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HE Undersigned will do a'l work in the liue of DENTRISTY that n-"v J" - him. - at the. the I Fath Bim' - D entri. -.1 wait ing 0 . .-. services at their redt dence- ..ey will notily him through the office at E Igefield C. H. Ile will be at the Village Sale days and Court weeks. Oct.3, 1T - PRICES REDUCED. -- LADD, WEBSTER & CO.'S WE are happy to inform the public, that, by VVan arrangement with the manufacturers, we are now able to offer these Excellent Machines A T GREATLY REDUCED PRICES! We respectfully invite the attention of all in want of a good and faithful iustrument, to an ex amination of their many merits. EVERY MACHINE WARRANTED TO GIVE SATISFACTION. Call and get a Circular, and SEE THE MIA CHINE IN OPERATION. W. 1I. SALISBURY & CO., 257 Broad Street. Augusta, Aug 28 thn 34 MACHINE STRtETCHIED BELTING OF OAK, HEMILOCK AND RUBU~ER. GIN BANDS OF OAK, HE31LOCK AND litl:ER. Of superior quality and for sale lh.w l-y JL1US D)ARRIOW. Augusta, Ca.. Sept ':5 ..m HIATS! JOHN WOOLLEY & Co., Graniteville, S. C., A REmaniufactutrinC it AT-:0 EVERY I L STYL I AND VAR IETY. at prie .,uited to the ha.r~i ties. Southern M.rehants can lbe .:upp.liedl with a mto's: excllent article very ieenp for the ca.sha. Cumn. G etlemen e:neou rage homte ma~saufactuare, aini yiou will lie apt ta please all youar cus'taamers. whor have an eye to econ.mny, or a heart h.ig enogh for :a feeinorp.ttrinth-m. .. It the PLAs NjiS will give th. aun gri a . call, they wi findl ha!n-rtial sustantzin t fr their ownt hea.ls, something that will take the finy of Young Atmerict. and a good and desirable '-.kllcap" for the naiyy.:n. All work warranted as to fit unt durability. DAVID It. MORIRIS. Grniteviml.. Oct . l 9i0 t;m 41. Fl AM) I'1I1 SI1Tl1, fN I) HATS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS Wholesale and Retail! Geo. WT. Ferry, MASONIC UfALLr IUILDING, 244 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga., H AS received1 a Iliarg and carefully selected fStock of Geants Male kin, Cassimnere, Amesi an nd French Felt IA TS. Cloth, Phush, Silk Velvet, Gla.zed and S anmlen CAPS, new and eleganat patte.rns ; Youh's and Children HATS tand CAPS in grt variety of handts.ane styles. -ilk, Alpacca tand Ginaghuams rT' MRE ELLAS Heavy PlantationI 11ATS f.'r Negroes: Fresh Goods reicive.l by every Steamer. Prices as eap as the chme:spvst. Call andl see. Woo den Ware, &c. low. S. E. I3OWERIS, Agent u..bung, Oct 16 tf 40 ' A Song for the Times. Let hard times ssail us, Let poverty nail us ,iko mistical horse shoes to every old wall; Let deep tribulation And fierce desolation pread over all lands like a funeral pall; Though empty our purses. Though creditors curse us, Lnd quarters are squeezed till the eagles all howl, Let's have merry faces And smiles for all places, temembering 'tis better to grin than to growl. What though banks are breaking And " big houses " quaking, ,est one day undo all they ever have done, Our crossness can't mend it, Our weeping won't end it, Vhy not take the bright side and call it all fun ? Will forfeited pleasures Or imbecile pleaseures rin g back our lost confidence-lift the dark cowl? No, no ! to-day's sorrow Brings no brighter mnorrow; Vhen things will be bad let us grin and not growl. But let us keep thinking That though we are sinking, iVe can't go much farther, because it won't pay; The old iaw not forgetting, That's cured! lots of fretting, The hour is the darkest just before day ;" Though vacant our purses, Though creditors curse us, 'hough quarters are squee:ed till the eagles all howl, Let's keep merry faces And emiles for all places, 'or surely 'tis better to grin than to groul. What's a Fair or Noble Facet What's a fair or noble fae.-, If the mind ignoble be? What though beauty, in each grace, May her own reeemblance see? Eyes may eatch from Heaven their spell, Lips the ruby light recall; Iu the home for love to dwell, One good feeling's worth them all. Give we Virtue's rose to trace Hoanor's kindling glance and mitan; Howsoever plain the face, Beauty is w'here these are seen Haven ringlets o'er the snow Of the whitest neck may fall! - the I. Sversitruusly tat aate soI. -. wmte to Betse. Jane smellina of Cual ile and, ;i in the morting. I sluld go to the Poles !trlv. I shotuld staty there all tay. I should C on gutard a'yina frauds and sicl. I shol!d ie ont thie looout fur the itfaotuus lise of the :neaLv, gOt 1.1 jlns be 4 electltun "or perlitical dreck. Vth..a a I was over, and mty ca:.d)date 'as elected, I shoJtuldl atMove hevina & airth-so :o speak-until 1 got orfiea, which if I didn't 4it. I shtuld turn round &and abt:e the Ad ainistration with all ay taite and maine. But L'mt not ittn te bi.'jiSS. l'm itn a fir mtore re .pectf'ul bisiness. I would'tnt give 2 sents to be t Cotngresser. 'Te wuss itnsult I ever received as whent sertint citizensat of IkI~dintaville a.-d ne to rtun for the Ledislatter. 8ez I-" My rienads doutest thinak I'd stoop to be thtat her?" Theyk titrnted white as a sheet. .I pke itt the' mtost orfullest tontes, & they' nowd I was taot to be trilled with. They lueked out of site to ontet. There-l, hetvin nto polities, I made bo'ld to isit Old A be at hais humsa;tid int Sprint lield. 'ounad the old feller itn his paarler, surrunded ia perfect swarm of ortice seekers. Know ag he haad beena capjtinag of a tl~at boat lit the -oaritng Mississippjy, I thtought I'd addre'w hiat t sailur linago, sa' sez I, "Old Abe, ahaoy! Let aut ver atain satils, ree~ haum thae forec.aistle & hrow yer jib poop oaverboaird l Shaiver mny imtburs, may harty !" ['This is genuinae mtarinte adwidge. I kntow, becawz I've seena sailor tays acted out by themat New York thteater 'ellers.] Ole Abe Iookd up qutite cross atnd lez: "Senad itt yer pertishun by & by. I catt't ossibly look at it ntow. Indeed I can't. it's su aossible. sir !" "Mr. Lintkezt, what d., you spect I air ?" ted 1. " Art orfice seeker. to be stare,'' said he. " Well, sir," said I, 4you's ntever mot~re mias aken itt youar life. Lut haaina'L got a orfice d take unader tno cirkumtstantce'. I'm A. ~ard. Wax figgers is nay profeshunit. I'mt he fathier uof tw'ias, rad thaey look like tae ,th of' themt. I enmtae to pay a frientdlyi visit. the P''rsidettt elect ofl thte LUnitedl States. IIl j be y' - :r watnts to seea tae, Say so-il nat,! m sa, I'm urf' like a jug lhantd'." "Mr. Ward, sit downa. I amtt glad to se rout. sir." "'1;tp se itt A 14 ahamt's lBussumtt," se--lon > the ot tce setek. r-, his ide'e beinag to <;et orf t oak at myn expetnce. " Wall,'' se: I, "'4 all yout fellers re.p;'e in hat theret' Bozzumt there'll be mity pour atus in for sonate of youla " whteretuon O1ld Abe .taeed ii weskit telear up) iad bluasht like tmaitng Zif-Kree~t 15i. Just tt this ptitat of he converationa tanother' 5watrm oft 0. i.:.' eeker's aruve antd ciumt pilena inato thte prnl r. sumt wanited poust urfics, stum wanted acollec orsip<, sumta watnted futrritn tmis.-ioans, uind tall vnted samttint. I thought Old A be w >uld to crazy. ie had'tnt attue thana titme to shaake aands with 'emt before iaother treminjis crowd uma pure's itt onato the prematises. Hlis houste ud dhotrway wats notW p.-rfetctly overflowed vitht urifice. seekers ali elamteruss fur an im-* t jit 'nterview wvitha Old Ale. Onte aman from Jhilao, uhIo hand s'vena inchtes of coran whi..,key ato himt, tatistujk tae for Ol d Able atnd wti ha.'t tae as thae " Pr':.atrie Flowa a' of thte .e''!" lTinks 1. yvoa wats. tan orif'-e puatty satd. Athler unatn' wiath a gol heded eattnel m'. red nose toldI Old A be hte was a "seckitnd tKv.higton & the pride~1 of the Blounadliss iWest!" Ser. I, "Sqluire, you woutld'nat take a small ,ost oflis if yout could get it waould y u ? Se2z 1e, " at p trit is abtty thtema thinags, sir!1" "There's a putty brig crop of piatrits this casona, tin'tt there. .- ur ?" sez I, wheat ana ther crowd of oflis seekars pourred itt. Thte ouse., dooryard, bar'n attd woodshaed was naow till full, anad'whent anaother erowd Cumta I told eta nout to go away' fr wantt of roomt, as the ag pea wast yet emtapty. Otne paatrit f'rom a reall towna ina Mb~an.'t:, waet tont tola te .mtt. trait into thet chiamm; y and' sitd down ina he parlour wheire (Old Altae w~tiatedeveritn to :aep thea hunry park'i of aliis see:ka-ra fromtt .awinj~ hiat up atlive. withoma~ thei b'2nefit taf 'erv. ThIe' mtini: lae rea~chad tohe ire inee tad yeiied : ison't maake anty pinattment at the in.. L-.ill posunt nifli.' till ynu'vc renad may nn.. Jers. All the respectful men in town is sign ,rs to that there duckytmen I" " Good God !" cried Old Abe, " they cum ipon mc from the skize-down the chimneys, Lnd from the bowels of the yearth! He had'ut thut his mouth before two fat orftice seekers 'rom Wisconsin, in endeverin to crawl atween is legs for the purpose of applyin for the oligateship at Milwawky, upsot the President Ileck, and he would hev gone sprawlin into be fire, if I had'nt caught hint in these arms. But I had'nt more'n stood him up strate, fore mnother man cuml) crashing down the chimney; is head strikin me violently agin the inards nd prostrating my voluptuous form onto the lloor. ".Mr. Linken," shoutid the infatuated being, "I y papers is signed by every clergy man in our town, and likewise the skoolumas Ler I" Sez I, " you egrejii ass," gein Ip and brush in the dust frot my eves, I'll sign yOu aI pers with this bunch of bones, if you don't be I, little more keerful how you make ily bread basket a depot in the futur. flow do you like that air perfumery ?" sez I, shluving my ist under this nose, "them's the kind of pa pers i'll give you! Thenm's the papers you want!" " But I workt hard for the ticket ; I toiled aite & day. The patrit should be rewarded." " Virtoo, sed I, koldin the itifatooated man by the shirt collar, " virtoo, sir is its own re ward. Look at me !" le did look at ime, and qualed be4 my gaze. " The fact is," I continued, lookin round upon the hungry crowd, " there is scarcely a otlis for every ile lamp carrid round du-ing this campane. I wish thare wap. I wish thare was furrin mis. ions to be filled (it varis lonely isln- where eppydeiics rage incessantly, and if I was ill 01- Abe's place, I'd send every mothers's son to them. What air you here for ?" I continru-d warmin up considerable, " can't your give Abe a minnit. peace ? Go home, you misera ble man, go home & till the sile! Go to ped alin tinware; go to choppin wood; go to bilin ope; stuff sassingers; black boots ; gt a clerkship on sum respe tible manure ca'rt; go round as origenal Swiss bell ringers; becun rigenal and only Cambel Minstrels; go to lec turin at fifty dollars a nite ; ihmbark ill the peanut bisinies ; write for the Ledger; saw Ail your legs and go round givin concerts, withi tuchin appeal to a charitable publick printed on your handbills; anything fur a honest livin, but don't come round hr-re drivin Old Abe crazy by your outrajus cuttings up! Go home. Stand not upon the order of gom, but go to onet!" "If in file ininits from this tiue,- sez I pullin out my new sixteen dollhr huntin case watch, and brandishing it before their eyes. 3 Ef in five minutes from this time a single ne of you remains oin these here prem"i.ss, 'll go out to my ca;e Mar by, and iet my Boy Constructor l..sse! & and it he glis smong you, you'll think Oid S-olferino has :um again and no mistake." You ought hev -n them scamper, Mr. Fair. They run orf -,R % arter then with a " How 'bout my OaU.-.. sed Abe. "Fill it up with showmen! Showmen is devoid of poliies. They hain't got a darn princi;.le! They know how to cater to the public. They know what the public want<, North and South, Shownen, sir, is lioneet men. Ef you doubt their literary ahility, look at their posters, alifl see small bill ! E, you want a Cabinit, till it up with .--how:en. but don't call on ine. The tnmral w:ix-Liger perfeshion mnuan't be permitted to go d.an while there's a drop of blood in thlese vainis. A. Lintkin, I wish you well ! El Powers or Walcutt was tio pick out a muoidl for a 1 -- tiful mtan, I scarcely think they'd sculp yo~u; but ef you do the lair thing by your coulntry, you'll make as putty an angel as any of us or any other man ! A. Linkin, use the talent wlich nature has put int" you judiciously and firmly, and all will be well ! A. Linkin, ad'io." ie shook me cordyully by the hand ; we ex canged piictures, so we could gaze upon each other' liniments when far away froum one tnother-he at the helIum of the ship of State, and at the helIum of the show bizness--ad mittanlce only 15 cents. .ARTIE.\AS WA RD. " F-r.ii RL-sUJ.r or Ciar.ss."--A queer person was old Barney Siggit: in fact, a much-abused man, who met mlore accidents1 tan any other ten men in thme kingdom; and to 'render it doubly aggravatinig, they were all caused through other folki careless iess. " Now, my frienmds," he once said, " you all call me an uninchy feller, 'eaiusc l'mt allers gitting inter scratpes anw .,uh like, lint mtay e blowed eof l'dl have half the birokeni bones an' blaick.an'-blue .ppots, ef folks wud lie a leetle moore keirful; but fol'ks will be folls, ispihally the kee! less ones, an' lbe a leamvin-.; their traps aroniin' fur honiest mnen ter kill theselves on." Tlhe followinag will prove thait the'. old .:en tean was about i:mlr r*?ighit in hi, biell. f. teu rning home late iio mugi;:h t no:n a I"ii cal meeting at the taverni. where spiri ts iof an indfinate qu.ait y hll fre-ely circulatedl, he stumbled upion sonie l.'ose boiards whiich cov erd a h:alfI Ii ni.,d p i, andi 0 in mch less time than it would take a eross eye'd person~ to .see around a corner lie was a goinr lhriogh: t i; it. you tiiserale en.,s!I" he screamed. ..." Fall no~w, ani' break yer neck. why doinm't But, forturnatelty fori I::arney', the p'it was not i'erv c'e.-p. and1 with the excep~.tionl of it .-:~.el shin, he .ustai..e-l no. greap jijur'y. A~ qiik as pos.sible he crawled o'ut :and as e was regaining his feet, muttt'ren: "By miighty, ef t hat doii't beat the most keerless trick I ever seedl! Whoever hcerd the beat of a nman a digging a hole like t'ant re, and theun leaving it out all nmght ? I gad, he ouglter die ! At a small town in the Western States, where Jenniy Lind and Barinm hadi~ stopp1ed ! r,-st, the latter toll the l..Iks, that it' they wiihi i-aise iftieeni hunidred dllar:, he would et thetm bear dlennty sing. Th~is propilositionl wa< arreedl to and a large biarnm was procuredI. . Jeuni was singing the "lUirdl Song," a tall f.llow wiio seemted to t hink lie had been "sor tr'' taken i three dollars worth, exclaitted, onl Jenny's riepeating the words, "I know lnt why~ I amn singlmg,-"Tlhe darnationi ye don't! Well I can tell ye; ye are singinlg for fifteen hundred dollars-three dollars a tiipknot all round; and there's nto use of' telling folks you don't know why ye are sintginig. I guess dad's corn will find out." Ttns ovrt -r: Wm.:K..-Thle wiidowi of Oba-i cliah ormonil, who rep~resented thet State ot New o rk in the Seniate ofl thle I' nited States frtom 1.wp to I191:A. dlied Suinday, in t he Sy ra ins.' Ipoir hiouse. She was lin tetyV yeatrs old. ii. .,r .,t isniim i b le- e, in m ure, ab nt. e: -h-u ,.- i,,o' the ;.xl p...w anil .sirnt--h thei ni..:! it anld ai ntl. !Ij idiscver* .2 bis.i take wheno .-he sued bim f'or a breatch of priomt io of marriage. From the w1asnbigton Constitution, 19. An Authoritative Proclamation of Mr. Lincoln's Policy. NO COMPROMISE. For the.instruction and edification of those who still nurse the deluion that a compro miso will be proposed by the dominant ma jority at the North, and accepted by the peo ple of the Southern States, which will adjust the present difficulty and save the Union, we print an article from the TriLuae of the 17th inst., written, it will be seen, by 9thority of the President elect, and defining'fle policy which his Administration intends to pursue. This article has the merit of frankness and bold. outspoken declaration of a fixed pur pose. It contains no i-neaking assurances of Mr. Lincoln's love of the South, or of his gen erous intentions to protect Southern rights. It declares openly and defliantly that the in comiii Adninistration will stand firmly by the " Great Verdict of t he 6th of November," and, heedless of the Coisttitution, the laws, and the judgment of the Supiemne Court, will regard the institution which is inseparably interwoven with the socil. political, and econ onical system of hair the Union, as " a relic of barbarism," and will exclude as barbarians from the common Territories every citizen or every State where do:ncstic slavery exi:ts. The black-republican p trty, through its cho sen chief, authorizes its most powcrful organ to proclaim that it will have " no compromi sei," "0no delusive and deluding conce.ions," 'no surrender of principle," "no cowardly reversal of the Great Verdict of the sixth of November !" Citizens of Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkan sas, Missouri, North Carolina, and Maryland, we ask you to read this authorized manifesto of the po!icy and purposes of the black-re publican party, publi-hed the day after the blael#-republican senators voted down the Crittenden compromise, and adopted the res lutions of Mr. Clark. Read foir yourselies every word and line of this defiant proclama tion, and then decide whether you will con tinue to cheat yourselves with the hope of obtaining a recognition of your rights from the party which thus bolily defies you to your teeth, and tells you that you inut sur render unconditionally, or be conquered ; or whet ber. joiNing your strength to that of your brethren in South Carolina, Alabama, Missis sippii, Florida, Georgia, Texa, Louisiana, and last., though Oreatest of all, ghrious old Vir ginia. s on will secure your rights and liber ties as well as theirs. and thus, by united ac tion , save yourselves as well as them from the po-sibility of in'a.ion, and t he horrors of war. The gauntlet is thrown down by your deadly enemies. We know Ihat you will not be slow io pick it up, and that you will not di-igrace yourselves by talking e0 compromise with t lio. who tell you that you must plae? your necks unler their heels before they will even acknowledge that you have any griev anees to I elress. The foilowing is t!e authorized manifesto lie believes, with the grat gi . ... p~otlb-nt fremeel iihe: country, democrnats. 1kl m11ien, and repiublicans, that the first duit. to be doie Is to ascrt uii whwther we have a Governuent or nit a:.d wh,-tzi'r the Un i1 is a nere delusion ofi lh i:nazina:ion to e dis. sobed att the firt touch of actual hostility, or a great and vital power. a< c.,npetent to 1s sert itsef anl delfnd itsel: agai nst Imnestiic gedition as agai:st fivreigni 6-1e. We have reasonl t'. know that hi. petreiv~es and feels clearly that thisk is t he pr.4! dlomiant queIistionl If the time, towerin" above every olier. in-. deed., of~ wha'. avatil., is azny enrmseo n arrangementtt whla:.ver until it he first estab-' lishid that thle U.'nion of' thle States and the federal Giver. ment at e somlethiing real and living, and~ not a pr.tenIri-ms shiato. built of othinig more substantial thaan piarehmn t and red tatpe. andi' exi.,ting at the miercy o~f .itink ig traitors like F"-oyd', or noisy ones like ITioombs Noi compillromises, lhen ! No deluisive and delmling~ conicessionlS' No suirrenider of pin ile ! No cowardoly rev(rsal if the Great Verdiet of' thre .sixth of' Novemiber ! Let us have the question cof ii watisila settled nu0w ad for all timeI ! There cani never be aniothier pprtuity HO good its the presenit. Let us5 kiow once for all whether the slave power is r,-ally stronger than the Uni on. Let us have it decided whether the .\exican systeme ~f rebellion canI be .uecssfully' introdueed iln this counitry ais a mecans of carrying an elee tion after it has been fitirly host at the polls. It will lbe time enoughi to I alk of redressinig grievances of' long s:anidin:: and of minor eun seuence after this staire novelty hars been disosed of. Let us first vindicate the manjes taniedi a.-ir the power?1 of' law in general amnmnsof' particuhir laws cani lie conisid rd1 afierward. Front the Cincinnlatti Enquirer. We obse'r'e the followiiig Iaragraphis ill the Cincinttti Emupirer, of' a lie date, and~i pub. lh them to let our reader's see what our Ohio fries (?) say of' us: PA'rs:-rc PerTntovTsMw or ax Or.o Sot.nien. --On the day of the meeting aof the Seces sioists at Kingston, Ga., a lRevolutionary soldier returned to his residence ini Cobb County, on the railroad, thoughi his eyes were so <im that he could niot eee well. lie was told they were trying to get the people to dis solve or secedie from the Union. Whereuipon le dropped his withered face and senmed to be in deep distress for one or two mlinutes, ifr which he raised up his hlead, and with a *itoingoice said, " Oh, don't a fha; till Ir am1 deati !"'Whlile he uttered th.ee ;;'ais the large tw:-a chased ena other down his~ w'orn cheeks. Ie was told that a great numbner of' them would try and prevent them ; to which Ire replied, " l)in't let them do that till I am dead !" " Co.tt.s -ro Nl.weAs'r.E."-Theo bark liar ret Haze'lline, which arrived at Charleston, Soth Carolina, a fe.w days sinlce, from Biarce lna. Spatin, had a cargo of asses.. A Poetic Fable l'or .Secessionists. A Columbus, Ga., M. D.., in the calomel line, conrtributes to the New York Journal of/ Comm uerce the following : Yankee D)uodle took a saw, Withz pitriatie devotion, To trimi the Tree of' Liberty, A4ccordling to his "notion !" Yankee Dommille on a limbl, Like anuother unoutle, Cut l,,rr-n the free i and 1on1, Aa.Ili don ane Yaenha fowlfe. Yankee D~oidle' brroke his neck, Every honie about him, And then the Trea or Liberty Did very werlt without him! It. is siuggested thal, if South Carolina will trot come baick itito the Utnion, all the States shall go over to her. Shle could hardly refuse so migilficenlt art of fer. Let teris have beent received1 in N. York from M-. Keitit, datied thre 2rmb of De'cemiber, iinrder i ifranz1. .\r. Keit t ev'idenitly intetds to stiek to Unle Sami to the latest hour, or 8:' long as a pstagn stamp cnn bn saved. From the Mubile Register. Plant Corn. The following article frot the Cahaba Ga rette, we heartily commend to the considera tion of 'our planting friends in the interior. I The advice to "plant corn, and plant twice s as much as you ever did Lefore," is just in c season. It couies from a planting region, and ' we are satisfied that never was sounder at vice given or taken. In addition to the reason for it, growing I out of our home necessities, our next cotton crop reduced one half and our.provikion crop I trebled, as they may be, will do as much to " conqu'er a peace," as the strong ari of our . sons. We firmly believe there has been no f Lime within the last ten years, that the plai ters of the South could not have conquered i abolitionism in its own dens, if by universal 1 concert of action, they had diverted half their - labor to growing stock and the cerels, for two i or threetuccessive years, and thereby reduced I the cotton crop to one half -ir one third the I anticipated quantity: I.ANT CORN. We offer a word of advic to our planting I friends, and it is phllt cornl ! Plant twice us much asyou ever did. Sow oats, wheat, bar ley, rye. Do not butcher any more of your 1 lambs, pigs or calves. Allow them to attain their fuill growltIh, but have plenty ofr corn and provender to fatten thet-m. If you have poor I land, sow it in grass, or some smnll grain, or C therwise provide as much pasturage as .ou can. Increase your stock of cattle, hogs, $he( p and goats. In short, reconcile it to yourselves to get along with as little money as is possible for a year or two, or three, to coie-economize in every department ; put your wives and daugh ters, and your infirm female lave, to spin ning and weaving; plant as little cntton as t po.ille, for you will have but an indifferent market for it, for a time to come, and for the ake of your country, that is about to pus 1 through_ a severe ordeal, make bread and I meatl t Our soil is rich enough to feed and clothe, not only our people, but our enemies, if we will only reduce our cotton crop one half. Remember that a time of prosperity will re turn, ater we achieve our independence, I when we will be the richest people in the world. t Let us mect the present crisis like men let our jilanters resolve to feed the country, without buying a pound of maeat or bread froi cold friends or open enetuies, and all ill be well! t That man who plants the moat corn will be the best friend to his country. Rememcbtcer rhis, planters and do your duty ! We slall continue to uirge this sulject, al. tiough, we thank God, tI.ere is no .ign of want or uffering in this part of our State. Aboriginal Religion-Burning I the Dend 'The. :t is ournt ; 11~ . .. o se. or moitiois they can attract th.e evil -pir. its nitention, t.e leiart e-scapw., t., its. heaven il. rest, adil i, fore% e:- -alf ; 1-urt if the lody i buried, the evil in', ke.-ps c0nminiIual g'u.rd r over the grave; nmi when tie leirt wond e.-eal it is nade prisoner, anod it. is th..i.ee furthi eiploye4l to annoy the lving relative . When an ldtilian is known to be dying. his head is lifted gently upoin t he hip; of some i relative, and his eyes softly clo-e. ; whie thse who are .st amjint arounad recit e in a low t monotnas chant the viritue's of l'e dyvin.. The mouiment his heart has ces edl to b,.-at ti~e sad tidings are conveyed to l.is relatives, anad the low chant is changed to mo.urnful wailing, a.l, beating upon their chae~ts, with stream ing eyes, they upostrophize the spirit of the dlep..rted . We are at. last able to .-tate that the Somth.I rn Porcelain M:iaau!ateturiiig Complas y :ar, prai:nently eatalishiedl in t his city. Thle large building N '. 19~, ont lliane-street, ha been seenred and fitted up -o as to, ac comonidate the:r large- and incrasting h usiness-. Mr. W. 11. Farrar, thme agenit of lt heaalmpany. is a co~urte'ous and acconmmodat inig genttleman uti iand wve comnunend this establishmeno-t noet only t, the criockery ware dealer.s 'f S--uat:h Caro in, Unat thiroughojut the Sombh. All articles a in t heir line ean: be fur nish~e:l ian a .,tyle and ti quity bctter andl on te-rm-. moicre re-~oabale t tan t hose which can be prIeenredl at the North. In: adiion, Sonthern maerebant s wvil I have thet satisfacdiin oif kncowing that t hey iaret* hatronizinug honie maufactureats and homaes indutry, inst ead of addin tg to'the capi Ital :anal reources of thecir Ahaahti.mn loes. In fact, thbee S uthen Piorcelain M:anuahtiring Caimapany have suppahlietd large quanttities of Porceain a ware on1 Northern orders. A fresh stock of; the latest pattern and finish hats just beenm a opened. See aidvertisemnentt.-Mercury. DmIP.OMTrts Iqt tsriva.-Lo'rdI LyJons. Mr. Schleiden, the Bremnen Charge, and oth er emnbers of the diplom-itic corps h-ive re quested Secretary Black to furnish official in-. foration wvhether the Govertunent of the' United States will recognize clearances of yes sels which may be issued by the State author ities of South Caroliaa; and also, whaethaer, foreign yes-els couild properly pay duties to South Carolina oficers. Mr. Black's answ-r has not transpired, but it is understood to have been in the negative in reply to both2 questions. lie states, however, that foreg t vessels entering seceding ports andi pan luics ignaoranthy, would have mote indul ence than othets; but adds, that the Govern, a fent ils reluctaint to consider the sublject in the preent unsettled condition of the coun try Fax Nrtnno L.tw or Es:N rcerv.-The free negro tw passed by the lay t General Assembly if Kenitu1Cky, to go into) efl-ect on the 1st oft Januay, 1~6 1, provides that herat.er no slave 1 shall Ije cuancipated unless ample security lbe gnor the remaoval of such from the State within; ninety days after the approval of the bond; that any free negro or mulatto eniteramg Kentucky, with the intention of remaintiag, shall lie deeme ~i ult of' feloany, aind lie im-. prisoned in the peaaitentaiary for a period of nott ess than sax years; thaL any free negro or tan latto, $ot a resident of the State, enatering it for anya purpose whatever, shiall likewise lhe deemed guilty of felony, and I.e imaprronied fhr nao, less than one nor muore that five years. A redrn to the State after a discharge is made posl able with imnprisoanent for life. Freet negr a 5oranmulattoes who leave Kentucky to o to ( non-slaveholding State, will lie deemed to have0 forfeited their residence; free aa-groes or n,adatoes keepiang diodryhouases, or bh-:. ing iithout the meanis of earnaing an honest *typt)0-t, may beIa convieced of muisdemaaeanor, I a h,' sold ianto servitudi. for tnot less th~an two aor otre than ten year.<; free neoe<w land tat t atth.,avie thae age of twienty-oner, tinyt nake choice of an owner by declaring suc-h ,hic in open Court From the Mercury. F'ort Sumter the Bastion of the Federal Union. Let us cease to be poiticiane. Diplomacy kas had its away, and the 01ferings of peace Nail U4 neothinig. Baflledl in every atteinpt Snegotiation, the iron arme of war alone can erve us now; and the speeuly preparation foer he accomplishlenlct of its purposei should oncentrate every idea and effrtl; of the au horities of the State. South Carolina asks the seceding States to >ecome her confederates. God grant that he enters into no new union, until she her elf, and with ler own resourcem, hauili down rom the loaming bastionsof Fort Sumemter the lag now ilaunting in the breeze. With that urtress in our poses.ion, we become at once lie arch of the Southern COnfederacy. With at it, we indiente our weakne.s to) the world, tad proclaim, plainer than pen can write, or ongue can speak, our inability to maintain hat .overeignitv which we, with one voice, l.-ared a month ago. No longer hoping for concessions. let us be eady for war, and when we have diiven eve. y foreign soldier from our shores, then let IS take our place in the gleorious republic the uitare protises us. Border Southern States vill never join us until we lave indicated our iawer to free ourselves-until we have lro en that a gareison of seventy m-n cannot old the purtal of our commerce. The fate f the Southern Confederacy hangs by the nsign halliurds of Fort S-.unter. 3IOU.TRIK. --+-e-t From the Mercury. Fort Sumter. MN. Enavoa: When Colonel Ilayne left arleston for Wa.shington, it was generally inderstood that tiae object of his mission was o demand from the Federal authorities the urrender of Fort Sumter to the State of iouth Carolina. The telegraphic accounts, ince his arrival at Washington, confirm tl.1i elief. By the same channel we learn that he demand has been made and refuscd, but hat Fort Sumater would not be reinforced, nd that the present sataus will be main ained. What guarantee haa the State of uth Carolina that this assurance will be onorably complied with? None. I assert, one. Did not the President pledge himself n the Representatives in Congress frocm this tate that tno change in the thc& status of tho rts wouln be made? They believed the residenat ;mad s didl the people of this State. Vhat was the result? We all know, and hat tto, to our sorrow. Subsequently, the resident muo~t solnnly assured Secretary 'honipscn that no reineforcemienits would be ent to F..rt Sumnter without giving him pre ious intimation. We again kniow that this ledge was falsified, and that the S'ar oftie es/, a ierchant steamer, was stealthily des atched from New York, and did attempt to upply Major Ander.-on with ni, provi.ions, el, etc. The warm and hearty reception - - - h- lnnas of the erallant ever! it we anon taJ aepat itt ust actuates ur countrymen from the mountains to the aboardi.4 What, then, detains Col. Hayne at Wash gton ? Are the telhgraphic reports correct, that he hais tiodified his views T' that rep esettatives faome other Southern States have rged enuoderation, and that Senator Davis, of lississilpai, laats reque.-ted that Major Ander ace should be permitted to supply himself tith fre.-h provisioans frmn the Market 1 We now that Carolinians are chiva!rie and Len. rous, but never before itn the ananals of his ry have we kanown that the imntates of a eleague~redc fortress were supplied by their te cies with proavisions, anid permaitted daily c receive sealed commetunications fromc their ;overenent. Such a course we dleemc, to a the least, wo~rthy alemne of the Kntighat of A Manch~a. We beg the atithorities of the tate, to di~tinctly utnderatand that the pe d of the Staste. the soviereig p/~;eople-who alled thae Cocnvention and demanded inmme ite secessioan, l-adin~g their forer leaders ave dlet ermiedt I hat, t he " ars andl stripea,'1 adgs oef Not thtern opp;ression acnd Soti ernc egradeation, .,hnl no laonger flocat tauntin::ly n the bre. ze-, heat that the paltmetto flag hll alone fiat cvear any foartified paoinct inc hee waiters of their~ Stacte. Foert Sumeter we hall aned wvill haeve-" peaceably' if we cane, reibly if we mtust." Bi~uc. A A iasiMa 'ro Sev-rnt C.tuaeousA.-Wce arar our leislat ors that theis sort of trd licng iid or treacerieus-witha the just indigna ice of ace oautraged peop;le, ci playing with de1ed tools. Andi we warn the gaellanat State f's:,th Caerolina, thait the whaole effect of hese conferencces andl overures will utaly re 'alt icn delaying the cuoeanact of actiona, unatil ort Sutert can e IC"paceieabaly" haneded ver toe tlhe icmand af Aberaame incoln,. amees Bluchancan dsot itenc~d to nmke opens ar in~t eany evret. Ihis ocady peurpodse is teo pre ures the catmpaigne for Mr. Line:21n.-.Pch sond Fmlupirer. RAsm: or Cox~utnaren Smc ct.. (es.-Thle urthest rnang.e oif a hundred pometi shell, evece t acn elevation of thirty-fiv e degrecs given the gun, is 4?28 yards; the timen olflight eing thirty-five cseconeds. The great twelve nch Columbalid, the lariteat gun meade, loaded :ithI twecety-five pounds of powder, a shell of 72 pouneds aend the pieCe at an elevatione of hirty-five dlegreesc, has made a range of onely *400J yards, the projectile occupying thcirty w seconds ine its flight. By inecreaitng the levationi to thirty-cine degrees only 100 ards mnore was gaitned in the range. Fromn he sacme gu, with a charge of powder of wenty-eighet pouneds, a shell of 180 pounda ndl an elevation of thirty-five degrec<, a1 ange oaf 5 761 yards (three and a third miles,) rhich is the greatest that has ever been ac omeplihed by any gun in our service. The light occupiedl thirty-six seconds. Charles om is therefore pjerfectly safe from the gun. I Fort Sumter. If it were even within the rtest range oaf those gucns, the angle of cl at ion cnecessary to accomcplishl suech a dis ance is so extree that to hit the city would e a ematter of extreme uncertainety. The ucs of Fort Sumtter can only be raised to an levtione of thirty-three degrees on account the casenmates, and consequently could do o daccage beyond about two mailes and a A ten-inech Columbiad at an elevation of hirty-three dhegrees, will throw a shell about free mihes. There are neo such guns in bar tte et Fort Sumecter, aend if there are aney aseates guns of that enlibre no such eleva ican couild bce lead. Thle uper aturface of Lie ccc wvoueld strike aigainst the tocp cof the emt rasre at an elevation far short of thirty bree degrees. _____ A gentlean dinicng at a hotel where ser ants were few aned ihr between, dispaicheed a ted amcrong thae'm for a cut. of hed.t A fter a >ng timne the lad retusrtne, acnd, pla~cineg it be re thlangnry gecnatea weas asked "Are youc flae lad wcho took miy placte for S heef?" SBless tme," resumed the hecntgry wit, c"how cc he gron.'' 4 Mit. LNCOLN i Fivan ov CoaneloN. The New York Tribune of Thurmday ujak< the following apparently oificial editorial aa nounc.eient. It will be ,een that Mr. Lit colint only opposes any concession to ti South, but threatens ineans of coercion: " The question having anew been raise we deem it proper to say again what we hai said before, and we sish to be undoleretoid i saying it authoritativeiy, that President L4 coin is not in favor of making coinceseions t the elave power, either preendled cimersior or real concessions, nor in favor of any meau ures loopking to the humiliation of froreo and of the free State, o m.atter in what pr< tence they uay be di-guis:dt, noir hy whi seductions they many ie cnmenededie. lie believes, with the great -sldy f ti indepenkent freenein of the coutitry-D a xcrats, hell miien. and lIepuiblican---that tb fint dolty toe be dooe is to ascertain whetle we have a geverniment or not, and whethe the 'Union i< a mere delu.-ion of the imagin tion to be di3olved at the irst touch of act w hostility, or a great and vitsl power, a- con petent to assert itself awl defend itself again domnectic -;edii iou as ag-int foreign foes. W ha v re-:son to know that he perceives an feels c:erlr that this is the predoenminer rpestion of the time, towering above ever uther." Saciassiox ix "Uxcm.a S.ts"1 AnM..-A the chambers (of the Coumon Pleas there hi lately been quite a number of discharges a labeas corpus, the applicaits mostly hailin rom Governor's -land and the various et isting offices. The plea on which these mi tary bantlings generally rely is infancy rhey uake their appearance in court arrayo n all the paraephernealia ofr their Uncle's at tractive coitunme, seome with a heavy bear ipion their faces, anld feeling that their dreanli it glory on the teited ti-id are top. soon t )e realized, they ask the court to excus hlemen on the plea that they are infanti Lough they have been weaned fur som rears back. It is very likely that they c= liscern the signs of the times, and feel thank -l that the wisdom which Is denied to thos iigh in authority is granted to babes an ucklings. At sell events, they are now fa >eyond the reach of secession armaments. I rould delight the most confirmed mi-sx. brope to see with what ajoyful ebullition c ecling these children hail the magic dictut if t he j'adge which again delivers them to th irms ot their matmms.-N. Y. Pout. UTAI AND SOUn CsinoLixi.-When the bomienable nest of murder, itncestand polyga ny, the Territory of Utah,whieli itis no figur of speech to call a Sodom, was in open rebel ion against the General Government, Mi luchanan sent Peace Comnissioners with tht crmy to offer Utah the olive branech before tht word % as drawin. Tai South Caruoina, a sorer .i.en State, one of the most civilized, virtuoum aid exemplary of Christian communities vhereso greet is the pour;ty of dometic life, tha --1- 4,-:- es neen radl sincethe Revolution Julius' Use of the Bath Tub. Julius, a western darkey, having landed a 'hicago, saw ana advertisement notifying thos who wished to be clean that they might get ood bath for a quarter, and though it wol( e it good idea to ask the use of them of an ler darkey, who said, "1 Bathe were used b vhite folks to wash in." Accordingly Julius started with a band! inder his arm, aned beiug shuwn into a bath oocsm, was left to his ablutions. Considerable ticmle elapsed, and Julius di mt comle fourthi. aced, after waiting for about a aour, the keeper of' the baths went to tk loor, antd screacmed out: "Say, daerkey, are you comaicng ou? "Y',as soon as I get troo my wahing." "How long will that be ?" " Pehapsandhour to an' a half," cooll With that the man hursted intoi the reou and there, all roucnd, was the darkey's freshl: wshed clothing hacnging up to dry ; but nc igticiung it just then, remiarke'd: "C See here, you just clear ouet at onei roni've been in over two hours 1'" "C Look a here," said Julius, ine acn enragre banner, poicnting to his dryincg clu:hes, whcic -aaer took the bathiug eman dlown-" I'd lik A) see you wash anud bang out two doze ieces in less tiame than I've been at it."' Inc aniother minute Julius was landed icn th treet, surrouneded hby his washicig. "Ax eagle soarieng heigh above the mist he earthI,'' said a down-~eastt lawyer, ' wink ng its daring flight against a midday sun, ti he coutescphalone becomes too dazzling fu cmitIy aned uavrtal eyes to gaze ate.-: it i: eain." Here :.bee orator faltered, and after a aortive teiart or two, sat down 12' confuiiOr ''iThe cnext timeit, sir," said tiei Ju~ge, "'yo ricng anc eagle inte) Couer:. I shold recucn nend that y ou clip his wing." No-r Teear KcNu oF A CstT.-A gentlema linig busineess on Maicn street, was presente ith a beafl kitten. Yesterday a coupl >f young la'lies, one of them named Juli sppened isn the Mtore, aced of' course kitty; ci citteus aned babies always do, come icn for a mmense quauetity of endearents and carea es. " Oh, my!I wheat a sweet, darling little ki yh Wheat is its name?" "c It has not been ehristenedl yet." "C Oh, the dear little thing. Do call it Juii wo't you ?" " I should be very happy to dhe so," said ou allanet friend,-"but it ain't that kinad of Kitty was deposited on the floor in a twin1 ig, and a couple of youeng ladies were see ookineg for a good place to faicnt. YoUxG YoLUaTEBR.-The Charleston C'ot ier of yesterday says : CC Benejain C. Rav y, of Spottsylvanaia, Va., aged 16 years, wa m a viset to Petersburg,- Va., when he hear f the occupation of Fort Sumcter, and th robability of waragainest Sonath Carolina. H cmmeiately sent his horse home, anid set ou r Charleston, walkineg a great part of th ray. -On his arrival here, acnd the report of hi ntentionc, Col. Juhn S. Prestocn generousl udertook to equip him, acnd he is niow awail cng reaponese fr'om him to 4 "..,. '-i ' a rt ruit n.der Lieut. WV. Hamptonteera, ifac CC Celumbus Daniel, 18 ye-i;.aturs, call eachedl the city from Nashville, P. DATE uission, and has been enrolled by Lieue... ~ibbes._____ SouTH CAnLoLusti ruc MAnLS.-Souti arolinca isbecomicng sensitive ine the cmatterc otracts. She is very anixious to recognciz r share of the obligations contracted witL he parties who carry the emaails, and therefor he resolves to conetinaue the present post.. ervicee. This is refreshingly cool. She ha -epcudiated Federal Government, and,ofeourse teds thaus to escape paying any share c hese very contracts; yet she is quite willinj reserve to heerself' the full beaefit of th, nail service. This is a specimen of thrif ach moere in keepicng with her ideas of Yan ice 'cuteness thsn- with suunted Southeri intr.-Ne$w York Times. - fram the Southers Gua.urdliv. I The State Wants Money.--iow to -. Raise It. "We, the people," have forced the State to e sece&in, and it behooves us to sustain her i it. Every man is bound to do what he cap to support her in the stand which she has t e ken. The young are rushing t- theield wito alacrity. Very well, thant i- their ;'art. The poor can do nothiug for Ler but help fill har 0 ranks; and many of them cannuit ,vv-u du that withut leaving their tamiliar in wias,. - Very well, let thous stay at hutre audt consti. n tute a bome-guarel ; and let them lwrfau this service as chaefrfully as the young tu,-n 1. t forin military arni'e,-. Then there ar. yitir men in otlice, and 1.1ld men of auple nweara, e wi, can neither ht nor wart-h. To tl.ls Class I belong, atad will sheaw, by ,-x4amny). e insteal of precept, what 1 .hdk thiy .-uall, r do. I will rive oue-.si.-Uk ,.1 n') icuhIe this r year to the 8tate-. Oi.-;sir4 v'-yalv 0. 11 L- third of Aprii nie.;. another on lihe thirdi :Yf i July, and the other on the third of Oc ojr. Now, if the n:r:i rho are able to spae it6 t much, without aificing their families,'will d. e so, then, before the end of this yi.ar, she d State will have at her dismil iear a milliay: t of money. When I s.u 4f my is lto- fir F the year, I noau .aer tand abolve nay de4ts now due and payable thiqs year-or rither I mtean the pr.,poition t6 be thus qu iltied ., t far as it respect o lers; for. Ua toiay.-slf, I mean to give the sixth, irrwapnctive ot debra " present or'future. The stutscription book will 4 be found in charge of William 11. Talley, Esq., at his ofice. Let subscril.tions upot like terms be openrd in every town anl village in the State; and I mistake the character of the people of South Carolina if she has to - sell a single bund, stop a singrle public work, or tax a single poor man to an amout, that he will feel. L Here are our wonten, God llesd them, old e and young, going about with .ubscriptions, . , nd working with their own lanvds to furnish s our troops with ulothing, arms, flags, &c., Uc. 3 And what area . old ogies" doing'I Shelling out five dollars, and ten dollars, and Iweaty 5 dullars, and receiving their sweet thanks, as I though we km1 done thea a great favor. Wi r are all great laatriots; let us now see how our t patriotism will endure a touch of the pocket nerve. f All the papers of the State will publish this I gratis, of course, and help to give it seffect in every District. SENEX. TuE CurTs FORwARD AND oR ForTs. The extract which we make front the Was ington Constitution confirms us in the opinion formerly entertained and expree.d, 'that the cutter Prward had been secretly -ordered South with troops, and that their destination was the mouth of the Cape. Fear. Lieutenant Nones, her Commander, had hong :x periece upon this coast and in this river. Whether he belonged to the celebrated beef-boue'crew or not we do ot know. They do say that some revenue-cutter muany - ear ago lay so long at. her anchorage here, that she cot order to settie toe slavery Rean.- .,ee. tion in the country north of thePotomae aid west of the Mississaippi River, in a peactfni manner. It is thought $100,000,900 wou!d I complete the work, and carry this ounmpron:a i in favor of freedon tbrough Congre.s, and 6e a wiser expenditure than the same sum appropriated to put down seceiwion in those quarters ly military means. This proposition is ,uore favorably regarded than the suggesti d mipronis looking to the future impossible I abrogation of slavery anywhere. YNEE CUAaACrEa.-We have a witty neighbor, who says that if~ a Yank.-e had his gun cocked and prinmed to rdi, t a Southerner, and the latter would inquire te price of the weapon, his avariciaous heart would inett, and he answer the question by asking, what'Ll you give ? "Our neighb:.r h-ts studied the habise ask character of this people, and know. a great d e.1 about the land of " wooden nutmaegs."~ Rock Hill Chronicle. AFFAITs IN Nsw Yoax.-The Hierall, of Friday, says it is rumnoreal and betieved, that an organization exista in New York, of three to five thousand men, for the purpose of, seiz ing the fortifications in that harbor as soon as civil war breaks out at Charleston ; and it e charges the Black Ilepublicane .with creating all that perils the cs'uuer. The Herald also states, that the Gra-d fury s f New York, fin obedience to Ju4a Snmalley's tharge, are summwoninug wito-ea to testify a-s to the sale Iand i.amlissii farms to the South. Anoteg r the witnesses is Mr. Hoey, of Adams' ex Spres. SNo Dotsr or 1-r.-T he NationaiL Intelliru-. cCr oif Wed nesdaty very unnecessarily uder takes to demonstrate, by tlhe adres of Cow msissioner Spratt, of South Careilina, before. the Floria Conaentions, that disunion was premeditated by South Carolina. The InteUigenscer mnust have been taking a n ap in the Ri pVan Winkle fashion, na.t to - have discovere this fact before. " Disuuien was premeditated" by South Carolina ever since the second Tuesday of November last, .and we hope it is not "treason" to say so. We t:ust Judge Smalley will not see this para . raph l--Southaern Guardiani THE TRttTo.-Johnl N. Merriman, recent 1y Collector of Yhis port, now in jail for play ing the part of k traitor and a spy, h'as been regarded by our citizens generally, for several r years past, as an. unprincipled scamp ; his component parts being, one-third knave, one third fool, and the other third..whisky-the combination producing the flrat traitor in the Commonwealth of Sduth Carolina. We. had intended not to publish Merriiman's crime, being unwilling that the world shenld know that a traitor could live upon our soil, but lest our silence should be misconstrued, -we now say that we have not language to exp:ess our detestation of his heinous off'enoe. We had rather be the m~eanest irrational crest ire etacrwsupon the earth than Meran the Traitor.-Georgetownl Times. MILLEDOEYILLE, Jatn~sry 20. PaocEEDINQS o7 TliE OzomorA CozrvEN tox. -Gov. Brown yesterday communicated to the Convention the threatening resolations adpe ythe New York Legislature on the g for ianal. After their reading Mr. Toombi S, Ordinara .animously, et 4 rsPone to le' re .at Edg4. '\ew Tork,- That this Coniven. -show g ',5* * .oves of the energetic and pa tiotic conreta of the Governor of Georgia in takizz pionieions of Fort Pulaski, through the Sa troops, and request him-to hold pes session~ cf the same until therreltionsI of 0. gia with the Federal Govrnmient be de tt. .:n bthis Conventidu; and aop of this resolution is ordered to be transmite to the Governor of New York." CAdopted unianiimously Ax Offeer of Fort .Sumnter, on St~a alled at our countinlg room and subscrie for the Charleston Xercury, to.be mailed to him at Foil Sumte,fo d ned tfreeamt&re ..Mmur~. :