University of South Carolina Libraries
agt# Aatis . PFUILISRD %TZIY WCONNUDAT MORNING. A. 8I11INS, D. . URISOE & E AN IEESE, rR0OPRIE''URS. TERMS 07 SUBSCRIPTION. Two DOLLARS per year, if paid in advance-Two DOLLARS and FVIST CaNTS if not paid within six moths-and Tnss DOLLAR If not paid before the expiration of the. year. All subscriptions not distinct ly limited at the time of subscribing, will be con tinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Subscriptions out of the District and from other States must invariably be paid for in advance. RATES 07 ADVERTISING. All advartisements will be correctly and conspicu ously inserted at Seventy-five Cents per Square (12 Brevier lines or less) for the first insertion, and Fifty Cents for each subsequent insertion. When only pub lished Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be charged. Each and every Transient Advertisement, to secure publicity through our columns, must invariably be paid In advance. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions marked on the margin, will be continued until forbid and charged accordingly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do so on the most liberal terms-it being distinctly under stood that contracts for yearly advertising are con fined to the immediate, legitimate business of the firm or individual contracting. All communications of a personal character will be charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length will be charged for the overplus, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Advtrtising Estrayq Tolled, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate ad vertising. NEW YORK LETTER. BOARDING HOUSES ANI.) THEIR APPUR TENANCES. Naw Yoax, Feb. 21st 1858. Of all the subjects which this morning bestride my goose quill (romantic or highfalutin for the largest and coarsest steel pen,) none sorm to me so prolific or entertaining as Xew York Bor(Uding Houes. Let me give you a pen and ink skeleton of a New York board ing house, than which there is no greater curiosity under the sun. Half the houses in the City are board ing houses! Whole streets, blocks, wards, are devo ted to this species of entertainment I In any twenty feet square from the Battery to Bloomingdale or from North to East River. one can be accommodated with a boarding house! And these houses, (I speak of the genteel class) numerous as they be, are, in manners, customs and denizens, just alike. Of course some are more elegant than others, but as to leading fen tures they differ in no respect. Let us take one as an example of the whole. It is large, consisting of base inent, first, second, third, fo'rth, and often fifth floore. In it are elegant suites of apartments-parlors, bour dois and dressing roome, for monied people and rich people; spacious single chambers for well-to-do un married people; exceedingly small and close rooms, In which a ctt could'ut be decently accommodated, for shabby genteel people; and lastly, holes, cuddies and atties for " Irish helps." On the firot door are two grand parlours opening into each other, wherein the guests convene promis cuously fore and aft the meals. and wherein company i. received and hops are held, and wherein negotia tions for board are conducted and concluded, and one learns hojw much he is to pay per week for a room. and how much e.ctra for gas, how much extra for coal, how much extra for boot blacking. 'Tis not in the parlours however one learns all the extras. The inci dental extras are too numerous to mention; a glance to the right incurs an extra, and a glance to the left another. The said establishment is tenanted by every age, class and condition of man and woman kind, "young men and maidens, old men and children,"' people of all professions and trades, of all nations, all creeds, all colours. Now for the castoms and manners. At seven A. M., an alarusp-is rung from basement to attic, which - -mans'E't?%n'tobe sirrnd"Breakfast Is served froin eight until eleven; miost ledgers though break fast between eight and nine, and are off "down town," walking often two and three' miles to their place of businesi.' At this meal every one appears armed with " Herald," " Tase," or " Courier des Elate (iais," with which he or she beguiles time as they wait for their twelfth moiety of the services of an Irish girl. I mu.-t not forget to say, en passanet, that homminy is called Musk, and from the ungenteel manner in which it is boiled, fully deserves this "soft impeachment." Rice, homminy, sweet potatoes and corn bread, are not to be found .decent in New York. A delegation et "old aunties," a sort of culinary mission, would en lighten the community considerably upon the proper preparation of the above indispensables. But to proceed: Lunch is served at one, and at tended only by the ladies and such gentlemen as are near at hand ; upon this occasion ravages a la locust are committed upon all manner of cold edibles. Din ner comes off generally abo'ut six, and is enacted by gas light. This is the grand occurrence of~ the twen ty-four hours! The merchants, clerks and artilicers rest from their laboure, and have made themselves, as they espress it, "spruce;" the ladies appear iu all " the bravery of their tinkling ornaments," and the never-to-be-dispensed-with Irish girls doff their sleeves and stand ready to show what their bare right arms can do. The dinner table in a N~ew York boarding house is a perfect picture, a perfet study. Here sits a vener able man, "wrinkled and curved, with white and hoary hairs," cud opposite him a specimen of young New York, (porbagsa a future Know Nothing Solon or Black Republican freedom shriuker.) with frizzedl hair. ,sas<-novsrache, eye glass, rigid collar and velvet vest. Here is a dignifiedt gentleman in the prime of life and a beautiful and intelligent woman, opp)osite a giggling flirt and a plain silent female. Here a muatron "fnir, fat and f.,rty,"-there another " with saffron hido and dulcet treble ;" here "a stale virgin with a winter face," there a forlorn old bach elor, dry, withenred and skinny as (Gliddon's Mummy. Here sits a young "steward of the mysteries," with meek expression, but not meek appetite,-there a "gay Lothario,," with bold glance and digage neck cloth; hore a Swedish wine merchant, there a Russian ship builder ; hore a French corset maker, there an Italian singing master. And now comes the grand, general, frantic conversation. At a New York board. In; housee the gift of utterance is miraculous ! All subijects arc fully and freely discussed, science, art, re religion, piolitics, fashion, scandal. 'The bare armed ilebes go round and announce the courses thus " clam soup," " pea soup,"&e;-soup dispatched, they again go round and announce " boiled halibut," "boiled cod;"-fish being dispatched, they circum navigate the board a third time, and give cut "roast beef," "roast turkey," "corned beef," "ham." These latter dishes are to be accompanied with vegetables, salads and sauces; so as soon as you have designated what manner of flesh you will patronize, they cry out without taking breath, and in a regular esoondo, "Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbages, spinach, turnips, cranberry sauce, apple sauco, cold slaw." And you are asked if you will have "dish gravy " (from the dish) or "boat gravy " (from the sauce lioat,) and whether " white meat or black meat " (of fowls.) This last I take as a cunning fetch to avoid pronouncing the wicked and indelicate words, " breast and leg." The dessert is all set upon the table at once, and the repast ends with tea and coffee. (In a New York boarding house there is no such meal as tea or supper. From nine till twelve A. M., cold meats, with bread and salad, are spread out in the dining hall for all who wish to partake.) After dinner, those who stay at home adjourn to the parlours, and those who go out to the public amusements put off in a hurry, the opening hour be . lng already at band. Most people in New York who a ~board, go three or four times a week to the Theat~re or ~Opera. Living the cold and conventional life they1 dG, they must Akil their small leisure time In some wayc or other. But Sunday in a New York boarding housei deserves especial notioe. It is the day of relaxation,i - gaiety. longehats~lenmgthenerusals f Tims anid 5..' dd, smashing tollettes, airings foot-wise and carriage wipe, promenades on Fifth Avenue, and even hearing >f sermons. But I mutt not insinuate that New York odgers do not go to Church; they go very generally n the forenoon and often at night. On Sunday the linner happens at one o'clock, (to the end that the ibernian damsels may spend the afternoon in get. ting rid of their past week's burden of sin at St. Pat. rick's, St. Bridget's, St. Xavier's, Ac.,) and is unusu lly luxurious, winding up often with fringed kisse., (poppers,) and other hon bon, and a consequent in terchange of verses, mottoes and nonsense. Proprietors of New York boarding houses, like their guests, are of every class and condition, but principally " old girls" and widows. "Whether of the twain" is most dangerous ? Old girls aged from twenty-five to one hundrod-each, from her of twenty five to her of a century, frantic to achieve a husband. And widows, old, young, stout, slight, fair and plain, each raving to find a successor to her "late lamented " and be no longer, as Mrs. Gummidge says, " a love lorn widow." Beware of the house kept by a widow with marriageable daughters!!! The Irish girls who attend at these houses are gen erally smart, tidy, pretty and accommodating; they are well treated, but have. to work like horses. The amount of hard labour they get through with in twen ty-four hours, for they never sleep, is incredible. Their wages range from three to four, five, six and seven dollars. All Southerners who set up their rest in a New York boarding house will sadly miss that comfortable appendage, " a little nigger." All such things as running to the office with letters and notes, clothes-brushing, bat-brushing, firo-chunking, pulling off of tight boots, &c., c., they must do for thot selves; and this too no matter how busy or profitably engaged they may be. I willnow make my congee to the above "skeleton," and to my audience, reserving general items for next time. Tout a vous, J. T. 1. For the Advertiser. TO "LIQUOR DEALER." Sin: In consequence of absence from home I did not have the opportunity of perusing your flagrantly wicked and blasphemously immoral communication addressed to me through the Adcertiser till this day. This, I hope, will account for my apparent delin quency in replying to you: yet I assure you that were it not for the editorial suggestion, I should treat you with that silent contempt and scorn which scur rility and low billingsgate deserve, having been taught fron toy earliest childhood that " he who lies down with dogs must get up with deas." You think my article has done and will do more harm than good, yet you say that " it is true, every word of it, and more too." I am really sorry that you have sunk so deep into the pit of moral depravity and degradation is to believe that the heralding of the truth, and even proclaiming it with trumpet blast will ever do more harm than good. Speaking the truth is always unpalatable to the depraved and carnal mind, but it is mighty and will prevail. You umanifest an extraordinary itching to make public your views upon theological questions, and intimate your doubts of the existence of a " personal devil." I ame not so entirely lost to all sense of pro priety as to addre.s you upon a subject of this kind, being assured, as I am from the complexion of your article that it would be spending time and worls foolishly and unprofitably; but I hope I may be allowed to say, in all proper courtesy and respect, that whatever may have leen my convictions hereto fore, your communication leaves "not a loop to hang a doubt upon," and is in itself " confirmation strong" of the existence of such a being. I am not surprised however that you have douhts upon this subject, for your practice is consistent with your faith. I cannot see, friend, how you can admit the truths stated in my last article and still eontinue in the ne farious traillick unless it be that your conscucne is entirely obliterated or composed of India-rubber ma terials. You say that the laws of South Carolina are your rule of morals. I disclaim theum for mine. The Bible, that book of books, that has withetoodl the mu. tations of time, and the vile attempts of Tenm Paine, Voltaire, Rosseau, Hume, and a host ojf others, and in these latters days of such silly babblers and1 scoff ing fool: as your article shows you to be-that Bible is my rule, is moy standard of mopals. Ant I then a Seward man ? I glory in it: - Am I then an aboli tionist? Yes, if it be of yrog shop. and drunkard makers, I anm an abolitionist of the deepest die and sternest woof. You talk of morals, and rules of mnor ala! You, who are in the eyes and qstimiation of every noble-huarted, pure-minded, upright mean a murderer, a subvcrter of every good, and the fell destroyer of the peace and haippiness of families and, nations. Think of the sins yo'n have comniitted and still commit, and unless you will ease to go on with your hell-born depradations, cease at least for con sistency's sake to harp of mo'rals and moral law. I read somcwherc (probably in the Adcertiser) not long since an article purp~orting to be the statistics of the evils of intemperance which you have caused. I cannot refrain from arraying the facts before you, and asking you as a friend, for the sake of suffering humanity, to pomnder, consider them well. The stat tistical account alluded' to, sluted (I quote from in uem ory) that of 700 childlren phrosecutedl andl punishied for erimes, about 400 were tihe offs~pring (of intemi-erate fathers. Thus you sen that you not only enrnpt the parents, but likewise through them the children lby what is termedi hereditary' transnission , . . pon the principle of "like b'-gets like." Again, <-f 200t maniacs in insane hospitah' 4t00, actordinig to the tes timony of their own fri'uma's, were made so lby dlrink ing liquor ; and their physicians gave it as their oipin ion that moay of the rest wereo indebtedl to the samoa cause for their misfoirtune. Of 7'0 persons foundl dead in the woods, in fence corners. along the highways, in gullies and elsewhere 653 were sa.id to have becen drunk ards, What think you ? Have you any conscienoc? Do you wish to b'e fit to live in an enlightened, Chris tie:n country ? You ntever will beo till you see'k somec 'ourut emaployment. I had, a short time since, a letter from a neicala friend in Florida, who writes that during his short prati:e o'f ten mionthis in that country, he has had many esses of patients afflicted with the worst dis eases that "flesh is heir to," such as scirrhus of the liver and spleen, dropsies, apoplexy, gout, &c., ate., which he entertains not the least doubt were pro duced, or greatly aggravated by drinking yoiur "dam nalel liquor." Further: You cannot be just to your country whoce laws you seem to be so scrupulous of, aend con tiue in the traffliek. You see you create maniacs: the State is at an expense to take care: of them. You rob the widtow and orphan of their support: they are carried to the alms house and there the State or Dis trict has to furnish their wants. You cause men to commit crimes: the State is at an expense, and tno little expense, to bring them to justice. You put your country to all this expense and you douhle, and more than double the money paid for the liquor which in your hands has wrought this suffering rand expense, and with thoe exception of a pittance for license, a mere drop in the ocean, yen pay nothing toward the debt incurred by the State. These facts cry daily to the legislative assembly of our country to enact some law prohibitory of the retailing ardent spirts by the pint or drink. So long as the Legisla ture allows our Town Councils to grant license, just so long they will be expected to do it; and it will be right if their several communities whom they repre sent desire it. I know you speak truth when you say that your bject is to make money, and that too irrespetive of morals, religion, "Ipurity of society," and everything also. Hence, I feel the greater necessity for reform ad proper legislative enactments. I must now close. But I must inform you ere I ake my heave, that my aim is to continue, feebly I cow, to combat the tramfick of ardent spirits; and f I can I will drive you (hi'luor dealing) off the face f the earth. You acknowledge you know you are rong, and the Scriptures say, " He that knoweth ny will and doeth it nut shall he beaten with many tripes" Knowing the wrong you do, and still per-1 isting, will augment your condemnation. I shall continue to pray for you and your unhappy ieims. I know not whether there be a future state f punishment or not. Some good men think there a ; others as good think there is not. But he that asa may, good men of either class, will, I vouch for it, ioarest friend I have on earth has doubts of a future lell, but that same friend has no doubts that you and hose who follow the same calling are a cure to the -ountry, and a foe to all that is pure and upright. Farewell, "LiQcoa DsAuLan." Farewell, my sin ting friend ! Ponder well your course! Remember the way of the. transgressor is hard." If I shall evcr boar from you again, I shall pray that you turn from your evil way, and will meet me in heaven. Truly, S. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEPIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1858. RULES THAT MUST IN FUTURE SE OBSERVED. All advertisements from this date, not amounting to more than $10, must be paid for in advance. Merchants and others advertising by the year, will be required to settle every six months. No paper will be sent out of the District unless paid for in advance. All letters on business connected with the Office, to receive prompt attention, must be addressed to the "Edgefield Adrertiser." To these rules we will rigidly adhere. Therefore, take notice and act accordingly. MASONIC LECTURE. The Master of Concordia Lodge, No. 50, A. F. M., requests us to say, that the Rev. Mr. Pic.rTT will de liver a lecture before that Lodge on Saturday evening, the 13th instant,-subject, "The Esoteric Ethics of the Master Mason." Brethren of neighboring Lodges are invited to attend. Lecture to commence at 7 o'clock, P. M. SECOND WEEK OF COURT--TRIAL OF G. D. TILLMAN, ESQR. The Spring Term for Edgefield was concluded yes. terday, after a very cold but not otherwise unpleasant session. The trial of 0. D. TII.My. Esqr., occupied Monday and a large portion of Tuesday. Ilis case was in the hands of a most intelligent jury. Messrs. SPANN and GARY ably and eloquently advocated his cause. The State was represented by Solicitor Owas in a man ner highly creditable to that gentleman. The conduct of all concorned was decorous and guarded, as became the importance of the ease. The jury, after an absenco of near six hours, re turned with a verdict of guilty of Manslaughter. ADMUSEMENT OF THE WEEK. Another exhibition ofrers -itself to our community this week. It is that of a very remarkable musical genius known as "BIN Tom." He will be assisted by Mr. lirrr, of Augusta, on his eight-stringed vio lin. The entertaniment is attractive-so said to be by those who have witnessed it. We know Mr. IIETT by reputation. lie is considered by our Augusta friends an excellent performer. Of the blind prodigy, the Angusta Distpatch (capital authority) speaks as follows: MtIV:AL PnyNour.os.--We feel safe in pronoun. cing the blind '.my, now performing at Masonic Hall, the most wonderful phenomnon in the world. That a little blind negro, without instruction or tuition of any kind should be able to accomplish in music what the finest artists in the world would find impossible, is, to aay the least, remarkable. We do not wish to be understood as intimating that Tox's performance on the piano is perfect, or even extraordinary in itslf -but we do suy that, isken in connection with all the circumstances, it is most wonderful. We saw somae things last night which must be seen to lie believed. Mr. Andrew .Hett, a most excellent violinist of our city, was present, and performed--in connection with his baud--a number of difficult polkas, waltzes and other pieces. Among them was an exceedingly ditficult German air, which Ton bud never heard before. After sonme little hesitation, he went to thae piano and played it-not perfectly, of coure-but hatter than nine tenths of the finest mu sicians couhal have done on first trial. After the lapse of half an hour, he was again called on for the piece, and without hesitation played it much better than at first. Noiw, this we consider wonderful. It was remarka ble that the boy should have played so difficult a piece tho first timue, after having heard it but otne, and it was still more wonderful that he was able to p'lay it instantly aftei having heard and. played a number of other things calculated to confuse his mind. We repeat it, thiat such another wonder is not to be found ia the world, andl those of our citizens who do not go to see hiin will miss a treat of no ordinary character. MORE ENOWV. Again on Monday last were our spring prospects taken aback by another "cold snap." In thelanguage of " old Toney " "first it blew, And then it enerec, and then it fria." OUR CORRESPONDENTS. "3. T. 1." draws a rich sketch of "New York Boarding H{ouses."-truthful too as a daguerreotype. His letters are very pleasant,-far abiove ordiniary in both matter andl muaner. "l'P.Nrro" gives someo interesting Washington items. Mark what he anys of seward. If "P'A. xxrro' suriauises correctly,-(uand ho enan see fur himn self as well as thu next nman)-we may look for sonie strange de~veblpments at Washington befoire the 'ides of March 'are. passedi. (We nmust ask "P'.ie'mrro," utha inie, to stsart his letters at little svoner~ each week. If lhe wouldl maail themia so as to reach Auguista suundiy, we wanuld ge: t hem maoanday. Wednesday is too hnte for the issue. or tihe current week.) P...We re;;ret to :add that by some unaccoaunta b triek oif b.:'at ack~, "P.u.xi:'rro'm" letter haas bieen miph:cd uiaai we h:ave been unnblle nis yet ton bay hands uapaon it. 'The dlevelopaments we ailnldo to aboive havo referecec tao the p~rabillty of ecena Soard yo jang1 for Aauaaa' a' Lciauo,,puo. The indicationi wounld sem t'o be, thaat the nrehi.nbtolitio~nist finds the tide, turing nanin.--t haim :at home. ILUSSELL'S MAGAZINE. Thea Marcia nauamber is received, which is the oanly numbeaair we have .-een this year. We 'lao nt regard it entirely etaal ton somec of its precurso'rs oft lads year. Stil, it is quite respaectable.. The geneia atmerims of the Ma.gazine are ghlliy recognizedl by the frienids of a Sout~hern Literature,-by none moare thian lay our selves'. It hias no'w comletelkd its first anuaal course, and is paronounmalced a eumccss. This~ is gractifyinag. May it deserve taia receive tuniversel eiaeourageament alt the hands of the people of our section. It. is srnid that thec coming volumei will be graced lay rich contribu tions from scame of theo most able and classic penas of the Soauth. We doubt naot thcat each sueeding ama ber will grow more and more complete in all its fea.. tures. We again ask our literar-y readers to subscribe for "Rtussell." Will you still refuse to foster this ad mirable effort to estalish an elegant Literary Miaga zine in youir own State ? We beg that you will not. THE FItENC5I CLASSES. All desirous of taking advantage of Mr. Moarut'a. na's instruction in the modern languages are request ed to give their names at onace to thatgentleman. who is staying at the Carolinta inotel. His course of in struction will begin next week. OUR FEM~ALE INSTITUTE. This institutions is now opened and in progress. Reference i5 asked to the advertisement for details as to studies, prices &c. The teachers employed come highly recommuended. 'The arrangements of the achool are comnplete. And now that Spring is likely 'on to act in with its balmy and inspiriting influen. ses, we hope to see young ladies flocking to the In titute fronm all sides. TIlE EVENING NEWS. This poplular Charleston journal, already excellent its conduct and facilities, has been much improved eently ini the typographical department. gg A beautiful silver cake-basket was presented Mrs. AuousvA RAntosdi, late of this village, by a umber of her attached pupile,--an affectionate and ppropriate testimonial to a lady whiohas commandedl e universal esteem of our community. The basket aars this inscription: MRS. AUG USTA RAYMOND, FRolf usa Edgefleld Pupil., 1858. -mThe Mobile Evening Newcs acknowledges the eeoption of a mess of Irighb potatoes, of this season's ultivation. They are rather a " forward sort" of pieo TIE PROSPECT POLITICAL-UCONTINUED. In continuation of our, article of lastt week upon this subject, we proceed to remark, secondly, that the American Confederation is in no immediate danger of dissolution. In 1833 a violent issue was made by the State ol South Carolina, which many men solemnly regarded as " the beginning of the end" of our Feberal Union i But the storm passed over, the waves subsided, and a peaceful adjustment speedily gave quiet to the country and postponed the evil day. In 1851, not South Carolina only, but Mirsissipp and Virginia also, were upon the eve of action, wit a view to a disruption of the Confederacy; And agair the excitement of the day was allayed by the calu counsers of moderate men; Virginia receded Brit Mississippi next, and lastly the Palmetto State. Both of these periods of danger were marked s: actual, outstanding grievances. Both were brough about not only for the, ealvation of a principle bu fur the preservation of positive good. Yet the genin of the Republic restrained the rage of the politica tempest in either crisis, holding up before her chil dren the olive-loaf of conciliation to tempor thei animosities and dissipate their differences. Again, in 1856, arose another quarrel, and orator in Congress told us of the cloud that hung ove Kansas, with blood-red border, and "surcharge with all the elements of destruction." That cloud like its predecessors of '33 and '51, is rapidly disap pearing before the sun-light of American Conserve tism; And in a few days, it may be, the country wil again be relieved fromasay prominent distractinj issue. Thus has the Union withstood repeated shocks c great violence, and by each one of them its perms nency has been signally strengthened; Because, b; ill of them the Government has been improved an made more acceptable -to the honest men of ever section. The extreme actors in each of these period of political exeitementhave been instruments of go to the country at large. They have been, in trutt the real preservors of the American Union. Th Nulliliers of '33, the Secessionists of '51, and th Southern Democrats of the present day, have don more for the perpetuity of American Institution than all other parties of the last half-century. I was the bold stand of the Nullifiers, that checked th tendency of the Federal Government to Centralirs tion at a period when the doctrine of State Righl was ignored or forgotten by three fourths of the pec ple of the United States,-that opened the eyes the country to the enormitios of the (then) " Ameri can System" of taxation,-and that gave rise to th healthful reaction in that important branch of Fed eral Legislation, which. has ever since been slowl but steadily on the increase. -It was the threatene action of the Secessionists of the South, controlle and restrained though they were by the caution an forbearance of their brethren, that first awoke tb solid property.holders and patriotic statesmen of th North to the necessity .of crushing out the power 4 Abolitionism in their section,-and (what is bette still) which prevented the more moderate party ( the Southern States from taking any lower groun than the one which was deliberately announced b Georgia, now known to.the country as the " Georgi Platformn," and which is understood to be the politics ultimatum of the Southern people. It is the unfinel ing and united front presented by the Southern Dem( crats of this day, beyond all question, which has n< only ruled the country's choice of a President, Li which has impressed the justice of our Souther cause upon the masses of the North to an extent thi caninot fiail to work out tho overthrow of fanaticisi and the triumph of the Constitution. It would thus appear that the Union has a vitalit which our political dissensions have not thus far in paired. On the contrary, those dissensions havei their results increased that vitality, by impartingi the body politic a more hiealthful tone, and a spirit justice nearer akin to thaat in which the Constitutit of the Union had it~s conception. Judging then 11 that safest guide, the "latnp of experience," it is log cal to conclude, not olfthait the Confederacy is in s imamediute danger of (issolution, hut that it willg on strengthening, and o- strengthen, until it ese indeed become the great"' fixed fa hich its foum ders designedi it o bejFe -'y ,' having been Nullifier in '33 and a Secessionist in '51, and heir now a Disunionist upon the Kansas issue of ti present hour. Our reasoning is, that the philosopl of the Republic's safety is to be founid in these e: treme types of political watchfulness. Had the: been no Nullifiers in '33i and no Secossionists in '5 there might not have been existant, now, that conse: v.tive Democracy before whose gallant banners ti enemies of the Constitution are at this moment quai ing; in dismay. It is the turbulenit issues that ha1 hmeen rmniscd by the fiery spirits of tihe Union duris the past thirty years, which have kept the ship Staite high up on the free wave of progress; Anid I long as ivo continue to wrangle for the right and ri: up imm arms ais it were against tihe wrong, so long wi there be a safe lodgument for the hopes of freedo; untder the flag of the Union. Ilut there are other lights by which we discern tI truth of our propmosition, in addition to those whic spa:rklea frmn the lamip of exporience. They are he foud ini thme assured excellence of our Feder Conrstitution, in the still glowing ties of our Rlevohi tionairy H istory, in the prided greatness of the Amer can namime, and, last but not least, in the all-prevai ing motive of self-interest. Theseoare the influenme thamt womuldh the umoderate men in periods of great e:i citemnent. It is needless to enlarge upon them her, Every reader will appreciato their force. Suffice to say, tha~t they aru real, operative influenes, whie have roldl ,ud will tell, and ought to tell to a certai extemnt, uponm the fate of the American Union. TlI 1ma-t mne we m<-numerto may perhaps be excepted froi thi- nummmenanm'tion ; But the others are such as pm triots iy feel without reproach and yield to largel withm comlewnation. Each one of them is a ligs memt omf union between the people of the differers sectionus, which no American statesman will leave ot; of tihe estimmate in calculating the future fate of I counitry. Shisli we he told that the views we here express mr singulamrly tirmd, when the Alabamaand Texas Leg il;,tures hamve just passed prospecto-disunion resolvei and when time halls of Congress are answering bmne these demonsetrations in terms of sternest purport We reply, that these very facts contribute to assur us that the liepubmlic will suffer no detriment. Nin cheers to thmose gallant States for what they hay done !Amid thanks to the Southern omen in Congres who have bshitly bucked their unflinching constitun eies ! It is only necessary that Disunion shall star the American people fully in the face, to make thor shako off time nmanneles of prejudice and partyism, ani return to thme faith of their fathers. Let the excite ment grmmw higher still, if it must. It is all for th best. There is safety in the storm. If nothing lea will do, let disunion begin to take effect. "Once be gun," it woay be said, " and it will never stop." W must be permitted to think differently. Its progres would he over the prayers of Northern conservative as well as the recantations of Northern fanatics ; Am if we do not reckon erroneously upon the amagnanimi ty of our section, time result would be a restoration e the Government upon firmer grounds than it ha< ever before occupied. But nothing of the kind is now to be apprehended Time right ii triumphing without this dread ordeal Kansas will he admitted as she should be. The goes men of the country are all aroused to the danger tha threatens. And our 'prospect political' bids fair ti brighten henceforward at every step. "DE GALS." Hear what Julius Cear Hannibal, of the Nei York P'lek, says upon this interesting subject: " I hab always in my lire found de gals to be fusi in lumb, fuist ini a quarrel, feat in de dance, fust in di ice-cream saloon, and de feat, best and de last in de sick roonm! What would we peer fellers do widoul dew? Let us be horn as young, as ugly, and ashelp. lss as we please, and woman's arms am ready to re. eie us; she it am who puts close 'pon our helpless, naked limbs, and cubbers up our footses and teeses in long flannel petticoats; and It am she who, as we grow up, fills our dinner basket wid doughnut. and apples as we start to school, and licks us when wetear our trowsers." fi A Western Exchange says: "By an accurate neasrment lately made, the Mississippi River is as. ortinmed to he 3,224 feet, or, a little more than hall HOWARD H. CALDWELL We have received a neat collection of poems, the offspring of this young gentleman's muse, and propose to glance at one of them briefly. Mr. CALDWELL is a native of South Carolina, a son of the late Chancellor CALDWaLI,, a graduate of the South Carolina College, a practitioner at Law (at least until recently) in Columbia, and a man highly es teemed for his purity of character and social excel lencies. It is further claimed for him, that his name deserves a place on the roll of America'@ poets. To substantiate this claim, two volumes are "in evi denco,"-the first having appeared several years sine' i under the title of "Oliatta and other Poems;" the other is the collection now before us, and commencing with a production bearing the peculiar appellation of " Tut STAR OF SUtCIDE." Presuming this poem to occupy pretty much the same relation to its compan ions which an Editor's Leader does to his other articles of the same issue, we shall ecan it somewhat closely to see whether the author is correot in giving it this po. I aition of precedence. . We find that upon our first reading of this poem we r made the brief annotation: " Good in the main." As we are a firm believer in first impressions, especially i in the article of poetry, we shall let 'that decision stand for the present. If after looking further we I can say more, it will afford us sincere pleasure to do so. , The Star of Suicide" purports to be the reverie - of a melancholy and rather misanthropic dreamer. He - is leaning upon his pillow on a dreary winter night, I and the flame of his lamp Is just dying in its socket, as the poem opens. The dreamer is reminded by the circumstance of " Death," and ponders f 1"many a faded dream of old When Faith confided in all Hope had told," until at length his restless eyes, as wandering as his thoughts, are caught by a gleam of starlight, and afar, I"upon the sullen arch of night," he sees " old Saturn a shining thro' the hazy air." Saturn, then, is the "star of suicide." A train of sad reflections crosses the mind of the poet-muser as ho gazes upon that "chilly orb on the verge of creation." He mourns the "folded wings of "Love and Hope," sorrowfully re calls a time when innocence and the charms of an 2 early home were his, and feelingly paints the deca dence one by one of all the joys of his life. And then an earnest longing to be borne away to "some celestial clime," takes possession of his soul and " throbs with his blood." His wish is mysteriously - gratified. Angel hands seem to bear him up to this "Star of Suicide." He there finds the suicides of all time "seattered far and wide" upon its "shadowy e slopes,"-from Ajax and Cato, of old, down to Chat terton and North, of modern days. Chattorton at once becomes the prominent person of the drama. H lie upraids the "unhappy dreamer," for essaying to j exchange earth and salvation for this dismal home of a the pallid and wan victims of Despair. The dreamer e replies with bitter complainings against his over 0 fowing cup of misery, and with fretful strictures upon f his fellow-mortals, their vain show of piety and hol r low form of devotion. Chatterton rejoins, and the f 'converse strange' is thus continued until the sceptic's a sickly fancy begins to recover from its errors; and y soon his terrestrial home once more stands out before a his vision in its true value. It is here that his moni I tor points him to alight stealing thro'a high casement . far off on earth. It reveals a maiden at her prayers. . The dreamer's name is upon her suppliant lip. It is , for him she prays. Ecstasy rushes through his veins. He is himself again. Faith, and Love, and Hope, re. turn to his soul. And, to make a short story shorter, t the kneeling maiden is now the bride of the happy n dreamer,-dreamer no more, but a trustful, humble Christian and a lover of all humanity for the sake of that sweet maiden and her blessed influences. ySuch is the simple, original, and rather pleasing nplot, around which Mr. CAtDwxN.L has woven a web .of poesy containing many pretty conceits and well. turned periods. n We quote the third stanza,-the one which follows yup the drenmer's first view of Saturn: ." The star of suicide, old SATURn stood Alone upon the sullen arch of Night: A strange emotion, throbbing with my blood, 0 Swept all my soul to that i~im distant light; I -Might my tired spirit wing its airy light To that far region, some celestial clime ? Like a caged eagle, in this realm of blight a She longs to flee away from earth's dull slime, g And clap her wings aloft, in heavenward flight e sublime !" y This Is not unlike Tuonts GRAY, whether as te pu. -rity of style, or skill in reaching a climax at the right - time, viz: upon the lengthened cadence of the con , cluding line. The three next stanzas are all decidedly good; we have only roome for the last of them, illus. ec trating the gradual fading away of the hopes and - joys of life: e "As in that season when the church recalls g The wonful sufferings of the incarnate Son, f The lights arc quenched at solemn intervals, ''Till, at a pause, the altar-lights alone Shine on the gloom, then, even they are gone; e Mine eyes had seen the lights of life to fade, I1 In the heart's holiest place, c'en,--one by one, a 'Till aill the structure did thick gloom invade And sighs alone were hcardl, sobbed from the dismal shade ! e The 8th stanza is the one which takes the dreames h up to the "stasr of suicide: " Mcthousght that angel-bands now bore me up il Thr"' the dusk air, an'd to that star we hied, -Where wandering freely thsro' the shadowy slope .The Suicides were scatteredl fnr aund wide ; H ern Ajnx stood by grauve sl Cato's side, ~Iscariot, Pilate, Saul and Samnson hsere s Talked with Calypso and the hapless bride -Of Caspancus; and hiero fosllowed nsear SSappho and Dido ; Portia, Arria, bravo as fair." lie sees various other unfosrtunates, and at length h meets Chasttertona and North, who are introduced by the followinig f,'rrible lines : e " All these and more ; and now two fluures came Pallid andI wan, andi crowned with old Despair; The wondrosus Chatterton. ansd he whose fame Is yet to rie,. a star of Pride and Fear, y U'nhnsppy North ! in this far-distant sphere .Slave of the Lamp, now, nevermore for aye:' t lit in their eyes this gleam of madtness clear Sh,,ne like a flash of lightning that from high t Flits thro' the sombre clouds, then leaves to gloom s .the sky!" Stanzas 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th we 5 have marked "very good." Four of these we must - make place for. They occur in the course of the dis Ieussion between the "lost spirit " and the heart-sick Cdenizen of earth: DnEXAM5ER. a " Where, tell me where, lost Spirit ! may I find e His voice, His living siraches, Ihis Faith ? e Are not earth's nsillions to 1lim deaif and blind Andl madly plunginsg to eternal dessih? 11Where is the Light, thu aunceint record saith - In Urim and in Thtummins doth abide ? eWhere is the royal P'riesthood ? has the breath Fled frosm the Church, Ihis Rody ?--all hsas died Save Dogma~s and vain forms with churchmen's stilted " I wandered one fair Saubbath to a church,' And filled with childhood's memories, sat me down: A gay and motley throng from font to porch -Jowed, whispered, jostled ; gave the smile or frown; Anoni, the glorious music 'rose to drown The gidldy noisuj; then curious rites wero said, English and* tin, many a listening clown Listened in vain ; meanwhile, his haughty head IThe priest averted, turned his hack; 'twas soulless, dead !" r ~ CIATTBRToN. I" Wild dreamer !" cried the poet, "that old priest Yout saw but halt; for when the crowd was gone, In his long robe of solemn mourning drest, He stretched himsself in prayer, and all alone Before the awful Presence which there shone Clear to hi. eyes from cut the mantling shade, There did he pray and make his heartfelt moan, "God ! oh my God ! is it my doom," he said, To toil, pray, preach, yet save no sinner from the dead ?" DnEAKEL " Thank Heaven !" I said, "for that one earnest man ! I tell thee, poet, as the echoes fell On our first parents' ears, when they began To quit the Garden and to feel Farewell, E'en sadly thus, the parting tones would swell As with my Faith I quitted company! But in this world do not all mortals dwell Like one who in some ancient church doth see Such light as painted glss and shadows let to be ?" This discussion continues, until (as we have before said,) the sceptical visitor beeomes aonvineed of his sinful delusions, and finds himself ready to return, a wiser, a better, and a happier man, to his sablnnary domieil. Of the arguments adduced by the ghost of Chatterton to combat those delusions, the strongest one, doubtless, was that which revealed the distant The poem concludes with the following exquisite trib ute to this "ministering asngel." It is touchingly sweet-a worthy Anale to a composition in many re spects creditable to its talented and tasteful author: " She who knelt there is now my gentle bride; And one by one, those visions of unrest Exorcisod by her voice, have led and died, And pristine calm my dreaming hours hath blest. For in her heart-each One a constant guest, Faith, Love, and Hope their blessings do dispense, To chase all shadows from her guileless breast; And armed with these, Affection cometh thence To conquer all my gloom with godlike innocence !" We append a few criticisms for the author's eye, and hope he will take them as the (merely suggestive) hints of a friend: Stanza 2.-The 6th and 7th lines are inartistieally connected with what precedes them. tanza 6.-Line sixth. "Mine eyes had seen the lights of life to fade." Could not something be sub stituted for the words in italics which would relieve the line of that objectionable proposition ? Is not such a defect enough indeed to call for the remodel ling of the entire line, if need be ? Stan:a 7.-Line ArSL A syllable too much. Of course the auther's ear told him this. It may seem right to him. To our ear, it begins the line too jumpingly. Stanza 8.-" Of Capaneus; and Hero followed near," Ac. Is it right, in English, to render the Greek dipthong in one syllable ? Stanza 11.-The latter part of it approaches, too nearly, the blasphemy attributed to Job's wife. Stanza 18.-Lines, fifth and sixth, are obscure. This may be owing to the incorrect punctuation of the printer, too much of which is apparent in this otherwise handsome little volume. Line ninth. " Indignant itshould break," is by no menus so appropos of disappointed friendship, as of despairing patriotism. (See Moore's "Harp that once thro' Tara's halls.") Even in the instance of Casar and Brutus, the great master represints his hero as overcome by grief rather than indignation. The treachery of Brutus "quite sanguished" him. le gave the false friend no glance of scorn or anger, but, "in his mantle muffling up hie face, Great Casar fell." The historical et ta Brute, also, expresses reproach only,-not resentment. Stanza 19.-The four first lines contain, to our view, an anti-climax, and certainly can be amended by Mr. CALDWaLL'S evident good taste. Stanza 20.-Lacking in perspicuity. Stanza 21.-" Maddening thrill" is objectionable in this connection. "Wakening thrill," two lines below, is better. Their Immediate apposition injures the effect of both. But we are not disposed to be critical. Our regret is that we have not space to give fuller specimens of Mr. CALDwaLL's new bantling. Of the other poems in the volume, we may have something to say here after. In the mean time, we commend this little book to the reader as one well worthy a place in the poeti cal nook of his library. ALWAYS ACCURATE. The Charleston Courier recently announced that the :nother of MisS EZLA LooAN had died in Savan nah; and two or three days thereafter the Savannah Morning Ne-s added, that the said lady had departed with her daughter for Cincinnati and was much im proved since reaching her home. WHO IS HE As sharp scenting seems to be growing fashionable in South Carolina Journalism, we beg to call the Carolinian's attention to the subjoined anecdote (as published in that paper the other day) and to ask whether it was NOAN, or DANraE, WREstRa, who ex pressed himself to "the performers" in such select English: "On one occasion, ata rehearsal, Webster said to the performsers, "I am very sorry you take so much trouble." "No, not at all," was the reply. "Yes," he added, "hut I say yes-dat is for why you take de trouble to sing so many notes dat are not In de nook."" Who, and where, is this musical Webster? TRIACKERAY'S "VIRGINIANS." We mentioned, before this, that the Southern Lite rary Jfeeager -had taken.Mr- TazacraRAr.to task for his liberties with the name of George Washing ton. The New York Xirror also demurs to this fea ture of " The Virginians :" "The continuation of Mr Thackersy's story of the Virginians is elever and yet we cannot help object. ing to his introduction of Washington into his plot, in the style in which it is done. This sacred character is brought to an equality with two young boys on a Virginia plantation, and is actually made to come off second best in several domestic scenes of the most common place description. He is represented as a prefane, irascible person, and a duelist. Hands off, Mr. Thackeray, abuse your four Georgos as you like, but let ours alone I" SPURGEON'S PREACHING. Amid the general enconmiuma lavished upon thie extraordinary preacher and lis pulpit performances, an occasional thrust of censure Is administered, which is perhaps wcll enough if but to remind his enthausi astic admirers that their paragon is at last but a man. He is reported to have said, in allusion to Dr. Dick's wiah that he mnight spend an eternity in wandering from stair to star: " For me," let it be my lot to pursue a more glern ens study. My choice shall be this: Ishall spend 5000 years in looking into the wound in the left foot of Christ. and 5s000 years in looking into the wound in the right foot of Christ, and 10.000 years in looking into the wound in the right handl of Christ, and 10, 000 years more in looking into the wound in the left handl of Christ, and 20,000 years in looking into the wound in his side." We unite with a cotemporary in asking, " is this religiosn ?" MISCEL.LANEOUS ITEMS. g" "S~Axu's" request will receive due attention newt weck. W T. A. Burke, Esq., late of the Augusta Dis patch, has become connected with the Savannah Mor ning News. ESP See the advertisement of Messrs. A 3. PaL. ramn AL Co., Hamburg. They invariably keep on hand a fresh and genuine stock of Drugs, Medicines, de. g7 The Savannah .lornieay Xews, of March 4th, says: " At the election for Mayor and Councilmen, which took place in Brunswick, on the 1st instant, C. W. Syr.ss, for Mayor, received seventy-eight votes, andl the opposing candidatc, JA xes HousvoN, seventy six. The contest between the Councilmen was nearly as close. All but two of the Smveas, or " Conserva tive," ticket were elected, the highest leading his op ponent only six votes." a'v The steamer Pelican and nine hundred and eigty-four bales of cotton were entirely destroyed by fire on the 24th of February, near the mouth of the Arkansas river. gg The Wauhington Uynions offeially announces the appointment by the President of J. P. M. Epping, of South Carolina, to be consul of the United State. at Elsinore, in Denmark. 3w W. R. Dickinson, Postmaster at Compromise, Hikman county, Ky., committed suicide a few days since, by taking opium. p3' The annual exercises of the Georgia Medical College were closed on the first inst. The following gentlemen from this State received the Degree of K. D.: J. W. Lowman, A. J. Speer, T. A. Power, Patrick Todd, P. L. Blakely, J. B. Hlarvley, 11. C. Edmund, J. S. Smith, L. W. Traylor, S. A. Tomkias, and J. D. Patton. W The Weekly Missinsippian has the following Item from a gentleman in Washington city, which it considers reliable: "I have just returned from a second trip to Kansas. Set.it down as a fixed fact that if she is admitted un der the Lecompton Constitution, she will be perma ently a slave State." pr A subscriber, living in Sumter county, (says the Ocala, Fla., " Home Comepanion,") sends us a part of a corn tassel, taken from the farm of CoL J: M. Hanson, on Lake Griffn, and states that he will F we roasting ears in March. pe-Punek varies an old proverb thus: "IR-ls the last tune on the hardy-gurdy that gets the player's bead broken." $7* Hon. Edward Everett Is expected in Charles ton, where he will deliver his lecture on Waijington. He will be the gnat af Mr. adon of tho Couie .W lion. Daniel S. Dickinson, of New Yrj, has written a stronlg, manly aid-ptritiletter up0s the Kansas conroversy, siding boldly with the Ad--' ministration ani the South. M1 Hon. Lucius Q. C. Lamar, of Missssiss - dulivered the best speech, thus far,-of the..preskt Congreusional Session. JA-Judge O'Neall has met with aie s e nii t on the Unionand Spartanburg railroad. - i ijries, we are happy to state, are not eonsidered dangareus. The accidont occured from the munning-of , a ear wheel. p.'- Hon. James H. Hammond is daily expeedo ,ake his debut on the door of the Senate. IV Mr. Pierce, Secretary of Legation at the Rus sian Court, has returned to the United States. - .m% It is stated that Queen Victoria, wheni iir summer residence at Balmoral, is aecstomed.taliit the cottagers, who call her "Mistress Albert," and feel quite at home with her. There is not a family-whem - she or some member of her household have not sup plied with the Bible when they have been dsiltute4f it, while uhe also distributes many of theTract Soeie ty's publications. Good Queen Vie! - & They are talking in England of allowing Mr. Albert (now Prince Consort) to be called King Having had issue by the Queen, he is tenant by cour tesy of her Kingdom. Such at least is the London Court Jurnal's application of the old law of-Beiry VII. _1- The piano, violin, metal harmonieon and eas. tanets, mike up a very good little Ingleside band. Try it. fif-We here say to the Abbeville Banner, that we do claim "Coumu.r." as our own poetical rose-bud. I The Peirtet and Jfountaineer makes a strong appeal to the citizens of Greenville on the subject of the Southern Central Baptist College proposed to be established by that denomination. Greenville is to be the location of this infisturo seminary provided one hundred thousand dollars are contributed to its en dowment in South Carolina. The Patri feas this sum will not berased unless Greenville speedily makes up tier $25,006 to that end. Henee the urgency of the appeal. We really think that in enusideration of. the great adygtages in prospective, she ought to s cure the whole $100,000 withouta momentshestain. gW A number of farmers in Edgeield have beea caught by March, still sowing spring oats. For the Advertiser. A CARD. Mn. Emoa: An impression has gome abroad tie I am about to lease this District, to avail myself of the advantages of a lucrative partnership in my profes sion, offered me in other Distriets. - I am not yet determined to remove fro Edgeeld and I shall certainly not-go away withtut lafofming my clients and friends of the fact many months be. fore my departure. I may bo pardoned for saying, that it is hard for me to sever the ties which bind me to my early and steadfast acquaintances and associates, and to dissolve my connection with the spot of my nativity, and the home of my affections. I think I am now in condition to be more deveted to the business of supporters, and the duties of life, than I have ever been before: For high and holy reeponsibilities impo!e a delightful obligation upon me which it shall be my pride and glory, right here, most punctilliously to discharge. Respectfully, JOSEPH ABNEY. A PRINTER IN LVCI-GEORGIA A LVCYPMLC. Lately there was a young English printer, named Henry Floyd, engaged on the Savannah Georgian, and a few days ago he sailed frem~avannah for Eag. land having received the welcome news that he was - - heir to an estate of ?40,000, about $300,0 a sum much to be desired in "hard times." ThuIs not a.~ luckier turn in the wheel of fortnne than thsit whh?. happened to an American typo sometime since. He B had tried his luck at almost eveisyhing, and was about - - to despair, when the happythought'strudi hims he might draw -a prise. ~Aeeordi g- h's pierchad a ticket in S. Swank Co's legalised4otsegygsi&I iJ'~ every Saturday at Augusta,"G., and'dre'wthcs cia.. prize of $40,000. The nort draing -4tes'liilant prospects, as the eapital prise ist $7S,000.' Tiekets $10, 6 and 2&, which entitles the holder to the wh31e or a proportionate share in any prize that he draw... MTEE FROM EVI0PE. - AIVAL OF THE STEAMER ZIUROPA. '~ Nuw Yoau, March 6th. -- The British and North American Royal Mail Steamship Europa, Captain John Leitch,-has arrived with Liverpool accounta to Saturday, February 20. . LuvTEI'oo'L, Feb. 20. CoxxEuc:AL.-The sales for the week ending Thursday evening, Feb. 18, were 68,600 bales, of which speculators took 12,500 and exporters 6, 500 bales, leaving to the trade 50,600 bales. The market opened unsettled and excited at an ad vance of id., and closcd quiet, but firm. The following are the quotations: Fair Orleans ild., Middling 71d.; Fair Mobile 7*d., Middling 7td.; Fair Uplands 7}d., Mid dlingi7t. The stock on hand in Liverpool is 230,000 bales, of which 116,000 is Amernean. LiIaroLr GENERAL MARKET.-Flour is re. ported very dull, and quotations barely main tained. Wheat quiet. Corn dull, and white declined 1@2s..' . quarter. Sugar quiet. Rice steadty. Rosin firm at 4s 3d@4s d.l LtNDoN Mowrv ManKxl.-Money was easy. Consols had advanced, and were quoted at 97)@j 97j. GENERALNuws.-TheateamshipEuroa reached Liverpool on the 15th February and te Kanga roo onl the 17th. The British Ministry were defeated in their ef forts to pass the Conspiracy Bill. Later news had been received from India, and it was regarded as favorable. The Bank of France had reduced its rates o !discount. PRlm8YLVANIA DEMOCRATIC COEYTEETO1. HAas issnbo, March 5.--The Democratic Con vention is still in session. The majority of the committee reported a series of resolutions in fa-. vor of the admission of Kansas as a State under the Lecompton constitution. A minority report was presented. DEMOCRATIC MEETNG IN NEW YORE - NEW YoaE, March 5.-The Democratic mass meeting last night at Tammany Hall, passed res olutions sustaining the Kansas policy of Preui dent Buchanan. WAsmsTor March 6.-The Grand Jury to day found a true bill against Walcott theiees-. saut witness before the Investigating Codin'ittee of the House. AI.L.EOED MAIL RouBER AuazsTEzD.-We lean from the Columbus Garette that Mr. Prentiss, awent of the Postoffice Department, succeeded on 1(ednesday, Feb. 24th, in arresting Dr. Walker, postmaster at Rockford, Tuscarawar 'county, Ohio, charged with robbing the mail and forging. Dr. Walker is an old man, sixty-five years of age, and has a large family, married'and setled, around him, and has hitherto been highly respected. SanoUs AcDuNT.-Yesterday afternoon a youth by the name of Benjamin Silas, :while at tempting either to get on or off the the mule train of cars, unfortunately slipped, in some way, and the wheels of the hindmost car passed over his body. He was so very seriously injured that he died in about three honrs after the accident. DisTRzssnro.-Mr. John Barr, of . Nashville Tenn., was fatally wounded by hi's son, last week while "fencing with foils, the point of the foil en tering just above the eye. After lingering a few days he died on Tuesday. His son, quite a youth, is almost frantie with grief at the occurrence. FOUND DEAD.-Rebecca Crowe, an old lady was found dead on last Friday, on the owan Glap Road, about a mile and a half from this place. She was a pauper, and being subject to cacessienal mental derangement, 'it is probable ihe had wandered away from the Poor House, -. when in that condition. A Coroner's Inquest - . was held, and the verdict rendered that she came o her death by exposure.-Spartanburg Express, ,-.