n peeple and. n yure Long bil to git blud,)itin on Foakses noses, and when tha mad an Begin to slap, leave ? Have got no feelinks 1 Grate seezer! how yude git if you was As large as sum tu legged bl kers as is Round here, wot warcs kloat 'hi duant you Lite doun sli, as tha do, and'- e cm foar Tha no it, without hollerin- a Whyle ? Yur a kanibal! you do a bi:'A es on a - Smawl skail; you suck more d owt of a Feller than a elefant can, an y re smeller Aint half as long. You waikl p foakes When tha ar slepin, an tha SW4 Vengens. low du you iurk to keep Yure bill so sharp, withot ~ din1 Whi Doant you pek wurns owt oicas And etc insex,,you long leged uss 1 What town is it you syng so much, Going rownd with yuro fethirslott oph, Seakin whoom you ma devor-! You Seam too be a kontentid burdafrom yure Syngin, and'syng loudist whet yure i lungryist. I should think ylid want oi Butes or panty letts too keep 'ure lon Legs from beainz kold thys ilather. Inseck, yur uselisl yu kan ha, but Yure some on suckiin, kaus yg nevir C it wcaned . Inseck, a devr.s SUOOTIG 'FARS, Talking of siining and stiriight puts me in mind of something I observed one shiney iilit in Broadway. There wa's a man, who, when the stars were all uit above, and the iunicipal stars were comphi isant below, nssd to~rig ip a telescope ni "'ttil. ronomy" at six-pence a squilt. ;ne night as, he was getting under w::y I saw two lrish "jintlemen"' laking an tion of his movements. Both were pollcc.Ven. " Jiitty, ye divil," said onea. . what in thle word is yon fellow afther. ivid his curious in chinerv ? "Whist. ye spalpane," .hipered the other, "sure an' can't ye sz. tha. it': an air gun can non that he's got. It's aftier shootin the stars, le is." " I adn't we bettlier le ettin out of his way, thin?" inquired his friend. Sure an it's not us. . idn't ye never hear of shootin stars, ye bast?" B-,- this time the telescOpe man had arranged his ~instrumrent, and squ4ted thro' it at the stars. The policenen gag.ed up likewise, in wonder. Just then, by a odd dhance, a large meteor shot down the sk it down" ex 3 .U8ere'an it's the greatest shootin I ever saw in all my 1ut a senic of dnty vomnirg upon one of thyim,, he 1rmlel01- acco:tcd te imain of Science " Ye'l jislzt top that now. Mi,ter, if ye piaze ; the ridiht'.. dark eno1:;h now, al p1nty ; if e I go Mn :.hoOtiin tars at that rate. zorra the marll find his way abouit the stimte, ure At. this civil hint 1rum tC gtardian of the p ic s.afet.y. the tClscopeV 10man packed ipl his maeiI ini tale :1dvmoe1 A ('oon Exrst:.-ThIere is a society in ex iAtence, which, like no. other assneiations of I the kind, has a standing rale that al', imeubrs wlo conie late, or absent themselve, shall be fineld a certain sum, unless they are able to give a suifficient excu-e for tardiness or- ab,-ence In one occasioni a miemberC camle in ater houir, anxd the chanirmia asked his excnse for being late. " Really, sir, 1 was not abl~e to get here he fore. Domestic tronle.--perplexities of niind -[ cannot say which will die first, toy wife or daueihter !" "Ah !" sauid the chairman, expre:~ng much cominiiscraitionl for the faither and husband,. " I was not aware of that. Remit the line, Mr. ~Secretary ; the excu.se is a good one." The menmber consequently took his seat. The next morning another muember~ met hinm and with feeling asked him how his wife and daugh ter were ! "In excellent health," replied he. " How? I thought you said1 you did not know which cone would die first ? "I did ; and amt still in a quandary, time however will decide the qiuestiotn." SOMsE years ago, Spurr kept a stable. $purr hadl his pculiaritie<, onte of whichi was this: lie never let a h~orse go out of the .stable without requesting the lessee not to drive fas-t. One day there camne to Spurr's stable a young moan to get a horse and carriage to attend a tieral. C ertainly," ..,id Spurir, " but," he addled, foar get tig the solennt purpose fer which the young man wanted the horse, "dlon't drivo fast !" "Why, just look a here, old fellow," exclaimed the somewhat excited yon man, "[I want you to understandt that I shall keep up witht the procession, if it kills the horsec !' Spurr ini stantly retired to a horse stall, and swooned amongst the straw. AxenoF..-The Greenville Patriot tells the following: A gentleman nmet an old friend, who had moved West inuny years ago, and returned aftr anm absece of ten or~ fil teen years to see his oldl acquaintances and neighbors in South Ca rolina. ie caime back much changed in ap peranuice, and4 especially about the faice, which had a shiarpnc-s or thin look, approaching the ridiculouts. The gentlentan said to hin after the ordinary salutations hail passed: " You have been li'ving in a rich nieighbo'rhood in the West ?" " Yes," saidl the old friend, ''lbut how did you know that ?" "Th le Scriptures say," replied the gentleman, "that the rich will grind the faces of the pboor, and your facte looks as if it had been grounmd pretty severely." The joke was too good for the old iman to get vexed hut it was too true for himt to relish it mucn. "lPnmawv!-but it's hot !" said Brown, pan tingly, as lie met Jonies, a fat neighbor, who revels in heat like a salamander, and is always jollist in thre dog days. ]hut Urown is another sort of man, and hates wvarm'weather as cats hate hio', soap, oir Satan holy water. "Ign't it dreadful ?" said Brown. " Why, I have gone . through all the processes known to moidern 1 cookerv, withiin thc last three hours; _i-ve been - steamed, pairboiledl, boiled, stewed baked, fried I and reasted ! Th~m't it. dreadfula ?" r Net at. all," :-aidl~ donec--'. I hke it. TVhere's no weather too hot ihr me, tha I eve funntd or -for a n~a of your c!'r.rcter and1 prv'b.h ble e ertinaion,. it's extremely lucky I"...-ad Birown, having inade this remnark, wiped his brow and eired in dimgust. GEN. Sco-rT AND TirE RISnaAa.-Qite laughable incident occurred on the cars as I w coming from New York to Sing Sing, in whi Gen. Scott figured, whether to his advantage not, may be determined by you from what is follow. The General wasoccnpying aseat to Lit self and as the crrs were con-iilerably crowde he had been asked several times by the condu tor and by passengers who were on the looko1 for seats, whether the other part of his seat w taken. To all their inquiries lie had replied the aflirinative, when, at last, a dirty lookir Irishman came along and put the same questio This was rather more than the General had ti patience to bear-so lie answered very sharpl " Yes, sir, every bit of it." Whereupon Pat dander riz in such a pitch that lie turned to at abused the General roundly, and having final] worked himself up to a boiling rage, he stu his profile into that of the General and calk him a d--d old snapping turtli. !- As I was si ting ju-t across the aiile fromi them, I began i fear I was destined to have a lead Irishman c top of me, and was getting ready to keel) hi ofr; but the General did not condescend to nt tice him further, and Pat, having vented hi anger, left the car. As lie was going out son one told him who it was lie had been abusing but instead of showing any signs of cqntritioi he said "lie didn't care who the divil it was; Ii had as good a right to his seat as any man." G R AI.fn.-" Jimi, did you ever study gran mar!" "1I did." " What case is 'Squire X-?" " Ie's ai objective case." " Ho' so.w "Because he objected to paying subscriptio lie has been owing for five years or more." " What is a noun ?" "I don't know ; but I know what renoun is. Well, what is it ?" Running off without paying tie printel and getting on the bhirk list as a delinquent. " Good what is a conjunction ?" " A method of colleting outstandiig sul: scription, in conjinction wit h a constable ; neve employed by plriiiters until the last extremity. Uixmsc at a city hotel not long since, it wa iv lot to lie seateid next dih to an old rurt ue'tlenman. Snn after takiing his seat, 1 in tceI tlt lie took up tic heautiifil silver tour Pro'm'ed fork which l:. hby his plate, and begai to ec it very clo..elv. After all had been seri edl by the waiter., I still noticed that my ol friend kept on CyCmg h is fork, but did not eal At last in a loud voice, h called out: "Loo here, you, Mister," addres. ing the waiter, "fete: me a iork." With many bows and scrapes, th polite waiter pointed out the tbur-pronged in. plement lying near his plate. " Oh, thunder! <aid he, " is that what You call a fork? Well well! I thought it was darnation green I they'd got to eating sonup with split spons !" WAnURTOs, in his account of his voyage u the Nile, gives an amusing instance of the sit gular opinion of sailors. lIe says: "On arriv ing at Dench we gave the crew a feast, consist ing of old ram, preferred by them to youn mutton, because it stood more chewing." A good old Quaker' lady, after listening t tie extravagant yarns of' a storekeeper as lon; s her patience woiul:l allow, said to hir Friend, what. a pit-V it is a sini to lie, when i seeiis s necesary to thy business.'" " C)' P'-r."-.n one occa ion- during thi Revoition, Gold Iut" had received a lot c ne recruits, and as he had some fighting whie lie wishi ed to do b ,efore long, and wilted non nt willing men, he drew up hi.i levies in rani "Now, boys," said he, " I don't wi6h to re ain any of youl, wiho wishes to leave ; thereuor if any of you is dissatisfied and wishes. to re urn hIme, hie itay sigify the :une by steppii six paces inl front of the line. But,' added th old war dog, 1il shoot the tirt mnain that step ont. " Ma. CALmiorN once said that the institutio1 f slavery, as it existed at the South. was th, oly system that gave or conhl give what th French philhosophy had been seceking for half mntr s, vw. :moimoda. <tat ' nro! tfJor UiJhn A t the North said lie. in, times of panic. pressuL oleA iuon capital through labor-at the~ SoutL >rsuecomes upoii labior throiugh capital. Tb< mes are ahfordingz a startling' ilutration of th, rth of his decharation. A N~ew. York lette "The dischiarge of severail hundredl lahorer; from the Bergen T1unniel (l-:rie Railroad wvorks esterday, hau heen followed tn-day by a simi arii muoveiment on the part of several large e' ablishiments ini this city, ordinarily eimployini rom 100 to 20i0 operatives. One extensive boolm iiidery in William :street calcnlated to keep o1 all the week, but this atternoon they gave thei ,mployees noutie that they must stop after to (li. Twvo or three of the publiahing hiouse aving works partially undler way, have tollowe suit. Hue & Co,., press manufacturers, hav urned awvay 150 hands since Saturday ; Singe b Co., the sewing niachine-imakers, have di, hrgcd 150, ,mil so on to the end of~ thie chiapte T1he prospects of the p~oor the comning wvinmt are so gloomuy, that several benevolent ine neii have it under consideratin to call a 1publ1 ee-e itoce, to organize a liberaml synom c eie.Techurches will be.invoked to co-ope rate, as well ats all other bodlies that miay has the means of aiifording relief. The idea is goodl one, and forbiddling as are the signs of tii tumes, even among thbe wealthy classes, no doub t will be heartily seconded "* We hear of thousands oh hoberers at the Nort ho have been throwvn out of employment, au theiselves and hauiies left to starve, beg eteal, by capitalists whio have been forced t stop) their nuamufacturing enterprises. We the South have noet yet felt, the revulsion whie s producinig sueh disastrous cornsequiences in th Northernu States. Bhut we may be sure that the worst we shall hiear of no plantationsi Georgia whlere "corn-cribs" and "smoke-hiouses are closed to the hungry slave and his ofl:-prini They will be thme biut to feel the presure of th time or to b~e supported by charity.--Scanna CoM ux: Sorru vou Wonu.-The Savannah E ))mIblica savs:-ity the last steaimier from Ne York, a nuinber ot miechanuies airived in our eit i pursuit of work. TUhe applicatious for en plovmint at the d ifhferentL iudries were, of cours uniuceii:15 , as they aro aill lill-handed. Mai of themi will nio doubt heave for the interior, at others will go back to the North, while those wi are moore unfmortunate, will he left in the city shift for au livelihood as best they can. The whislkev root is the name of a species catus fomu.d ifn Mexico, which, when eaten, sid to produce tile samle ethects as alcohol diks. One has only to bite otl'anid swallow piece to experience all the elfects of the mo. unustionable initoxicationl. If this root shou cooi into general usc, the facility of takiu "nip" would 'oe greatly increased. At the meetinig of the next Congress two ne States will be in readiness for admission into tl Union-Oregon and Minnesota. a From the South Carolinian. as SOITERN COMMERCIAL INDEPENDENCE. : In the political economy of the South com Dr mercial enterprise has been so deficient, that to conventions have been called to discuss and "- advance it and speeches made, and our papera 'd been filled with editorials originating and urg c- ing schemes to promote it. The planters of It the South, with a crop of 3,000,000 bales of R cotton, with $160,000,000, have been depen in dent on New York for its sale; and the con E centration of all trade in the great emporium - of the North has held the South in bondage, ie and it has quietly submitted to the yoke. New 5 York funds and specie have been synonimous I terms, and the banks of New York have been id the regulators of commercial intercourse. But Y what a spectacle is now presented ? The very k banks which should have been the guardians of d commerce and the conservators of public confi dence have, by a sudden, unwise contraction of o their issues, caused a revulsion in the monetary in world, and been the means of destroying the n business of thousands, and deranging the whole commerce of the country. It is unnecessary s to go into an argume'it on this subject, the facts care painfully before us in the stagnation of trade, the want of confidence, and the want of money in tbe community. The great staple of the South, which has become the staple of the world, is in no dernand-the hopes of the plan ter, so receutly buoyant promising, are chilled, and the produce of his fielis is lying almost valueless on his hands. And why dues he sub mit to this state of things-to this slavish de pendence on Northern banks-when his pros perity is in his own hands ? why do Southern banks submit to the tlrallom of the North, n when the remedy is present for removing the cause which has so openly shown itself; and the opportunity now occurs of effecting it to their own advantage. Why do the merenants of the South neglect the golden chance of seizing with aidity direct trade, which has so long been urged' by politicians and editors, and now is within their grasp? Why do they not imine diately start a line of steamers from Charleston* nid S'avannah and New Orleans, to carry to those who want it our cotton, which they iiust have at any price? Why do not our merchants an ibanks take immediate uieasures to secure t- tiheimelves foreign exchange, which hasgiven New York supremacy in our cominrcial world ? What we have long been anxiously inculca ting with the pen has forced itself upon us, and the present revulsion in the North has shown us our heretofore entire dependence, and pre sented us the opportunity of severing the con nection and setting tip for ourselves. While U discussions have been going on, grave and im portant changes in the South, from wild specu lation, have precipitated upon us the necessity of direct trade, which is now palpably our com mercial regeneration. Heretofore our freedom of commerce has been the privilege of paying tribute to the North, and having Northern capi tal to govern us. Our banks and merchants, instead of furnishing means to ship our produce, advancing bills for that end, and taking drafts on that produce, thus securing foreign exchange, have allowed New York to enjoy this advantage at their and our expense. Our banks, aniiy of them, have invested nearly ill theircpital their ca.sh-in New York..and sent theirpro ikes to pay to Western States, abandoning the legitinate business of banking for the benefit t of the coinmunity, and depeifling on its neces sities in New York to advance the banks' profits. Our pcople have been asking more banks to assist in encouraging enterprise and developing the manuflacturing and other industrial interests of the country, and as soon :. they are char tered, they become speculators in exchange in Northern cit ies. Our crop of cotton is worth about S.60,000,00o,; that of tobacco and rice $:;o,000,00, supr 0 000,OC0 and grain fully .5;"()0000,W0 more--25,000,U00 ; on this the Sexelimnge i worth nearly .S20,000,000, one half or the whole of whi.i the banks and merchants Ciul now invest in shipping, to carry forward directly the produce of the country to foreign ports without un% connection with New York. Er.o doing pr:e ent lo~'ses would be miade up 2and the periinanenit advantage of exchange for Sthe fluture, wvouild fit the prosperity of these * bank<. and of the South. (One of the earliest advocates of the Sub Treasuy-a wise Deimocuatic measure, which has madle the Government a model of finaneihl safetv--suggests, and we think very -properly, that'the bainks should memorialize the South ern lerisla tures, to prohibit hereafter the -issue r of billhi*of $10 and under, so that tho lower chiannels of' currency in daily u~so amongst the laboring class .lhoulil be filled up with gold and )silver. This wvould finally benefit- the banks . thcmselves, because it wvould give this lower - stratumn of' gold anid silver to fall back upon in ,a commnercial convulsion. and enabile them to buy gold and silver at reasgonable rates, be . fore it got too dear, to replen:sii the specie ha r sis; and it would in faict make the community - the keepers of specie, instead of forcing them s to keep it idle in vaults. As it is now, all gold I andi silver is driven out from .the under-chan e nels of 'circulatio'n. and when a convulionu comes. r it is too dear and too distant to be procured for -a uien emegny This would make the r andi.tronmg again, and enable them to secure the whole pirofits ofr circulation in thpe larger c rnuge ot commeiircial traniactions; and by res cuing Southern produce now in this emergency from the tribute to the North, they will also e secure all the profi:s Iof foreign as well as thc a domestic exchianges of the conntry in all time to come, and they wilt be looked upon as patni t otic aind devoted to the interests of the country, instead of their own exclusive selfishness ex l citing bad feeling towards them. d It the banksido not meet these great issues r now, they are gone and forever. We have o passed through onei great revulsion in 1837, and if the producing classes were swindled out of a millions. Th'le country will not bear another, e and the Lepslatures about to meet in the t Southern States will institute a new system, a and banks of discount will he separated alto " gther from banks of circulation. . A heavy resporsibility now rests on the e bankt..they are accountable for the present /k crisis, and the prostration of trade, and reduc t ion of the price of our staple. True, the Northern banks-or rather those of New York - have to bear the burden of the monetary dis I order, but this the more makes it incumbent on y Southiern banks to separate themselves from them; with less dependence on them, they 3 could now protect the Southern planter, and it y is their patriotic as well as interested duty to dcome forward freely with assistance to get the O crops to market. Thle banks of the South, as well as the merchants and planters, have de peddtomuch on New York--now that New Yrhashown its hbubble existence, and the South stands1 uip in lier true position of ability s to sustain her conmmercial independence, let IC her' people plant thiemselves on the rock of her a staple productions, and show the wvorld her ele mtuents of' strengthI, which belong to her soil and d her " peculiar institution." A railroad meeting was held at Henderson vilie, North Carolina, on the 6th inst., to devise and consider the best method of constructing a e railroad from Greenville, South Carolina, to Paint nock va Hendersonville and Ashville. From the Abbeville Banner. MON. F. W. PICIENL Mr. Editor: Ex-GovernorHammond declining to be a candidate for the Senate, alters in some respects the condition of the canvass.' On this side of the State it is known. the Governor had warm friends, who preferred him to any other man in the State. Will not. his withdrawal add to the number of Col. Pickens' friends, and make the Western Circuit almost unanimous for him? The times call for cur ablest men, and we ought to fill our public posts with tried men, for unless the stars. decejge us, besides the complica. tions in our national polities, we have a financial crisis to encounter, which, unless adroitly and wisely managed, will precipitate us in twelve months from ease and prosperity to want and rubi. The friends in this quarter to Col. Pickens' election believe him worthy of Senatorial honors, but do not rest their support of him upon that; they believe him to be unconnected with party Kques; but they support him solely on consid. orations connected with what they deem to'be the public interests of the State at this juncture. We want a Senator also, who can speak-one who in debate can revive our recollections of what was once the style of Parliarnentary eloquence among cur public men American statesmanship, be yond all doubt, is confined, in a great measure, to Congressional speeches and reports; and we want %man in the seat of Judge Butler wh6 can utter his opinions and sentiments with the power of an orator. * It would be useless to send there -if we h6d one-a dumb sage. Which ever candidate is ablest in point of abilities, whose in tegrity is beyond dispute, and whose eloquence is superior to his competitors, there can be no doubt such a one should be chosen regardless of P ersnal preferences. In these respects Col. ickens' friends believe him equal to any living son of the State. They believe him to almost rival MeDuffie in his signal disregard of national honors, and his warm devotion to the State. Al though repeatedly offered, by the general Govern m'mt, high and commanding official positions,as ofmn has he declined them, prefering to such public services the independent position of a private man. Such displays of modest ambition and State love, place Col. Pickens' integrity and patriotism very high, and united as they are with grer.t abil ities. well warrant in his friends their warmth in presenting and urging his name upon the State as a fit and admirable successor to Jiodee Bntler. HAYNE. From the Columbia Times. "NOT SO BAD AS WE SEEM." To that class of Diogenese growlers, alarmits, sensationists and general "busters," we woqld say that we are " not so bad as we seem." We h;ve a capital in cotton alone worth $175,000, 000; we have a capital in breadstuffs equal to $150.000,000; Europe looks to us for cotton and breadstuffs. aind we can and will sell to lr, but at our own prices I Remember this, planters, at our own prices! Do not let wily speculators think they can frighten ypu about your capital being loeked up; 1i your barns and store houses you have that which will hold you good against kall the wants of sixty days to come; you'have plenty to eat ad d-ink and wear. Elsewhere they have not. Aiid vdn' shonfd it be necessa r, you can economize rather than subimit to feeders on your valuable position. Let us make, as the rest of the world has done, a virtue of necessity: let us, with our strongholds of staple and )roIluce. make the wanters thereof come hiretly to our shores, to our barns, to our gin. houses, and, subject to our ju->t and con.si<tent charges, take our well-worked ind cared for produce. Let us do tlis, for now is the time wlen the 4outlh has in herself all the power of wielding a vast influence that will redound to her own interests and regeneration. Beware then, pl:aniter.4, of Sonthern men with Northern prin ciplcs, who, in high-sounding words and terms, loak their sinister intentions. Hold your cot ton-hold your produce, rather than submit to the reduced prices brought about by Yankoe banks; and- you can hold for sixty days, and by that time our markets will be full'of special Eu rpean anents to whom we can sell, minus tho - New York brokerage, and sell, too, at prices that will pay. Don't be alarmed-we are "o so had as we seem.". - 4 ------- Tire CEam:.ARcL.-While thheartSwells witk pride at the recital of deeds of heroismdone bs our countrymen in India, it is no less grate Gl to see equally high qualit' s under difficulties by our kindrcd men peyond Te Atlantic. The rek of the Central America, fatal and painful as it was, presents instances of composure, cool ness, consideration, and reallieroism, which dig. ify~ humanity. The Captain of the ill-fated ves sewa.s trulf'a noble of nature. He died in the disrharge of a duty which he might have in part neglectedl with impunity ; but in him the finest part ol ancient chivalry appeared. In the pres eee of peril the women and children were his first care. Hie prepared to enforce this intention, but it wa~s unnecessarv. The passengers and crew were as resolute, "determined, and humane, as hiniself; they seconded him in everything, and even the women were ready to do the work of men in ailing him. Some time ago, Capt. iHll. we think it was, 'Wrote the account of two reks-an English and a French vessel. The conduct of the Englishmen contracted finely with the Frenchmen; they were obedient and fearless. Captaini Herudon and his men behaved not less noblv; and their conduct and thme con duct of the pjassengers speak irresistibly in favor of the high tone of the American mind: Their coutry ought to be proud of them; all Christen. dm ill praise them.-Liverpool Post. THE subjoined paragraph from the Washing ton correspondent of the Richmond Enquirer relates to matters of some interest which have been circulating in the papers, and, as the wri ter refers to authority which cannot be doubted, we give his rectification of the rumors alluded SLord Napier is daily receiving hundreds of applications from American citizens, all asking employment in the British army in India. His lord ship requmets me to say that his Govern mnt has resolved to employ no foreign troops whatever in India, bumt to quell the insurrection by force of her own arms. Lord N. also denies tie report that lie had issued orders for thme ar rest of fillibusters by the British squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. He says he has no authomi ty for issuing any such o'rder, .nor if he had the power had he done so. The story is wholly un true." Ca.'r BaP.AD.-" While on a visit on the line of Georgia and Tennessee the firat part of the present week," says the La~range Reporter, " we were informed'that corn has been sold at the low price of twenty-fl cents: per bushel, and all that was offered for wheat by purchasers was fifty cnts per buslell This is beginning to look like the good times which has always been just a little ahead of. us. If the banks all do not ' bust' entirely, we all shall live at a vr trifling expense during th'e approachin~g year.' pg A scholar at. one. of the district schools a Soutbridge, was absent for siveral days, ad the tacher wrote his father to ask the reason, he receved I th fonlewine reply e-" Keptiehum sortin tateris..