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TUB LANCASTER LEIHiER. Cw -1?? ? Publish 6 d ftvery We dues lay Morning | 'i bt jing. W. M. CONNORS,!^ KIMTOIJ AND fROI'niKTOB. ! ?*" ieal tF/UMSj , fttic In advance, , - - $2.00 j ticc At the expiration ?>l Si* Months, - - - 2.5(1 | n^0 At tin- end of the Your, , - Jt.OO , ] net o|h ADYKU^ISH^ENTS Will l?e indented at the foUotfing low rates: : prj, One square (of Iti Hues OT lCW?,) one insertion, / (1 ; or, it continued, 15 cents for the first in- j ? nertioi, and 50 cents for each (ftW^ueiit iii!?cr .ion. Of" See Fouitli I'age for deductions in the favor of standing advertisement*. Ilia* The number of insertions must fro written on vjcv each advertisement, or fhet trill be Inserted till ^ j ordered out and charged accordingly- |' J . rntn I of II Correspondent of the Charleston Her- ' ? 1 enry. |? avasiiinotov, Aug. 8. | dilli Tlie growing probability of the election ' sntlf Fremont in November, by the unilctl ; 1,8 1 voice of fhe Northern people, and thecer- j 1 ,e tainty of the linal triumph of the Uluck ! r,esl Republican party, even if defeated now, ' ,u suggest powu fully, the iintnediate itnpor- T lance of eotnideriug the issue which must suc sooner or later, be presented to us. The J'1 crisis which Calhoun predicted is at hand. . ? Are we prepared lor ill Have we, . while defending the outworks?the con- :il, atitutionnl barriers which surround us? ' been preparing also for the assult which n.u' is, sooner or later, to be made by the in- l'?" vaders ? lias the wisdom of Calhoon ^ou been as gout] seed even in his beloved , South Carolina?that noble old Stale of noble men and noble fame?bringing -ra forth tenfold in due season ? I will r* 1 , j a?k if we have an united South. But there is an united North. This anti-sla- con very sentiment, so long denied by South Pro< ern national men ^God save the mark,) oul' and so long diverted from its course at the ?VCI North for local reasons, is at last up and ''ot* determined to do or die. '^'Iie question ^ 1 has changed ii> the last two weeks'. It is 'J10 no longer asked, 4,\\'ill Fremont be elect- eed 1" but, '"Will the South resist his elee- ^ou lion r The Baltimore Clipper has launch . ed forth on this question, an 1 asserts that the South would submit, and appeals to unl the good sense, the i^ober second thoqghl, rU(i of the people. ?' 1 Government is based on one of two 1 principles?mutual interest or foice. Merc wot affection has no more to do with Govern- slr(; ment than with Banking. A people to a . continue together in a purely political tin ion, ir\ust liave, the law writers have it, mutual interest. There must he a mutu- ^ al consideration, or the contract cannot ur?' stand. Where la the unity of interest be- P,!,>, tween Iowa and South Carolina?between SJ"!' Mahiy nnd California { If the Union were dissolved to-tnorrow, on what basis of UP?! Government would Illinois* and Vermont '! form a compact ? Tin* Kuroja-an systems )",t 1 are all based on force, emanating from ' some sufficient central power, and repre- I sen tod in the ramifications pf each depart- j . nient. tam Thu \mencan Union was formed for . the common welfare and tlie common de- a,ll?' fence. This is the written coti&idei at ion. * The distinction of Ilaco in antagonism to the distinction of Class, is truly an impor- iron tant element in our Republic; but it was I nu,P purely accidental, and is even now (be ex- j ".Kn cuse for the sectional pur nose of the North- ? em Suites. The people thero cannot see : we'*, that this anti slavery crusade must either j v annihilate mj, or Africanize theintelere.? I * or The first would be represented by servile j Vrj,'n war, blood, fire, and the desolation of the I ' fairest portion of the continent; the other "l would thoroughly dehnunch and reduce er" to a conditioti of inenialago the whites of tho Nortli. Willi such results, just as inevitable as that the sun will rise in the East and set in West,in November, what ^ is the common bond to bind us, as i peo- ce,tl pie, longer together I The election of souk rreipont would certainly (if anything ever I1161 will) unite tho South. And, yet it is a very grave question, whether the man's i ' success, accompanied by all tho degradn- j ,neS lion of the principles and tilatform avow- . *l,ot) ed by his party, wpyhl drive the Sou'.h ; wart wh?i;<j ahe should have gone in 1850, and c'iev where sho must go eventually to preserve *iblc her equality ?t>d rights?that is, into a ",ei separate, compact, unilcil Southern Con- 1 'l w federacy. ' pain It is not a step to be hastily taken, ami w he Jetjlhe necessity may come on us as thun- 8t;,n der from a dear sky. In time of pcaco I" prepay for war. : that ROLYAR. I ?? - pout ^r.oi'8 ix Mississippi.?The Columbus ' aboi pemociat, of the 30th ult., sa}s : 1 meh We have had a loo*? snell of onnres- that lively hot dry weather. In some parts of | whs the County, we have been told, there has thu been no ram to uo any goo] (or the last and eig^t or nine weeks- <M source, the corn I jrreii crop must hare sufl'ered greatly. About | nap the 1st of June that crop was as prumis- j lv o ing as it was ever known to be in tins Bhc< county. But the dry sjiell which set In I \ery soon afterwards had almost complete- C ly blasted the hopes of many of otir plan ( ters. Besides the drought, the army j 6 worm and the cut worm, \vc have been , hon informed, have done serious damage to l'eI corn in many neighborhonds. The w heat ^ crop was mostly a failure in this section j the of the country, at least we arc assured it | Spii fell greatly below the yield, of last year, wee \Ve have no particular information as to 1 v the or ui'I it 7<iii aud prospect of the cotton Jl*d crop?l>Ui that, too, wy trcliev^, has ?yf ? la fyred from various causes; i; is backward, dy, owing to the late cold spring, and does rniij not nriimiu) i.onr so well as it dill this Clllt V I ', 7" - \ - r ?, ~ T"*~ i time fart veai"- However, should the next J ett t two months prove favorable, nnd should ' ?nd it ho Ute in the fall Iwfore cold weather ?f n sets in end Jack Krost honors lis with a *p* visit, it is probable that tU? Cfop Sfill l?e ch* an average one, or very uonrly approach- 1 to I SoMftTHi.no N?w.?There is to l?o a mm gathering of deaf mate* at Concord, J^ew an 1 Hampshire, on the 3rd of September next, in j a hen an oration is to t>? delivered, in the mice sign language, of course, by Mr. Laurent rain Clerc, who lnu been chosen orator of the > in, day. The aervit-es of Rev. Thomas Gal ' Sati I a ii Jet, of Mew York, had lxM?n secured as resu interpreter for tl.a l>enefit of the hearing twn porti'ti of the assemble. | -ts respoaitnce of the Charleston St n dard. 1V ASII1NWTON*, Aug. 11. he proceedings of Uongrcrs are beco deeply interesting as the sessions dm close. The signs of the times arc 1 painful to contemplate; and to >cting mind the perpetuity cl our pc union becomes exceedingly problt at. I doubt not my readers have J the extraordinary debate in tho * or. Thursday last, and tho solemn in in which that body presented to i er House the issue?to rectdu from ir Kansas provisos, or defeat all app itions for the support and maintenai he arn.y. The issue is not present the merits of these provisos, but u| fact whether one House of Congr any right to force their purlieu vb upon the members of the other, fects foreign to the bill under consii an?in other words, whet her the Hot lepresentalivcs, ditl'ering with the Si honestly it may be, oil the Kam cullies, has tiny constitutional right to the Senate, "unless you agree w >n these disputed points, w o Kill def supplies for the public service, and the progress of the Governinvnt, li has been tbp action of the ^h lublican majority in the House, ti i has been the action of the Sen the issue presented by that body, i country will sustain the hotinte, a le result be tho defeat of the appro] uis for the public service, one voi 1 and universal will go up in cotuK ion of the wretched revolutionary i of the negro worshipping traitors w Id thus trifle with the institutions doiu. The defeat of tlieae bills rr I etiibatrar, the government?not nkliti fierce?but the government A jterienn people. It will do in< .ever. It will embarrass the gr miercial interests of the North, :i luce a financial cricis which will cr. ......... ii.;..? lit-., ltt.nl vv i j iiiiiii; 11 rv v, * ? i c * vr\ i?v |'ii vnvniii n in t!if free Stales. The "shrieks doni" sp.und well in the ears of i litem friends until lltey begin to sin prosperity of priritte fortunes?tu y reach private pursps?until trade t ntierce, ships and factories feel and ? the blighting effects?then, hide there he an " about face '* ?and i il then. As Senator Uutler justly a [iietitly said?"artest the tnoveine he Federal government?stop all els and machinery ? and the conn t!d scarcely perceive the check?as i ngtli of the I'nion rests not upon i on of federal powers but upon i lit atid stability of State soverei< )? 1 lotne of the Hlnck Republicans n i that they recede from their Kain "isos as they acknowledge their unci itioiiality?others, however, decli r readiness to run the ship of Sti n the breakers. A few days' more v hit the facts pregnant with llie hij ntcrests of freedom and civilization, k to the revelations, lie House of Representatives pass supplemental hill yesterday, for c civil expenses of the Government ing among other things an approp 1 of $300,000 for eoiititiualioii of t oni House at Charleston, he sessions of the two Houses are to i 11 o'eloek in the morning; and e* 9 LO.L UVA ltsil?1 e<k.rlllll I It* A tft I (WMITO. ni? I.V..I ivjuim.j. . se amount ot* business will bo press ugh in the next week, it being the h k of the session. lie election news from Kentucky u ill Carolina has driven the FiIIiim to despair, It Is now beiiov?d tli yland is certain for Uiichaiinu, a Fillmore will not get a single Soul State. Ivamiok. [Froiu the Choraw Garotte, Cure for a Snake Bite. fit. Editor; I send you a receipetin and speedy euro for the hite of :e?when it is not fatal, which is f itly the ca.?e, when bitten by the rat :e. akc a lump of Alltitn the size of n n , or of pounded alluni about a i< infill dissolved in water, and taken Jly ; when the water cannot he h; v it tip and swallow it as soon asp ;. I have it from good authority, re are two things this dose will < ill atop the spelling, and cease t . 1 hate heard ol several instant re this lias been tried, and in no ce failed ; even on the canine spec is a good effect. A cheap reine every body can have, will give you an instance that hi d mute near our village. A little it nine years old, was out gatheri .ms, and was bitten by a rattle sua had some six or seven rattles ; > immediately taken to the house, a preparation given as soon as possil in <|iiite a short time the change w at it, that she fell asleep ami look a gi , alter winch she complained iioiic, i t h soro toe, which remained until l iiiing of the nail. W. L. ROBESON ,'hesteifield C. II., Aug. 4, IHuG. IIOCKIXO UkLI'SION.? TIlC follow rihle affair, in condensed from insylvatiia Inquirer: { young man died of consumption house of his lather, a noted helicvei ritualism, in Jlordeiitown, N. J., I k, and after his death, a young In iliom he had been betrothed, wan in to the corpse, by spiritual cercmo ?y acting an niediuili ! The young at the funeral, raved and Hung her1 i the grave, and was, with great di y removed to the house of the dace i father, where she has since renid I where at tneitis, a cup and a port ill tlx condiments of the table, are rt for the dead man, whose eir.| ir those victims of demonistn snppo >e tenanted |?y this spiritual l>ody. lAlx.-w-Many years ago a bet i Je by a distinguished Virginian w English Ja>rd of iil a year, to incre geometrical progression for the n :eeding twenty years, that it wo i in the county of Chesterfield, Virj (hi* place of residence,) on the I urdsy of August in every year. ' lit was, he won riyhtecn times, and :e ! That is, his winning was ? 15 i^and losing ?i. (F tjf fcritow. t..kvv ern and m- Ii? -=? view of *>* ' IMC bCC again it LANC ASTER VILLE, S. C. h!?guisl JSO I W EDNESDAY MORNING, Al O. to, 18M. ?,ulurM en* | _ - I W? i Mi8 I Join W. Twitty, Ero.. requests into stntc ' l'K , lo | . *i-i Oiii - that he is mU a candidate lor Tax Collector, been to cut | for lbe *v*1 U'rm' I South. ,tr ? ??m ? lo the ? ,_| NEW ADVERlISfcMENTS. j paper t< u-k ! StAtEn ok Stolen.?Cant. Iscic.xst will 1 We )?ri itnl reward any person who will deliver to him ||,c ,ijsi ate a strayed Mule. Sec his advertisement. we lm\ Southern Lottery.'?Mr. W ikteii ad- j,,*.'**! . | vertiscs Class Q, of the above Lottery. ( We I :..u ' ? ? as in th ,,,! I THE LATE ELECTIONS. , pers to hc ! The rosnlt of the recent elections in North I 1,14 ho Carolina, Kentucky, Alabxma, Missouri and of Arkansas, indicate the Increasing strength of our (,r;, tay the Democratic party in those States; and use of I ?' i it is not improbable that i.l the next Presi- I WurQ of (l^ denlial election, Mr. Buchanan will receive j1,,l'1 r!* ire i ')'< ' ; the vote of all the slave-holding States.? ening I <-!,J They with some half dozen of the Northern and gi\ |k. J States, lltnt can he relied upon with certain- j the Col ... i ty, will hc sufficient to secure his election. mu ' j ton Mei for i "1 m "" , inem-ed our I What the newspapers call a " most daring I <1(ir n;ill ?ke j and perilous feat," was rerently performed j and the ntil I ?it Niagara Calls. A man named 1*. Jackson I ? ?? ?? I imJ actually swam across Niagara river, between | '""'ter, mf- the Falls ar.il the Suspension bridge. This, ' V'' l'',1 ! I ... .... ? ? I hist.Uto (l,? we believe, is the hrsl tune the f.-ut ever was ! | attempted. It was succesfuily performed in for pay the presence of a la roe number ufspcctntors. : "ur eirc Vj* Jack sou is employed by the Nevr York ("en- j krJ'n,ljd tral Railroad Company, and lias established , ,|u. .j1(> his reputation as an adventurer. He is the j /.,?,.!/ tli (!,(. mail who walked the ladder bridge from the I tivenin; llic iee, last winter, to Bird Island, above the I Is tki L'n- Falls. Nur,l> " - ?who ait Ow Fnovi the Hoard of Health of CharUston, J < sas vv e learn the startling fact that yellow fever | whose i on- has made its appearance in that city. Few We linv *re deaths have as yet oeeurredai.d but few en- ! l,|'* ses are reported,and from the extreme meas | j kj" ures adopted by the city vuthoriiiea since I ;,bnmb.i its appearance two years ago, to prevent ; plain tli the recurrence of this terrible scourge, it is i |"'n Ab not improbable that the alarm now Is but j j* ' ,.r. temporary, and that within a few days will | ? ifl. lie witnessed its entire disappearance it .Messeii; ,ri- also prevails to some extent in New York from i lie Citv. | s;V,,11 mu . j \\ IlliC I I | SINGULAR IF TRUE. j i^'r.-vI kt" : Tiik annexed paragraph wo fined in several B?ilh?u*> m* of our exchanges. It require* a slight tcrao ,o<l ...... . ,. . I souther I strcU-li of ordinal v credulity, to appreciate , iSl . .'II fr,.r , '' at t lie I nd j " fi,ni,or 'n Lincoln county, Tenn., a would I ,yi> 1 'eU' daya ago, while plow lug, hi* horse Mid for the { plow sunk and disappeared in the earth, and ern cire IH j left a hole to a liieh no bottom has yet been , Now "u | found, in which the farmer himself came j ing our ii" ueur falling. His neighbors were called to i that "w j the place, who, by means of ropes let him ! Or, ?hal down in search of the horse and plow, to | subseril | the depth of thirty or forty feet, but the ' pired te further he went the turner the hole appear , other m ; ed, and lie called to his friends to pull him already ~n j up, which they did." j '|*|lo mm m Wm I about tl ~| TALEBEARING. ]Sui,e; The annexed paragraph deserves to be tran- j ;,t two i ltj. scribed in letters of gold. 1'onder it well, ' is well *a- )u who delight to indulgo in this, one of queatio in the lowest passions incident to frail human Spccim ?d, nature: jwlurc os J ' Never repeat a story, unless you are ccr? tain it is correct, and even not then unless jo something is to be gained, either of interest j lie yourself, or for the good of iho person Who b ,|>>( ' concerned. Tailing is a jnenn and wicked , who do practice, and he who indulges m it, grows . , { inuie loud ot it in proportion as lie is success- , 1 11,4 ful. If you have uo good 10 say of \oor trcus s dy { neighbor, never reproach his character by minds t I telling that which is false, lie who tells 1 j,, j|H w ip- | you the faults of others, intends to tell 0II1- ^ v t r 11*| , ers of your faults, and so tl e dish of news *' rVl | is handed from one to another, until the talc 1 j.^ , becomes enormous. " A story never loses minds, . ' | ml)thing," is wisely remarked; but on the nary r " contrary, gams in propoilion as it is repeat- froln "id : etj by in use who have not a very Btrict re- . I*1, ( gurd for truth. Truly, "1110 tongue is an '* "" 1,1 iso : unruly evil, lull of deadly poiscu. "Mr. ^ | TEilPERANCE ADDRESS- 'bnt^ A rriminiin i'nliiin in ilm last I.vookii an. what ni 1 noiini'cd the Ihct that a temperance add re ah *n^ would be delivered at this place. on Tiies- afl\.e^.c day evening -dlh inst., by l'rof. J. 11. Cak- work. "g mslk, of Spartanburg. As nn able apeak- day, mi '' ? er.and especially as an advocate of Temper- ? dock a nee, we believe l'rof. Cat i.isi.k hnaearned [' >^r'1 at . "is ">u| very considerable reputation ; and * lli? ! w| iwr{ I subject is one of general interest and pre- her dv* . . seats ? largo Held for oratorical display, bis ; had bei audience will doubtless bo well and agree- ,U**? . csfeful n.. j ably entertained. We hope the meeting | coninn la w ill be largely attended. Ti e following w e terrible veil clip from the Spartanburg Exprtsn: hours I itli- 44 tirARTANBL'KR VVF.LI, KrPKKBRSTKD.?In hh the follow ing notice of a '1 ciiipcmm e Celo- '* bralion, the Abbeville Manner hoars witness 11 s'iad? ion' l,,nt our respected cililen, l'rof. I'MUaLX, | ' ,w n,:' . , is earning new Isureis in that section of the j ,he M Slats: ! \r> ?" ! -v | 'The Grand Division of the Sons of T um- j Detroit ! peranee of South Carolina, held their third | I Quarterly Meeting at Greenwood in this Dim- (jK, triel,on Wednesday and Thursday last, l'rof. *?" J. H. Carlisle, of Wollord College, Kcv. II. "unts illi II. Ilnrant, of Ihia place, NV. II. Carlisle, of ' "Tli a so Charleston, and Judge O'Neall, were the (or tw< ext speakers on tlio occnssion. '1'ho speech ot astrou< ?|j Prof. Carlisle wuh n masterly effort in benn half of TumperAiieo, and was listened to .| With the deepest interest by the large ii?m iii- J' ,T* binge, lie is comparatively s voting man, "" 1 but unquestionably one ol thu brightest in- , hovvei lost tellects in the Htnte, ami destined to slnue ?tnat f4 with no ordinary splendor in her galaxy of re I to i grest men."' land, t t i PHY8ICIAH8 IK PETTICOATS. [ Ve have received a Catalogue of the Stu-1 ? en's, and a copy of the Seventh Annual X knrmrkiccmcsi, of She Female Medical Col- j ge of Pennsylvania, located Vn l'hilsdrl- J liia. It is stated that the defraud for weD ^ ducntcd female physicians ia increasing rapfly, and that a high and hofretnblc rank in ^ ho profession is readily accorded, iff nil ^ iho prove themselves worthy of it. We R, iclicve the custom ol'wome' devoting themelves to the study of Medicine, is purely 1 |n kuieiican ; in all ages and in all countries j q heir careful and soothing attention to the | lick and the afflicted, has been nppiccintcd j ind aek now ledged ; hut to the land of Yon- j leodom s due the honor of having intro-i ni lucetl the system, u liicli dubs theiu with , ' lie suhri<|uet of M, I). Among tho list of j c: 'ro feasors in this College, Kmf.li.sk Hon- j ? on Clkavklakd, M. D , figures as Demon' ^ trutor of Anatomy. In no country is wo- j nan, ill her true sphere, more justly rover- j need and honored than in ours, and it is villi piide that we say it ; but when she as- , nines and derogates to herself, the right of j (| uking a stand among the lords of creation, 1 |j lid in such capacities as belong exclusively i S THE SPECTATOR. ashington Spertnlor, n pnn ly South- V high-toned literary paper, hi u re- d its brief carver winch embraces a / ^rc than one year, gives some severe i ' < ?s upon the course pursued by soutl* j p n supporting northern literary pub- | e *, while those of our own section, ; i< and consistently devoted to the t I the South, arc suffered to languish ' v went i f patronage, and in many cases I cd to "issue an appeal to save them- I s roni death." The rctunrk* of the / or are tin fortunately but too just.? ' t pcrienee of our ew n State attests the a I he experiment of a literary paper a n tried repeatedly in Charleston,and k t ( oluuibia the Family Friend, one d >est papers ever issued in America, t hed and failed for the want of a re- J live support. I nako an extract from the "appeal" of s clatar: I , I r intention from the beginning has ; e make a paper for eireiilation at the v ^ W e lun c not sent u single circular Siortli; nor asked a northern news. J l0P)' our prospectus; and wo have 1 sl>ed a northern man io Mio-cribe.- ? a ttiised faithfuliivms to the Mouth in ; t iission of all sectional matters, and . e kejit our promise. what is the state of affair*, at the * ' f a year? I ia\eas many subscribers nt the North | 0 Mouth. 'I'tcenly northern newspn L one southern, keep our prospectus ! , tiding matter." Northern exchanges i ir articles and gixc credit, while very 11 t the Mouth boldly sftat the labor of j " ins. [ I \\ o ol them make a regular / dr Ila\tie's-tiossip," without over a 1 J a. kno.x lodgement] Southern news- ' print long pull's of I'utnam's Month- i 1 New York iwtlger, the Saturday Kv i'ost, and kindred Abolition sheets, I e the Southern Literary Messenger, r iimbia Examiner and the Spoctsior, | 1 shoulder of neglect. The Charles-' | '' reury charges us (just after we emu ! J w ith being an Abolitionist, because ji ue is similar to another's, negleets us, | ,, " I'"y* l! same Atuditionisl (for | hey i'mktknui.it to mi-t:,ke us; for V not written by liim.w, i h we pub ! h- j " same week and got for nothing. And I < ugh not least,we hate asked southern (l sti rs to aid us?not gratuitously, but in the usual manner?in extending j " illation, and our request has been I ly unheeded. <ine. for instance, re. I at it "is useless to undertake it, f,,r (hhorhood is not a reading one. \\\. iat user fifty copies of the Matuidax j ^ f I'ost go weeklv to his otlieo ' | b s lair treatment! Is the Mouth dealing h ith liersi It when she In-gleels tho-e i| ready to aid her, to pationize those | ami with her! Can slie expect to be r' d it she refuses to sustain thoie , nthicncc is exerted for Iter support ' ' re asked nothing of her, but what f i already given to the North.?where 1 | is neither deserved r.or appreciated, j >r which we expected to n nder an ' it equivalent. Southern readers com- i " at tlu-ir papers f.oui the North, eon- j " olition sentiments,and when tiieyear i r tobseribe again. 1 |,ey take Putnam, i 1 Id hceaiiMe it is anti-sl.iverv in put- , v ind allow the southern Literary ' gar to issue an 'appeal' to save it j * Icath. J'liey send several thou- ' 'lies to the Ilostou Oliie Branch, ! ' ?e i olumbia Examiner goes a-be" l)e How s and the Southern Qiiarte*r- i ' ews pay just a living profit, while j a ? Pictorial, fiodvy's IjoIv's Hook, and r it's Magazine grow plethortic upon i n patronage. The New York Isd |' ckles over its vast number of readers * biuth; and. we don't know but it I ' ?e wise for us to support (iiddings ! ' Presidency, to ensure a decent south- I illation. what ought we to do ? on Vast- ' bread upon the waters,' in the hope ' e shall tir.d it after many' year* ! I i we stop, and refund to our present I ?ers the amounts due I'or the uiiex- j a rms of their subscription, and try j I i .... | sustained T" Spectator in a large double sheet lie size of .lie ICtvaininer, of thin pnhlishc1 in the ( it j' of Washington ' * dollars per iiiiiium. It in ahlv edited, tilled with choice articles, and it uti- j nahly ilesrrrr* southern patronage.? en r.unihcM w ill be sent to any one ' I nests thorn. PRESENTIMENT. elievea in presentiments '?or rather I en not ? Con nton sense discards it, nscs it as a relic of the age of idolaupcrstition ; and yet the strongest 'annul, at all times, remain insensible arnings. Many cases oc.-ur which i give character to the silly notions j narvclou*. and which, with stronger cannot Ik* aeeonntod for by tho ordiulcs of reasoning. The following, ic Detroit Atlirrlincr of the ltd inst., i stance w ell authenticated : j J.('. Rogers,! young ipnn engaged on ! [icr r,s a compositor, came to the of. iterdny morning, and told the hands was unlit lor work. Being asked iled hint, he said thai he dreamed dur- ! night that he saw his mother in her ] ind the drenm was so vivid, nod hud I I hitn so deeply, thut ho could not j Ho remained about the office all j itch depressed in spirits, until four | in I he afternoon, when he received a phie despatch,announcing to him that Hier was dead. The lady had enjoy- > eel health, to within a lew hours of 1 tin, and no communication whatever en receivi d warning him of her ill- i We have examined into t'.icse facta ly, andean vouch for them. The intention of the circumnUmtm of the > dream WHS made neven or eight | In-fore the telegraphic despatch was I I'dItlicily would not bo given to j ngulnr occurrence if theiu existed i i?vv of doubt as to the entire truth of S in facta. Tho death took place on riling of yesterday st Niagara,C. W., ! indrcd and twenty-eight mile* from j L i 3ps is Noktii Alabama.?Tlie villas Democrat of August 7, says : e dry weather, which lias eonlinjed 3 month* past, has l**en most disi to the crops in North Alabama, i will not exceed half an average, iin h ; ami c< rn, with the exception i no districts Messed with occasional | )*, will prove almost a total Tailor* iv large fields not averaging a harliie acre, nml on thin or exhausted ' tof a bushel.* 0 '.lie sterner sex, she must expect, that il" j I r??i? no oilier ruuse, a more spirit ot com- ; I. ictition would subject her to loss rospool ami lolito consideration, than in n more amiable losilion slio would certainly receive. We v ire not in the habit of dabbl*ng into poetry, j, nit the following is so appropriate we can- ci lot forbear: li 1 Neck to be good, bill aim not to In* great; j tl V woman's noblest station is retreat : " lor fairest virtues fly from public sight; j 01 )oine.-tic vyortli?that shuns too strong a ; light." Il would be an awkward title, that of M. j b )., to address to any lady of our aequain- 3 iiiue: but habit would soon remove the ' iflicully ami could one of the fair inisscs, st 11st griubinted at this College in l'hiladclliia.be p-evr iled 011 to locate in I <ancn*tcr.! r< re venture she would not pine for (lie lack fopportunities to test Iter professional skill. ^ )or only concern would be for the health four town?a perfect ipidcmie would rage 1 || inong the bachelors. I I' ??wm ? I lii HE RICHMOND EDITORIAL DIF- l" FICULTY ,r 'r r.ii.v. this seems to he an age of dueling: " . n ot lit a harmless e\eh:inge of shots seems to (j| ave a very soothing effect, in cooling ilu?n 10 sensibilizes of gentlemen ot honor, and Si coders them more trsclible and yielding ! Iiau they had previously shown themselves o be. The following explains the tcriuina- 1 ion of the alf.iir, noticed in Hie I.kucf.k ot ist w eek : J 11 " Messr*. Uidgewpv and I'ryor, of Rich- ,| r.ond, Vn , met and exchanged shots w iili- t |(| ut effect. We, tlu' undersigned, who ar- i . ived ?>n tin1 ground after tlu* tin*, then inter- | ' ' mscd, and ut our request the challenge wan I i itlulrawn. It appealing to our satisfaction I.at tin-niticlo oi Mr. I'ryor, which occaimii'd tin- challenge, was written under the " clief that tln-re mn a studied purpose on '* he pait of .Mr. Ridgoway, to insult him and t? irovoMe a ipiarrel, we recommend that Mr. <>l tidgewny diselaim such deliberate purpose, nd that eaeh and e\cry article w hich "vas I ig.irdvd as offensive, either by Mr I'ryor (( >r .Mr. Hidgewav, be timullaneoutly auit rsiiklv withdrawn; aid we tiu?l that hereliei those relations of kindness w ill subsist " ivtwceii them w Inch become gentlemen who 11 'axe mi well approved their courage and t< loiior." ? I*. S. H ROOK 8, I,, 11. A. k.DML'MDSON, ! \ JOHN 8. CASK IK. "We, the respective friends of Messrs. li lidgewajf and I'ryor, accept the loregoing r djiislnieiit as honorable and just to the purics concerned." I .1 J. M GOGGING, ! " CI I AS. IRVING. i " August 0, IW5U. j ?' I'u c following sensible remarks arc from the J Jainden Journal: " I M AID l.i TTi.rs ? Under this caption \c nolice the new legulation lately tnnde \ " >y the I'. M. General, lo insure the receipt > v jf nil letters mailed, whether prepaid or not ind am disposed to object to the arrange- n nent, for the reason that the present law f las bein in I'MsU'iice long enough to be tinlerstood by all and that the new regulation .vill only give encouragement to those who 1 r<> iiiiluiiiraiol anu u- ? ?1 t.v ? ... .?, ... rrK..j | it t tuey can avoid it. I In* now regulation, | jj n addition to increasing the duties ot l'osl- i masters, will ami such exactly, nnd even til* j S' illy render the law futile. Our idea is?if , ^ i man won't comply, let hi* letter lie?just ivhere ho put it, till he does " u In addition to the objections stated above, I ho present arrangement ia an imposition c upon the peraon to whom the unpaid letter " is directed. lie tiiual pay double pottage lo receiie a letter, that in nine cases out of Ion, vvna left purposely unpaid, know ing that t it w ould reach it* dea Si nation under the pres- 1 ?nt arrangement, and when received, will Ic ' found important only to the writer. We , 1 ipprehend that the number of letters left 1 V unpaid nl the different office*, w ill greatly j 5j increase alter this t.me. THE GOVERNORSHIP < A ('orbt*ro*pknt of th*j Charleston Mer- 1 clin/ liroooses the nnnw of flon lliwiri I ' ' . " , WallacK, for (l?e next Go*rrnor of Mouth | Carolina. lie says: >1 M Von have faithfully depicted the danger* i which surround u?, and the importance of a lit Executive, in Month Carolina, to meet ihem. Without wishing, in the slightest degree, to disparage the qualification* of ^ others for this l>igh olhre, tor the next two years, allow me to bring forward the name I of General Daniel Wulloeo, of Union. At 1 the last election for Governor, ho was t brought forward by Ins portion of the Mute f to till this oltiee, but there were peculiar ei*? ( runistances which rendered it til, iu the f opinion of tho Iwgislaturc, that our present f most excellent so l able Chief Magistrate ^ should receive the office. Gen. Wallace is * too well known throughout the State for 1 me to dwell on his qualifications. Suffice it to say that, as an honest, ablo and fearless n an, he has not his superior in the State, to . meet any emergency the perils of our eondw lion may involve." ' In our columns to-day will tyy found telegraph: reports of s disastrous storm st New Orleans, and of the great loss of life and prnpe ty on ilio Mississippi rivet. I $li it it's (En fair. he Westminster Review. Now is a fnvomWo lime to subscribe for ie above; wc nfo just in rrwipt of Iho i?t t>. of the forty third volume, Its retrtents o ; CbrWOian Mi**rof??their Principles Id Practrco; TI>o Nntural History of Och ion Life ; Smith's l^ii'm-English Diction y ; Fronde's History of England; Ilrrediiry InfWm*?, Annual and Human ; Popdr Amusements; Ministerial ftcponsibilityj ontcmporary Liteiaturc. Icleotic Medical Journal. The August number of this medical jour' ii is now upon our table. It is edited b* rof. It. S. Newton, of the Eclectic Mcdiil Institute, Cincinnati, O. 48 pages, at 2 a year. Address I)ra. It. S. &. O. E ewtoft, Cincinnati. Ohio. Congressional. IVmHinotwn, Aug 0. In the Senate to-day Mr. Jou^ol ten cssee, made a speech in favor of Mr lucliniian, and Mr. Hell, of the sainc late, in favor of Mr. Fillmore, '^lu louse passed the Lighthouse, Coast and .and survey Appropriation Hill. Washington, Aug. 10. The bill introduced by Mr. Faulkner esterdny,in the House of Representative* ?r the la-ttcr organization ot the army, in rcases the pay of every commissioned of cer to twenty dollars a month, and f'xe? ie ration at thirty cents. The lowest rude is not to confer any rank, command r emolument. W AMIINGTON, Allg II. The Senate laid on the table the Iioust ill to reorganize Kansas, by a \ot? ol o to 13. 'j lie Kansas J'uoisoto the xccutive, Judicial legislative |,||| iKKcn oui. in iiio louse, the Commute of Ways jitul V.*rtns re|torted a bill nlucitig llio (rill ?>n impolio, w liivli win ostpoued until llio Hr>t Monday in I>e ;mber. The President ha\ing vetoed iv bill for the improvement ui'tlie Iki lome* Rapids, liiv House prosed it over ic H'to by ;i vote of 130 lo 34. 'I lie ost Ulliec and Light House Approj riami Hills wore passed. The Army Ap ropria'ion Hill having boon re pons I urn tlie Senate, with Mr. Sherman's proso stricken out, il was amended by rii lier proviso against the eiupluyuient of io military in enforcing the acts of tlie ansa* Legislature, and returned to lite imale. \Yasiiinutox, Aug, 12. Tlit Senate lias passed ibe Navv Ap ropriatioii bill, and lias tabled ilie Pa-die ail ItoaJ bill?'23 against 23. The louse lias refused, by tlie easting vote ol or Speaker, lo table (lie l'aeilie Railroad ill. The Telegraph bill u as repot ted tony by tlie Land Committee. \Y AslllNOTOS, Aug. 12. Ill the Set ate, to-day, Mr. Uoiiglao mde an elalartate rejHJi't from tlie Teiri trial Committee, against tbe House lull ; re ? rganixe Kansas bv tbe restoration f tlie Missouri Compromise. In (lie House, Mr. Campbell, from tin Ollimittee of Ways ami Men s, ie|*orte?l tatilf bill, adding to llie free list, salt, uv wool below 13 and above 30 cents, II classes ??f dings ami dyoalult* used in lanufuctli'res, and all raw materials en ring into our inamifaetutes. Nothing fas dotte wiili sugar, n..d tbe matter was ostponcd for consideration till tbe third I olid tr y in Heccrtllrcr. The I'loidehl't veto of iho appropria ions for improvement* ??f the l>?*? Moir.n lipids nn.l the Mi?*i*sippi river was re rived, hut the hill passed notwithstanding lie veto. The l'ostoftice and l.'ght IIoUm ppropriations also passed. All the important business of the se* ion in in n state of for ward no*. Washington, Aug 14. The Senate failed, by a vote of 3'J yeai l? 1 7 nays to paw the hill for the iinprevj iii-nt <>f the Ilea Moines Uspids uti-r tin elo of the 1'resilient. The House Nilhered to their amend mMit* to the legislative, Jte. Appmprin on hill. Washington, Aug 1ft. The Senate disagreed with the 11 oil v i |irohihiting Military S'i|ierintend*ni-? i the erection of public buildings. It al o nihled to the appropriation hill "50, 00 for the Capitol extension. The I louse passed the Senate 1511 reg lating consular and diplomatic salaries 1 also amended the Senate hill for tin nmpensntion of member* of Congress, In ,Mowing |0,000 for the entire session. Hktroohaijino.? h has been hut abou ix or seven years since the 8th wonder o lie world passed through this placo?!*v Ieh-gra|ih ; and it was but the oilier da' lint *e mw men and liorm taking th< viro down. Wo are thus driven buck i eulory behind our position n month age foo bud, ledoad. Well, here we ere in tb niddle of the dark age, but, we have ou onanist ion left, the wires will cease to tak >tr the electiicily and we shall miller n i ore from drought. Nevermind thotigli vhen the Northeastern Railroad is throug ?e shall have the news from Chariestn n six hours' time. That's better than ih telegraph some limes does.? ('Arrow f/<i elte. I.AfitKa HAVK TIlVIM. T1MRS AT TUB WI 'chis o l'LAOBa. ? A lady w rites from New M>rl: M We have to dress about tiiu lines a day here. First we put on a dre* 0 dreaa in. Then we are ready &>r hreaV ast. After that we drcea for the boacl hen lor the bath, then for dinner, the or the drive, then for the ball, and the or the l>ed. If tliat isn't l*eing put throng 1 regular course of dimity and diamondi hen I'm no judge of such performance*. Two men were conversing about the i lumor of their wivea. "Ah T said on< villi a sorrowful expression, " mica is Tartar!" " Well ," replied the otht mine is the (,'rram of Tartar F Re pew i ion the peat of conversation, he chaun of friendly chat. (Extraordinary Impoitfcrt Ex^l6dOd. AS lUCORTANT Ql-K?TIOS SETTLED!* Innnnierablo effort* have been made bv mathematicians to square the circle.' It rt now admitted by ratrrmnl men that WD fOefr t thihg hi possible. A question of the same i Sort, nearly, ra often prftpTtinded which, fnf , the mofne?i!, may puzzle n mnn of slow wlf,hot which hi eventually ae? n *o be incapoblc of solotieh, likewise. It is thin: What woold be the consequence of an irrefutable b??dy coming in contact with au immovea-ble otic ? Very little consideration i? required to ennble ono to discern thnt this hr r n contradiction in terma. The closet ap' i proxitjsatioo to a categoriul answer tliat wtf ever heard r.f baa been given by an cminenf ' i pathologist, Prwfvasar llollowny, who hae ' I proved beyond ail question, that hisextraor* dinnry I'illa and Ointmenl as* ierv instable irr their effects on diseases wMahr under every other treatment were absolutely immoveable. This is no empty bonat. h ia-truo-?* We court disproof. His medicines, wasayi* | are the greatest remedial agents thnt aeieutifie genius ever invented. ~ Pshaw," aomcr . i eontemptible professional startling, or diaappoiuted ehnrlatnn i^nv i^Jaiip," what >4 I it all but quackery P Igqoruiit, or qptqh ing people may be found to rc-cqljq tliq, charge. Hut atop, friends. You do not, bear in mind, that this very cry of "quack-. * quack quackery," vincli is as frequently ' raised against. tjiv true fifing at the false, anvoca itself of life greatest quackery. IJe. sides aq impoaition cannot last forever. If I j llollow-ay'^ .Medicines are an imposture they I are the moat gigantic one that ever darkened civilization. If they nrc ni imposture | they have cQi-<rtct| more good to humanity , | than thousands of unit ntatiously benevolent I verities. If they are an imposture no other . | imposture has ever originated like them, for , j the) arc the result of the moat profound ; ph) siologieal investigation and pathological I skill. If they are r.n impost urq then it is ' J an imposture which the world has been i thankful fur. The ino?t eminent medical | nun u! the age hate testified to their onpurriilli'il effects as "amative agents. 1'rinccs and I'otentatcft have borne voluntary tcatiuiony to their \irtues. .Nub es of nature'" ' making (;?? well ns nobles of malt*" making/, have alike nek now Itdged in leriusof deserve ' ed eulogy their extraordinary powers.? There ii scarcely a ncvvsp.per throughout ' the world, which lias not willingly uiade itself the niediuui ef communicating to the public the astounding cure" which throe .Medicine* have effected. In our country j they have attained to a patronage, the extent of which is perhaps without preced. ni | when the comparatively brief period of their introduction is taken into account. Pmfea. ! sor Hollo way can produce almost count less numbcr? of w ritten uck now ledgemeol"(froui every clime and in every language) f their c(Iic..cv, forwarded to him uuaaked. Who ! then is the impostcr f l*-t tin state a few j facts of greater interest, j It is of paramount importance to preserve I | the blood in a hcnlthy condition, Ik-caii?i> the blood, is the vital fluid, that is the prilleipal of life, nnd when it is affected tint w'.ole organization is i.fleeted likewise.? llollowsy's Tills clear the blood of all im' purities and induce a healthy condition of ' body. Ilia Ointment acts in h irtnoit) with the I'ill*, when it ia applied to extcrnak sore*. lkitlt ia\nriubly had lo thin result. Mi a* fit an in rfir/Hirr m no, k? miuml mind | in ? nouud body."?Stinihii/ C'unrie'. Tiik M.tsosca.? A fuel ii!u*trating tlie 1 tie which binds and thu obligations resting upon that "ancient und honorable or. ilcr,' (lie Mason*, we have ju*t lea rue-1 '! with sufficient accuracy to relate, ami though 1.0111c w lint late, we tliink yr?p?r toineiilioii it. A Mr. Itohy, of ItruuUiiilr, Konxla-u county, Mi**., lo recruit hi* licattli bad visited Virginia, accompanied i by bis wife. Tliey had reiuaiued a few weeks in ilenry county, at the hospitable . inniiBion of an acquaintance, und on yes| terday week came to L>anvitle with the view of prosecuting their journey. Mr. Itoby's coiidiliou was exceedingly feeble when he arrived there, ami during tlio night lie died. A member of I he MmhiIi* ic Lodge ascertaining that lie waa a MsI son, measures were taken hy the order at ' once to pay lite proj?er riles to their do* ceased brother. The widow designed ink* ' ing the laidv to her homo in the South for interment, and on Monday morning it was placed in the cara for thia city. The * Ijodgo attended it as far us lisrksdale's ? depot, where it waa aurrendered to a coin* '| millet of ti?e who la ought it hither.? Hero it wit determined, Mrs. It. consent* mg to iultr the body until next winter, II when it can be better removd to Missis* ,( sippi. A body of Masons of this city join*. ? i ed the deputation from Dauville, and the . j ceremony ut interment was conducted in. 9 | the most creditable style.?Rtchmoyl ? i Dispatch. AM ronomen expect that *ome time dtire ing the preeent year the e >miret knows e at Chariee V. will tnakt tie appear* o km*, It waa looked for in 18-48, but faili, ed to appear. Thia la au^po^ed to be. It j the Mine wandering star that appeared iu k 683, in 885, in 1204 and in 1550. In e | the laet named year it to appalled Cbarlee i- I V. of Spain and the Netherlands that he abdicated the throne and retired to the ronrcnt of St Ju?t, w here he died in compnrat'vo ?beeurity. ? e The Edgefield Adrertiaer Mjt that Mr. e Win. Oiegg, of Kaliuia, Edgefield diatrict, t- hat mtlixed thia year very nearly four i, ihoutand dollars from tales in New York n of peachea rawed upon the tend hills o( n that District. *4 Kxtbataoawcb.?At a hop at Newport, K. I., a few eveninge since, a lady Irom New Orleans, La^ wore a boquet of It diamond pearls and preeiowe stones, said S to be worth $20,000! a m a i Kabtmocabb.?The \ibraflons of an car;b?|iiake .was fojt at RicnmowJ, Vs. on the evening of, the Ojh wit., the Whig I* i says, that * !,i waa sufficiently powerful to hale the huthHng".?*