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rUsLISMUD EvIT WIDNEUitAI MoUNIIIo. A. BIEuINI, D. 1. DURI 1;EIJAI IE8E, 110r3 rEreR'. TENS OF SUE3CRITIOX. Two DOLLARs per ye.ar. if paidt in advance--TwO DOLLARS an,' FIrY Cax rs If not paid within six S month-and Tsuax Duut.a3' if nt paid before tile .vpiratson of the year. All Puhcripon neOt distinct ly limited as the tims of dutiscribing. ail be con sinued until all arrearages are paid, or at the optionof the Publisher. Subscriptions out of tse District and from other States must invariably be pal for in advance. RATES OF 4DVEITISING. All advertisements will be- correctly and conspicu ously inserted at Seventy-five Cents per Square (it Krevier lines or less) fur the first inoertion. and Fifty Cents for each subsequent ieae.rtion. When only pub lished Monthly or Quarterly $1 per square will be Zach and every Transient Advertisement.to secure publicity through our columns, must invariably be paid in advance. All. Advertisements not having tihe desired number of insertlons marked on the margin, will he continued until forbid ano charged acordingly. Those desiring to advqrdse by the year can do so on !ie most libieral term-it being distinctly under stood that contracts fur yearly .ad vertislng are con 6 ned to the innineliate. laegitim;;te bumness of the firm 1 or Individual contracting.' . All cownuficatiul of a peronal claaracter will be charged as advertisements. Obituary Notices exceeding one square In leugth will be charged for the overplita, at regular rates. Announcing a Candidate (not inserted until paid for,) Five Dollars. For Adv irising Ewtrays Tolled, Two Dollars, to be pild by the Magistrate advertising. From the Charlue.ton Courier. GEN. 30NNxU. J We cheerfully give place tu %; explanatory rejoinder of thii distinguished genttlemaan, in ref -erence to his vote on the Confer.-nee Kansas Bill, and, at his instance, we have f&rniald it for insertion in the other daily papers of the city, Never have we, for a moment, doubted the p:s triotism or purity of motive of Gen. B., in voting as he did: but we still regret that even views of duty, which we believe to have been .erroneoua, ahould have induced him and Gen. Quitman to break the unity of the Southern phalanx, when --past, present and coming events all indicate that the union and harmony of the South are essenti a to th beat interests of the South. Our com. meait, which called firth Gen. B's. reply, was penned in all kindness and respect, towards the gallant successor of the lamented Brooks, and al so towards his distinguished brother officer, in' the Mexican war, and colleague in Congress; and sprang only from our disappointment that the moral force of the Southern Democracy, in the dCansas isue, hould have leen broken by lack -of entire uanimity. It was ni occasion, which, in our humble judwement, called for some. sacri lice of opinion, an especially of extretne opinion, to give unity to Southern aotipn. We question not the right or the motive, however,. of others, in adoptidg a different course. MEssas. Enrroas.-.fy attention has ben called, since I returied.to Washington, to the annexed paragraph from the Charlesiton Courier, which I had not seen before: -" Qui/mnan and Blonkzm.-lt is to be regrettal that thtese spirited Southrons should have brokena the unity of the Southern phalanx, in the vote on the 4coaference Kansas Bill, especially as it 'plaed theni in temporary eompanionship with the Black Republicans and their new ally, the . Black Douglas.. hln8 there can be neither dii. - retion nor 'policy, in tus declining fellowship * with an almost unanimous South,anpd with dl the .adflDemnocracifo the North, against the lckRepublican cohort and their corporal's guard or Democratic reinegades. .We learn, how ever, from reliable authority, that the gallant Bonham was led or misled, in hist courqe, chiefly ~ ~.by hi rluctancet*-sever from. Gen. Quitman, -i.ns equally gallant commander in the Mexican . war. .a. The .C'ourier has, perhaps, misapprehend~ed ita infonznant. If not, its informant is in error in 'ayng I " .as led or misled, in niy course,echief * Ib my (his) reluctance to. sever from Gen. Quitman," &c. I . have the highest regard personally and p~olit ically for the disinguished Mississippian, with wvhom I have had the honor to be associated in this matter, and the opinions have deservedly great weight with me, althoug~h we did not stand toiwards each other, in Mexico, in the relation supposed. But I could not-feel greater reluctance, (nor even as great,) at, teveripg from hinm, tha.m I did at severmng from my own colleagues, (to :say nothing af .he entire Southern Democratic party.) for the ophidog. of each and of all whom A have the most prolg.f&sspnct, and for one ,of whom I have from e4' . Dp#mm, cherished ithe warmest regard and ae~ahment,, pejsogy -and politically. I took miy position as the independenat repre seatative of the Fourth Congreuional Distriet, aera cahm and deliberate consideration of the erhole question, for reasons satisfactory to may. nelf, which I feel it due to my constituents, as *well as myself, to give to the public at an early 'hilst I shall do so, I take this occasioni to *say that I should deprecate any division in our own or any other Southern State ons this ques *tion, at a time whetn harmony at honme on the great issues of the day is of so much conse,. - quence to the South ; and that I make no war upon others., but shall be prepared to defend myj own ptoition whenever assailed. ' I ami, gentlemnen. very respectfully, Your obedient servant, M. L. BONHIA M. - Washington City, May 141, 1858. THE MORMON DIFFICULTIES ANUSTED~TE PEACE NEWS CONFIrMD. PUIL.ADELdn!A, May 13. .A despatch has been received here fronm St. L ouis, confiriming the statement,, that Col. Kane - ha elfctednegotiations with teMormnons, and -that Goy. Cummings had departed from Camp -Scott for Salt Lake City, where his arrival was anticipated, on the 2ist of March. it is further * stated that handsome apartments had been pro. vided for him by Brighain Young. The bearer of this nutellcec stastes hat Gov. Powell and Col. McCullouA were mect on the 6th instant, 20 miles from Fort Kearney. WABNINSTONEs. 'WAsuwa-os, May 17.-The President has demanided explanations from England and Spain in reference to the seai ch and visitation of Amer. ican vessels in the vicinity of Cuba and its har bor. The Colorado which left Norfolk on the 12th inst., has specific orders to the comnmanaderI of the Homeo Squadron to stop the intterferences -'-with American shipping from any quarter what --soever. The recent visitations have caused ruuch --indignation' on the part of Congress as well as -the Administration. Both Huses have eiled .upon the President' for the particulars.*a Wa~sutsc-roN, May 18--1i the Z$nate to-day, a resolution v.aus ut'ered and adopted, to ajypoint a committee to inquire if any futher legislation I * is necessr to enable the President to extend all required protection to our commerce.1 T'he Oregon State bill was passed in the Sen ate.-also, a resolulloni adopted to promote a set- c tientent of all difficulties wit New Granada, Mexico and Central America. In the House, Mr. J. L. Wright (formedly as s'istant to Robert B. Wackney, wo was removed -for malfeasance) was elected Doorkeeper. The civil appropriation bill was taken up. - Thsecommittee ofWys and Moans reduced the appropriations about $1,400,000. .* WAsuINGTor, May 19.-In the. Senate today . the ?shing bounty repeal bill was passed by a vote of tity to twen -five. }r Th ouse adopted a resolutisae requesting " the )Pre-sident to communicate to Congraeu copies" -of -all dotuamentfi relating to the transfer of'the A Sloogrant. E The apropriation bili is up. r.cmade an imrretvport in favor ' RW she poetof thtr-. a=16hei The government askas Congress tp authorise a iew loan pf $15,000,000. Judge Loring to-day took his seat as one of ,he Judges of the Court of Claims. The President has communicated to the Sen te a message, in which he states that he has instructed Mr. Dallas, at the Court of St. James, to demand the disminiial of the British officers who recently outrageod our flag on the Gulf; and also pecuniary satlitction, it case of loss. He also stated that he intends to hold Spain respon sible for the outrages permitted in her waters; and insistis that prompt measures shall be taken to prevent a recurrence of such interferences. Several ships have been ordered to cruise on the coast of Cuba. W.Isutso-ros, May 20.-In the Senate to-day no new business of general interest was intro duced, nor any definite action taken on any bu siness before that body. The Hon. A. P. Hayne, the recently appointed Senator from South Caro lina. appeared and was sworn in. In the House, the civil appropriation bill was pazess. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1858. JULES.TIAT MUST IN FUTURE 3E OBSERVD. Alt fij-Vgtisemonts from this date, not amounting to more than $tA, i;;st. be paid for in advance. Merclhants and othes 44yrtising by the year, will be required to settle every six I No paper will be sent out of the .isript pyssp paid or In ealnce. All lptws siq lpiggess conue.eed with the Q ffic to receivo prompt at#sntlag, gpv4 bp g44resp4 to the -4 Edqefield Adrertiser?" To thehm rulps wre will rigidly adlojerf. Taeypfore, take nr~ade and act accordingly. .- Triv.L x B. CI(I, i4" ot this placa has been appointed a Notary Publio for diiagld pis trict by his Excellenoy Gov. ALLSToM. _.--0040- - -- 66 JENNY VOODBINE." The contributions of " Jxv" to our columns, are reic.jed with much favor. She gives promise of high pe4F.. poli quito a youthful lady, there is much in the style ap nWAepf f pa lauositions to war rant as iq pro4liting fOr pr t, largp 4grFt i papu larity, Let bar spply borspir -IWth 4iligppp to per literary labors, In ce:s ,ttonian 404 s0y, lies one or the seeretS of liwry wcspc- ee clever little poe)n on first paje. _ _-000-- - A VENERABLE MATICON GONE. We chronicle the death of the aged and the good. Pulluf year., and crowned with the glory of a well. spent life, Mrs, aopw ft, ;0jA fell asleep in death, at the residence of her sun, Ke, M J. E9N9AM, on Tuesday last, the 18th of May. 'Traly iday re say, that a mother has fallen in Israel! And many are the hearts, both here and in a distant land, that will raCiyp the intelligence with deep emotion. She had lived to iw thih greater part of two generations pass away before her iisad IWgyp tho C&Unre of a confiding family eircle, most of whoi 4id ppd Into the grave; had occupied the revered'position of a Christian mutron in more than one community whose memi.. j,;.j- (pany of them) gone to their last long rest; And she was ,.; TFgarded in the light of a spared representative of a past a.4 p.7ups a better day. Cut down at length in the full maturity w: 4pr vrtew,, toemory is naturally carried back to the cir enutas:# t Jer lengthened experionee; and many there ore a-bo #q4 in w# et i varied renmini saegga of departed peys ;? #il lp jhep~ yj1J sad ness while yet (hey iMPir 9, lige dIfef f PNM$n-e satifactionl.. . Mrs. Soru:a Doxaita was born on the i8th Dcini ber 1780, in the midst of. our Revolutionary W'af. She was the daughter of JACO3 Sxas and SAJxiU Ssvu,-the former the brother of SxAr.i.woua $xITE, the liter the sister of J~iaas Buyvai who fell at Cloud's Creek Ia dlefence of American liberty. Her husband \raa Capt. JAuri J#9mLA~.-Becoming a widow at the .age of thirty-five, sha aaDp~oyed the. remainder of a long life in the service of her tGad, and in derotion to the well-being of her children and grandeiiren.-In 1881 she attached herself'to the Baptist Church, at old Jied Dank in this l'ietrict; of which communion she w~as a member up to'the time of her death. 'The worth of this venerated woman is too well en stamped upon the sensibilities of her' surviving ae qanatntes, to need) that we should here recall it to their admiration. They know full well, that no citi en wea ever more patriotic, no Christian scrpr more charitable, no neighbor ever more humane, nonmother ever more self-sacrificing. One peculiar eeldence of high virtue would we single out, to mnention here. It is: that she was never heard to speak evil of any one. Without an enemy on earth, ahe was enemy to no one in thought, wurd or action. What a noble lesson to the daughters of Edgetield ! Heed it, s you wog speure that pearl of greatest price. fTy lageg4 ppased suffered much during her last illnes~, gzt Idipd y gggj ae though falling sleep. She was surrodefi she N-"N Nq .s he loved on earth..Thus.hs.anothor s,tegt irit found her home in hay.. M4ay her b,righ~t egasnmlc long le cherished for good by Uharc afhe rgain behind M10RE LRGHT t MORE LIWItT Mr. G. L. Pexx has on hand a supply of the -Nonexplosive, Self-generating Gas-Light Lamps," Ihich are going of like hot cakes. Call at his store zn4 aamina them. They are said to he the rery IISgi that has in.an wanting these thousand years or anre. Mr. PanJ kal the pygelusive agight of selling this light in Edgefiald; and oa readers know he ever sells any thing unworthy of the maarketl. This uew lamp, he says, is the Simon Pure; let uts test it acordingly. MIiS LONSDALE'S BENEPIT. The Thaspions give Miss AOKL.tax LoYSsD&LK a eneft on Friday ain~hg next. Hecr bill is a fine me, and we trust she will be suplmplimented with a 'ull house. 11cr very genteel deportment, hotdk as a ady and an actress, merits such a compliment at the auds of our citizens. 4dthme same remark will also apply to Mrs. MA tIA ltiasrenry, ug bonefit is fixed for Tuesday ight of next week. 4.a 4:n;4)yp bill will be offered in the occasion. TiEATRICAL. The draamtie representation at Masonic A1 Odd 'ellows Hall, on Fridy night last, was well attended td heartily appreciated. I' Faijat heart " was given or the first time before an E'dgefiehd audiapce; and he inimitable Protean farce of " The Stage-struak hambermaid" concluded the evening. So much as been said of the merits of our Thespians, that it needless to say more here. We must take occasion owever to commend with especial applause the very uperior acting of Mr. and Mrs. F~naixx Raa,-ard heir coadjutor Mr. L. BSIn(AUD. Mrs. RzA especi ly brought down the house by her variod and every. ray admirable performance. It is seldom a country illage enjoys a treat like that she afforded us in the ree of Friday evening. It was really worthy of .iura ~gupf delightful little box of a theatre on Iroadway. We dr, say, gand with Mark Medldle, we say it boldly,') that every purp, wo~qiis and bild i our town and its vicinity should embrace the pportunity, now being offered them, of seeing and earing this racy, spirited and talented actress. STEDMAN'S MAGAZINE. A new bwor7y light, just arisen above the horison Raleigh, North caip. No. I. presents a pleas. o array of original articles. 4.9~pg the present ad future contributors to this Magazine, are ppel saus gs Lieet. M~uar, WY. S. Gnavsonr, ALEtaxa ax:, and s.. g, -Its general appearance is uncom-~ only fair, and we sibslj Jook for its monthly visits i ith intereet. Terms $3 pu' .sqa, ng advance. I ddress Asaw J. SrusmxAx, Editor and Proprietor, I sigh, N. C. wi Write yerqpaby kindness, love, and mer r o the hearts of the people you nomeS i3 Coatset, THE SLAVE TRADE--IT. REVIVA:L. This grave question would seem to be coming up for discussion before the country. . The Commercial Con vention, recently assembled at Montgomery, had the subject before them under the report of a Committee appointed by the Convention of-last year. As in al most every discussion involving'great consequenees, so* in this one, the argument on either side admits of extended scope and artistic arrangement. Between the Pro-slavery and Anti-slavory parties of the Union, the divergence of views is of course too wide to be profitable in the way of conviction'to either side. With them, the tenets of each other are such as to breed hostile retort, not dispassionate investigation, violent invective, not courteous consideration. But as between Southern men, the discussion may have more of a family cast; the disputants are brothers, having many similar interests, but who disagree upon the mode of advancing those interests to their highest state of prosperity.' In this instance, howev er, we fear a question is mooted upon which even brothers may not hear each other with patience, and the end of which (if prosecuted to an issue) may be weakness to our section and dishonor to our escutch eon, Having at sundry times deprecated the up-rising of this issue in the arena of Southern polities, we Bud ourselves now impolled to give the reasons for that position ; which shall be done in the briefest pos. Able manner. I. It Is a conviction common to many political watchers at this time, that the Southern people need, above all things else, a complete oneness of sentiment upon political questions, especially when those ques tions implicate our institution of domestic servitude. Already is it seen, that the question of re-opening the al ive trade carries within itself the seeds of perilous disgopi. The division in the South Carolina Legisla ture upop goy. I4ij' recommendation on this sub jee, the di.isiop 6A e jegrggy in the Mont goinpry Conyeptiop, typ 'yerip tpy pf tqp sppnlnar proq, thp dogvnrigpg oppositiop of the religious press in spefal proP*3pyt ipetancos, .re proofs positive that the PrPPOP.4 WM*e iJI be a morp fref-jI1 sopree )f strife among nursplyps th PPFb4pP py Ohpr wP9g pR yr disweppJ hpt' trp * 4 outhpra public. We hold tirgfrug that its agitatiap OiN hp nfort nato for the unanimity of the South,..now so mawh desired,-and that It is, In this view, a thing to be dreaded and avoided. 2. This first objection would not however be con clusive in the matter, if there were any real evil to be Fpipedied by the agitation, or any palpable gain of prosprf gj ; phieved by it. But there is no such thing, presopp p p&?1,%lu, ppp) in the confused and) up eLip fapjps'gf a fpg ay, pt f, iqpga of the schep. The ApgIk s poF enjoplng ugegampled Prqrppi!hty: Pp i 0p Ip higjbysq of sycepss, in all the various bsaakii U[ Jp4pry *n4 Speprize. With direct trnde established betweti j.i gg1 apd the European markets, she oould now justly lay claim to the happiness of being more fortunately located in most respects than any people on earth. She holds up bsr 1a!. er 4omestic organization, to the admi ration of Lsbe W;1: Ah pigqj to )t as being now perfectly adapted to her wans; a",4 -40 ;gp gi.tb high pride that its ex'clieencs (porfected as they havi been by the experience of fifty years or more) are now recognized by the intelligence of the world. She is thy, pljea y rich, halopy and powerful, under the blessing of i~pggif le rtgg ,iaT weil shrink back from thediseussion of a scesga ,4a g cpr tainly lead to great and radical changes In her con ditioi and prospects. Be It 'remembered that while these changes may possibly be for the bettor, they ma; ;- fiarper impair our present position of strength, moral, soctal (,pg ggqitical. Shall we, the favored of Heaven, sport wits that favor isa g ragsp and doubtful experiment, and run the high hazard of losipp; the countenance of that Providence which has now ilc4 Rq j#Erp of success to the. brim? 3. As phepp {s RR 4!R &U g pTippt pros. perify to invitp us to ph'ellpge this p spap g pith appvabgthag, pa are thers Pa fsp. eyrsl -19 th fpture (to be reimedied fy Its prnI4PlspPitiQp) of pagcient moment to warrant the trial of ## 4aRgeFwpa g4'po doubtful~a remedy. ~Let us barely glance a4 one or two'of these suggested evils ; (a glance is suflicient to expose their futility.) It Ij surmi'sed- that the, present high prices of. cefl.. gilg pable the East Indies and Algeria to compete with us .Miif'; an~d that- we, must have ufore slaves to bring down pss i, r5!d at which they cannot raise it; in reply to which notion it is well asked, if the Southern people get rich with get4op at 10 cents, will not England and Prance still think th;e kt ir pypp at that price, would be profitable to their subjecip Sisa I i4 [p ill, gayf;; Rf ordomestic orgaisutioe. that will 6vsr PFG~eBt those countries from competing with the Southern States at any priecs. If they remain without such organiza tion, h is likely that all the fostering care of their home goverumentn wil f411 entgrely in setting them up as rivals of the slave-holding South, If they adopt such organization, the re-opening of the Slave Trade will not enable us to banish them from the compelatition. It is also urged that more slaves are necessary to restore the equality of our power in the General Government, and that this can only be effected by a revival of the Slave Trade; and yet reliable statistios shgp that in Cuba, where fresh supplies have been consaugi , annual decease of the slave popufation is from '3a to S e pr whlst here (without auny suci1 mupplies tie numper jras swelagp fru.p 400,00 ,-te caldla st'zsnHfie sdes orai tributabl~ it is rationally 'Isins4, ithe nig anity of our mild patriarchal system, whicb guighet-lsp spri ously corrupted and weakened in its procreative ten dencies by the introduction of degenerate savuges from the present degraded African tribe,. IBut even granting that an actual increase of slaves could be readily realized from the slave-trade, it is very ques tionable whether such slaves would bring us any ad dJeqgl power in the General Glovernmcat. The danger i.h th4 JI'r every additional member they would give ain ganggfan p~sbould lose real strength In a tenfold proportion, Another ideal evil is, that we have no.. o.anaigI of slaves to exhibit our social system in its full intog. rity,-a kind of language which partakes too much of cnjecture to merit much consideration when con traited ;rjih the acknowliedged fact that we already have the very buamt .r.pgition of society In the world. It is easy to make a thousand Jspations of possible improvement in the future, but one present ueal gppg la worth more than all of these. Blut again, the re-opening of the Slave Trade, it is argued, will remove the evil (7) of the increasing high p:I0ce of pagypas and enable the poor men aongst us to possess, each ona bleij save or slaves, acording to the earnings of their labor; in gigyb proposition it seems to be utterly forgotten that qag fet of the new trade in slaves will be to cheapen aber, and thus perhaps make it more difficult for the poor man to realize the funds, with which to buy a heap imported African, than it is for him to become he possessor of a trained slave, of similar qualities, t present prices. These, and one or two other apprehensons' of o greater moment, are the evils proposed to be voided by the renewal of the Slave Trade. It is needless to suggest that they are totally insuffi-' a Lent to justify the agitation of such a question at a I ime like this, when the South needs nil her wisdom i nd strength, undivided and skilfully directed, to pre- c erve iutact her present high but threatened prosperi-. .And this refiection brings up another objectiond a" the pr ynD.4 itation, which, in connection with he foregoing, is onut haIe !ghSmlP4. It is this: 4. The South Is just noir grolrisg ;e *trengs& iN he American Confederacy; and this directly, by the tyle and t'anner of her concerted action with the lemocratic Party. Her constitutional rights, thus upported, are in a fair way of triumphing completely ad permanently in the Union. She alone Is now Lg prush out of existence that mad faction of Ab litionists wiho ar.e gjruggling to control the eountry to eir own unhallowed purposa, ger true frienda In he North, and in the North Weast, and La the East, re looking to her with hope as the mesane of redeem. g them from the threatening fanaticism of their de. ded egysra. She can only do this, she can only ae herself in go aegnog, ebrp can only save, her reds in other set.n frop 4,eapitationa, she can fa the ranks of that-great constitutional party of which she now forms the central phalanx; by carrying it on to victory, and by thaup securing the.overthrow of the enemies-of law, of oider, andaof right. It needs no prophet to predict 'hat if she become distracted at home upon an impractical question like-ihis of the Slave Trade, she will'at once give Atrength to her ene mies at the North anil disastrously weaken the Demo cratie party of the Union. If there be no concor dance of views upon the subject among Southerners, It cannot be expected but that the Demooratic party would be torn asunder--by its serious agitation. Looking upon the oyerthrow of this party at iresent as the direst misfortune that could befell the Republic, we warn gentlemen to beuar how they press this wild issue upon the' country. There are many more reasons fr thinking that the scheme Is founded In er ror, than that it is necessary to Southern prosperity. But even though it were both necessary and right, it is impracticable now,--mpracticable perhaps while the -Union lasts. And if a Southern Confederacy were brought about, it would probably be the first great rock on which we would split. The evidences of this are already fully shadowed forth in the pro ceedings of the late Convention. Let the South then be warned to avoid this question. It is a irebrand of dispepsion. It is' an apple of discor4; and our people would do well to itouch not, taste not, bandle not the unclean thing.$ If, under the permission of Providence, the Pearl River importation isto grow in strength and favor; If the fruits of that importation shall be sanctioned to the good of the South; it will be more than we expect, but a boon not the less thankfully received on that account. As a political measure, we are opposed to its agitation, judging it to be fraught with far more of eyil than of good to our section and country. EDGCEPIELD MERCHANT MILLS. As the wheat season is nearly here, we direct the attention of the public anew to the splended Flour 11illp of Pr. L., )ils, a few miles west of this villspge With inn RYggpeggf tat so j4 I ap4 ex. pensp . pFpers. ppp Mills ore ;iw egcsition tha4 piginpntly entites their proprietor to a most lib eral patroqgs. Duripg the last season they gS.Tp uoivprsol aisatastin, WloIe,,. ANd ths se0egrnep is gimp, tIt ta W, p h4Iing spapopngo psiPP will be spared to inereaso their utility and oeePllonep. The brand of "1;. .ms" already ranks with the best in the countr7. It will be that gentleman's care that it shall (if possible) take a yet higher rank. We testify to wha.t we do know, when we say that his flour, properly preparid in bread, is beautiful to see and delicious to eat. The arrangements at the Mills will be such as to iford general accommodation, with the lp de- f..gf ff g- praPtIPaHb9, Pary hour a ghl We tp 144 m 4P.7 baf j ar. WQZJo r 4 EATETTO. We observes $$gt ppy ReIghha, qf 4ington be came quite demonstrqLyg 'ni Rpsp$ pp#;ion, by reason of the arrival of a gentleman at their village, whom by monme whimsical misconception they mistook for General Quirix. (The idea of General Quitman visiting - Lexington!!) The canon was fired, the shppgg peIg W g lp d pusile ppt Its eeiti ng infuences to the hour. Jpop 0lpFp .9Pgiy1 4TA found that no General QuInMAx had arrived, but that a gallant .Palmetto, in the person of Mr. Joux. A. ADDISON, of Edgefield, was there on his return from the Palmetto Celebration at Columbia. So with right gop4 por wingogians fol to Wopk again with greater din than eves sy4 s 4Jg eIR 1h; ng[li4 aP illustration of the correct principle, thata private in war merits the gratitude of his countrymen no less than a General. -Well done, gallant Lexington! The next day Mr. Annisox very handsomely ac knolp4ge the compliment in a brief and manly note. ' -a The large establishinept of this yell-kppyn firn continups to aol4 $s'fypnt rap Ip thpir 4eportmnept of thptradlo. M.4Ap p ow offpring superior Suso mer gends, lna4p,i'-asperIQF eIyle, 4114 4t price Pil ted to tjs .pasap %'d thp tils? CI9I sa4 aspply yngrslves with.'ole of thpir spelleppL goo4s, se as to get through-Iie. poehing hot weather, as cop fortably as- poss le. e-advertsemnent. ft l i' oF ADvICE. The young-men who came to our village last week (from a place-nof s ihousand miles distant) to give an ~topean performance, would do well to turn -their thouglts ti sousfg; oecnation. Atleast let them seleet somneother vilsage than Edgefield iupop gh to play off their absurd representations. We like a farce, but not a fiasco. NAHflrnE TAMLRh Mr, JuiN R& k4TE's ilh fr ICFal FII o4pW berry village, wich is asi4 to lip 84pal tp any inm the State. Mr. L. has just set two stones in the Baptist Church-yard at this place. The execution of these jobs is uncoinmocissly perfect, and affords ample evi dence of Mrs Livnys!..s skill In his business. His terms also are regarded reasonable by those who have tried him. lHe asks of the people of Edge~eld the favor of their patronage. LATE PROM EUROPE. The Niagara brings European intelligence to the 8th May. Cotton bad advanced. Flour and Wheat were de-. elining. Corn was advancing. The trade was gen erally firm. Consols closed at 97 to 98. Sugar had im ?,Jegg fi ner grades. Rice was dull. ikhe London '!~c eg pry yery approvingly to the exesiobyLd ae iteca Stntate i oLrly direc-1 tion to Cent meris. a Sir gelip Pag eb~ .p'egaids lare p-ifrj immeuidiatuly in fg4je, The French Commission have recommepde4 thas4 Professor Muaasn dbe paid four hundred thousand francs for his telegraph invention. Regulations for the abolition of Russian serfdom have been published. Another earthquake at Naples is reported. - A LEGAL PUN. The following is new, (is it not ?) and came within yr Jgearing at a corner the other day: tireseg4,. gyptloaman andla lawyer ;-the lawyer in a suit of black with au .j5 h !tatonu of his coat hanging by a single thread. Of cours id igld icr.] (lxv. Dont you think it would be well to have that button fastened in its place? LAW. Well Idont, know,--it has been in its present a aor4~tg.p so long that I focl barred by the statute from interfering with it. Glxv. But as you are certainly in this Instance the "guardian ad lilena," have you not a ~ositive right to Interfere ? LAw. That muay be, that may be ; but to say truth, p wii Is now so near "ended" that I feel relieved May we ask thep origel a pFe4gy of p' ppej eston-Courier to the foregoing? Is it pot apothi~ ?roof, that your genuine lawyer Is never wanting In Negat.*r to every proposition with which-.he may a isailed? RESUMPTION OP SPECIE PAYMENT. a We alluded, a few'days since, (says the Charleston h iercury) to a neeting of the Presidents of the non- o pecie-paying hank. of this city, at which it was de- n ermined not to resume specie payalente previous to he first of July. Since that time they have had full u onsultatien with their respective Boards of Direc- 1S ers, and we are informed that they have definitely ai letermined to resume specie payments In July next. is DEATH-OF BRIGADIER-GENERAL P. P. SMITh. lg I toghg desjat from St. Louis, Mo., to lap Augusia pppp gp n po Jegy Igadier a len. Psiaansa F. Syngr dip4 4. T59r hpgg tl n Sunday the 18th inst. Hie was a nativo of Jenp ylvana, but appeinted to a position in the army rom Louisiana. He originally entered the army as 'olonel, on the ,27th May, 1846, and received the revet of Major-General on the 20th August, 1847. lis appointment as BrIgadier.General was conferred the 30th December, 1856..: Gen. Was. 8. Hanxar, it is annontaced, will succeed a en. Bxrru in command., a' yohn Chapman has received $750 damaages 0t o John B. EInes -s 'euiisSloer of eleceion In of r.'-a.n..oaactj, for Ille=a1ly rejec ting L n vote. . t h ADDMS ON TEE DRATE 0 X.R SPANN REMARKS BY W. C. MORAGNE, ESQ. M. CXAKIXAV: It has pleased an all-wise Provi dence to remove from among us another member of our profession. HUBar RussIas SPANX, is no more. Intelligenee has reached us of his sad death at Richmond, Texas, whither he had gone on busi ness of a professional character. Among strangers, far away from family and friends, he received a sud den summon to appear before his God, with few, it is to be feared, of the consolations of a dying bed. His death has created a vacuum at our Bar, which will be felt by all. The racy humour, with which he enlivened the Forum, and charmed a lage circle of admiring friends, can no longer kindle the smile of delight; and the eloquence which he so often-exerted for a trusting client, and which frequently bore away the hearts of a pleased audietee, is forever hushed in the silence of the grave. The deceased was born in Edgefield District, Oct. 2nd A. D. 1SIS. At the usual season of youth he was sent to the village of Cokesbury, in Abbeville District, where he received his chief academical in struction; and after a course of two years in the University of Georgia, he caine to Edgefield Village, and outered as a student at law in the office of Chancellor WARDLAW, with whom, subsequently, he was associated In the practico of his profession. He was a man, as we all know, of excellent natural ea pacity, having a mind of a vigorous turn of thought and.well fitted to the profession of his choice. With greater application, and in the absence of one fatal habit, he might have risen to the first rank in the practice of the law. Having legal acumen, quick ness of perception and readiness of speech, he por sessed qualities which would have enabled him to become at once an advocate and a Jurisconsult. And how many admiring friends has he not left behind him to regret, that he did not so exert the fine powers with which he was endued by nature as to fulfil their just expoetations,.and to assume in life the positing to which hip tAIQpte mght Po 4 4W *eYtp4 him ! 9 4q ap 4e tA ecmmorte his irtApos, pqt to priticise his fIqlts. Qver these let the veil of forgetfulness he cast by the soft hand of charity, ant let our thq4hts, with pleasure, turn to ghe bright vails 9 fs 9hmeruterrtq the gp8ial glow of beling, to the generous impulse, to the sparkling intellect, to the manly eloquence, that so adorned his nature. In commingling our regrets, with those of his many warm friends, over the loss of these cherished and inspiring virtues, let us throw the winding sheet of memory gently around our departed friend, in the hope that his spirit has been wafted to that future state of rest and happiness, in which the noble inte1 ligepes o[ that ojad uphoei, gejyg the 40ggest pain in 4,0pg 0he Ayile, an 4ip igWpst b.liss, ip dis covering and pointing out the virtues and good ofiew of departed worth.' PE019 AT T P. M4AQ4TI, $0Q. It is with feelings of deep regret, Mr. chairman, that I participate in the ceremonies of this occasion. The sudden shock which this coimunity has received, by the sa4 tidings of thp qntImpely death of Mr. Spdxy, falls with esposial s44noss uppA his %Tphre of the a of N4591914- 1 wd geqgPOg say $tl to. me it is poeculiarly affecting. liut a little while ago, he was amongst us in the vigour of health and buoy aney of hope, and to-4ay he lips buried in the land of thp strapger qfr fro* his kindred aqd his friends, Sad and solemn indeed is the Ipsnqu taqght us by li warning to those of his brethren, whoqt he has ppr haps preceded only by a few years. Intimate professional intercourse enables me to speak understandingly of the character of the deceased, and I trust to do justico to his memory. His mind was logiesl and acuto--moro fund of principles than ing oyer a widp a;gp weyp qppnyatp. Whatever he seriously undprtqqk was 4qnp thoroughly and vigor uly, snw well comprehended, Mis heart was warm, and joyousa, eghibiting at times the exuberance of offuospent youth, in his. friesdships he was faithful a4-tru, anti'attached to his person a large circl, of warm admiring friends, Wi perceptions were deli etos and keen when, unclouded, and his feelings sen sitive anid appreciative. Zn the dischar'ge of his. professional duties he was zealous, and fearless, and the poor and the oppressed always found him ready to espouse their cause, and ardent in the advocacy of their rights. pegromised at the commencement of hi.. legal career to t'I5?j g gp4 pprdtisN .at thu Par, and only wanted persistence in ti.. sigdy ?fj a# gpyo gp to the law, to have obtaine4 its brighatest honqrs. But re tpe springtime nf lify hed ripgup ipto. summer, bi' spirit pqsep4 from onr midst, and the sa4 duty nAW ralAAIRP to pay thjf IA~t- iikute to hi# memory, lie has beesg.summoned to stuais his hngai94aapine tion before the tribunal of a stern, but just judge ; but may we not indulge the hyppe, that the judgment which may be pased upon his lifo, will be justice tmpered with. nercy. REMAltES OF JOSEPH ABNEY, ESQ. Mn. CEaiaxAX: I also must be permitted to ex press ray regrets at the untimely fall of our brother IHuiav R. Sraux, and mingle my sorrows with those af his afflieted family, his many friends and his ar lent admirers all over the District. It. -Is especially y duty to say a word on this solemn occasion, since he deceased and myself, for a year before his death, tad been the nearest neighbors, and had cultivated stween each other, the closest relations of friead hip. We had become much more allied in feeling, co n'a cur copinunications, one to the e~i fa ever foi .' Wor"'ir g,e '.e ogp ogthgr estperior to thk petrigd rpferred to, He wa ader than L, by svvnral years, had a famoily and nat rally sought more matured associates than payself, [adaod, I oommaened my career, after he had already stbli'hed for himself, a reputation for learning, alent and eloquence. Biesides, in our early constests t the Bar, and in the arena of politics, from our re misconception of each othser's character, we had ne or two slight interruptions of our genial inter ourse. All our discord though had been allayed fur rears, and It never did reach a point that rendered is enemies, or actually hostile to each other. horn in the same section of the District, we had et each other onga jist after he completed his tudies in a Georgia College, and in law, while I was 'et teaching school in order to procure for myself the mans of obtaining a little learning. We then be. nine acquainted, but subsequently met very seldom r about ten years. In the meantime, I had finished my course, and had likewise become a lawyer. It ras the fortune of both of us too, to enjoy the friend bip of ,Chancecllor WaIWLAW, thp embodiment of ore learning apd figh legal atanents than |dgefield ever before possessed; 4nti, notwithstana4 ag all our demerits, he admitted us into the closestq os ( ntistaey 4pith himaself, became our monitor od goo4frippd,sp4 p$ood to ps, In "lace pareaa's'' 'rem him I was tirst iptiued to fAriu a right appre aton of the acquirements, and of the mind and art of him whose death we have met to commemo, ate, although he had than not yet begun to devotew s energies and fertile powers fully to the profession, hb which he afterwards became a distinguished orna st. His first efforts for advancement and success in life, re directed in a different channel, unsuited to his e intellect, his superior endowments, and his high piation, and proved totally disastrous. He thus st his whole estate, and was early surrounded by shadows of adversity. But from the promptings of his own nature, and in cordance with the wishes and advice of numerous d devoted relatives and acquaintances, he then red his whole attention to the law, which though ks si e~s ever prove) mnost Jpberal and ur unteous to he guing ,jpotppy. 4 hrgpht traeg la a opened for him at one, and he trod it with the ai ightly elasticity of a good champion, and honors an d distinction crowned his exertions. In the case go the State "r~ereas' Warren, and in the Freeman foi ill case, and in many others, he exhibited as lofty wi d masterly specimens of legal eloquence and acu- wc , aslhave ever haard at this Bar; and ithink I in ty venture to say, as I have ever heard from any mi ans4 or advocate in this State. The impressIons wI thse speeches, will remain deeply engraven ulios cal them utteranee, and the eyes that flashed with the spirit, and the bosom that heaved with the emotions that inspired them, shall have long returned to their mother dust. "All that's bright, munt fade. The brijhtest still the fleetest; Ali that' sweet, was made, But to bi lost, when sweetest." And the lon of our friend, and associate, so suddenly out down, just at the time, when be could most surely look for the rewards of a youth of'labor, and a man hood of toil, not only verifies the language of poetry, but moat Impressively admonishes us of the mutabili ty of all earthly things. Possessed of agenius, which maide him the peer of any lawyer in the State, of a heart that beat responsive to every 'all of distress, and of a manly courage, which never feltered In the rindication of the poor and the oppressed, I believe that if he could have been permitted to live a few years longer, no man in South Carolina would have asserted or claimed a higher position at the Bar, than the lamented dead. Friends would have gathered around him, laurels would have adorned his brow. His family would have been made proud, contented, and happy, at his famo and good fortune; and the gratulations and encouragement of patrons and olf ints, would have Bred his ambition, sustained and strengtheued his virtuous resolves, and imparted new vigor both to his mind and body, until he had dis tanced every competitor by his side In the race, and won the prize, which the God of nature awards to hin' "who runs, and faints not." It is true, as said, that several years before the do. mise of our departed friend, he was caused to contend with groat reverses, in his pecuniary affairs ; and, no ioubt, the frowns of fortune, and the blighting effects )f adversity, in some measure, Impeded his coure, and occasionally jostled him from the path, which led lirectly to the goal, at which he was aiming. But what man, of heart and soul, will not 49e wrqng and bowed down-for aseasoit, ly 1hWap 4riala4d atietions, which a Wisq 44 aPn4s UpoQ us, to chaste our feel. iR1g4 to 9s49u 9pr pride, to test aP4 assay the mate Fiql.qf wich we Aqe ereposod, and to teach us the humjlity, which made Job, theaver-abiding servant of the TLor4, and Illoatrious eXample to all ages, of un shaken fortItudo and trust and confidence In the 1ost High, and of the ultimate and bountiful out pourings of the benedictions, and benefactions of the Supreme Ruler of Heaven and Earth. I bad a firm conviction, that HxaR R. Srxx, if spared, would attain to greatness and renown. The slements of hil nature were studiedby me, and I was not disappointed or discourged from hoping, by the temporary and erratie fiightl -( gpiV, uhen I had seen so age 4 qag( and qagnaaimity. To the philo uqig gligo %,14tl9 irregularity, is expeeted from all ho arg uost hi~gbly gifted. As they are raised above the coinon class of men In intellect, so their ways, "their outgoings and incomings," cannot be under. tood 1j qiinary intellipco, or lear#e4 g the rules L40$ goorp rdiary life. Ar. Phair*a. n, suffer me now to speak for the ben. eit of the interesting sons of our deceased friend, as my heart would dietate. Their father has left them a revered memory, which they must not disre. speet. He had great virtues, great zWllties of head NO1 491; 11114 4 y 1144 9141 spifit. X can read, in *or ces, bie Image, and I learn they possess all bis nobler attributes. Let them study the excellen. eies of his character, and imitate them, for they have the ability to do so; and their pious mother will teach the to avoid his orors, If any be had,sot only from ber (Oathfl ettehmnOPt to hem hut f4om her etrnal logq ip semhbqpe of he9 lost husband, whom they slqne can pepresent upon the troubled theatre of human life. For the Advertiser. TO TEE MorBS 07 THE EDGUED DII TBIOT AGBICULTURAL I0CIUff. Gszjvsauet:-You will perceive by the last Issue of th9 Adeerffspr, that the keutiye Committee has of. rered a list of preuius to competitors at our next masual fair. The list of premiums is as liberal as the Committee could conseleutlously offer, and far more so than the funds of the Society would justify; but not half as liberal as the Sotiety can offer, If Its lmembers will only do their duty. Our society is now is.tjy third year of Its existence. Its list of mem beras-ie eomp'oaed of about 90 uames; among which are enrolled the names of some of the moet intelligent; wealthy and respectable of our citis..s; embracing some of all trades and professions. This Is au it should bed for upon the success of agricultural pur suits, is based the prosperity of all others. Having formed ourselves into a society for the advancement :( t&p cas of agriculture, the promotion of success ;n al) ip4R4Fle4 ppfspitp, a4J fqr apsr mutual benefit, iuffer me tie stir up your mind,, awaken your zeal 1nd enlist your co-operatiop, by the recital of a few imple facts I Sirst-For the advancement of the great ad good ause which we bavs esjoused, there latne agent more ifective, than well, ordered energetic agricultural so icties. Secondly-Both experience and observation teach hat annual fairs and public exhIbitIons of our sue esa In all the various branches of industry are the ,nly means of exciting and sustaining that interest In gricuitural societies which insures their permanency nd success. Thirdly-Fairs cannot be sustained unless premi sie of sufieqient value are ofecred to induce exhibitors o patronize them. Fourthly-Such premiums for a society such as ours, omaposed of high-minded, intelligent, wealthy and espectabic citizens of all professions, cannot he Lon .ely obtained withoat money. Now, gentlemen, the last proposition brings us to he point. How is this money to, be raised ? The Executive ommnittoo cannot afford to furnish the ;pipiulN ou& '97 iagir pockets, and you know that he constitution of our Society requires of each mem ecr the payment (ajeuaully) of only one dollar. Have uu all paid up this one dollari if so, then wie have bout *90 In the treasury ; if not, there is nothing in ur vaults unless It be sundry bills of expenses. Oar xpenses are nothing of consequence, as we have no fficers to pay ; tho printing of premium lists being le greatest item. Will you rest satfufed with the seagre amount of ninety dollars to he offered In pre siums. I appeal to your district-pride, your patriot in, your liberality and your sense of honor. There re but two ways in my opinion, which I beg leave to abmit to your choice, by which we can raise a suE. ient amount to offer a list of premiums which will be reditable to our district. The amount may be raised y subscription, or rather by cash donations to tho >eiety. The amount should Se raaed by increasing the sebership. Our district Is one of the largeat in the ate. We have a voting population of 3000 men, ho are, or shoultbe, following some branch of in. zatry, depending upon the success of agriculture. uf farms'are as large, as fertile ap.4 g well cultiva d s thogq of an other district. And yet our Pis jet Agricultural Soeiety numbers only 90 members. QfM sapge ! lybere's thy blush ?" Lot us then increase the membership. Let every ember fellow the noble esample of Mr. J1. A. A., beo has premised to add 25 new members to the se. sty o1 Its equivalent at the next fair. This Is the at way to raise the money and the best way to give terest to the great cause which the Society is labor. g to advance. Why should we net have 500 or even 00 members in our Society. I appeal to you as gentlemen, to give this subject at attention which It deserves. Your obedient servant, THE SECRETARY.' For the Advertiser. 701 TES1UEIIC EAR. Ma. Ezaroa-I am not a selfish man, and when I ow anything that Is calculated to add to the pleas. s and happiness of my fellow-man, I always feel itf avidscharged my dut to my friend~ d neigbors pagll I hayo ingggg ag g e I good luck to them, so that they too may enjoy a od thing when iin opportunity occurs. Therefore, -this laudable purpose, Mr. Enwvoa, I know you LI allow me a shqrt apace in your paper to say a rd two In commendation of the "American Botel" the town of Hamburg--our most excellent Cotton rket, and the " burg" where Groceries, Bacon, die., osold for cas, can be beught as eheap a they a in Augusta, the opinion of others to the contrary etita. But Km ...anuaIu A smort te slaasin compay Wieb =y faty, I happened in Ramburg and was s fornat as to put up with Dr. CUxNxrxeA & Co., prpietors of te, " Agerias Htel," who, I found, were giving entr satisfaction to a crowd of strangers and eltisans of the Town. The convenience of the Augusta market enables the Doctor and his co-proprietor, Capt. Lax. an, to furnish their table as well as any Hotel in the Jand. Through the most assiduous efforts of thues g -the "American'' is, I understand, beeols. ing a universal favorite tiroughout Edgefeld and the adjoining Districts. So much so that the pro prietors have been forced to the necessity of blfding a large I-containing severi eeveniuni ania ant rooms-to theiialreadylarge and spacious Rouse. The eulnary department,thewell-farnished and airy rooms, and the constant attention oythe landlord, bar-keeper and servants are unsurpassed by many' Houses of greater pretensiess. . Great success to you, gentlemen. You deserveen couragement. May you long live to gather up the good things of life for the comfort an'd grtlie Iom of your numerous friends and gests as they may ever and anon call on you at the u"erlen. " The Doctor and his estiMable lady, s also Mrs. LINDISs, will acept of th theanksotbmy w daugh ter nd inyself for the Lospital e'tetainument they aforded us whilst at the good old IwAmerlcaN." A. PLANTER. New Market, Abbeville Diet., May 13, 1858. FROE TiE MOUNTAINS. PICKENs DIavaSCT, S. C., May, 21 1858. U. EnIo:-I feel grateful for the very cordial manner, in which you have been pleased to tall on me for a letter. Would that I could make response, in some degree, suitable and entertaining I But at this Juncture, I have no Interesting items to commu nIcate j and what is most fortunate for the patience of your readers, I lack the leisure requisite for the writing of a studied composition. YoU havebeen so well supplied, of late, with original matter, both lite rary and epistolary, (th -most of which is very good, especially " J. T. B's" letters) that it seemed useless for me to "pitch in," until something really impor tant and stirring should como to pass within the range of my observation. "The " highland laddie," I am happy to infbrm you, "yet lives to the things of earth"-stiI treads his native hills, and breathes his native air. Nor is it in his row or his pledpe to forget the land of way Ing pines, and of snowy cotton lelds. - Indeed so dear to his heart is eery portion of te Palmetto State from the lowest cypress swamp up to the loftiest mountain summit-gjat no El Dorado of the West could ever entice him away froa South Carolias. Having In a great measure lost his taste for poetry, the "laddie" aforo-mentioned has cased to believe in nyuas, and all other imaginary beings belonging to the old heathen mythology. It was,. perhaps, well enough for the Greeks and Romans to amuse them selves by peopling meadow, and grove, and mountain, and bosky dingle with goddesnes and 1Ivan delties, but the American must think and et, otiate and work out his "manUifst destiny." Peter Pilgaroe, formerly of Piekens 'Distriet, was a queer specimen of humanity. When Peter had seen about winters enough, but with hardly sense enough, to make titles to land, he oneluded one day in the absence of his mother, to have a little xtra fan. Seising an over-grown grimalkin by the nape of the neek, he shut her up in an otee; ureon which he kindled a blasing Are. Fussy's vstag lires were soon extinguished in this heated and pent.upfurnaee. His mother having returned, Peter met her at the door and said, with an air which was innocense itsel "Xaem, 01 mowe, come andee the old eat In the height of her glory?' Leading the wayi he uncovers the oven and sure enough, there was the cat grinning horribly, and burnt to a cinder.. 3pt Peter's plan for killing the -black snake was his master-stroke. One bright morning in May, he saw a sepent glide beneath his father's liarn. Destruetlon by fire is vowed against his snake-ehip,-and so ted.. mese afterward., to a day,- Peter sticks a chunk of Are to the barn, and as a matter of course, there followed a considerable costagration. ' ut what became of'the big blackasnake, thIs deponent saith not. Peter Pil garle warna eddiy, and baringthe name, a reality! - Messrs. Ashittore, Jones a' Vernon arc now. fairly launched out upon the sea of piolitics, sand are getting-on swimmingly, I believe, In the "Con gressional rae.". jach one, from what I can learn, seems to be buoyant with the .hope of coming out ahead of hIs competitors at the next October election. With respect-to Federal politics, there seems to bo a great similarity of sentiment, as well amoztthe pee. pie as among the randidato,. No ezeitement can spring from such a contest, and the issue is altogether uncertain, and rests upon grounds entirely personal and local. I understand that the work on the Blue Ridge Rail road is progrensing this season much more rapidly than it did last year. Hunter, Hitchcck A Cu., lhe present contractors at the Stump House Tunnel, are gentlemen of character, energy and experience in their business. It may be said without any great ex aggeration, that, like Pompey of'the olden timo, they seem to call a host of men around them by a stamp of tho foot! They had a short time since Sve hun dredl and six hands employed,-quite a battalion of laborers. Messrs. Hunter, Hitchcock' A Co., hare also undertaken the tunnel at Dick's Creeli, 'and no one seems to doubt their determination and ability to complete both that, and the " big tunnel" in due seas~on. Se nlote it ibe. South Western Piekens, it is supposed, .yiil be tap pied by the Air Line Railroad which is to be built from Atlanta Ga., to Anderson South Carolina. This now enterprise seems to have no little'vitality alia it,-the Georgians are at the head of'54s ddti~ know how to make thd if bil-gfy~ * ayl.rf It matter, more anon. The Wheat crop was somewhat injured by the late frosts, but to what extent no one can tell, pierhaps, till after harvest. Jack Frost left fruit enough, I think, for all edible purposes, but net enough it is to be hoped, for the manufacture of " Brandy, brandy,-bane of life, Cause of tumult, cause of strife." It has been rather sickly with us this Spring, and a few dleathse haveoccurred,-the disease was seerlerias, or something like it. But now rosy health, I am glad to state, is again ini the ascendant. Hero I am at the end of my paper with nothing more to say probably until next month. pi There Is a strong ltent feeling inWashintg. ten against the recent outrages on our' comunerce liy. the English cruisers in the Gulf. pi' The Charleston eenung .Ne, speaking of the Senatorial election, Indicates the following as til . prominent names from whom the selection will proba bly be stde: Ez-qov. Adanis, Hon. 14. 3. 'Rett, Chancellor 3pargan, CoL- Amqes Qpnut, qr 4 9q ber of Congress. The Charleston B&andard, of-- Ehursday, says: We saw on Monday, three welil-iled ears of Mutton Corn, flrom one of the private gardens of this city. In the same garden are ripe tomatoes, and okra In blossom. Also, Hovey's Seedling strawberries, four inches in circumference. 37 The ship Speed, from Mobile for Quebec, was wrecked on the 15th inst.; about forty miles East of Halifax. The Crew and cargo were saved. -A UGUSTA, May 22. Convox.-There was a fair enu - tdyfor-geod Cottons, which readily bruhtfll cs while mixed lot. and poorer grades were e .irl eeted. 1'he sales to-day were 403 bales-30OS aI1GM12*, ad 4 at 12j cents. Receipts to day 182 bales. B~coi 'was on eh deeline-heavy a~ce on hand. Flour $3 68@4 10~ I iisky 17j0 Mes Pee 4 - Lard held above the views of buyers; sales'et ae sides at 8@38*, held at gI; Linseed5g65eets. NAS RaN 0 BAco.-The market has been dall~~ our last ad pricese have given way.' -r sate 'tinwl ing to pag more than 6 eentot'8Boilders, 7o for Laun..siadys at estaess. 9ab