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Those desiring to advertise by the year, can do so on liberal terms-it being distinctly understood that contracts fur yearly advertising are confined to the immediate, legitimate business.of the firm or individ ual 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 Advertising Estrays Tollod, Two Dollars, to be paid by the Magistrate advertising. CONGE33S ADIOURNED. WAsiSHIiTON, March 4. Owing to soni points of a punctilious inature. betwee..n the Senate and House of R. presenta lives, in regatrd Li the policy of raising reveie from Ani increase in the rates for p.stages, all the appropriations for the land and ocean mail ser vice, for the coming year, have been deteated. E -ery other appropriation bill was passed. The Treasury note bill was passe.. The bills for the increa;e in th taritf-the a',olition of the frunking privilege-and the bill for inereasing the rates for pO.itatges, were all de feated. It is not brobable that an extra session of Con gress will 'e called. Both branches adjourned at noon to-day. WASHiNGVoN, March 4-Si o'clock, P. . Public opinion is divided as to the necessity of a c J1 for an extra session of Congress. All the Appropriation bills have become laws eteept the postage bill and the post route bill. The failure of tie latter to become a law wih cause no inconvenience to the public Eer. ice. The miscella..eous bill which was passed, con tains a section extending the Treasury note law fir two years. and there.)y enabling the Treasury i)cparttnent to meet the notes now shortly falling lue.-The section abolishing the franking privi lege, and iucreasing the rates of postage, was em phatically rejected. In the House, among other appropriations made, wa-s 440,000 for the existing mail con tracts to California via Panama and'Tehuante pee, to end in September. Butte:fields steamer im:uml bill, for a route fronm Mobile and New Orleans to the Mexican Gulf ports, was piassedl 1b: the S-onte almost unanimnously, but was srik,-n oir with many other appropriations in the House. Mr. Jeuim M~arron, the Third Assistant to the Postmaster GeneraI, died very suddenly this morning. Mr. M. has for many years condmucted the linance business of the Post Ollice 1epart mnent, and was regarded by previj~in, as well as by the present Administration, as an able, worthy and reliable ollicer. Rounwr Oem.m' has been appointed District At torniey here, rice P. BI. Keyv, deceased. DANIEr. E. SIeKLES.-Mr. Sickles continuos in jail. He is confined in the otlice adjoining -.-4htheguard-roomf, which is an-arched room (some twenty feet square, with a fire place, one window, and a door leading into the guard rootm. He has been provided with a cot, bed, and receives meals from his house, but no alteration hhis been made in the furniture of the room, as he says he wants no privileges not belonging to any ordinary citizen,. it was proposed to him yesterday, by his counsel and friends, to permit steps to be taken for the obtainment of a writ of habeas corpus, with the view of bringing him before a judge to be bailed out; bat this Mr. Sickles steadily refuses, for the reason that the public might suppose that privileges were gran te i to him because -of his othecial position, and his friendly relations with the Ad ministration, whicht could not be had by any ordinary person. and which might compromise nis friends, and he is determined to remain in jail, hoping for a speedly trial. Mrs. Sickles had not left the city up to seven o'clock last evening.-Washington States, 1st. A Washington correspondenit of the New York 11erald, writing on Monday. says: At 9 o'clock last evening, Mr. Sickles was re moved to his cell, where lhe was shortly after visited by Rtev. Mr. Haley, who, in a Christian spirit, camne to offer hinm consolation. Utider the effect of his exhortations, Mr. Sickles gare way to his emotions, and implored him to visit his wretched wife, and let him know of her con dition. He did so, and found Mrs. Sickles in the utmost agony of mind. On her knees she implored her husband's pardon, and bes iught him, if be woulil save her from mnadness, to re tun the wedding ring which he hadl previously t.>n from her hand. The reverend gentleman executed the commission, and carried back with him besides a letter expressive of her despair. It was somie time past midnight when the Rev. Mr. 11aley returned to the prison, atnd commu nicated what lie had witnessed. Under t he ad vice of this gentleman, Mr. Siekles consented to give up the ring, atnd was furthermore induced to write letters to his wife of the most alfecting description. Tuc Exr.osmoN or -ru PatNess.-The Nath ville paipers countaini the following dispatch fronm New Orleans, of Feb. 2$th, which gives some particulars in reference to the reecent explosion of the Princess, on the Mississippi river-: A b~oat has arrived from the wreck of the Princess, bringing a inmber of the wounded and dead. It was fogjy at the time of the ex plosionz. The Princess was be-hin.l time, arid had too much steami gn. A Baton Itogue dis-I piatch says the engineer is reported to hare said that lhe would reaeh New Orleans by a certain time or blow up. The engineer was cut in two. About one hundred are wounded, many danger ous and dying. It is impossible yet to ascer tain the number lost. Several boats saved ma ny. There is mush excitement here and all along the river. Numerous unrecognised bodies are being found. Numbers of the Princess' sufferers are dying from injuries. The forwardl part of the boat wvas blown to pieces. But few ladies were in jured in the after part of the .boat. The boat was ruii ashore after the explosion. Tmu g VANDER En.-The Savannah JSepmmbiean, of the 4th inst., has the following items in refer enee to the Wanderer, and the Africans known asa her " cargo :" "The JWaduerr."-This famnous craf-. thatt has excited so mneh noise in thme world dur-ing the last few mounths, has beena condemned as a slaver, and is advertised by the United States marshal to be sold at public outcry, in this city, on Saturday, the 12th inst. Fast travellers would do well to attend the sale. Rumored Arrest of the Africas..-It was ru mo~ed on the street yesterday, that as a lot of Africans, of the WVanderer's cargo, and about fifty in number, were passing across the country a few days ago, they were arrested and taken in charge by a largebody of the citizens of Telfair county. By what authority the capture was made, and what disposition the capturers tutend to make of their booty, do not appear ;and then the whole affair may be a hoax, though it came te us through such a channel that we are ds posed to think there is some ground for the rumor. gg" Hon. E. A. Hannegain, formerly United States Senator frota Indisana, died at thme Platers House St. Luis, on th2thl." . From the Dennettsville S. C. Son of Temperance. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY!-THREE KEN POISONED! On Thursday last the 2-lth our quiet commn iity was startled with flying reports that several persons had been poisoned on strychnine whis key, at a grocery and confectionary, opened here not tOlng since, by John C. Terrell, a young man ,f respectable connections in this District. Among other articles on hand in this shop, it was pretty wdll understood in the village, that i-itoxicatinv liquors were kept for the necommo dation of thirsty customers. Between eleven and twelve o'clock, it seens Mr. Ananias Graham, an aged and very respec table citizen of our District, and h's son Mr. John W. Graliam-the grand tlier and trnele of Terrell-happened at the shop together. and a young inan by the name of John D. McCollum, who spent most of his time there, was also pres e:t. Afte: the alarm was given, and the neighbors rished inl, the Grahams were founil down, with dreadful spasms, McCollum just beginning to cxcrieniee the effects of the poisonous liqiuor, aid Terrell himself, it was said, had also drank with the others. Some four or five Physicians happened t.i lie near by and were promiiptly called in-probably in less than ten ninutes after the liquor was drank, but in spite of every eiort thus instantly made to save them, the Messrs. Graham (cied in s)iid twenty or thirty minutes, and McCullum, after suffering the most exeruciating agony fur some twelve hours, died about midnight. Terrell was, soon after the occurrence, removed to his father's residence in the village, where it was reported he too was sulfering severely. Of course such an occurrence, on the corner of our public square, at mid-day, was well calcu lated to startle our quiet village, and to produce the most intense excitement. Crowds flocked in to witness the extraordinary spectacle-two highly respectable citizens, who had been greeting their friends in good health bat a few momei.ts before, now lay dead, the ftther and son in a bw feet of each other-and ymung McCollum evidently dying near by, all from drinking a sintile glass f -whiskey Imnmediately succeding the tragic event, no h ,dr nppear dto suspect. f,ul play, but all won d-red how 4o much dead'y poison could have bien imbibed from so small a I(uanitity of what is now generally tcrmied " str"yehnine whiskey," The question was discussed variously und ear nestly, in numerous excited groups about the Public Square, tfor several hours, when, as a inat ter of course, a f-rmial investigation of the facts -md circumstaices by a Corouers Inguest, was uggestedl. Some deeimed sneh an investigation unnecessiarv, and, satisfied that the whole affair was purely aceiduital, were willing to dispense with the usual f'ornalities observed when death occurs thus suddenly. Others insisted upon the propriety and necessity of an Inquest, and the Coroner was accordingly sent for. Just before sun set, a full and very intelligent Jury was summoned, and being duly sworn, pro .ceeded with the investigation, in view of the dead bodies of the Messrs. Graham. The Inquest collected from various sources facts and circumstances, that led them to unite in a verdict that required the Coroner forthwith to issue a warrant for the arrest of John C. Ter rell, allout 11 o'clock that night, and the Sheriff iiniediate'y conititted him to the Jail, to await his trial for murder at the ensuing term of our Court, which is to sit here week after next. The following day, in consequence of McCol him's death, which occurred ab->ut an hour after the first Inquest ended, another Jury duly sum monel by the Coroner assembled, and in view of the dead body, made still farthier iinvestiga ti ins, and agreed upotm a similar verdict t- those rendered the night before. The Charleston Me-rcuriy gives the following circumstances of the posnig Mr. Terrel hiad procured a large stock of goods by the fnl.ee endorsement of the names of his gramihfa'ter un-I uncle upon hais pper. Thle paper had been sent from a bank in tis city to their agent in Bennettsville, who had eommuini e itedh with Mr. Granham, senior-, upon the subject. Mr. Grah~am denied all knowledge of the paper, and visited his gi-andson, in company with his son, for the purpose of remonstrating with him. What transpiren at that meeting is not fully known. But it does not appear that any alter cation ensued. AasMessrs. Graham were about leaving, Mr. Terrel directed his clerk, Mr, Mc, Collum to go to a certain shelf in the store and bring a bottle of excellent whiskey. This was done, and Messrs. Graham partook of it, and sooni died, as our correspondent relates. The ek, Mr. M.cC.>llm took a private drink as le returned the beottle to its shelf, anid thus fell a victim. Mr. Terre denies all knowledge of the poi.son, and avers that he never in his life purchased tany. But, unfortunately, for the truth of this statement, the books of an apothe arv in Bennettsville show a charge aga'nst him for'stry-chnine and arsenic, furnished six months ago. Drs. W. J1. Dav-il tnd TP. Jennings, of Ben nettville, v~lho condniete!d the pasl mortern exani nation, have brought the stomachs of the de eased, the bottle ot' whisky, anid a package of supieted poison to this city,. for the purpose of analysis. Urs. D~avid and Jennings are at the Charleston Hlotel. Rosurer os Lotris Nai'ormo.-In a recent speech to his constituents, Mr. Rloehuck used the following language regarding Englaud's French alliance: Emiland will find that she cannot touch pitch withouat being defiled. One alliances ought to be with freedom everywvhere. [Cheers.] A des pohowever lie may have gained his power, ought to be to us a despot still. [[[ear, hear.] With France as a people, let tis be in alliance. She is a gallant and great nation, and has been a ligt t o manikind as we have been; but 8he has not st ain examiphe of good governmenit. We have seen constitutional go vermnment in France trod den out by the hard heel of an uniblushing des pt. Coiistituitioni-' governimnt has been lput down. Englanxd hias been insulted, and every po~ssible attempt has been made by that despot to ally himself with the polvers of Europe, ty ranical as they are. D~epend upon it, the pre tence now made of aiding and assisting Italy, is a mere pretence to march down his pr3etoriani hordes on thaut great country. IIe will erect in the place of the eagle of Austria, the eagle of France. I have no faith in a mian who has perjury on his lips. |Cheersi I recollect, when at Cher bourg, seeing thme Eumpetror of the French visit the Quoen of England, it was a great s'ght. Evrythinmg was there to excite and rouse tho buoyanit spirits of meni. I saw that matn mount the steps which led to our noble Queen's vessel; and when I saw his p'erjured lips upon her hal lowed cheek, my blood rushed to my heart, to think of that holy and good creature being de filed by the lips of a perjured despot. [Loud cheers and huzzas.] We have beea informed that the body of the unfortunate fireman, Mr. Wilson, who lost his life by the late railroad accident at Bush river, was found yesterday, within a few feet of where the body of Mr. Poor was found the day before. We are pleased to learn that the work of repair ing the road is going on rapidly, and that the trains will pass over in a few days.-Columbia (S. C.) Guardian, March 3. .LooK Oc-r !-Counterfeit $20 bills (re4 back) othe Bank of Hamburg, S. C., are in circula tion. WVe saw one at the Banuk here yesterday. It will deceive nine personis out of ten. The railroatd arch on the counterfeit is bold-otn thme geuine not som. Thme counterfeit is not so bright ii appeairance as the genine, but its whole is ood, very. The plates amid lettering oni the enine ball cani be seen amid read on the back, while they do niot show through on the counter feit unless you hold them up to the light. The signatures are almost perfect. It is a very damn gerous fraud to the careless.-Hfutacsille (Ala.) Adocaf. A SnKooTING APFAnR.-The Baton Rouge Ad vocate gives the following account of an affair which recently occurred at Jackson, Louisiana. One of the Professors of the College, Mr. Wiley, having married i, Mrs. Magruder, whose resi den'ee is niot far from the Classic Halls of Cen-. tenary, the students resolved to) charicai the happy couple. A knowledge of their intemtions bavimg b cen obtained by thie Pro)fessor, the younig getlemten wer-e cautioned against carryimg out their de..,gns, as they were told it would not be tolerated, JRejecting the counils of the Profes sor, a marty of sendets mad4e their appear-anlc in front of the residence of the bride, when the discordant music of kettles and cow hours aroused the inmates, who fired a few blank cartridges upon the musicians, in order to frighten them away. The students returned to the College, arm'ed themselves with pistols, retraced their steps, and fired several times at the house with balls. The inmates (who they were we know not) returned 'the compliment with .nall shot, wound ing several of the students in the face. None of the wounded are considered at all dangerous. ARTHUR SlMXINS, EDITOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1859. HOT SUPPER. lI'ar in mnid that the ladies of the Methodist Church givo one of their delightful Suppers this (Tuesday) evening. They afford a fine repastal treat at a moder a'e charge. Their object being so good a one, let every body attend. Go to the Odd Fellow? Hall this evening in flocks. .... .. . . .e . - . A& 1 "Sripio's" article for the current week is nece.ssarily postponed. M. "CnAnr V" will appear next week. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. The Spring Term for this District opened on Mon day last, his 1ionor, Jso. LELTON O'NEA.,LL, Chief Jus tiee, presiding. It affords every one pleasure to find the venerable Judge still capable of discharging the onerous duties of his position with much of his wonted energy. M:,y his health and strength be spared him yet many years! Mr. Solicitor Owr'ss is at his post, in prime condition for a week of labor. Our bar in full feather, with Senator CAnROLL in the lead while 'thers are pressing up to his high mark of excellence. The criminal docket is full, and will probably occupy the entire fir.st week. Thus far, the turn-out of citizens has .e=n respectable in spoiteof bad weatherand worse roads. ANOTHERI GOLD MINE. Cot. Jou QUATL1.1un exhibits some very capti vating specimens of gold-bearing rock taken from a vein heohas recently dibcovered on Sleepy Creek in this district. The vein is one of high promise so far as te.ted. The Colonel estimates that the earth in its immediate proximity will pan out at the rato of $20 per Jics, to the hand, unless present appearances are very illusory. We wish him an abundant golden harvest. M:iy it be another streak of Porn good luck! BIGGEST RAIN OF TIlE SEASON. Sundy night last and Monday following brought us the most inundatory showers of the season. Many hope it was the breaking-up demonstration of the prolonged wet spell of winter. SUICIDE. Soi.oxoN ELLsnMERo, of this district, committed suicide in the neighborhood of Mountain Creek Church some ten d:ays ago. le hung himnself with a rope at. tached to the liumb of an oak tree that stands near the road leading from GEonG: OuzTs's to WILLIAX LAxn's, and was found dead soon after the deed by Major WILLAMS of that vicinity. le was nearly seventy years old and had labored fur a good while under some aberration of mind; had declared to one of thme witnenses examined oni the inqiuisitlon that lhe intenided to end his life as lhe did. The jury rendered a verdict in aucrdanee.with these facts. StOUTri CARtOLINA COLLEGE. A catalogue of thme Cullege is before us, kindly fur nished by our young friend T. L. W. The list shows 3 ltesident Graduate.', 40 Seniors, 32 Juniors, 55 Sophu, anid Ml Freshmen,--total 181. This looks flourishing. From Edgefield, we find Jons BeAuron? WA.Aes in the Senior Class, TuoxMis LAMAn WAnD L Aw in the Junior, Joats M. BeI.L. in the Sophomore, EawAa Jer'LIA Bertia in the Freshman Clas,-on ly one representative in each class, but all of them fne fellows, and who will, we doubt not, reflect honor npon their district. Teacbers preparing young -men for the College wont'? do well to notiuos timnonition which we ex tract anal aippend: "The faculty have resolved that, except In very peculiar and cxtrauor'Iinary cases, no youang nan shall hereafter be examianed for ainy class who has not both read and caretfully recieweed anlI that Is required for auission. When the certilenate of lais teacher does not distinmetly state this fact, the applicant will he asked whether or not he tas done so, and in all cases in which a negative answer is given, an examination shall be refused to the candidate. Ilereafter appli cants may expaet to be thaoroughly examained in Ar nold's Latin Prose Cuampositiaon, annd teachers are re quested to pay special attentlona to this regnisition. A thoirough kniowledge of Arithmectic being essential to sn""ess in allt thae classes of the College, applicants mpist be prepared for a full and searching examination in this sdy. TIJE GEORGIlA 14tD5AD10 00LI4EgE, Thae follwing gentlcemen froma this litatu gradlualtd at the Medical College of Georgia lust week, and re ceived their diplomas as regular M. D's: D. W. Patton, 1B. Rt. Ildreth, N. S. Mc'Cunts, M. M. Pitti, P. 0. Sullivan, A. M. Settle, L. A. Purris, J. H. Gover. WV. E. Link. The Cowrsitationlist, in allud'ng to the Commnene meniat exercises, says: " It may not be altogether inappropriate here to emark tthat the Georgia Medical College is in a flour. isinag cundition. It could no; welt be othmerwise; for having stood the test of tIme, its reputation is now fully evtaublishaed. With a faculty fuully gqialifted (anr the higha and resp'onsibhu positinas which they hold; and with essenstial facilities f'.r thes attentir'e studenat to lrilsecute hais lihors in the stumily of his p~rafession, its course us anid will lie onward and upwardl. The numnber of' students in attendane upun the course oif lectures which have just' clnsed, was olae hundred ail fitty ; ot whoan ninety-seven were from Georgia ; twoenty-one from Atabanma; tweanty-slx from South Carolina: two f'rnm Florida; one from Tennes see ; one from North Carolina; one from Texas; and one from Mississippi." OLD AUNT LIZZIE. The oldest individual in alt these parts, is a negro known as "O1.t, Auxv Lazzin'," the property of the late Mrs. Gn at , of this village. Ausv LiazisE is thought to be nearly oine hundred and twentyyears old. She was a woman d f some years at the time of the fall of Charleston during the Revolutionary War. She often tolls of having boon then pressedi into (110 soryico among nmany other negroes employed In throwIng up breast-works, digging ditches, &c. She had then been imported several years, and had been the mother of twoe or three children before she left Africa. She now walks occasionally from the ptace at which she taber nacles to this village, a distance of nearly two miles, and back in the same day. She Is stilt cheerful and hatty. Shall not Old Aunt Linile bear off the palm of longevity ? TIlE CHARLESTON PAPERS. We endorse the folLowing from our neighbor of thme Newberry Suna: A midst the general dillfusion of news, the strife of parties, the rage of politics, the indications of war, the display of atdvertisemeuats, the publication of mar. riages, of prospectuses of papers, &e., we would call the attention of our readers to the Charleston papers -the Mercury, the Evening News and the Courier three excellent Journats, ably conducted, and which desrvo the support of the State at large. Of their poalitial creed, though there Is a differene in some respect.', yet their policy is the union of the Southern States in taauntaning their rights. They furnish rprts of thu umarkets aand mnarinae, made up with mnuh care, give the latest intelligence, have able and complished corresponudents In various piartions of the world, furnish literary notices frome lbs pens of gentlemen who are accomplished scholarsg together with everythaing else that is necessary to make good Journals. The Evening News, by the by-also con tains interesting stories and tales, which renders It a pleasant and an agreeable fireside companion. These papers published at our seaport, the centre of South Carolina commerce, should be in the house of every family and on the counter of every merchant, and we believe, should supersede the thousand and one trashy Northern Journals, that are now so liberally suppor ted by Southerners, filled with hobgoblin, bloody tales, murders amnd robberies, that exercise a corrup ting influene on the minds of all who -read them. There is nothing Impure,. iminoral, obscene, in the Charleston Journals; but matter of a pure, whole some charapter, that can npt but leave an impress of a Good.'' gWr We are Ii4ebtedl to Soe phsR fo Cn TAXAS riEMS. From the Texas Almanao for 1859 we cull a few items that may not prove uninteresting to the general reader,-cortainly not to those who are looking Texas ward. 1. A brief artiele in the a is devoted to tlit subject of the Indian Rose e in Texas. It will be remembored that the State of Texas, by act of the Legislature, set apart twelve leagues (55 728 acres) of land upon which the Texa" ndians were to he settled by the General Governme t, said precinct to be re served to the United States for the use and benefit of the Texas Indians exclusively. The Brazos Reserve now contains about oleven-.handred souls, conbisling of Caddoes, Waeoes, Anabdapoes and others. Six hundred acres of land ar4in successful cultivation, the crops being wheat anj corn. The Indians are reported as having mado-.'stonishing progress In civilization. A Aourishi school is in existence amongst them, with incr ing prospects.-Tbe Co manche Reserve contains at four hundred souls; but the Couanches have +t progressed as have the Indiana on the Brazos Reserve. They are however supporting themselves. By the way we observe, in a lato number of the Galveston News, a statement which rajher neutralizes this favorable account of "the Reserves. A writer speaks of them as nuisances, and advocates the abo lishment of them. Lately. it appears some of thote Indians have been out among the white settlements drinking and brawling. One or two murders have been committed by them, and the neighboring com munities were highly Incensed and would call for Legislative action in the matter. Why not send them further West at onceo? The Red man cannot abide in such close juxta-position #th the White man. 2. Mr. Jo91 W. Ioassox contributes to the Alma. nao the following singular account of the capture of SAITA AssA after the battle of San Jacinto. We say singular, because it differs from the usually received version of the story. Still, the editor of the Almanac does not deny its probability. Says the writer: " On the morning of the 22d, the day after the bat tIO, a party was detailed and sent out under command of Gen. Burleson. This party proceeded in the di rection of the bridge on Vince's Bayou. Our object was to pick up any Mexicans we could find who tled fruin the battle the evening before, and particularly to search for Santa Anna d os. When we reached the Bayou, we divided into sqads of five or six per. sons in each, and went jb different diroetions. The party I was with consisted of six, all privates, so far as I know. Their names are as follows: Miles, Syl vester, Thompson, Vermilion, another whose name I do not recollect, and myself. From the bridge we started down the Bayou.: After traveling about two mile., we saw a man standing on the bank of a ravine, some five or six hundred yards from us. He, no doubt, saw us first, for when we started towirds him, he sat down on a high place, and waited till we came up. It proved to be Santa Anna. I was the only Qge of the party that spoke the Megican language. I asked him if be knew where Santa Anna and Cos were. le said he thought they had gone to the Bra zos. I aeked him if he know of any other Mexicans that had made their escape from the battle. He said he thought there were some up the ravine in a thicket. I told him we would take him to the American Camp. He was very willing to go, but complained of beibg very tired. I aske'd if he was an officer. No, he said he belonged to the cavalry, and was not ac customed to being on foot-arthat be was run very close by our cavalry the day before, and was compelled to leave his horse. When we started with him, one of our party dismounted and went up the ravine to look for the Mexicans spoken of by Santa Anna, and Santa Anna rods his horse some two miles up the road. The man that wentlop the ravine finding no Mexicans, then came up and told Santa Anna to dismount. He refused to do it, and the man then leveled his gun at him, when he dismounted and asked me how far it was to camp. I told him eight or nine miles. He said he could not walk so far. The young man then wanted to kill hits, and I told him so. Hie then said he would try and walk, hut would have togo slow; and so we asarted for camp, and the man got behind him and would prick him in the hack with his spear, and matke him trot for some two or three miles. Santa Anna thou stepped, and appealing to me, said if we wanted to kill him, to do so, but he could not walk any farther. I then took him up behind me, and carried hm to cami., some tivo~r six miles furthter. After he got up behind, we entered into a general conversation. le asked me if Glen, Houston commanded in person at the battle; jiow many we killed, and how many prisoners ~e had takent, and when they would be :.hot.r told him I did not think| they would be shot-that I had never known Ameri ans to kill prisoners of war, lie said the Amerieos were a brave and generous people, and asked me what I thought would be done with the prisoners. I told him I didgn~kow, 14that the. Ameripcans would like the younger ones or- servants. Hie said that' would be very kind. lie asked me bow many were in our army at the battle. I said some six or seven hundred. HJe said he thought I was mistaken-that thre must he more. I said, no, and that two hundred Americans could whip the whole Mexican Army. "Yes, said he, the Americans are soldiers." I asked him if he was not sorry he had come to fight the Americans. Yes, he said, but be belonged to the army, and was compelled to obey his ofileers. I asked him, if he was back In Mexico, if lhe would come to Texas any more, lie said no, he would desert first. This brought us to campa; when the Mexicans imme diately announced his name. lie asked to be taken to Gen. Houston, and was then taken to him." 2. Among the new counties, we find one bearing the namne of McCuLtocII, so called in honor of Major Bas. MCCULLOCII, who was a Texas Ranger of high prowess, and who is now so favorably known as a gentlgian in tl~js State, and indeed throughmolt the 4. Mr. RexnnAt.L continues to report favorably upon his extensive experiments In Sheep raising. Our editor remarks that another year's success will incon testibly prove the fact, that no better sheep range ex i'ts in the wide world than-can be found in the moun tains of Comel, Bilanco, Hays, Gillespie, Kerr and exar counties. 5. Among the statisties .of Texas, the curious entry is made, of the money Lenders in the State, the num ber of whom is put down at 2638; and the total of their loans is estimated to be $2,745,493. 6. The Episcopal Churecq has now In Texas twenty three organized parishes in union with the convention, and some twelve church edifices. At the last conven tion there were reported .twelve clergymen in the Diocese, Etrox and U nLLTzm were the pioneers of Episcopacy in Texas. 7. A brief accountof the U. S. Mail Service between Texas and tbe Pacific Coast, will be read with inter "In the month of June, 1857, the Post Office De partment awarded the contract, on the above route, (the route between San Antonio and San Diego) to James E. Birch, of California, at a compensation of 1 $14J,u00 per year for semi-monthly trips in four horse coaches. On the 9th of August following, the service was commenced-the schedule time allowred for run nig through being fixed at -thirty days. And, not withstanding the great distance, anad moady over aj trra incognsita, the tripm were made succesiully from the first; and up to the 9th of August, j858, acing one y'ear, not a single failure lla4 opettrre4 lit ofinte a thing unegampled on any mtail route of any consid erable length. Though thirty days are allowed with in which to make the trip, it is seldom the mail is out twenty-ftvc days-the average time being abouttwenty-. three. "Mr. James E. Birch being lost on the ill-fated Central America, in the Fall of 1857, the centract passed into the bends of Mr. Geo. H. Giddings, of San Antonio,.,Toxas, and Mr. IR. E. Doyle, <f San Diego, California, by whom It has been eobrical outI with great energy and success. The mall leaves San Antonio and Sain Dieg., re spectively, on the 9th and 24th of every month, at o'clock in the morning, in fine, new, square-budled I coaches, drawn by five mules-two at the wheels, and' three abreast in the lead. This arrangement oh the a team Is found to work exceedingly well, as, thus ar- I ranged, one driver can command the whole, whie a six mule team would require two drivers. The aser-t age speed made over the Anee natural roads of the -a West, is six miles per hour. The number of pasam-.. gers on this line varies, but hardly ever a trip is male c without one or more. The price of a thlrough passage is two hundred dollars-all expenses being borne by the proprietors of the line. Respecting the acconmm. datons, thtey are as good as circumstances will admit the stages being so arranged that passengers can re. edine in theta comfortably, and take their sleep' while. traveling. The provisions are the best that the na- I ture of so long ai, trip will allow. The character of the country is that of a high, dry, and eminently healthy e one, and a trip across our Centinent could hardly fail to prove benefielal to the health of the traveler. I "The Comnpany employ, In carrying out their een tract, sixty-five men, fifty coaches, and four hundred0 nule. The offeers of the Company are: Mr. J. C. Woods, Superintendent; Mr. 0. I. Gliddings, Agent, San Antonio; M. B. Biramihall, jr., Agent, pro temn., San Antonio; Mr. T. S. Rogers, Agent, Fort Clark; Mr. E. ilall, Agent, El Paso; Mr. It. E. Doyle, Agent,t San Diegn. " The San Antonio and San Diego Mall Route Is, without doubt, the meat practicable overland route to our Pacific possessions, and, in this view, possesses a national importance. That it will be extensively used for travel and emigration, at an early day, we have no doubt, while its chances of becoming the route for the great Pacific Railroad, are believed to he better than any route known to the country." . Mr. Svzarne T. SisAwar.reports the successful ...lt... or a Isl.a Cnkou.. is..l.... Ho.. =~ P. 3xz, and others, not only on the island# of the coast mt also on the mainland of Texas. The plant, he isserts, attains a height of from four to six feet, and aranches well. The limbs are long, slender, short ointed, and full of small, long, sharp bolls, of a glit ering green color. The yield per acre is from two mundred and fiffy to three hundred pounds of ginned otton, and the quatity commands between 30 and 40 mnts per pound. Mr. SAWELL estimates that there re at least one hundred and fifty thousand acres of and adapted to this growth, extending from Galres on Bay to the Rio Grunde. 9. There are Salt Springs in various parts of Texas, Lnd HAnDMAN & Co., of Burnett County, are succeed. ng well in the manufacture of salt from them. Others ire turning their attention to the business. Immense mpplies of salt are yet to be developed in the lagoon, hat lie around Corpus Christi. 10. By an act of the Texas Legislature at its last ses. lion, the following expedientis adopted for therecovery )f fugitive slaves who escape beyond the limits of dlave territory: The law gives one-third of the value of the slave hat has been brought back from beyond the slave territory of the United States, to the person by whom be is brought back. Such person may either deliver the slave to the owner, who shall pay him the third of his value; or if the owner is unknown, or in case he prefers to do so, ho may deliver the slave to the Sheriff of Travis county, and the third of his value shall be paid him from the State Treasury, the negro being appraised for that purpose, the money to be re funded to the Treasury by the owner when he proves his property. But should no one prove the ownership in three months, then the negro Is to be sold at ane tion, and the Treasury shall be re-imbursed from the proceeds of sale, and the residue shall be kept subject to the claim of the owner when found. KNICK-KNACKS. The Knickerbocker fur the present month has a va riety of good things spread out over the editor's table. Among them are the four or five we hero subjoin: 1. " The customers of a certain cooper in a town out west," caused him a vast deal of vexation, by their "saving" habits and persistence in getting aill their old tubs and casks repaired, and bug*ng but little new work. "I stood it, Iowever," said he, "until one day old Sam Crabtree brought in an old "Bung-)Iole" to which he said he wanted a new bar rel wade. Then I quit the business in disgust!" 2. A young clergyman came on board in great dis tress: he had been robbed-wallet, money, papers, all gone: and he was " a stranger in a strango land." He must go on; but howv, he knew not. Providental. ly, almost the first man he met in the "caboose" was an old acquaintance, a drover from the West, who was passing down with a lot of cattle. His disaster was soon explained, and he seemed much relieved by finding one who could substantiate his story, in part at least. By-and-by the conductor caino around: but w'th a wav of the hand, and an " All right," declined even to hear the story of the minister. And the minister in turn appealed to the drover for an expla nation. " Why," said "old Ohio," " this is it: you see, I am entitled to carry so much "fretyAr," and being short of my complement, I jest told the con ductor he might " ount you in," as so much of my stock !" " Well, well" said "his reverence," "I really feel tranasported by the arrangement !" 3. Perhaps many of our readers may remember a sketch, unmistakably from the pen of Dickens, in Honniehold Worde, describing an inebriated young man, "overcome with last night," who came before the polico-department as a "complainant" for the loss of a watch. "Where do you live, Sir ?" askei the efficial. " Lamber."... " Oh! you live in Lam both ?" "Ye-e-s-Lamber.".., "What is your pro fession?" "Wha'-wa's'fesslon?" "Yes, whatis your business?" "Solitrer." "Solicitor; ay: and you've lost your watch, you say?' "N-o-o; 'tznot mywar'-'tu'afrenzomi.' "Ah: it's not yourwatch, but a friend o' yours? Very well: you come here to morrow morning, at ten o'clock, and we'll have your friend's repeater or you." (It had already been found, hut he was not in a proper state to receive it.) " T'morrcrmornin' ?" "Yea', to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock." " Wha'-whu'--wha' is it o'clock noec 7--is it to-morrowmnornin' or yes-s-terdamornin'?" He was told that it was "this morning," and was bowed out with: " There, go away now :'' and he sig-zagged from the premises. 4. On board the steamboat " Belfast," bound from Memphis to New Orleans, the captain was compelled by one of those dense fogs, that sometimes happen there, to stop and "tie up" at a wood-yard. In the course of the evening the fog gave signs of clearing off, and from the upper or hurricane deck the stars were plainly visible. An impatient passenger forth. with sought the pilot, who was in the saloon in the quiet enjoyment of a game of euchre. "I say'," M4r. Pilot, "ain't you going to art pretty soon 1" nYes, a. soon as the fog clears up," Well Its star-light now over-head. "Oh ! yes, but you see we are not goIng tat wcay." Light presently dawned upon the mind of the befoggjed inquirer. 5. One more only, of the mandlin kind. HIanny G at least will agree with us that it is rather too rich to he left out. Says one of Knick's correspondents: I was sitting in my slippers the other night, before a good sea-coal fire, (none of your hard, sulphurous anthracite,) reading the "Naratire-History of the Kniekerhocker ;" and when I caine to your remarks upon poor Charles Hloffm~an, and ran over that verse of " Hparkling anid Biright," which you have quoted, a little occurrence came to tue stud enly, out of one of the cells of AMeinery, which I do u'L suppose I have thught of for seventeen yours. This was it: tere were fuur young men of us--you know them ill but one, at this moment-who were partaking of me of Bunker's beautif'ul, quiet, recherche dinners, it the blesse'l old Mdansin-.llouse in Broadway, on NewYear's Eve. The riands were of the best; the sines, which were of the fnest vintages, cheered but lid not inebriate, and were " discussed without fuss >r pretence, or want, or' waste." H--, one of our ittle party, in a clear, ringing voice, sang " Spark ing andI Bright," as, with goblets in hand, we await sd the toast with which he was to conclude. It was ;ivea, honored, and our glasses set down; when a lapping of hands was heard in an adjoining apart ent, and presently a faint, timid rap "spiritualhzed" it our door. It was opened: and there entered a roung gentleman, hat In hand, and evidently in the tate In which Wallack reprpeopts " Diok .Ilashall" to ,, when he shows the l'ul4 woman" the "min-min athure." Looking apparently at some dozen more ;uests than were present, he said : " Gen'lemen, 'cx use me. 'if you please : I heard that ex-guis-ite song, ,ea.ew-tflly sung: and I wish pus-pias-sonally, to ank you, on behalf of mny-my.self and friend in ex' room: 'S'be-eae-tiful sentiment : " Like the swubbles that him On the beaker's swim, And bake on the ribs while eating !" "QGen'leinen, do n't lot me intrude : I only wanted o say, I thank you, gon'lemen: sincerely thank you, i behalf of my-my-self and friend in nex' room. ood evenin', gentlemen !-and the grateful fellow ewed himself out." Our friend adds, that " the young gentleman was ubequently so extremely m',rtified at the ridiculous xhibitlon which he had made of himself, that from hat time forth ho was never known, even by his must timate friend*, to be overcome Iiy wing," UYPER CRITCAL. The K~nickerbooker XJthtly Jiagaune Is one of he very heat literary journals in a' the land, and its ontributors too are nearly always classic and truth ul. But we must demur to a small portion of an ar ideo in the March number, on " Street Songs." That ortion runs thus: Only one other of the street-songs claims our atten on, because it is stated to be the production of " the ighly popular author," so-and-so, whom we never ad the pleasure of hearing of before. It is called Gentle Annie," and it is farther stated, that " the mu of this beautiful song can be had of Messrs. o-and-so, In Broadway." This chaunt, If it Is 'beautiful," which we very much doubt, is frightfully antimental. It opens with a painful regret, which a only explained in the penultimate verse, where re learn that the gentle Annie in question is in her ob! The introductory stanza apostrophizes the potheosis of the gentle Annie with the following ailing mixture of affectionate agony and gratuitous andor:* " Thou wilt come no more, gentle Annie; Like a flower thy spirit did depart: Thou art gone, alas ! like the many That have bloomed in the summer of my heart." Oh ! the rogue ! The man who could suffer so many entle Annics in general to, bloom in his heart, and 'ho does not scruple to confess the fact to the shade f the gentle Annile in particular, deserves to have om all go from hinm. Indeed, who shall say if a nowldge of the gentleman's depravity, prior to her osthumous acquaintance with it through his own nfesion, might not have led to the departure of er spirit like the flower ? The chorus, too, is faulty. Sis all vary well, at the end of the first verse, when se real cause of the gentleman's grief has net been eclared, for his friends, tho tenor and baus and alto, a ask : " Shall we never more behold thee, Never hear thy winning voice again ?" But after the young lady's tomb has been men oned, the question above quoted is a piece of evi it supererogation which calls the gentleman's ye esty into question, or hints at a sham funeral. i !" says he: " Ah !_the hours grow sad while I ponder :" rhiah we have not the smallest doubt of; and, it is earl to think what a phuderous song we should ...ekad If be had 1ondered much lonarr. What we venture to say of this criticism is, that Its writer has overdone his subject and perpetrated fool wrong to a very sweet little song. It is difficult to, arrive at the purpose of his far-fetched distortions of very plain thoughts and words, unless It was to 'COMO around' to the ponderous pun which terminates his commentary. Stand your ground, "Gentle Annie," against all such hypercritical sneerers! How could the good Mr. 'Knick' allow you to be thus .rudely assailedes. his very premises ?-But accidents will happen in the best regulated families. THE HEAVZNLY-HEREAFTER. Despite the. teahings'of that Divine Religion which has brought life and immortality to light, there is yet a proneness among men to doubt the realisation of an immortal nature in themselves. It is indeed the great mystery of man's existence, at which Philosophy stag gers if unaided by Revelation. But even to the natural mind, there are Irresistible arguments to prove the immortality of the soul. Of these, we do not rmeom ber to have seen the argumentum ad homisnem MOe forcibly stated than in the sujoined brief but beautiful extract: "IxrosSaIBL! Am I tQ be told that the orations of DEMOSTUENIS, the philosophy of Nzwvox, the pictures of RAIrAIAL, the poetry of MILToN, are nothing Wore than conceptionsof brute matter? Am I tbe toldthat all this pssion and thought which animate my frame; these deep transports of hope and fear, and joy and sorrow, and hatred anddespair; these lofty aspirations and vast desiree-these dreams of the long-gone Put and Uhe distanifuture; thesewanderings of imaginaton through the abysses of infinitude, are all produced by the vibration of a few Abres of brain underneath t skull? Am I to believe that pure Affection, and in corruptible Honor, and heroic Courage, and fervest Piety, and transcendent Goulus, have given to them only a momentary existence, and then to sink into the same grave with the frame which they informed with their fire, and to dissolve into the same dust? Do we not feel, in the Lova which fills our bosoms, a 0on sciousness of a divine effluence, which will survive every thing lIss durable than heaven and eternity? Who that had a heart, ever doubted that he had a soul " And then comes that other grand mystery, the future home of the soul-what, and where is it to be? Even to the Christian the conception of that homie is necessarily dim and undefined. The glimpses 'omeb safed to Joni on the Isle of Patmos, make up no snoh description as man can realize. The Evangelists and Apostles were not inspired to instruct mankind al to the locality and circumstances of this future hoes; and the reason, doubtlest, was because its brightsess and glory were inconceivable by man in his presnt existence. An eminent Divine thus strikingly ilhis trates the impossibility of realizing this change with our present limited understandings: " Ir a child had been born, and spent all of hialife in the Mammoth Cave, how impossible would it be for him to comprehend the upper world! Parents might tell him of its life, and light, and beauty, and its sounds of joy; they might heap up the sand into mounds, and try to show him, by stalactites, how grass, and fowers, and trees grow out of the ground; till at length, with laborious thinking, the child would fancy he had gain ed a true idea or the unknown land. And yet, thegh he longed to behold it, when the day came that he *a to go forth, it would be with regret for the familiar crystals and rock-hewn rooms, and the quiet that reigned therein. But when he came up, some.May morning, with ten thousand birds singing in the trees, and the heavens, bright and blue, and full of sun-light, and the wind blowing softly through the young leaves, all a-glitter with dew, and the landscape stretshlng away green and beautiful to the horison, with dWat rapture would he guse about him, and see howpoor were all the fancyings and the interpretations which were made within the cave, of the things which gtew and lived without: and how he would wonder that he could ever have regretted to leave the silence and dreary darkness of his old abode I So, whm -we emerge from this cave of earth into that land where spring-growths arc, and where is eternal summer, how shall we wonder that we could have cluing so fondly to this dark and barren life!". STREET NAMES. From an old plat of a part of the town of Edgseleld, we discover that main street was originally dubbed JJeer.on; the street cressing Main and leading off opposite the Episcopal Church, BDaldsin; and the one crossing above Dr. E. J. Mixs's residence, kadi son'. To think, moreover, that the present loblolly road through Bluncomabe used to be styled the ApplaiWay of Edgefield !-Ehu! DE3IAGGUR a n mrnanGmet - Our reply to the young gentlemen who haveeca sulted us by letter as to the proper definition of these two words, is this: A Jhenangegue is understoodbt he a leader of the people,--some would say, of the rab ble. The term Is derived from the two Greek words demos (the populace) and ago (to lead;) and we re memiber that Mr. CaLDnOUx used to have a way of go ing a little further hack and deriving denmos from dainion,, the devil. But we think there is often mmeh more of old Satan's nature in the leader than in the populace. So much Indeed baa there been of a mis. cliievous tendency in these popular leaders, that the term demagogue is now generally understood toasavor more of wrong than of right,-more of pandesing-to the popular voice thans of directing its enthusiaem for goid. We hope we make ourself understood. In regard to the other word embraced in your query, we cannot do better than copy what Dr. Liua says of it in his Anmericana Encyclopedia : " Pedagogue with the Rlomans and Greeks, a slave who carried the childlren of his master to school. Since slaves sad freedmen .often made attainments in science, they were frequenitly used as tutors; and the Greek irord pedeagogue thus came, at a later period, to signify a teacher of children. In English the idea of pedantry is generally connected with it; but the Germans use the word for any wan who studies and preecf ees scientiiall3 the education of the young." XISCELLAN20OVS ITEXS. W' The commnunication of "Beech Island" has ben unaccountab~ly delayed on the road, or it'should have appeared hefore. per-.12 bales of Cotton were sold last week at pa Piccolomini replied to a serenade at Troy.--.. " Shentlemen, I am veer moeh obligee for dis em plements. I am very poor speak Anglish, ant I feels shleepy." p~r The Savannah Republcana, of the 28th inst., says a countryman, having disposed of his predge in that city, was returning home, when his horse was scared by a locomotive, aud the countryman jumaged off, when the wheel passed over his hand, eutting it, and otherwise inflicting severe injuries on it. pg- If you would have a sweet and pleasanteeho, you must speak sweetly and pleasantly yourself.. This maxim is especially commendel to parents and teachers. gg The Charleston Eceniung Netse, says: The spring trade is opening in our city ofi a large scale awl with much animation. The wholesale jobbqrs are well supplied and hard at work. g" The Constiturionaali'st has adopted the cash systemn, and says It works well. And, speaking, f the Consrituitionalist, we but reiterate the- opinien'r mnany of our readers, that It is one of the mostvalua ble and ably conducted papers in the whole country. Any one wanting a reliable city psper can not'And a better one than the Consrirtstonalist. GusOn thousand bales of Cotton, ten theassed ags of linseed, and three hundred and fifty bale ef gunny bagging were destroyed by fire in Boston on he night of the 28th. The loss Is estimated~ at $250,000. pa- Brigadier G'eneral W. W. Perryman, et-the. 1st Brigade of Cavalry, comprising the District. of Greenville, Pickens, Anderson and Abbevll% has esigned his comnmission. Col. Pickenas s ating porarily in his place. An election has beenfordered. to take place on the 30th April next. g" By a resent letter from La Rochelle, Prance, he State Department learns that the yield of ths grape has been more abundant than drinkable,.ata. oopers were employed night and day, hut being' uable to supply the demand for casks, the wine had o be converted into brandy. pL- Hearingsa physician remark, that a small blow ould break the nose, our Daniel exclaimed, ' eig [ dunno .'bout that. I've blowed my nose a any times, and I've never broke it yet." p'- DirIDND.--We learn from the Yorkville ~ ruirer that the King's Mountain Railroad has larcd a dividend of five per cents teh. paid om u tite the 7th Instant. 3 The Admlaistratlon is la the receipt of let term from a high official soure' in Europe, expressing the opinion that a general war is slm&st certain. Popular opinion In England Is opposed to war, but if forc~d to takea pa, abe will break up the grand al liance and unite with Russia. t7 A writer, who dotes on children, Ares the fol. lowing at those who don't: "Get ready to he afraid of the man that children are afraid of, and be sure 'that he who hates them, is not himself worth loving." IS The soarcity of grain in many parts of Cana da is Paid to be such that farmers will And It impossi ble to procure the necessary seed for spring sowing. I Some Yankee, It Is said, has recently Invented a poison which irould infallibly destroy every mad who owes a printing o' a newspaper bill, but Jona than refuses to divulge his receipt lest'the United States should have become depopulated. A&- Uxivan STras Dwsvazc ATvonaiv.-There are said to be a number of applicants for the United States District Attor'neyship of the Districtof Colum bia, made vacant by the death of Mr. Key. Robert Ould, Req., is likely, it is said, to receive the appoint. menL For the Advertiser. MR. Enzron.-Aa published in your columns, It would appear as if all the members of the Committee at the "Bouchello Academy" were opposed to the African Slave Trade. Such, however, is by no means the fact. Messrs JAcon LAGnoxv, TeOMAS MAyNARD, M. C. BUTLRN, J. A. BLAND, R. G. HuL. and V. A. HArLOXO, were not. Just now, perhaps, their posi tion in the matter may be of no consequence to many; still, the time will come when it might be benefieal. At leas It is but fair to remove the erroneous opinion that many labor under in regard to the Committee being unanimous in their action. March, 2, 1859. ONZ Or Tax CoxxTrsm. For the Advertiser. YR AFRICAN REFlAINI Br NIGHTSHADE! Is berry sorry buera folks he make so muche fuss Abount we niggersleavo we land, its better hero for us; For now we's got a hat to wear, an "breeches" an' good bootsI At home we's only had, you know, we's native saule suits. If chief-man knock we's in do head nobody eber ery, Dey hab so plenty niggers dare no matter If we's die. Do ship him come like angel-an' all ob we's so glad, To go an' lib wid buera; an' dam wots left is mad; No moh we's fear de chiof-man-he nigger, same as wo Doy tell folks we is slaves, but bucra made us free. For we's all go fass sleepee while buera lie awake, To study 'bout more money for he's poor niggers sake. Dey say do constitushum don't want to let we's come, Away from tropic suffering to dis more temperate home; But bress dem true blue sailors, I often hear em swear Dat same ole constitushum is nuffin but thin air! For de peoples Is de chief-mans an' when day makes de laws Do fuss ting dat dey always do, Is, 1z him full of daws. An' when ole Uncle Sammy he blow and out he swell, He cut he mighty caper, but soon he hab to fell; An' de independ't surrins day wants we and we's come In spite of Uncle Sammy wid all his looks so grum. 'Sides we's lib-a'most-forbber, an' nebber steal an' lie, We's pert as liszards ebber-do chary ting we's try W~hile dare ole Virginny darkies is such golden g. gers got Dat wot dey ax for one of dein, of us would buy a lot. For the Advertiser. IEGAL AND ILIEGAL LOITEERg. The Easton. (Md.) Star, In a notice of the celebra ted lottery Arm of SwAt A Co., now WooD, EDDY A Co., of Augusta, Georgia, speaks of these groat lot tery operatiors in terms of just commendation. No complaints have over been made against these gen tlemen by any of the publie having dealings with them. They have ocesIonally been thb object of hostility of interested parties, who, unable to corn "puE with them honorably,' have resorted to dishon orable means to injure their business. The public, having more confidence in their integrity than they happen to repose In their opponents, continue to send their weekly instalments of ten, five, and two and a half dollars, and receive, in return, shares In their magnifient lotteries, which pays them sometimes a fortune, and hardly ever fails to ro-imburse them for their outlay. Address WooD, EDDY A Co., Wil mington, Delaware, or Augusta, Georgia. 114 For the Advertiser. Ma. Entvon :--An article appeared in your paper of the 16th Pebrfiary, signed "OxE Or vax Maxon~vY," conveying very erroneous lmpressipns concerning the proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Beecls Island, Edgetleld District, South Carolina, in relation to an importation of African slaves alleged to have been made into that District. The following facts will bear me out in the anser tion, that ONE Or Tun MiNoMITY," has not only been singularly unfortunate in his statement, but has in flicted a serius injury upon the popularity of the cause he holds so near his heart.* Ho tells you that it was "a meeting of the citizens of Beech Island"-" that sixteen persons met at .the Club House," of whom, "one," he is very careful to say, "was a Presbyterian Minister Mr. AXON, from soan. other section." and that this gentieman, with several others voted in favor of the resolutions. Lct us hero examine his statement, and see how far he is correct. There were eighteen persons present thirteen of them citizens of' Beech Island-one of Banwell, nd the remaining four must be placed, as '' GNU oF vuB MzxouzTY" has seen proper to locate Mr. AXON, from some other section;" of this number, ninae citizens voted for the resolutions, one against them. The Rev. Mr. AxoN did not vote, neithe'r did he express his sentiments on this occasion ; and the writer, although present, is, to this moment, Ignorant of his views in regard the question. Here, while speaking of the Rev. Mr. A., we may be allowed the liberty of saying, that " ONE oF vun Mrronr" was oither not a citizen of Beech Island, but "from some other section," or he betrays a most unpardonable ignorance of the affairs of his own neighborhood. The Rev. Mr. Axox Is by birth and education a South Carolinian, and was, and is a citizen of Beeh Island, in the capacity of pastor In charge of the Presbyterian Church in this noighborhosd, and was, we are inform ad, by mere accident at this meeting. Two other citizens beside Mr. A., did not vote, and one voted against the resolutions. ,Here then, we have thirteen citizens.of Beech ri land as present at the meeting, nine of these voted for the resolutions, thtee did not vote either aye or nay, and one voted against them. Now, Sir, "with a view to a proper qualificatiois of -the proceedings of that meeting" we will simply state the positive fact, that fo'ur of the minority of five, were "from some other setion" to wit: the region -round about Hamburg and have n'ever been regarded citizens of Beech Island. The attendance was small, it is true, because It *as not generally known'tsat a meeting had been called, but, If it will afo'rd any comfort or consolation to the minority, we can inform them that we have heard several citizens condemning the late "alledged" violation of the law in the most suvere terms, and expressing their deep r'egret that they could not be present. From the above enumer ation of the vote, and what we have since heard we 'may confidently assert that the sentiment of this community Is almost unanimous on the subject. If "One of the minority" a'nd his confreres arc not now satisfied with the notoriety they have thus no quired, we of Beech Island do not object to their pub lishing it as widely as they please. But we do object to their cogstrezetion of the proceedings of our meet ing, and to their putting forth resolutions and attribut ing them to naca IsL.AND. JOHNNY's IDEA OF A FAMIN.-" Little Jo0au ny was the pride and pet of his parents-a bright, blue-eyed "six year old." His father, one morning after reading a chapter in the Blible, asked him what a famine was. His quick reply wan. "A cob without any corn anitL"