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COMMUNICATIONS. [For the Ledger.] Beaufort's Battle Ground*. The place where this battle occurred, lies in au east direction of, and ten miles distant from the village of l^incaster. History furnishes us with no satisfactory account of the circumstances connected with it A fewfacts of interest will, therefore, be presented to the community. Beaufort on his march from Camden to North Carolina, was closely pursued by a British troop of soldiers far outnumbering that of his own. He was overtaken at the crossing of the Chesterfield and Rocky River Shoals, when a messenger with a flag was sent to- Col. Beaufort tc demand his surrender. But he was not indisposed to yield without some effort on his part; and seemed to have been indignant al this imperative message, from his reply which follows, "Come on?I am ready foi you." At the same time his artilcry was seven miles in advance. The messenger returned with this answer to the British which aroused and determined them to make ar issue of the matter by an appeal to arms They immediately charged to the onset ant came to a halt within grape shot of the Americans under Beanfort's command. Al the tirst round of fire these Colonists, resolved to maintain their position, were sc successful as to force a retreat of the Royal ists to a considerable distance. At this auspicious moment, taking oft' his hat, and placing it upon the head of an officer, Beaufort gave loose reins to his foaming steed and in an instant making his escape was seen no more. The brave little band of heroes seeing this sudden flight of their Colonel were throwr into confusion; and unable to resist tin mighty shock of their self-confident foe were broken rank after rank, and scattered in every direction over the plains and forest beneath towering pines, on which arc man) signs and marks of the instruments of dire ful war; which are to be seen even now af ter the lapse of near a century, to remind al w ho visit them what a terrible disnster be fell the lovers of the country! They eithei inrew aown meir arms or gave them up tc the conquerors as the usual mode observed in war, in like disaster with the vanquished and called for quarters with sighs and tears and prayers. But instead of the strict observance of international law and so mucl the more for their prudence and condeseem tion, tho Royalists, it seems, however, rath er emboldened at such meekness, and wert resolved to exterminate them :?so intoxicated were they with power of exercising tyranny and thirst of drinking innocent blood with the points of steel! We should contemplate, as we can easily imagine what their feelings were at this trying hour, when an escape from the enemy was impogible and the hopes of mercy being shown them wore blasted ; and no other alternative ; their life must make an atone ment for their "Country's cause"?the caus< of justice and our free institutions. One unfortunate soldier, as a last resort full upor his knees and begged "for God sake span my life." Scarcely had the words fuller from his quivering lips ere his head was cleft asunder and his soul launched into eternity. Such is an outline picture of tliat mighty yet almost forgotten scene, when liberty first began to dawn upon the inhabitants of a new world, and to give them a foretaste of its blessings by which the people of these Uuitcd States should become a very enlightened and powerful nation of the eatrh. Those that survive the scene of slaughter and the perils of war, left many a brave heart upon the field of battle in the cold embrace of death. Of whom no less than eighty soldiers were thrown into one heap and buried beneath the clods of the valley to moulder into dust Behold, tho embodied host of that Revolutionary Band of military heroes lying in the vicinity of I^ancasterville within the limits of the Palmetto State without a Monument, whatever, to their honor or to their memory! What judgement will History and Posterity pass against the citizens of Lancaster, at no distant period, when this much-to-be-regretted neglect of ours shall be called into question! For, to imitate the example of our ancestors?to eherish their memories?and to love our country, is, at least, inconsistent with such an indiferenoe towards them, to wit: to suffer their bodies to go down to the grave and pass into oblivion. It is disreputable to that glorious triumph of our National Independence for which they nobly struggled to pnrchaae by tho shedding of their blood, and which afterwards w?s so soon attained by their fellow soldiers, the fruita of whose labors we now enjoy as the richest and most liberal blessings gifted to mortals here below and which we ever hope to maintain and transmit to our posterity unimpaired. Farmers Advocate. Correspondence of the Lodger. Pleasant Hill, 8. C. It is with no little degree of Dride. Mr. Editor, that we Kail the advent of the Lancaster ledger la our u Metropolis." If there ia anything calculated to promote the prosperity and enlighten the minda of the peoplo of a district; it is a printing office in their midst; and it ia a matter of surprise that whUe newspapers hare been springing up all around us, the birthplace of the Hero of New Orleans, has manifested* no desire to keep pace with her sister districts, until you, Mr. Editor, a comparative stranger among us, have thought proper to engage in this laudable enterprise. We wish the Ledger unbounded success, and hope that our citizens will net fail to support a paper ao worthy ef their patronage. We eaanot but admire the independent eause yen here assumed in regard to polities. We want no party organ, but a paper that will devote its energies to the causes which tend to advance the intercut and prosperity of our district, and to make every exertion to heal the breach, which unfortunately divides the two prominent parties ot' our State. The majority of our oitizens are co-operationists, consequently, we could not approve of a paper among us, zealously devoted to the State Action party. Neither would we support one running into the opposite extremes, advocating the doctrines of a direct 44 Unionist." We love the Union as it was originally designed by our forefathers ; and with pride we contemplate the expanding | Kicaviu:ss illiu nirungWl UI our gTOWUlg rCpUDlic ; but stern realities of the fact convince I us, that there is no security for the future, until the tcholc South unites and severs her ( connexion with fhc North. But I beg pardon, Mr. Editor, for running into politics, ( when I only wanted to convey an earnest of ^ my good wishes for the welfare of your excellent paper. ' May the ledger continue as it has begun and your subscribers cannot but feci themselves amply remunerated. Fellow Citizens, of Lancaster, let us do i ( our duty in this enterprise. Hero is an effort to establish a paper in our midst, and have j we not district-pride enough to sustain it ? ^ We nre the truo recipients of the advantages | to be derived from it; then let us take an interest in making the ledger n source of pro( fit to our enterprising Editor. No man who possesses one spark of district pride, or feels the slightest interest in promoting the moral and social advantages of our district, can refuse to enter the list as a subscrilier. C. Correspondence of the Ledger. > { Charleston, March 8, 1852. Mr Editor :?If the prosperity and growing importance of the Metropolis of the State j can afford your readers of the interior plcasure and pride, then will they indeed have r now, an opportunity of exultation in the daily strides, which Charleston is taking in the march of imnmvummit Wo nro ?vr? j t ..?.vu?miiu viuiiiiiaj iiiny b? confined, not as now, at nn expense to the State, but na a positive profit which will result from their labor if they are judiciously employed. CIVIS. H. T. Correspondence of the Ledger. $ New York, March 3, 1852. Dtar :?I received the copy of the Lancaster Ledger you aent me. I think the paper deserves the patronage of your fellow citizens. I will, so fir as I am able, give you a letter from this Babylon of the Western world. It is truly nstonishing what rapid strides this city is making in improvements. These changes in the city in which ono reside itnot so apt to be noticed by the resident m a stranger, and yet, I frequently atop in my preumbulations and inwardly exclaim,?Truly we are a moving people! But for the newa. On the night of February 19, we had tho great Temperance Festival at Trfpler (fall. Among the notables present, were Gen. Sam Houston, II. W. Beechcr, Horace Mann, Rev. T. h Cuyler, P. T. Barnum, of Museum Memory, and sevoral other gentlemen noted for their stringent opposition to nil iotoxicating drinks, and equally strenuous for Temperance. Houston made a good speech, so did Hor? II f* - moo nun. kninng um meeting gold medal *u presented through Gee. Houston, to Neil Dow. The latter aamed gentleman ia the Mayor of Portland, Maine, and author of the famous Maine liquor Law. But en ?ugh of this. On Mondsy evening the 23d nit.. . r I nianently connected by five Steamboats with Wilmington, Baltimore, and New r York, giving frequent opportunity of inter( course between these cities, either for plcaI sure or business, and at rates so moderate as not to debar those upon whom fortune has only smilcdjuidthutin no lavish degreee. The new Steam Ship which is to be the pioneer in the European trade, has (as you are aware) been in Charleston, and the examinrtion of her gave the greatest satisfaction.? She will be used for a few trips as a packet between New York and this city, and then will be put on her regular line between I Charleston and livcrpool. Her agent in Liverpool will be one of the" Messrs. Trenholm, of the well established house of John Fraser, & Co., of this city. , Our citizens arc all alive with the desire to p improve and dcvelopo the resources of Charleston, and have launched out their money freely?and Uk> city Council a day or two since, hot to be behind hand, subscribed the p sum of One.Hundred Thousand Dollars, which, in addition to other subscriptions,"secures the charter of the North Eastern Rail | Road. j But with increasing prosperity comes also ; some of the evils and annoyances always the | concomitants of an increase of >vealth and I population. I allude to Burglars, Pick-pockets and thieves; we have a few of these gentry in Jail who will no doubt suffer the punishment of the Ijjw, whieh they ho richly merit; nil or nearly all of these depredators arc strangers, although I regret to say, there is one among them, a young man, brought up and raised in our midst, who is charged with forgery; it is his second offence, and if the Law is rigidly enforced against him, In; must die on the scaffold. No sympathy is felt for him for he has defrauded several citizens, not only of money, but has even gone so far in his recklessness as to send to various large groceries forged orders for Brandy, Prescnr.?, Wines, Sic. His Cake would be baked if friend O'N. had the sentencing of him. The truth is, we hnve no proper place of confinement in our State for such rogues as these, and after getting a few lashes placed lightly on their backs they are turned out again more hardened and desperate after receiving their punishment to commit fresh depredations npon the community. The troth is the liegislature must leave off empty and senseless discussions of abstract political qviestions and turn their attention to the real wants of the State, and among the first of these will be found a Penitentiary. wher?? tlic vWnn?mut??i">i?i Mr. Webster delivered his address before the Historical Society of this city, at Niblos Garden. I was not present myself, but was told a large company of the most intelligent of New York assembled on the occasion.? Some of the newspapers laud Mr. W. very highly for this effort, whilst I find others speaking in very insignificant terms of it.? Mr. Webster has certainly been the lion of !A.. I I J- l* t - A uui cuy. > iiiivu nu uuudi out new iorK State would sustain him for the Presidency in preference to Mr. Fillmore. The contest I suppose, will be chiefly between Mr. Webster, Mr. Fillmore and Gen. Scott, If the Democratic party triumph in bringing together the Baltimore nominating Convention, why we cannot say who will bo their nominee. The whips arc entirely opposed lo all nominating caucusses, they believe in the principle of individuality, let ovcry one speak out for himself. A few nights afler the Webster oration, we had one delivered at Tripler Hall, by W. C. Bryant, on the life, writings, and character of J. Fennimore Coopor, the deceased Novelist I-audable effort are being used to build a monument to ! his memory in one of the public squares in this city. In the way of Theatricals you can tell pretty much, although far from the city, how they are here. I mean as to Theatre patronage. I do not suppose there arc any two, or, I might safely say, any three cij tics in the Union together, where as much I money ia spent merely for amusement as in j New York. Burton's Theatre, in Chambers j Street is crowded nightly. Brougham's Lyccutn has been, nevertheless, the sourco of attraction. Mrs. Sinclair, Into Mrs. Forrest ; lies been acting on that stage and she hat ; met with n warm reception. Her rejection , of the amount awarded her in the Forrest I suit hns convinced the peoele that it was only her reputation she was striving after. The female friends of Mrs. S. or Mrs. F. were much oppose to her acting, but she was res olute and would not he dissuaded from it.? She contemplates visiting Charleston soon | and by the by, who do you suppose aceomj panics her as her business agent?why Fos| tor, the city Item man of the Day Book ot | Gas Light notoriety. I will endeavor to write j to you again in a few days when I hope 1 will be able to give you more news. Yours, &c. Lucius. i Washington Correspondence of th< Ledger. Washington, March 5, 1853. Mr. Editor:?Is>t ino congratulate the people of the District that gave birth to the great hero of New Orleans, on the establishment of a newspaper in the columns ol which they can express their views, feeling* and sentiments; and may your success individually, l>e commensurate with your enter ! prise unci public spirit in rounding it. I have I concluded to give you n letter, which I hop*1 may not detract lroni the usual interest ol your columns, from the great city of politics, And, first, President making is the occupation of very many of the representatives ol the people. Nearly every man who ha* been long in the public service or who, by some favored streak of fortune, lias acquired something of a natural reputation conceives thct he should lie made the President, or at I least the vice President, of this great repuls lie. The consequence is, that there are hordes of candidates and each little hero has his cliques of friends who imagine if their favorite is fortunate in the scramble, that they themselves will become members of his cabinet or at least receive a foreign mission. You will hence perceive the reason for the zeal and pertinacity with which these cliques "champion it" for their reepeetivefavorites. The brood of Democratic aspirants is more numerous than the Whig. The Democrats have Douglass, Cass, W. O. Butler, Buchanan, Dickinson, Marcy, Stockton, Wool, Sam Houston, Walker, (of Wisconsin,) Walker, (of Miss.) Benton, Dallas, lane, and perhaps rvtlior* vvltoap nntnov I Ho not nnvt- rutm.niL.r nil candidate* for the Presidency, and neurlv every one of them have their advocates and strikers in the city. The list for the Vice Presidency is equally as long. Their name is legion, but I will enumerate only a few? Pierce, (of N'.I!.,) Hunter, Cobb, Foote, Pillow, Niehilson, Dodge, Stevenson, Strange, &c., &.C. The Whig candidates are Fillmore, Webster, Crittenden, Scott, Seward and Corwin; and for Vice President, Jones, (of Tenn.) The late nomination of Fillmore by the whig Conventions in Tennessee and Kentucky has caused his stock to look up a little in the market; but it is considered here a " fixed fact" that Scott will be the Whig nominee for President, and Gov- J. C. Jones, of Tenn., for Vice President. As to who will be the Democratic nominees, I shall not speculate, as the whole subject is involved in tho profousdvst mist and fog I will dismiss the subject with this one remark, that there are great men in sufficient abundance here and hereabouts, at least in their own conceit, and that of their friends, to officer freely and completely one hundred Republic#, each of twenty millions of inhabitants. Tho expenses of the Government arc growing with such rapid stride that reform will of necessity become the rallying cry of somo party; and a reformation must take place very soon or a resort to direct taxation will become indiapenaable to aupport the oridiuary expenaea of Gorernment. Perhaps it would be well to try it at once, for if the people of the Union could aee the tax they pay, they would have expenaea reduced or haul their preecnt aervanta from power and aubetitute in their a tend greater economiata. Mr. Adama waa turned out of the Prcaidential Manaion becauae the expenaea of hia administration run up to the enormna aum, of #13,000,000 annually, and now the ordinary expenaea are #60,000,000 and economy ia not even preached, with any aeriouanesa. There will be no Legislature at tMe Session conaumated of general interest. The tariff has by a vote in the Honse received a quietus, as the majority waa very decidedly against interfering with it There ia an effort living made by the Pennsylvaniana to make a bargain to this effect:?that Rail I Road Iron may be admitted duty free, pre- 1 vmlod air additional duty of 10 or 16 percent. 1 is imposed on every other discription of Iron, i The House will hardly ratify it?I speak j of the House, for that is the hope of the country?once the Senate was the conservative and dignified branch of the Government but a sad charge has come over it in a few years. Now demagoguism. if nothing worse, stalks through every aisle of the Chamber.? Speaking of the Senate reminds ino of its proceedings a few days since ? no A1 merican citizen could have witnessed it without 8en<Mu?H)a of humiliation and mortification and I am sorry to say that one of your Senators was a party to the undignified and disreputable exhibitions. Mr. Rhett on Friday asked leave to reply to some personalities indulged in by Clemens and Cass towards him during his recent absence. It was granted hirn and he spoke for 2} hours, reviewing the course of Clemens, and making charges against him, and imputing to him a want of veracity. He was very successful in proving Clemen's inconsistency and had he stopped there his triumph would have been complete but when he descended to ritupcrntivo abuse ho forgot the dignity of the Senate. Clemens replied and his speech for scurility could only have been equaled by the * fish woman.' He said he had pronounced Rhett a traitor nnd knave and as he had not thought proj>or to demand satisfaction, therefore he would now add that he was witlial a catrard?and again in Rhett's r charge that he (Clemens) had secured bis t seat in the Senate by a corrupt intrigue with ' the whigs of Alabama be said that the origii nator and retailer of the slander " was a liar." t He gave way to a motion to adjourn nnd finish his speech the next day. It was a tissue > of invective and denunciation, undignified ' and inexcusable, such as hr.s never been witnessed before in the Senate. Mr. Rhett made n brief roioindor and said that be had t boon a member of the church for twenty years and that he liked the pood opinion of hia fellow man ; but he liked the laws and f love of his God infinitely more ; and that he ! ' therefore could not adopt the policy of re- ! ' I vengu that had been suggested?which was a declaration that he would not attempt to hold Clemens responsible in the usual way for the offensive language. The debate l J will be published in a day or two. Now I that the altercation is over, and the reresult developed, it would certainly have been more prudent in Mr. Rhctt, not to , have noticed the personalities of Mr. Cle, mens, if he had his tnind made up not to hold him responsible for personal insult.? [ Enough however of this topic, i The Committee on I'uhlie lands have re. ported various hills making a donation of lands to the States along the lines of Rail i Roads to aid in their construction They proi pose to give alternate sections of the public, f lands for six miles on both sides of the road, , and the remaining sections are to be raised . in price from# 1,25 to 91,50 per acre, so that T the donation will really not reduce the revc( nues of the Treasury from the sale of the ' Public lands a farthing, and there can he no | doubt that in tho West and South-West, i where facilities for getting to Market are ; limited, tnat the government lands will more readily sell for 93.50 per acre after the rail i roads are finished than for $1.25 per acre i without any rail road. The donation will rrrentlv benefit the Now State* in rlnvolniiinn r> J their resources, and as it will not impoverish the treasury at nil, nor injure the old States the hills will most likely pass. Mr. Calhoun was a strong advocate of the system during his Ufa time, nnd his lynx-eye would li.avc detected the wrong or injustice of it of the old States if it existed. We have had a winter ef unusual severity, hut the weather now is beautiful, bracing and balmy. Mr. Clay's health has improved but he is yet far from being well. Lancaster. [For the Is'dger.j Tribute of Respect. Mr. Editor:?Being unwilling that a brave soldier and sterling patriot should descend to his grave froin our midst "unhonored and unsung" I am induced to otfej the following feeble and imperfect tribute to the Memory of Buntuel Gary, who departed this life in Union county, N. C. on the 9th February last Death, at all times and uoder all circumstances, is an event solemn and momentous; but to die by the hand of the assassin?to be unexpectedly ushered in an instant of time, from the busy, active, scenes of life, j into the presence of the "most high," and to the bar of inexorable justice, is calculated to All the soul of the most giddy and thoughtless with emotions as painful an they are appalling. The writer of these lines was favored with an intimate knowledge of those traits of character and qualities of heart, which " when possessed reflects brilliant lustre over fallen humanity and which clustered in all i their purity about the person, and were ex* nibiicu in beautified harmony in the daily life of the unfortunate deceased. lie was emphatically an honest man? ; a devoted friend?a true patriot?# brave soiaicr, nnd as s soldier we would now speak of hint. Well, do we recolleetwhun South CaroliI na called upon her sons to ascertain who > would be willing to exchange home, family i and friends for the privations, toil and dan| ger* of the ramp and battle -field, the seal I with whieh he answered that call, and the i alacrity with whieh he rushed to join the i band who were gatherihg under the folds of , our own Palmetto. In every engagement . fought upon the plains of Mexico, from the i bombardment of Vera Crux to the surrender of her capital, Samuel A. Gary wsa a > xealmu and eflieieot participant, and nobly did he-art hiapart." Especially did he <tts-' tingniah himself at the charge of Chapulte pec, at that ever memorable and bloody drama, when his Urmtanart?the commander of Company C, at that time?the noble Will* Janty fell, and his companions were slaughtered ; and when, without the least discredit, tie might have consulted his safety by remaining behind, he faltered not in his devotion to the flag of his regiment and his State, attaching himself to Capt. Lilly's company, manfully and bravely fought on.until through blood and carnage, he beheld the ''Stars and Stripes" waving "proudly and triumphantly over the Halls of Montezuma." Having passed through the vieisitudes and dangers of that never-to-be-forgotten campaign, it was his hard lot to return homo L fall by the knife of the assassin. Sad fate ! Melancholy end!! Although his name, the pages of history may never hand down to generations yet unborn, although to his memory no monumental marble raise nigh its towering column, glittering with golden letters of adulations and praise, yet will the virtues and deeds of this humble soldier be preserved " fresh and green" in the remembrance of his comrades, one of whom oilers this tribute to departed worth. " Requiescat in pace." K. G. B. Xmiruotfr T cilgpr. Lnncnderville, S. C. THURSDAY, MARCH 11. 1852. To Corespondents. CoRREsrovpKsTs.?Observer, wo will look over your piece carefully this week, and if it I is worthy of an insertion it will sec the J light. Wc could not have put it in this number, had it been most acceptable. Attention is directed to our f'orrcspon donee from Washington, New* York, and Charleston; we have effected .such arrangements that wo will Ik* certain to give letters from these cities every week. Return Day, for I-monster, Saturday 'J7th. With some degree of grille, we present this number of the ledger. We have boon promising long enough, and us actions speak louder than words, we leave our readers to judge if our paper is worthy of their patronage. There will be 110 rvtrogading with us. We will endeavor to do still better. But this will be seen. We feel grateful, very grateful, to those persons who liavc so far assisted us in procuring subscribers. Messrs. Withcrspoon, Hossidtine. Evans, and Col. Hcwy have each contributed no little by their untiring exertions to help us in the cause. We have now, more than three times ns many subscribers as when we commenced one month ago. Still, I .-in caster can give us a great many more. If we mistuke not, there were nbout eleven hundred votes given at the election in October?ean we get half of this number ? It is true, our object is to make money; but independent of this, our niin is to make the Press in this District a public good to the District, and if the people do not aid us, who must we look to?? We trust our efforts will be nppreeintod,and manifested by a great accession to our list. If our friends will exert themselves, we are confident this w ill be the ease. Penetentiary &c. In a preceding number we alludeil to the nronrietv ofhavinrrn IVin t.'i.t?n:.? , r- ] ? State, and the probable benefit which would result therefrom. In the presentment of the Grand Jury, of ltiehland District, we find the following paragraph: ' The (irand Jury also auk leave to preaent the wni.t of a Penetoiitiary ill thin State ?an they believe a great deal of crime escapea punishment on account of the unwillingness on the part of our people to find a verdict which involves death, however much deserved." The State of South Carolina has in many and repeated eases, fargrantly passed by, unnoticed, measures conducive to our public interest; and the IiCgislature, after repeated sessions of three or four weeks, have passed foolish, unmeaning and adverse laws, when matters like this nro left unnoticed. The fact is, we sometimes think South Carolina merely nets in this mnnner, to show her individuality. She dislikes to follow in the track of other States, and theref,re preserves this independent neutral course, although at the same time repugnant to her interest We wish to boo our beloved State unfold her greatness, by the developement of the right spirit Seek to establish and carry out laws which will promote universal good.? Let thia question of establishing a Penetentiary be heralded throughout the State. Let us talk no longer about Public improve* menta, but at once set about accomplishing the end. t-4T We regretted to loarn from the Foot Master hero, that our package for Flint Ridge waa sent too late to the office to be mailed last Thursday morning. This we promise will never occur ngirin. Our paper will bo sent to the I'oat Office on Wednesday night, so that our subscriber* at Flint Ridge will receive the lodger the next day, Thursday. College or C'haftlxhtov-?Tho Senior Examination waa held in this College during the present week, and waa highly creditable to the young gentlemen com posing the elaea. The following appointments have been made by the Faculty for the Annual Com. meneemcnt: First Honor with the Valedictory Oratfooa. John A tlnwU Second Honor, with Salutatory Ad lire? ea. Robert Thnreton. First Orator.?Joseph A- Wintlirop. Second do.?David Vcnuing. V Third do.?Francis C. Black. Fourth do. Je?? H. Mnckoy. Fifth do.?Kin*oy Burden. S|*th do.?Gabriel Manifrault. EDITOR'S TABLEIllustreted Family Friend: By S. A. Godman and J. J. Lyons; Columbia. o This paper deserves the patronage of our j people. It is an excellent family newspa- ^ per, well filled with original and selected' ^ matter. It is published in our own State, j and certainly should bo supported by the ci- ^ tizena of tho State. Terms 00 per year j payable in advance. j Arthur's Home Gazette, Phila; T. S. Ar- ' thur, Editor. large packages of papers come to this of- a fiee, but we notice few Literary Papors. Tho c Home Gazette Is an oxcellent one. It should c be taken by the head of every family and our word for it, that although it is published in n NnidKom /?! ? unl nnH?ino? *.?!! _ .w.urcin v..;, ;v. .ng V, 111 DO CVWr found which can cant any reflections upon the justice of our private institutions. Terms ( Two Dollars per year in advance. Olive Branch. Boston. f This is a pood literary paper. It comes t from a rank abolition State, but wo have t seen nothing in its columns but good w hole- i some literary matter. Every one has a 1 right to put what construction they please < upon the principles we profess,but we are not ( such a fool as to refuse good tilings let them i come from the North or South. It is no 1 reason that I should lay oi^Two Dollars in ' New Orleans for a papcr^H|j^^i>n>hnhly 1 50 eta per year, when for tflHHkt I can get full value in Boston. Ic^Wwo Dollars in advance. We direct attention to ^ mention in another column. nnnounciV^^ intended visit of P. S. White, the Temperance Lecturer, to this plac*. Some of our readers may not be aware, that a charge was brought by a Mr. Jones, oi Edgefield District, accusing this gentlemau of being actuated by principles adverse to our interest, i. e., abolition principles. A great many of our papers copied this letter of Mr. Jones. The fact is. too many of our | papers, before they learn the facts of the case give it to the people frequently making in common parlance, M a mountain out of a mole hill." For our part, we thought the storm would soon blow over, and .Mr. White would I j clearly repel these accusations. This ho | , ! has done, nnd perfectly satisf.ictorily. In I j thin connection we would say, it in clear nnd < plain to every one. that whilst our people i are no very sensitive on this abolition subject, that the principles of a stranger?a 1 stranger about to lecture amongst un would be clearly ascertained before he was invited. ' This wan done by the committee of invitation, nnd they were perfectly satisfied with regard to tho opinions of Mr. White. If Mr. White had been invited to further and ndvancc some sectional project or enterprise, than wo may have had doubts, hut ho was invited to advance principles for the public good. Nonsense,this crying Fire! when there is notcvon smoke. Edgefield Advertiser. Mr. Jno. Bacon is now associated with Mr. Simpkins in the oditori.il department of this paper. The Advertiser wns one amongst the numerous papers in the State, that supported the doctrine of separate State action. Hereafter it will be more conservative in its poliI ties, finding it a hopeless easa to urge Stab? sovereignty in opposition to public opinion, j The following will show Mr. Bacon's : | views: 14 Ah to my political principles, it is scarce- I ly necessary to say more than that they are the name an our paper has heretofore advocated. I nh.'ill, however, attach myself to no party, espouse no particular creed. Ah Jet vitiated hy no political 1 tints I shall folow where honor and eonscioncc dictate.? True, in the recent and exciting contest in our District my sympathies were enlisted upon the side of Secession, yet not the least bitterness was then entertained, or has been since cherished aguinst the other party. Our Co-operation friends, treated lis with all duo courtesy and fairness, nnd with honest Jaek, we shall like them the better for it the rest of our life.' Henry Clay and Lafayette. Mr. Clay publishes the following note in the National Intclligenrer, in reply to a certain newspaper statement:? M A paragraph ia going the round of the newspaper*, stating that the answer of General Lai'ayette to the address which, an Speaker of the House of Representatives, I mode to him, upon the occasion of his lost visit to this country, was prepared by iims though pronounced by him. This is a mistake, which, in justice both to his memory and to myself, ought to be corrected. It was composed by him as the style abundantly shows. On the morning of his reception hy the House . ... ..vr no urea k lusted with me I | alone, and I stated or read to him the ad- j | areas * inch 1 intended to intiko to him on | I that day, The expression occurs in it that ; he was in the midst of posterity: on reading which, I remarked to thim that it would n? ford him a fine opportunity to pay us a handsome compliment, which he might do by aaying: No, and that he found himself surrounded by the same patriot ie hicn. attached to liberty, devoted to free institutions, and with all the high attributes which distinSished his Revolutionary compatriots. The neral seemed pleased with the idea, adopted it *nd incorporated it in his answer/? This trivial incident eould have boon the only foundation of the paragraph." Cool.?John Dale and J a met Buchanan, alias Mc Dowell, recently made ; their escape from the Clermont county jail, Ohio, leaving the following note as I n souvenir for the Jailer and the "rent of I manKind: * Fuuuaby ?Jth, 1863. ~ ? Finished oar grand iob in the wall of the jail to-day 4 oVIocV P. M. We commenced the grand undertaking on the 37th day of ' November, 1M1 5 we worked rery caution*. ' tiooaly in the day tirae, and hut very Httk at i 1 aight. We thought aeveral time* that Pot. i I tor amelt a rat, but I gneea it waa only imag. j inatlon. I hone Potter won't hear oa to- , nlghU?It will V> a bad thing to get eanght < again. Mr. Kyle and Mr. Potter treated oa vary wed while under their charge; bat we ' rant to the eooclwion that we were too 1 moch etpease to the eotmtry, and we wooJd ' try aad relieve H." ;1 I 4 mmmm?mmmmmmmmmmmmm?mmmmm i jfl Acknowledgment*. 88 With thanks we acknowledge the receipt f the following subscriptions to this date: 9H ohn Adams, tancaater 8'2 jHCH Iteven William*) " I jH ianiuel Caston, Philadelphia 4 ^Bg amcm N. Houson, Woolfsvflte, N. C.. . 88 i. P. Nisbit, Jacksonhain 1 j&| )r. R. 8. McDow, Liberty Hill 2 9 no. D. Gibbcna, Mount Moriali 2 jBB 'ctcr W. Twitty, Pleasant Hill 'J fffiaj Whenever mistakes occur in receipts. or |M ,ny omission is made, the subscribers inter- qpjjfl stcd will please inform us, so that proper orrcctions can be made. [cOMMl'SICATID.] PHILIP S. WHITE. J Mr. Editor:?The undersigned Commitce of I^ncastcr Division Sons of Temperinco beg leave, through your paper, respeetully to inform the citizens of thu district, hat the distinguished advocate of Temper- H incc our Past Most Worthy Patriarch, Philp S. White, will be in our Village and deiver temperance addresses, on the evenings >f Tuesday Wednesday (30th and 31st inst) )n these occasions the I^uicaster Division vill turn out in full regalia. The different divisions of this and the adjoining districts ire respectfully invited to bo present to join he procession. W. W. MOBLEY, J f1 A. J. BELDGN, > Committee J. R. MAGI 1.1* ) Iaincastcrville, S. C., March 8, 1852. H Fashionable Party in Washington Jj A local correspondent of the Washing;on Telegraph, " whose enthusaism was ,-^...^.1 ?... .1 ? ? -? - * ..vtuocvi ifj nic bcui1c, gives UlC lOIIOWIllg iceount of the party ot the season?that flflfe >f Senator Gwin, on Tuesday evening Inst. V 'We understand," says the Telegraph, that "it whs at once a hriliant aiistocratic mil rcbublican convocation. The honorable Senator has been spoken of for the Vice Presidency on the Democratic ticket, and he had on this occasion no less than three candidates for the Presidency within his splendid halls?namely, Messrs. | L'ass, Buchanan, and Douglas." Thecorr??si>ondent says: Mrs. Senator Gwin's party last night, \| at tlie Doctor's "Calilomia Mansion," on 1 3d st_, w:u> the most munificent, suinptuous, elegant and fashionable of the sen*on. The splendid saloons were filled with the "pick and choice" of tlio dis- M languished political nud literary eharae- M tors, now in the metropolis. General Cass ^ and Mr. Buchanan were thcro in high health and joyous spirits, and so was tno amiable and" dignified Vice President King, Miss Fillmore and her brother, tho President's private Secretary ; Hon. Mr. ' A Haven and lady, from the President's ?> Buffalo district; S|>eaker Boyd and his most agreeable and fnciuntinir ladv t the A very agreeable representative of this Czar, jj^k and Mad.Bodisco; Mr.Crampton, mfreshlooking, jolly Englishman, just accredited m a* Queen Victoria's Minister Plenipoten- ^ W ttary, who will do honor to his new sta- t> l tion ; M. Sartige, An elegant Parisian, and * Tj the Envoy Extraordinary of Prince Pfeai dent Napoleon, n beautiful display of other ladies and gentlemen of the corpt diplomatique; the lively and bewitching Mrs. Gains, in a sparkling exchange of wit with tho yet young and yet brilliant "Fnth- ^ (' er" Ritchie: the queenly Mrs. Ashley; the venerable editor Galea, and his jovial ti partner, Seaton ; our glorious Major Don- M uldson, of tho 44 Union," and his highly I interesting fuinilv; the inimitable witty, social, eloquent Tom Corwin, and his brother Secretaries of tho 44Interior" and 4<Wnrtho handsome, and highly-educated And youthful Senntor from Massachusetts, Charles Sumner, (bachelor!) Mr. Corcoran, the huge banker and liberalminded gentleman, (widower!) the gallant Commodore Morris, pnd tho fearless California traveller, Lieut. Bcall, with a host of other Naval officers, (Dr. Gwin U chairman of tlie Naval Committee in tho Senate!) Judge Crane, editor of the San Francisco,44 Courier;" and a largo number of California gentlemen, including tho Representatives, Marshall and McCorklc, . and many other diatinquea. Tim Ivftll u'Qt Iron# nrv - ..?V|>V Mjr mul Djririt Ull a late hour by the moat brilliant and splendid assemblage of ladice that this gay I winter ha* drawn together. Tlio supper wan luxurious and abundant?the enjovment unalloyed nnd perfect. Mrs. (Twin j and the Senator did the honors in the happiest possible manner, and the party i will be recorded as the most elegant anil unexceptionable in the faahiorfal 1e annals ?< Jfe of the metropolis.'* 9 Theodore Parker, a preacher "on his j own book," in Boston, put a female preacher in his pulpit a few Sundays tdqee.? The pulpit was a desk in the Melodeon V Concert Room, Among other things by < \ \ which she dintinquishcd heiwelf was an attempt to reconcile her position, at the time, with St. Paul** advice to the Covin- '* I tliians, as given in the 14 th chapter of his . L first epistle; "let your women keep silence in the churches; for it is not permltt?l JL uuto them to speak." "T.ct all things liw done decently and in cutler.** The Roy-. J erend Miss Antoinetti L. Brown was Of I opinion that * the prohibition of St. Pyut ' I was pointed at the nnmfxmfafl bobble (t women in the public assembles, hut as not at all designed to interfere with what might property he called ieaekhm. on their part." b this anything mora or 1cm 'thau a distinction without a difference f* Msdical Colleob of Gaoraia^We ft learn from the Augusta C'krmint 4? fkm- . ttml that tha annual oonunenceaaaot of A the Medical Collodgo of (Itinera, w*heM Q on Thursday the 2d instat tha Maaonle Hall, in that city. There were \4 ?tn> 11 dents from this HtaU in attcndenea upon the course of kwturae jiud terminated. M. uoren of whom havtoff abmphod wMi all E Um raquiremonm of tho and Hav- A ia^ luxlwgox iMafai <tnj> aKaanaatMaa, * worn prwtol faw tho Family tatho fl:; irwtaae, aa ftuitabfe oandadatm Car iMr dewraea. TWr aaa?n ara, IL M. fit Mar- S m4, R. J. Gittikad, i. ?. Oloaa, J. A. f - ran*, P. C. Wait, IX M. Laifttm, K. IV. Qwarl^.? Chrna. f'awr. 'l-W^Mhr 1 ,^B| .H