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Breadstuffs closed dull, and provisions were declining. The news by this arrival is highly important and interesting. PEACE HAS BEEN CONCLUDED, be tween the contending powers of France, Sar dinia, and Austria. There is to be an Italian confederation un der the honorary Presidency of the Pope. Austria has conceded Lombardy to I rance, but Napoleon has yielded it up to Sardinia. Austria still preserves Venice. The North Briton left before the effect of this news had time to be developed. A telegraph dispatch from Turin save Louis Napoleon had issued a bulletin, from Vallegio agnnouncing the completeness of the armistice, and congratulating the troops on their glori ous achievements, and *announcing his inten tion of his immediate departure for Paris, leaving the provisional command of the army to Marshal Valliant. The London Times claims that England brought about the armistice ; and other au thorities give the credit to Prussia. A dispatch from Verona says the armistice was concluded only after repeated requests from the French, and after Austria had ob tained all that she asked. It was reported that Kossuth had proposed a monarchical government for Hungary. The following is a copy of a telegraphic dispatch, sent by Louis Napoleon to the Em press Eugenie, announcing the conclusion of peace: Yallegio, July 11.-Peace has been signed, between the Emperor of Austria and myself, on the following basis : " An Italian confede racy, to be under the honorary Presidency of the Pope-the Emperor of Austria concedes all his rights in Lombardy .to the Emperor of the French, who has transferred them to the King of Sardinia. -The Emperor of Austria preserves Venice; but she will form an inte gral part of the Italiar. confederation." The Kews says that Italy has been deceived; in her hopes, by this peace. History, it adds, will call Napoleon to a strict account for hav ing entered the war with false pretences ; and with having signed a mock and selfish peace. which leaves Austria impregnably fortified in the heart of northern Italy, while the central portion is committed to the patronage of the Arrival of' the Europa. HALIFAx. July 26.--The steamship Europ a arrived to-day, and her news wats sent off by horse express to Sackville. She brings Liver pool advices to Saturday, July 16th. Lirerpool Xtarket, July 16.-T he sales of' cottou during the commercial week, were 107 (1Q1 bales. The market advanced jd aigd; Middling Orleans cotton closed at 7 5-17d. At Liverpool, Breadstuffs were declining, and there wags but little enquiry. Provisions were very dull, and Pork reported heavy and The news of peace was fully confirmed, but no particulars had transpired, beyond the fact that the Princes of Tuscany and Modena had returned to their States. Napoleon expected. to reach Paris on the 3hth inst., wh~en further details would be af forded. In his address to the soldiers, hesays that pence was concluded because the cor~test was about to assume proportions, which were no longer in keeping with the interest which France had in the war. The Emperor of Austria was on his way to Vienna. He says, in his order of' the day, that he yielded on account of his unfavorable .political position ; and because his natural allies did not come to his assistance as he ex peeted they would. Letters froiii Paris note much .discontent concerning the termis of the peace, and that Austrian influence is still stuffe red to remain in Italy. The Vienna correspondent of the London limes says that three applications were made by Napoleon, to Austria, before the latter con sented to the armistice. The same correspon dent says that the Pope was burnt in effigy at Mila, ; and that unfriendly feelings existed 'hetween Napoleon and Victor Emmanual. The latter had issued a proclamation to the people of Lombardy, announcing annexation of that State to Sardinia. He msdle a triumn pliant entry into Milan on the 13th inst. It was reported that the Pope had addressed an autograph letter to Louis Napolean, an niouncing his determination to demand the armed intervention of the Catholic powers. Latest dispatches from Paris, on Friday, report that great agitation prevailed in Milan; that the Parisian population was indignant at the Emperor for his failure to fulfil his promises. The Paris .iofniteur publishes a proclama tion by the Emperor, announcing to the soldiers the basis of peace. It is to the fol lowing effect : " The principal aim of the war is attained and Italy will become, for the first time, a nation. Venetia, it is true, remains to Aus tria, but she will nevertheless be an Italian province, forming part of an Italian conf'eder ation. The union of Lombardy with Pied mont. creates for us a powerful ally, who will owe to us its independence. The Italian governments, which have remained inactive, or which have been called back into their possessions, will comprehend the necessity of salutary reforms. A general amnesty will obliterate the traces of civil discord. Italy, henceforth mistress of her destinies, will only have herself to accuse, should she not progress zeguilarly in order and freedom. You will .soon return to France. A grateful country twill there receive with transports those sol .diers who have raised so high the glory of our armet at Montebello, Palestro, Turbigo, Ma genta, Malegnano, and Solferino; who, in two months, have freed Piedmont, and have only atopped because the contest was about to as sume proportions no longer in keeping with 1the interests that Frane had in this formida ble war. Be proud, then .gf gojr success proud cfle the snlts obtained-prg.4l~special ly, of being the well beloved children ,of .th.t Fr~ance who will always be the great nation, so long as she shall have heart to comprehendi noble epuses, and men like you to defend A*hem. (Signed) NAPOLEON. M' Vallaasn. July 12." The King of Sardinia had issued the follow ing proclamation to the people of Lombardy "Heaven has blessed our arms with the pow erful aid of our magnanimous andvaliait ally the Emperor Napoleon, and we arrived, in i few days, after victory upon vietbry, at thi banks of the Mincio. To-day I come bael among you to tell you that Heaven has grant ed Your wishes. An armistice followed b; preliminaries of peace, assure the people o' Lombardy of their independence. Accordinj to your desire, many times expressed, you wil henceforth form with an ancient state on single and free family. ' I take your destin: under my direction.s, and hope to find in yoi that concurrence which the chief of a Stat needs in order to create a new administration I tell you, peoplo of Lombardy, to trust ii your King. Established on a solid for a ne' country which Heaven has entrusted to hi! government." The result of the treaty is generally mis trusted in England. The Anglo-Saxon at Farther Point. FARTER POINT, July 29.-The Anglo-S&2 on, from Liverpool, July 20, was boarded of the Point to-day. She brings nothing addi tional in regard to the basis of peace. Th discontent in relation to it was apparently in creasing, partiCularly in Italy. Louis Napc 1eon had arrived at St. Cloud. The Queen c Portugal is dead. The latest commerpial dis patches report, at Liverpool, Sugar and Coffe dull; Rice steady ; Turpentine dull at 35s.( 35s. Gd. At London Wheat had declined on penny. Sugar was dull and had declined si pence. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR. WEDNESDAY., AUGUST 3, 1859. Statistics. The Deputy Treasurer, Rev. Taos. Fnzs~, wil please accept our thanks for the statistical infor mation on another column. Mr. FaZA is n1 only shewing himself a thoughtful citizen by thu furnishing interesting facts to the several Districti but he is "doing the State some service," fo which all are thankful. Return of T. P. Magrath, Esq. It affords us pleasure to welcome back our fel low-citizen, T. P. MAanATru, Esql., who has bee1 long detained in Charleston by serious indisposi tion. We are gratified to be able to state that h will at once resume his professional duties, fror which he has been so unpleasantly debarred. Th many friends of this gentleman will look to hi complete restoration with much anxiety. Peace! Peace! The news of peace in Europe will be found oi another column. It was not expected so soon and many perhap3 are disappointed that the our tain has dropped so suddenly upon the drama o War. Some consolation to think, that it will ena ble our people to play out the drama of Cottoi more successfully next winter. The Governor and Suite--The Reviews Our District has been honored for some day past by the presence of his Excellency, Gov. Gis1 who is here in the discharge of his duties as Com mander-in-Chief of the Military of South Carolino The Governor is looking admirably well and elicit the plaudits of the citizen-soldiery at all pointh Last week he reviewedtho 10th and 7th Regiment of Infantry, and to-day reviews the 9th. We ar glad to hear him express himself so highly please with the regiments of Edgefield; and we can un dertake to assure him that the feeling i6 recipro cated. His Excellency is attended on the Reviews b; Adjutant General Ditsov~Asr, and Colonels thi WA.ItEa and DnaAnzso. Brigadier General Mo ItAGNS is also out with a gallant and brillian staff; and it is gratifying to learn that our Regi mental Field Otlicers have not been dimmed by comparison of their equipagu and military adorn meats with thoso of their superiors in rank.. Upon the whole the Revipiws have passed e pleasantly and well; the bovernor has givoa us some capital States Rights Speeches; an< his visit has been a relief to the tedium of tha sultry season. Health and pleasure attend hits in bis up-country tour. Mr. Styles Acquitted. C. W. ITmLFs, E~q., late our fellow-citirzen, wa put upon his trial before the coutry, en the 11tl July, for the killing of J. W. at.-R of Brunswicli Ga., in the winter of 18',7. Miany readers will re colleet the melancholy circumstance. It ulford us pleasure to state,' that Mr. STYi.Cs has bei acquitted out and out by an intelligent and con scientious jury. The p~articulars of his trial wi mny find roome for next week. The counsel fo the p.rosecution did notpretend to regard the of'ene< murder. A Fine Bag ofi Flour. Or we should rather say, " a bag of flue floer, -for it really is as pretty a speucimenl of this comn modity tas we have seeni in at long while. Mr. J W. Bana has our thanks fur it. A few auore o the same sort can be hadt by appillication in tha quarter. No doubt sonme of the same article migh be found in this town, it' it were searched for dil ligently._____ D istrict Ccens. Our thankcs are duoe Capt. Canierra fo.r the fol lou-hg statement of the While populaition 0 Edgefield District: DEAn R in AsE it will probalbly be interestin; to yo'ur readers, I give you below a stalte lit I' the Census of Edlgetield District ; also of triit ville and Edgefield Village, which you can lpub lish if you think i~opr Yours, with respect, C. CAnITF. Whole number of Females.......7,7501 " " Mulier.........7,64 Total......,.................... 15,4;i4 Population of Granitaville,.........I9 " Edgetield Village..53 Toatal number in 1h49............. .256 "..."."..1..59.............1.,069 " The Old School." Our correspondent who writes ov-er this signa tre is heartily welcomied to our columnus. Wi hope he will keep hia bright new pen in continue' exercise, and that we shall hepir from himi agnil soon, and hear froma him often. His occupancy of the iidle ground (that nov understood to be the ground of senator Hzexsra oi Ya.) is at once sensible and right. We agree witl him to that extent cordially. But we incline to the opinion that lhe judges thi Northern Democracy inqorrectly. We refer hin to the Addrens of the lIJemocratic ,S'vtt e rum Comittee of Ptennyalraniae for the true position o the Nporthern Democracy on the Territorial ques tin. It wIll be found, we thinkt, to be identica with that of Senator H exsa. Moreover, our correspondent is too severe upot Senator DOoLosAs. Objectionable as that politica leader is on several accounts, we are readhy tc maintain that his election is greatly to be preferred to the triumph of the Republican Party. If hi shall chance to becomne thu nominee of the Char beston Conventiou on grounds of policy, he will bi none the less a standard-bearer bound by ever3 considration of good faith to observe the creed o the Democracy and to obey its bobeats in his offi cial actio.. $n other words, should he go inti power at the bidding pf 1.hit Convention, it wil be with the Resolutions of the Cincinnatti Con vention as his chart. And when as confofniity t< that chart i itsa tigse spirit shall be the mecans o1 bringing to hinm and his adsligistration the large possible amount of honor and power, It is no rediy conaceivable that he will degnrt therefrom Mr. YAsceny's etiptste of Senator Doucm.As as a aan and as a ,'tateusman is highly corpplimtentary and Mr. Y~epc.v doubtless spesuks fropa personal knowledge, at least as to his morai qjualiiem&!ions Mr. YAxerr may be right, and we who have been abusing Mr. Dove LAs at a distance may be wrong At the worst, he ins urely no such demon and fool as to turn upon the South if she consent to elect him, when just such a line of action would most certainly cover his name with the, infamy of tro pon for all time to come. We think moreover that our esteemed corres pondent mis-iqryehends the position of Mr. pocLaas on thi aitoss qpestiont. But of this Els A Suggestion or Two. Why should the South insist upon adding a new slavery clause to the platform of principles laid down by the Democratic Convention at Cincin natti? In that platform the pledge is fully given to sustain Southern rights in the Territories against all unconstitutional interference; and by the terms of that platform the Democratic Party stands bound to exert its united influence in behalf of those rights when infringed. Is not this security enough for the present? Some say, no,-and urge that an actual announcement of a future slave-code for the Territi-ries be insisted upon as an indis. pensible requisite to the South's further co-opera tion with the Democratic Party. As at present advised, we cannot see the wisdom of this position. It appears to be liable to several objections, some of which we will merely suggest to the reader's retlection: - 1. It would assuredly destroy the Democratic organization, and leave it very doubtful whether any Southern organization would ever arise to take its place. 2. It might thus, and by our section's own act, speedily elevate a Black Republican to the Presi dency, and could by no possibility result in the election of a Southern sectional candidate. 8. As the Democratic platform now stands, it is strongly States Rights and strongly Southern in its every feature; and if it triumphs, under what. ever standard-bearer, It can and will ensure to the South such a defense of all her privileges and interests under the constitution as she ipay pru dently demand. That defense has been progres sively in our favor (according to Mr. STEPUFNS and mauy other sensible statesmen) for the last twenty yoars: and we have good reason to believe that it will continue to grow in this direction, until every Southern extremist shall be satisfied of its ability to shield us' from wrong and op pression. 4. If the adopL.: of a slave-code for the Terri tories shall ever become advisable, surely now is not the time to urge it; when to do so, will bring division and confusion into the Southern t ranks, and thus throw us further off- than ever from united resistance to future acs of oppression, in which kind of resistance we are to look (if any r where) for the beginning of a better state of things than now exists. 5. Why, under the present troubled aspect of affairs, risk the destruction of our reasonable hopes i as bound up with the Democratic Party's success, - by a demand in advance fur Congressional legis tuition that may nover become necessary? It I seems to be generally agreed in the case of Kan ) sas, to "let by-gones be by-gones." Now, why j not await as to the other Territories, present or prospective, some Territorial action adverse to the institution of slavery? Why not first see the point tested, whether or not any such action will here after be tolerated by the triumphant constitutional party of the country? It is at least matter of earnest hope, that it will not be, but on the con trary that the rights of Southern settlers in the Territories will be so sustained and vindicated hereafter by all the high powers and tribunals of the country, as entirely to displace such demands upon Congress as the one here sought to be agita ted. There is at any rate such ground for this expectation as would justify us in awaiting a fair trial hefore naming direct legislation as our sine gri non to further co-operation with the Demo cracy of the Union, especially when a present laying down of this ultimatum would inevitably bring the country under Black Republican rule end thus perhaps crush foreve- our staunch con stitutional friends in the North. 6. If we can afford to hold this demand in abeyance so far as principle is concerned, surely we can better do so in view of any working of practical injury that might result therefrom. It is argued upon good grounds that Kansas was no practical loss to the South, fur that slavery would not go there. At all events it did not go there, although the door was epen. Mr. Ivasox asserts that it was tlie insecurity of that species of proper ty in the Territory which kept it away ; yet he does not point out the nature of that insecurity; while he admits that Missouri, immediately upon the Kani~as -borher, held a large and rapidly i creasing slave population; coupling which fact with every one's memory of the Border Rutfians, the conclusion is palpable, in spite of Mr. Ivansos, that if Kansas had been considered the plae to make negroes profitable, negroes would havo been carried there by hundreds. But the fact was, that only a few ever found their way to that Tar ritory. So, it appears to many, will it be in all other cases: W~here white labor can 'turn the furrow', there slave labor need not attempt comi petition. Irt where white labor canuot tarn the furrow, which is exactly where slave-labor becomes truly valuale, there slave-labor will go in spite of all obstacles. If these promises be true, it follows that our sectiomn is in no danger of practical loss in the Territories,-at least no such proximuate and threatening danger as requires the emend meat of the Democratic platformn by the unneces sary clause to which we have adverted. 7. It behoves the Southern people, in the midst of their plresent unexampled yet still increasing prosperity, to beware of all extreme and rash measures. To unsettle the eleets ofr that pros. perity by brenking up the existant order of things. continully inuproeving (as it in) for her good, miht ibe to her the beginning of 'woes unnumber ed.' And if there is any caul.e tuoere certain thani another to produye that diree result. it is the dlis .l ri-l.o the D)emocrat ie parLty of1 this Ulion without having b~efoe our eye., tihe certaity of a Southern Coi.federacy. It is mainly troun this view, that we respeectfully detuur to the proposi-~ tio CC amnendineg the Cincinnatti platforma in the Charlestou Coniventiun. J.Blox" antd tihe M~ercury. Our felicitous ennltomicInary exJlainls his ,,wnf anl ' BI.Ix's" em,no.-lion with nur Dy thiramiei ii a strain peculiar toC himnelf. It is a pity that aly thing so beautuiculy coneceivaed, should he SuC marred in the execution. However, we pamss that ay, inl view of the eil'u,,.on ill our honlor. lIenly. dear JIertry, thu miight'st have made a .ilken Courtier worthy of the patrinage of the good Kio Rrtau in his jolliest days. May'st thou never sit lea's cotafortaibly in thy bones than now ! Whose Satw MiiU i Attol'sA, July WSth 1859t, Arawn Nsil5 $s iq.-lur ,dir: You~r Saw Mdi is complete iand ready for decliyery. Hope to ee1 you slgu. Very Respectfully, Yours, "JTour SuetI .ill !" T hat is to say, Que Saw Mill. We dieny the propositiOn iu fto. Never had a saiw mill, and never espeted to have one. Used to own the oldi lItnuph tjristMill, and that's as high as5 we ever got in the tuill brasiness,-it was a tub mill in those days. No, Mr. llIGHv, it is not our saw-mill. We appeal to comlnon justice to relieve us frecm this saw-mill endowment. "Hore to er yousoo.-wonlder what theat means. W~ants his pay, im sy-bc. GCC away, Mr. Hricar, fu make splendid saw mitts no doubt, hut go awey-hope you'll sell a thousand of them before next Christmas; andl your note is polite us well as laconic, in fact you write well Mr. Iun, hut go away. Biut-anid-if its paid for, Mr. HIGnT, send it along if noubodty else claims it. Perhaps it in ours after aill. Who knows what a fellow might hav dpnc jp hi sleep ? A Four Horse Cogpl? The active proprietors of the Stage Route from Augusta to Ninety-Six haye placed upon that line good feour-horse coaphtes epdI fi teatps. Weall doie, Messrs. RttrL.npC & Poots ! You dleserve the thanks of hundreds, and we trust you will re eive becsides a mnost liberal patronage. It is The route, too, is now over the pieturesque rped hat leads iby Chester, Mt Vintage, anld H[orn's Crack. Let the tig bille clap tthiadI together n rejoitiPg, Ojl things ha~ye become new. Lot it be but the signaI fur fpfther flndt more s:piling changes. Ott, that we coald hops for somethinug approximating to this on the Ridge Iload i A Coach, a Coach!'A kingdom for a Coaoh I gr- Ix New York, on the 6th July, 815,000 N. C. bonds were so~ld at 97, interest off; and $5,000 V'irginia at 92k; Missouri S2; Tennessee 88j. Well done, Rip !Still ahead of the bsestof them! 3m o .14 Pith-Zr....and TarnatiaaJ Disunion. It seems to be seriously contemplateu by some, to attempt a dissolution of the Union of these States in tho event of the election of a Black Re publican President next year. Could it be rea sonably supposed that the Southern people at large had made up their minds in any sense to the adop tion of immediate measures of disunion on the happening of that contingency, well might our every heart swell within us, as at the approach of a trenmeidous catastrophe. Well might we counsel together with the deepest gravity. Well might we begin to set our houses in order, to live and not to die. Well might the note of preparation be forthwith suunded, and nen, women, and chil dren, be drilled to meet the shock, whatever it might be, with a heroism worthy of the great oc easion. But are the signs of the times to be thus inter pre ted ? It is a received notion, that coming events cast their shadows before them. In what part of the South can you at this moment point to any such condition of solemn resolve as will justify the-as sertion that so important a measure as disuulonis in te heairts of the people? There is a calm upon the surface of the political waters-call you it the calm that precedes the storm ? No, it Is the calm of an unbounded affluence,-the calm of faith in our manifest destiny,-the calm of confidence in the might of Southern civilization,-the calm of a self-reliance which forbids the supposition that the South can be abased or impoverished by any power in or out of this Union. Where we ask, is the work to cominence, and who are to be the agents ? It is nearly certain that neither Virginia, nor Kentucky, nor Missouri, nor Tennessee, nor Arkansas, nor North Carolina, nor Maryland, will have any thing to do with such a demonstration. Will it be Georgia? Not un less the teachings of STEPHENS and TooMBs are repudiated. Will it be Louisiana? The desire for the opening of the Slave Trade might induce her to take the step. Will it be Texas ? There is not an indication of any such intention in that quar ter. Will it be Florida? No. Will it be Ala bama, Mississippi, or South Carolina? Possibly. And yet it is difficult to believe the proposition, that any one Southern State, or that any three Southern States united, will go out of this Union on a barren issue and against the wishes of seven or eight of their co-States of the South. So fir as South Carolina is concerned, we observe no se rious indications of any such policy. One or two of our public men and several journals have said that they are ready for disunion in that event. But are the people ready? - Have the people been consulted in the matter? Will the people in their primary assemblies, either this year or the next, warrant their representatives in making ready for disunion upon t1ie issue of a constitutional eleo tion? Will the people of Georgia do this ? Have they not their platform of 3852, adopted as their ultimatum in the Union ? Will that platform be touched by the constitutional election of a Black Republican President? Does not that platform present the true issues of disunion ? Have not South Carolina end nearly 'all the other Southern States sanctioned and adopted it? Will the peo ple of Georgia now anticipate the violation of that platform? If not they, will the people of any other Southern State do so? Will they not rather nail it to their masts as the colors under which they intend to meet a Republican Admiqis tration ? Will not every Southern State re-declare this ultimatum, and say to Black Republicanism, " thus far shalt thou go and no further?" We venture to enter our humble prediction that such, and no more, would be the action of the South in the event supposed. But it is not so to be. The Democracy is not yet vanquished, and, with wis dom in their ranks, they can never be. To the rescue of the Old Guard, people of the South, and all will be well. By the Imp. Our friend, assistant and Imp comes pleading for a 'place in the picture' this week. What can we do, but grant his request ? He says he and the 'old machine' havc had a hard time of. get ting oup the subjoined stauras, but they worked it out at last. Jie is a little d.ubtful about the measure of some lines, and has a shrewd suspicion that thcnmachine has quinzed him in the Latin part of the business. But he begs leave to venture it 'for better or for worser.' Make room for the Imp.. THE BALLOON TRIP. Several fellows recently took a notion To put in motion, With a strong gaseuous potion, A great big serial ship named after the Atlantic Ocean. Though somewhat belated, They inflated As just stat ed And started off'from St. Louis one day about 4, o'clock P. M. as the papers narrated. Lest there umight be some reaction, Or retraction Of the paction Between the partiesm to the transaction, They at once flew right straightup about a mile to the delight of all the b'huys as well as to the p'ublie's uuiversal satisfaction. Then oiff on their course they dasrted, 1 .i ghat-hoa rted, Trho' uncharted. Aimsing to reacth sun-rise in ,aut three hours o: theo hours and a half or ti.ur hours or fout hours and a halfs or five hour:- from the lime they .<tarted. Unt in their hurry to " make the connaectioun,"~ Somon defection In circumn-pectionl Caused ai de'licetion Whieb earried the serial veswel (and its passenge~r. too as reasoun will natura;ly suggest) some several degrees of' longitude out of theit original direction. Besides being thus unchary, oh, The wind got contrary, oh, And contiu'ed to vary, oh, With such force and velocity as to blow the * arial vessel away up, north over the waters of either Lake Erie or Lake Ontario. About then, the navigators getting frightened, Their gills whitened, And they lightened So very slow, that the serial vessel got consider ably under the influence of the law of gravi tation and it was a right smart littie while before they could again get the old thing heightened. During this trying hour, Neptuc's power To devour Wa' in such wretched contiguity of realizantion that our werial navigators began in their in most souls to cower. But fortunac favet fortibu,-. And (to make long tale shorit-Ibus) Without either steam or snort..ibus They succeeded at length by indefatigable perso verance in making the aerial vesnel right herself up and thus save the party de ugquoai. mnortibua. Out of one trouble, into another, Their next bother Was the termainal pother, By which the aerial vessel got entangled in the 'teyof RcetrNY.at which locality the voyagers irere copnpelled to subside although they would no duthave goe on if they could have bud 'their ruther'. So ppgg4 @@ii atypospherip .tF!'. Whore fapie dlota syip F'roma lip to lip, nd ghout the singularity and peculiarity of whiph gen do st~i talk while their grog they Ad likew jse ghc lies while their tea they sip. If the balloooghbud bepn stippgeF, This tale would not hasve been2 a jjine 199g9r, But there might have been inore In it, pa-. Prom all accounts the corn crop cf this r isjf..mi b.= shnert n. For the Advertiser. General Taxes of the Upper Divistion. STATE TAXES OF EDGEFIELD. To the Editor of the Edgyefleld Adrertiser: Si-A comparison of the Tax Returns of the present with the past year, shows an increase of 2,203 slaves; 269,049 dollars in the ralo of Goods; 377,432 in the value of Town Lots, and 88,396 dol lars In the gross amount of Taxes. With a view of furnisihing evidence of the vast benefits derived fron our Rail Road communica tions, I have given comparisons of the Tax returns of the several Districts of this Division, for each decade of the last thirty years. I am rejoiced to see that OLD Euo:rir-,D maintains an honorable position in the race of improvement that now per vades the whole State. Extract from the Tax Returns of Edgefield Did trict for the following years: Sale FaCIueuoag Vlufie Groat years Slueci of und other of Town Tl.res. . G""d,. Enplog Lots. 1828 13,~093 62,329 14,80 88,7201 12,369,16 1838 15,041 172,12 12,280 305,991) 12,590,35 1848 20,24 130,:325 35,900 224.7860 13,477,35 1858 22,836 599,200 43.600 231,250 29,003,03 THOMAS FREAN, Dep. Treaa'r. Treasurer's Office, Columbia, July 20th, 1859. For the Advertiser. Lines written in memory of Mr. William H. Harrison. BY SUT11. They have laid him to rest where the cypress waves ' o'er him He sleeps 'neath the beam of his own native sky; He rests with the loved ones of earth gone before him- . Surrounded by kindred, he breathedhis lastsigh. A mother's affection, a wife's deep devotion, The love of dear sisters who pray'd by his side; Kind brothers who watched him with heart-felt emotion Could these have availed him he wouldnothavo died. But vain their endeavors-still stronger ties bound him; Pro-eminent talentthro'night-watchesmourned, For reckless of death disease hovered round him; As with health's rosy hue his fair cheek was adorned. The hand of affection his aebing brow pressed, His eyes closed in death when the spirit did flee; And in heaven above has his soul found its rest, In the mansions of bliss ever happy to be. What though he now sleeps in the chambers of earth And his loved form lies buried mid darkness and gloom? We know that in heaven his spirit shines forth Whore roses and lillies eternally bloom. The hearse as it bore him with solemn lone sound By " Companions" was followed of mystical tie, Who with honors masonic their loved brother crowned, . And gave unto virtue sincerity's sigh. Then they laid him to rest with true brotherly love, And they bade him adieu when the sad task was o'er, Till theymeethim again in the Lodgeformed above, Where brothers will meet to be parted no more. For the Advertiser. Political. Since the beginning of our Government, there has been no period ip its history whose immedi ate future presented an aspect of so much confu sion; and the Commonwealth has never been in a dilemma from which it was more difficult to extricate it. There is but one party in the country-the Black Republican-in which -there seems to he anything like concert of action, and this is en tirely of a sectional character, and has for its ul timate object the annihilation of the Southern por tin of the Confederacy. The Black Republicans may profess what intentions they please, but the disfranchisement of the South stands out in bold relief from their platform as the ultima thule of their aims. The other great party-the Democratic-upon which the South has almost solely relied for the protetion of her rights eince 1824, which has ta ken the Constitution under its wing, and borne it unsathed, if not purified, through prosperity and aversity up to the present time, is divided and split up into factions and differences, which seem to an unprejudliccd ob~server, to ho irreconcileable. They arc not mere formal or technical differences of party organization or tactics, but differences in matters of principle of great, vital and paramount considration. Unfortunately for the South, she is the victim tnud real sufferer from these schisynatic move ments. She committed her rights and honor to the " National Demnocracy," and with its fall, she may expect her own ruin. Mr. R. 3. Rhett, the champion of that branch of the Democracy which repudiates the " National elemsent," and as umes the more exclusive denomination of "States Rights Democracy," advises the dissolution of 'is U'nion uncondiitionally, as the only safety for the South, andi the only matter in polities worthy of her consideration. Mr. Wu. L. YAucRYv, another representative of the Stastes Rights School, woubl, as one might in fer from leii late sp;ech ini Columbhia, msaeO anoth er rf1urt in the Union, by an attemspt to repeal the .Asasute5 restritctin'g the Slave TIradle, andsf to pro ure at spes-ial Coungressional cude for the pirotee in of~ .lusvry in the. Territo'riesa. Whilst others, .f equstaltility sud distinctions, favor a re-olpen ag of the A fricun Slave Trade as a matter of ex peiecy, proclaim defiance to the prohibitory Laws: and all would have their ptet schemes en :ra~ced in thea platformu upon which the whole l(Amocratic Party is to act in 1800.l OIn the'other handi there atre those of a mnore modierate way of thinking, whos d's not thoroughly rleudiate the "' National element," and do nut re ard it a sin to net with at Northern muan if hebe honest and liberal, andi can discover compai.ib'ility between National and States lIights Democracy, who yet differ from each other as far as she South Pole is distant from the Nurth upon principles which intimately concern the stability anti future indepednce of the Southern cs'untry. The Northern or " Squatter Sovrcignty" wing, with Judge DoUar.As at its head, in utter perver sion of one of the fundamental principles of our Goverment, in fact of the foundation of its pop ulr sovereignty, which they degrade into Squat ter-Sovereignty, would invest a Territorial Legis ature, a mere creature of the General Govern mnt, an organization which hiss its existence by mterance of thse several States thrigh the Gen eral Gosvernmofnt, would invest it with sovereign power, a power equal to, oven greater thun that of the Federal Governsment. Senators Dstownt andi Datvss not only sternly repudito this idlea, but inisist upon a discrimina ting code fur the special protection of slavery in the Territories to counteraut ainy adverse legisla tion which their Legislatures may adopt. The medium between these two opinions is oc cupied by Senator HUUrnT5 at the hepd of another fctin, and as in nmost things else, the middle ground betweens the two extremes is probably the wisest and mutt prudent. Whilst they oppose the Squatter Sovereignty heresy of Mr. DOUGLAs, they equally object to a special Congressional code n favor of slavery, as a useless abstraction, an mpracticable issue under present circumstances, relying upon the Fugitive Slave Law, the Dred Scott decision and other acts ands decisions-in a word, to an apiperi to tihe Courts in case of ad ere Legislation to slavery. But in the event that tihe Courts, either from neglect or impotency, ail to sustain the Constitution, to upllify anun snetittional law which will operate injuriously oour sectio~n of the Union, to place a~ body yhich sa'nnig 4 crir immastured soyeyeignty' wtthip in its legitunate limits, it is the imperative una oidalie duty of the Executive or Congress to in terfere and enforce the Judicial decree. Thuns stans the Democratic Party North and snl, disorgansizod, dismnemberedi, and without a lepLder- Tp whop is this confppion and anarchy ttrjntble ? It behoorcs the South to make the enquiry ansi proftt by ,kp anstpp TJz e istory of the past twelve months clearly convicts the nuias Seator- Ka w=i banr to ahoulder the responsibility. Ile it was Who willfnul,-I Was about to say mnalicously-steered the venerable old craft upon the quicksands, and would sacrifice the crew that ho might reap the spoils of the wreck, that he might remain six years longer in the United States Senate or reach the Presidency. A man has undoubtedly a right to change his opinions or differ with the President, if he thinka differently, but he has no right In the responsible position of Chairman of the Territorial Committee in Congress, to framo an instrument so important as the Kansas Nebraska Bill, in language which he construes at one time to please the South and get her committed to it, and four years afterwards, construes differently to please the North and do gross injustice to the South. It is unpardonable duplicity and Aould be severely rebuked. In looking about for a pilot to collect the scat tered fragnents of the Party, and erect a platform upon which she can operate for her own and the safety of those &he has in clairge, will she select the man who has brought ruin~and confusion upon lar? Will she throw herself into the power of a political assassin aud become his willing victim ? Rather lot eaeb elenent-siok in endeavoring to work out its own safety, than perish in the grasp of a faithless renegade. In 1845, when the inter esting question of the annexation of Texas was being agitated, involving considerations of vital interest to the South, Mr. VAN BuYNs oppan-d it and " bolted" with a formidable number of fol lowers. The Dimocratie party had force enough left to repudiat. him and elect a man-Mr. Polk who would stand by the constitution and sustain ita integrity ani dignity. The results of his ad. ministration, hare been pregnant with good to the South. In 1853, when the settlement of the ques tion of slavery in the Territories was discussed, involving principles of as great, if not greater, importance to the South, Mr. DOUGLAS sprung a new idea, opposed a fair and constitutional ar rangement, and "bolted" with a powerful element of the Party. Has she force enough left to repu diate him 7 Cr~n she not now find in her shattered ranks a man who would stand and administer Its provisions fairly? If so, can he be elected to the Presidency? If not, let the North elect aman with his programme distinctly avowed, that we may know wha!. we have to expect. Better this than that a NAorthern Democrat should be choE on, some of whose antecedents at least indi cate duplicity and faithlessness. It is high time the South should cease from sacrificing principle to more availability and expediency. It, is an un dignified and an unsafo position to be compelled to say " we will take this because we cant get bet better," especially when our section has it in her power to prescribe the terms of her allegianee by unity and firmness. TILE OLi SCHOOL. Aiken Correspondence. Alarge Agricultural meeting was held July 21st, at the Council Chamber of the Town (or City) of Aiken, at which there were several of the fair sex of Carolina. Dr. McDomNAID, who is extensively engaged in the cultivation of the Grape, was called to the Chair, and Mr. WOOD was elected Secretary, who is, by the way, r. gentleman of polished and refined manners,-of great enterprize, utility and activity in accelerating the rapid march of the impro'vo mouts of Aiker,-of cultivated taste and intellect, and of liberal pretensions to literature and Classie attainments. Mr. RAVrNit, addressed the meeting in an elo quent manner on agriculture, and more especially on horticulture, and on the cultivation of fruit. He gave a very particular analysis of the peculiar qualities of the soil-of their adaptation, and of their mineral qualities and effects. He correctly related, that wmcro fruit was cultivated, particu larly the Grapi in poor land, it yielded a larger profit with less labor than rich and fertile lands, with all the diradvanitages of its being sickly and unhealthy. The different bamples and varieties ot fruits and regetables were systematically arranged and ex ibited at the fair. The large and beaetiful mel ones, Apples, Peaches, ieets, &tc., &c., were placed on gradually ascending shelves to public view, and the hande''oe matured Grapes hung in fes toris over-head across the ceiling, and every one gazed on them with delight and admiration. One Beet mnasured 27 Inches in circumference, another weighed 16 lbs. There were some water melons exhibited, that weighed 36 lbs. There wore 19 varieties of Grapes and 20 of Peaches, besides Pears, Apples, Nectarines, Figs, Filberts, &c., &c. With respect to Aiken and the surrounding country, it is high, elevated and healthy. Aiken is notedl in the North and in Europe for its eleva ted situation and salubrity of cliinate. Persons of emaciated f'ame, of delicate health, worn down, frequently pals, emaciated with consumption, and where it is not. too deeply seated in the system, recover their .trcngth and health, and afterwards attain the life of a good old age. There are many ow, who can tacke a retrospective glunce at Aiken and say there it is, where in the blessing of God, they recovered their health by inhaling its high, dry and olevar~ed atmosphere, and' its salutary and invignrating effects on the system. Aiken contains at least one thousand inhabitants, four Churches--one Baptist, one Methodist, one Presbyterian, and one Episcopal Church-three large Ilotels-ono excellent 'well disciplined Mili ary Sclb,,ol-another good School in the Ti'wn Academy of Aiken, superiintendled by a Tenehier of high reputation for his liberal and Classie Lit. rature-als", two or three very respectable Female Schouols, euperintendedl by Ladies of high reputa tiin to Literature. The main or biusiness part of the city is occuiced with a neat littie Council Camber-and large and extensive stores owned by netive andi energetic m~erchanits, who by their untirinug xceui to b~usiness, appear to, be ding well, prspri'us andii haplpy. In the summer season a largo number from Camrlston, andi other .seetions of country where it is not healthy, come here for the warm sunmer months to enijoy the invigorating intluence of its eth'y atmosphere. In addition to these, how ver, that visit us in the winter and summer, for a transitory pueriodl for health, there are others of means and wealth that, have located themselves permanently in Aiken, and in the surrounding ountry, and have converted the barren lands to yield as much as the rich and fertile lands of other sections of country. Among these gentlemen is Mr. Gregg, who hau an extensive Peach orchard, hich yield. him on an average, every second ear, ten thousand dollars-Mr. Purvis, whose rhard yields four or five thousand dollars Mr. Itavenel, Dr. Croft, W. (i. Mood, J. J. Steed an, Mr. Mathews, J. D. Legare, L. S. Benson re citonsively engaged in the cultivation of the rpo and Peach. D)r. McDonald al Judge [obertson alse have large vineyards, and all ex res their entire satisfaction at the large income rom this easily cultivated crop. I cannot omit to meintion a most delicious sam plo of Isabeclla griupo I have seen from the or hard of the clever and worthy Mr. itogers, the ndefatigablo Post Master of Aiken. Though the rape was only one year old, it was full, rich, large and luxuriant, amnd w.ll he much larger hen it is aothier year old. Let those w.hg love rich lan ds and large profits,l with all the disadvantages of sickness and ill ealth, remain where they are, but let those who prciate a healthy climate and an invigorating ne-an elastic and buoyant spirit, come to Aiken ad the surrounding country, even though it ho poor and barren ; and let them with small means nd labour, cultivate the Grape and Peach, and they will socan render their condition more pros erous and happy ; they will have superior ad antages of others in more sickly and unhealthy regions ; they will have the combined advantage fhealth and prosperity ; and they would thus render Aiken iluid iif otitiguous subiurbs the Oasis r garden spot of the Jorgd pe Johnm J. Jones lias been nominated as the emocratic candidate for Congress, for the Eightha Distrit, now represented by the H~on. A. H1. Steph ens, who has declined a re-election. glg A destructive fire occurred at Jackson-t -lle, If a., onm 'Tucey, cojnsugagipg pgo~eyty to thm agiojni pf $@,P00 pap whjiph gyas jpgunne q[ $5,40 a. Eoutaen Mtnu.l, Athea Ga. For the Advertiser. Tribute of Respect. At an Extra communication of Concordla Lodge, No. 50, A. F. 31., held on the 23d July, the follow ing Preamble and Resolutions offered by Bro. J. R. PicKar, were adopted: WHEnEAS, It has pleased Almighty God to remove from our midstourlBro.W. H. HARRISON to his long home, thereby depriving us of his fel lowiship. Therefore, Reolued, 1st, That we deeply deplore his on timely end. lesolved 2nd, That we will cultivate the memo ry of his virtues and eubalh them in our hearts. 1tesolved 3rd. That we wear the usual badge of mourning for the usual time. )2esolced 4th, That the Secretary be required to furnish the bereaved family with a copy of these Resiolutions, and the Advertieer, for their publi cation. Itesored 5th, That the Secretary be required to have a blank page on our journal loft, and conse erared to his memory.. L. R. COGBURN, See'ry. The New York Tragedy. The Richmond (Va.) Dip' alck says: A bloody tragedy took place in New York on Saturday evening, on the steps of the Brandreth House, in which Virginia Stewart, a. courtesan of Mobile, lost her. life at.the huids of Robert C. McDonald, her lover, who resides in the same city, It appears that they met in New York, and she refusing to speak to him, so enraged him, that he drew a revol ver, and while she was running up the steps of the Brandreth Hotel to escape, fired at her, the ball penetrating her brain. The New York papers give full details of the affair, which v-e prefer to omit. The Herald says : . The prisoner appeared to be laboring under great mental suffering when our reporter visi ted. him at ten o'clock at night, and leaned his head against the bars of his cell as if to cool his overtasked brain. Several influential merchants from Mobile, and others stopping atthe Metropolitan Hotel, visited him during the night. And the Diepatch concludes: McDonald is a native of Mobile, about forty years of age, and a very fine looking man.. The unfortunate woman is a native of Massa ehusetts, about thirty years of age, and very handsomn. She was carried to the hospital. A CARGO OF ARIcANs.-A gentleman of this city received a letter from Jacksonville on Monday last, post marked 16th inst., on the back of which was endorsed, " a cargo of six hundred Africans has been landed on the Florida coast near Smyrna."-Tallaussee Fioridian, 23d. ST. Louis,. July 20. Two NEGROEs HuNG-oNE BURNT AT TnE STAKE.-A dispatch received to-day from Mar shall, in this State, states that three negroes, who were on trial yesterday at that place, for rape and muider, were at night taken forcibly from the jail by a mob, and two of them hung and the other burnt at the stake. fim We have received the "East Floridian," edited and published by Win. H. Babcock, at Fernandina Fla., which we cheerfully place on our exchange list. This paper has just been es tablished under promising auspices, and we doubt not will succeed well. We hope so. Terms, $2 per annum, in advance. HYMENEAL. MAnRIED, July 20th by Rev. H. C. Herlong. Mr. JAMES J. McDANIEL of Florida, and Misl SUSAN C. MITCHELL, of this District. COMMERCIAL. HAMBURG, Aug. ]at 1859. MR. EnTon,-Dear Sir: We have had quite an active.Ctton market for the past week. It opened at 12& cents for middling fair, with an advancing tendency; but the accounts brought by the " Ocean Queen," has somewhat lowered the figures of the speculator, and I now quote as extremes from 9 to 12 cents. Respectfully, Yours. P'. Yartnership Notice. T UE undersigned have fortmed' a partnership for the practice oif Law and Equity, in this and the adjoining Districts. Omrca in Law Range. .S. B. GRIFFIN, M. C. BUTLER. July 27, 1559 tf 29 VOCA.L 1VUCSIC. PERSONS wishing to become acquainted with .Lthe art of Singing by Note and to learn the harmonious sounds of VOCA L MUSIC, will please a~ddress the undergged at Duntonsville P.. 0. Tcrms per Class (without regerdl to number,) Fifty Dollars. P. BOYD. J. A. BA RKER. Aug 3 3te 30 HORTICULTURAL ! FRUITLAND NURSERIES, AUGUSTA, GA. W E offer to the public this season, a VERY LARGE and CHOICE collectiop of South ern raised Fruit und Ornamental Trees, GRAPE VINES, &c. Our Stock is large and the Trees well grown, and we offer thema at prices which will compare favorably with those of any Northern grower. A descriptive Catalogue will be mailed free to all applicauts. Persons dlesirmnjs or putting out Fruit Trees the comning season will flil it greatly to their adlvan tage: by purehasing Southern raisued Trees, iu prefesrence to Northern, as~ being better adaipted to this cliunate. and the varieties having mostly been originated South. Address P. T.B]ERCKMANS & CO. Augusta, Aug 1 Onmu0 i O TrIlE P UBL IC 1--All persons are re Jspetfully reque4u-d not tio eredit or trade with our brother ABNER SWEA RENGIN, as he is, we regret to say, incompetenut of transacting uny business. We hope uo omne will take advan tatke of his incompetency. JOHN SWEARINGEN, L. G. SWEARTNG EN. Aug2 a 30 FAL~L SEASOl\. CH(ALLENGE, thie Morgan Stallion, will stand the Fall Sea son, 18459, at Edlgefleld C. H , comn mneneing 1st August and the 15th September, 1859. ' - S. F. GOODE, ELBERT BLAND. Aux1 if 30 N OTICE.--AII indebted to the Subscriber either by Note or Account, are requested to innike imnimdiate payment. Those who fail to dii to by Return Day will be necessarily comp,-lled to pay cos':s. J. P. TOMP'SON. Aug 3 ;to :30 SOTICE.--Those indebted to the Estate of James Asbill, dec'd., are notified to pay the 1:mo0 forthwith ; and those having clainms will -ender them in to the Administrators at tfre Ordi 2ary's Office, on Monday, 17th Oetobor next, as ;he Estate will be settled utp on that day. FRANCES A J. J. ASB3ILL,Adm'o~rs. Aug 3 ot' 30) ClAUTION.--.All persons are hereby caution Led from trading for a certain given to Dr. M. [,aorde, for $1895,00, due one and two years, ith interest from date, and dated 6th June 1859, is the considerations for which said Note was ;iveu, have in part, failed, and I ant determined . o resist its payment. T. B. REESE. . Aug3 - t 30 OTICE.--There will be an application to the next Legislature of South Carolina for a lharter to build a itail Road from Honey Gall to 'ry All. Aug3. It' 30 - Administrator'% Sale, 1 ILL he sold to the highest bidder all the . Wpersonal property belonging to A. E. Able, I I ec. on TIIRSDAY 2J4Ih of Augvust, consist 10IE LIKEL.Y NEGROES,' he precent Crop in the field.. Three Horses, One 1 dule Colt. Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Hiitsehold and J Citchen Furniture, One set or Surveyor's.Instru- 1 sent, One Buggy, One Wagon, One Gold Watch ,nd( other articles too tedious to mention. Tvots.-The abiovo property will be sold on a redit of twelve months with interest from date. 'he purchaser will be required to give Note and wo approve sureties. The right of property not hanged until terms of Sale complied with, PELLETIER&CO DRUGGISTS, HAMBURG, S. C. - WOULD RESPE CT fully invite the atten tion of the public to their L A R G E LY-ro plenished Stock of MEDICINES, CHEMICALS, TRUSSES, PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, DYE STUFFS, INSTRUMENTS, POTASHES, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES; 'SOAPS, SPICES, COSMETICS, PERFUMERY, FANCY GOODS, ;&C. Their recent purchases in New York, selected by one of the firin with the greatest care as to quality, enaldes thet to offer their Goods t prieos as low as any similar establishment in the South. The Public are respectfully invited to call and examine for themselves. g"Catalogues of Goods sold by them fur nished on-application to A. J. PELLETIER & CO., .Druggiste, ~ainifburg, s. C. Aug 3 m ' 30 SEWING MACHINES! Grover & Baker's Is decidedly better for Family use than any man ufactured. One very desirable feature in these itmprovgd Machines, is, that when compared with all others, they aro noiselees. Diagrams prove the superiorty, strength and elasticity of the ititeh, and the following testimonials prove the perfect adaptation of the Machine for family and planta tion work. EDGEFIELD DiSTIrUC, S. C.,July, 1859. The undersigned having had a Grover & Baker Sewing Machin6, purchased of M. A. RAxsox, in use in our families for some time past, take pleas ure in giving our testimony to its complete adap tation for family and plantation work, making a <eam of great astrelgth and elasticity, is very sim ple, easily learned and kept in order, and running with so little noise as not to interfere with conver <ation, if curried on in an orderly tone of voice in close proximity to the machine. We regard these dachinos as among the greatest labor-saving in ventions of the age. Signed, .J. W. STOES, GEO. McD. WEVER, t. J. CREIGHTON, B. F. MAYS, THOS. KERN'AGHAN, JAS. L. MATHIS, ISM. HILL, SAPM'L. J. BOYCE, SIDNEY S. BOYCE, WM. SPIRES, I. J. RYAN, A. . BENSON, JOHN A. ADDISON, LUCIUS L. HALL, 11. D. MIMS, . . E. T. HAMILTON, ELIJAH WATSON, Sr. JOEL CURRY, rAS. S. HARRISON, ROBERT J. BUTLER, A. J. HAMMOND, SAM'L E. BOWERS. CHAS. HAMMOND, Copy of a Letter received from Rev. D. D. Brunson. DUNTOXsyrLLE, April 26th, 1859. Mn. M. A. RAxso-lier Sir:r The Grover A laker Sewing Machine which I purchascd of you la't winter, has given entire eatifactloN. I have c-en many favorable notices published abont these Mlachines, and fronm our e.rperen~ce, we believe them all without exageration. Doubtless, when nore generally known, they will be In general uae, cud accomplish what lion. Mr. Banks sayle, " work ci great, a change in families, as railways have in :ummnunities and States." Respectfully, yours, -- D. D. BRUNSON. Extract of a Letter from W. H. Norris. - DIDG., S. C., Mny 2nd, 1859. Ma. M. A. R&asov-Dear Sir: I cheerfully as sure you that we are well pleased with the Grover .k Baker MachIne. My wife would not be without it, for twice its cost. W. H. NORRIS. 11rev. T. F. W'ar.:.as, of this District, writes thus, Mn. M. A. RtAssom-Dear Sir : I anm pleased to <ny that the Grover & Baker Machiue bought of yo.u, works as well as I could desrire. My wife ansno trouble in working It. Before purchazing, I examained other Machines, but did not like the stitch near uin well as tbat made by the Grover & Baker. With my knowledge of these Machines, .and what I hear from others, I am thoroughly convinced that no Machine can favorably compare with them for family uce. T. F. WILLIAMS. Machinca deliveredl and instructions given in their use, free of charge, in any port of Edlgefield District. Should any Machine not perform 'yell, [ will exchange it for oue which will do good work. All sales at manufacturers pricces, with the addi tion iof freight. M. A. RANSOM, Agent, of the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Co. Hamburg, Aug. 3, 1859 tf 30 IE LAND) FOR SALE. IE~ Subaseribeers otfer forsale that VALUABLE ITRACT OF' LAND) wheroon Mr. HC. Tur .er residled nt the time oef his death. This Tract i.< sitauite ona lieky Creek, about 2 'miles fronm :a.Ieky Creek Church, 10 miles fronm Edgefield C. H., adjoining landsl of Mrs. Mathews, Be~nj. Cog hurn and others, and con tnins Four hundred and thirty-two Acres, Haclf i'f which is native forest-prime oak and nickory land. On the premaises is a good two Story Dwelling with all necuenry out-buildings. This plantation is woll and conveniently watered. The land uder cultivation is productive. A Bargain masy be had by early application to thu undersigned. Terms, to an approred purchaser, will be quite reasonable. J. C.SMYLY A CO. Aug 3 . tf . 30 P SITIVE NOTICE.--All persons in debted to the Estate of Burdete Etheredge, wedare requested to pay up by thu 1st Sept., it' not, they will be necessrity compelled to settle .vith nmy Attorney. The Estate must-be closed :p. BENJ. ETHIEREDGE,Ad'or. Aug3 3t 30 Turnip Seed! (N hand a fine assortment of Superior TUR FNIP SEED. Also, in Store a supply of the " HAMILTON STOCK( TURNIP SEED," which were raised by tir. Jons B. HAMILTON, living near this Village, ciac are said to be the best Winter and Spring vs icty foar table use or Stock feeding. They come up well, grow off finely, yield luxuriant tops and L5 large sweet Turnips as any one could desire. D. R. DURISOE, July 27 tf 29 To all Concerned!E LL Persons indebted to the late WM. H. HA RRISON, Agent, are requested to come ,racrd and settle the same without delay. The iuods were sold at Cash prices, and with the ex. ectation of being paid when called for. It Is ecesslary to close the business up promptly, and herefure all Indebted will confer an especial fa or by giving this notice early attention. Those having demands against the said Wan. I. Harrison, Agent, will render them In forthwith ir payment. D. R. DURISOE. July 27, 1859 tf 29 FINE CHEESE--PRIME' BACON. 'OW in Store a Lot of A No I CHEESE ; 1Also, a choice supply of 'BACON.. For sale cheap for cash by E. T. DAVIS, Agt. July 12 tf 27 BACON, LARD AND) FLOliR.. [ N Store a choice supply of BACON, LARD and FLOUR, which will be sold at reasonablie rices fur cash. D. R. DURIS~G. July 21 tf 29 Pleasant Summer~Drinks. 2~R these hot Summer days I have in Store a varied supply of cooling, refreshing and in igorating Beverages, as follows : 20 Do:. Byass' Best PORTER; 20 " Jeffrey's Best ALE;r 10 "' Best Lager BEER; 5 " Ginger CORDIAL-excellent; 5 " Brandy PEACHES; 5 Fresh Lemon SYRUP; - la" Best SODA WATER. . .,ilVor sale at low Spres for Cash.