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C|e?ffrfel)ilk ii<jrarer| . ! SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLEB. j YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1856. THE CELEBRATION. The Committee have published in another part i of the paper the programme of the Temperance J Celebrntiou, to be held in town to-day. Wo hope every one, especially the ladies, will be in attendance. A goodly treat has been provided, and the guests should be there promptly. Turn out 1 CHURCH MEETINGS. The adjourned meeting of the Generul Conven? T..J ? Chnrell. will con liUU, lUUC])t-KIUCUb A I VJWJ ?vt ...? , ene in this place, on Tuesday next. Wednesday, the South Carolina Synod, Presbyterian Church, will meet in Chester. THE SESSION PAPER. The Carolinian, of Tuesday, says: "The Daily Carolinian will be furnished to subscribers during the session of the Legislature, poft-paiil, for One Dollar. "Arrangements have been made to give accurate reports of the acts and doings of the Legislature, and to keep the public ndvi?ed of what passes at the Capital."' JUVENAL. Thanks to our correspondent for so promptly informing us of his "whereabouts!"' The reader will ascertain his tocm by referring to the manly, spirited, forcible, and characteristically pungent opening-out of the campaign, to be found in another column. Juvenal" knows how to write for the people : he has struck the chord which needs attuning most: and hence he is populnr. Read him, and keep your appetite properly sharpened for what is to come. Give the man room ! DEATH OP HIRAM HUTCHISON, ESQ. Wo are pained to learn, says the Charleston Standard, of the death of Hiram Hucthison, Esq., late President uf the Bank of Hamburg. He died at New York on the evening of the 22d instant, after a lingering illners, and his funeral services were performed at Calvary Church, in that city, on the morning of the 24th. Mr. Hutchison was a native of York District, and engaged first in mercantile pursuits, and afterwards in banking, accumulated a very large fortune. Few men of this State have been more extensively concerned in its monetary operations, and he has enjoyed an extensive acquaintance among its public and commercial men. HARPER'S MAGAZINE. We o>:n to a very decided prejudice against Northern things?manners, customs, thoughts and aims; and we are prone to disparage to the fullest extent every emanation from Northern work liou ses. But "Harper" disarms us completely. The November number, for example, would interest and wiu over the most inveterate fire-eater in the .State. Several papers in it arc magnificently illustrated?the -'Massacre of St. Bartholomew," j by Abbott; Up and Down among the Andes; ! Something about the Horse: Passages of Eastern Travel; and "Little Dorrit," continued, by Dick- j ens. Besides these, a number of articles, added to the "Current Events,"' Editor's Table and Easy I Chair, and Literary Notices, furnish a rare fuud of good rending; and the Editor's Drawer with the j "Portraits of Advertisers" close the entertainment with a dessert-dish rich enough to make one almost "sdit sides.'* No doubt of ir. Harpers "truck"' is consummately good. The volume commences with the December number. Subscribers can get it by sending us the S2. . * ___ THE EDGEFIELD MEETING. If, in our comment upon District matters, we had stated as a reason for the mismanagement ol our.police affairs the fact that the members of the several Boards were not remunerated for their services, we suspect the assertion would not have beeu wide of the mark. Because no compensation is provided, the true citizen will not refuse to perform his share of public duty ; but the absence of all materia1, inducements certainly must interfere with the energetic and thoroughly efficient discharge of that duty. No other result can be ex: pected, while "human nature is human nature." We must thiuk, therefore, that the wisest policy requires that there Boards receive some sort of compensation for their services. Give them half the annual assessments, and, we'll take a wager on it, they will make the other half answer the ends of the public good to all intents and purposes. That, however, is clearly out of the question.? In view of the growing importance of some sort of legislation on the subject, a Bill was introduced at the last session to exempt these Boards from militia and patrol duty, and it was lost by a small majority owing the over effort of the cocked-hat few whose importance has grown out of the "integrity" of the fierce militia. The measure has again been proposed at a meeting of the Managers of Election for Edgefield District, and will again be presented, we earnestly hope successful-1 It, to the attention of the Legislature. The proceedings of the Edgefild meeting are in another column. KANSAS. We arc pleased to learn that our little band of Kansas emigrants, having fufilled the special mission npon which they wore sent, have with the exception of* Dr. Wuitesides returned to their home and friends, in excellent health and spirits. We would extern! to them a cordial welcome. As l'ar as it was possible to promote the cause of the South in Kansas, they have done the service bravely, faithfully and efficiently. Soon after their or- j rival in the Territory, they were organized into a company with the Laurens emigrants and Gen. A. C. Jones as commander, and up to the period when the interference of Gov. Geary rendered further action unnecessary and impolitic, they were vigilant and earnest in observing the duties and performing the arduous service of the border-soldier. So we have been told, and we are more than grati. j fied to make the record. Dr. Whiteside? will J remain for a time in Delaware City, and as his prospects are encouraging may determine to make a permanent home in the Territory. From all that we can learn, peace and good order have been effectually restored in Kansas. The I armed hands have all been driven from the borders j of th? territory; the emigrants have been dispers-1 ed to thtir separate claims; and the effort is steadily in progrtes to bring to punishment, aud hold up as examples, 'he individuals who were instrumental in bringing about the recent outbreak. In every particular, as far as we can determine, tl e free-State men have been defeated of their aims. Their Convention at Topeka decided not to hold an election for electors of President and Vice President. A mass Convention has fen called to provide for the election of a delegate to Congress, in place of Gen. Whitfield who is repudiated as the representative of a bogus Legislature. The people cannot now be sold, however, and the miserable subterfuge will utterly fail of the purpose The Territory of Kansas is now open for emigration. Settlers can enter the country with perfect confidence that tveir property will be protected ; and we have ct se to think that from every Southern State substantial and well-meaning companies will flock to the possession of the fertile plains well-nigh given to their keeping. DISTRICT AFFAIRS. On the fourth page, we have again inserted ihe Reports of the several Boards of Commissioners in our District, together with the Account of Adam Ivy, Esq., Agent for the Catawba Indians. These papers bear upon matters of very considerable importance to our people, and whenever they are made public should receive general and careful attention. From Mr. Ivy's Report we ascertain that the I Catawba Tribe within the bonds of the Indian [ Land now number but seventy souls; and that j they have frequently indicated their desire to remove to the Indian Territory in the West, and, as j severnl of their number have already done, unito I with the Choctaw '-nation " We must express the | hope that the proper measures will be taken toefi feet this end. Those who are acquainted with | their present habit of life know that the little | remnant of this tribe are gradually yet surely I wearing away, and that unless they are permitted i to escape the influences which now environ them 1 and regain that liberty for which alone they are | fitted and which can only be found in the wilds of j tbc West, a few years will be sufficient to work I their utter extinction. Apart from the considera: tion that we have for a long period had the usu! fruct of their lands, without an adequate remnn i oration, we have abundant reason to regard the Catawba Indians with especial kindness; and every inducement which can arise from many and valued services and a constant friendship devolves it upi on us to adopt whatever measures may conduce to their happiness and permanent prosperity. If ' a larger fund than that annually set apart for j their support be necessary to defray the expenses j of their removal, 'we trust that our members to tho Legislature will make application for a special appropriation. It appears from the Report of the Commissioners of the Poor, that their assessment for the year ]8<V? was C3 per cent, upon the General tax? equal to the sura of $3,1% 05; and that this amonnt has been expended. Alt examination of the account will inform the reader of the manner and of the objects of this expenditure. We arc not acquainted with the circumstances which in particular instances have controlled the Board in their appropriations, and we must therefore presume that tho objects have in every case been such as to demand public charity. We have the general inip>ression, however, nnd it is our duty to express it, that the unifoimly large fund annually assessed might be expended so as better to promote the ends in view. In Chester District and j perhaps elsewhere, the annual assessment does not exceed 13 per rent.., and that too where we have every reason to believe the number of paupers really deserving charity is not less than in our District. At auy rate, the excces with U9 is not sufficient, wc think, to account for the difference ill the rate of assessment. For this exemption the people of Chester are rather indebted to the far-seciug policy of their successive Boards, ?1 1 1 1 ? ' "I' O' mnl'o iKn T>nnr nuinK. WHICH lias uceu suvu in V uuinv * vv. v?.. lislnnent benr tbe burden, in great part, of its own expenses. Tbe District owns a plantation of good land, upon wliicli a number of comfortable cabins have been erected, aud which is furnished with negroes, stock aud farming implements sufficient for cultivation. In many instances the paupers have thus been made to contribute to their own support, and it is not impossible that in some cases the Board has derived a revenue from pauper labor. By such management the rate of ns| sessment has been gradually diminished; and with proper care the people of Chester District may in a few years be entirely relieved of taxation for the support of the Poor, and at the same time their panpers be provided for comfortably and even handsomely. But, the reader is ready to remark, we too have a 'Toor House." Certainly, and a very poor house it is?utterly unfit for the habitation of as decent a man as has been, and ought to be, placed in charge of the Poor. There are some three or four cabins on the premises, which may be more comfortable than they look to be. The establishment really seems to be iu utter dilapidation By injudicious management the laud Las been worn out, and is to, use a common phrase, scarcely "able to sprout peas." A few miserable-looking paupers are kept there, but, wc arc obliged to think, very nnprofitably as well as uncharitably. The people's money is certainly not expended as it should be upon the Toor House; the land is not reclaimed, the houses are rotting nway, and the entire concern has beeomc a dead weight upon the public purse. The example of our neighboring District proves that this state of things iu tbe result of mismanagement. This mismanagement is due iu a great measure, we think, to the policy of the Board in scattering a large portion of it resources here and there through the District. It might be made a question wheither it is cheaper and better to board the paupers amongst their kindred and friends, than in a poor-house establishment. In solitary instances it may be the imperative duty of the Commissioners to adopt such a course; but as a general rule the policy of our Board has long since been fixed, and ought to be rigidly observed. TV : V.O Kotto, Qfnttnr thi> nnnnprs thrnuirli flip District, be it so; but let them all bo "farmed out," and let us be relieved of the dead weight of the poor-house concern. On the other hand, if the poor-house system be preferable, let the paupers be collected together upon the premises, and the public money so expended upon the establishment as to contribute substantially and profitably to their support and comfort. We have not room now, and it is not our aim, to discuss the question as to the be3t plan to be pursued. We only desire to call public attention to the fact that the amount of assessments, instead of diminishing, i9 increasing; and to point to the "screw loose" which we think mu?t account for the alarming phemonenon. The people at large are at fault in this matter, and we cannot help wishing that thov might be made to pay for their inattention even more exhorbitantly. If ever any people deserved to be taxed, the denizens of York District bear a near resemblance to them. We are now actually without a properly elected Board of-Commissioners of the Poor, simply because the mass of voters did not feel sufficient interest in the matter to induce them to cast their ballots! If a member of the Legislature imprudently votes away the public money, though it may be for a laudable purpose and to an extent scarcely felt by the heaviest taxpayer, a tremendous storm breaks upon his head, and an indignant constituency, lashed to fury by such "oppression," 6purn him from their councils and condemn him to a life-long obscurity. Two or more men, with personal aims in no way identified with the public good, may aspire to an office tnc ti'UBts oi wuicn ao not aneci me puonc pocnei, for good or ill, to the extent of one p-.r rent, per annum; and jet, to elect the one and to defeat the other, the very foundations of society are broken up, and the people, high and low, are involved in a raging whilwind of excitement. The Commissioners of the Poor have it in their power to assess the people to an amount nearly equal to one-half the General tax; and the rate of that assessment depends almost entirely upon their management of the affairs of the Board. Yet, at the receut election, their Chairman received about two hundred out of twenty-four hundred votes! The present Board maybe made up of "good men and true"? we have forgotten who they arc: but it is certain that they were elected by default; and it is equally certain that, on account of the culpable inattention of manogers and voters, it was in the power of bad men to have chosen a Board admirably cal cnlated to play havoc with the public money.? Let the people take a more general interest in theBC matters; they are surely of vital concern to I them. Let the management of our police affairs j be carefullv scrutinized, and thus let us see to it, I that the burdens of taxation be diminished instead of increased, and at best that the public funds be I paid out properly, to the best advantage, and for , the general good. ; Having said so much for the Poor Commission- i i era. wc confess that our pen has a point for the ' j performances of several other Boards. But we ! j cannot now spare room. On referring to the Presentment of the Grand j ! Jury, at the recent term, we find nothing of much ; j interest. On the gronnd that "public property | ?hould not be made liable to taxation to defray ! corporation expenses," the Jury presented the ; i Town Council for having taxed the Couvt-IIouse ' i nnd .Tiiil to the amouut of *82. in 1800, and $fiO | in 18">G. The Report of the Commissioners of, Roads contained an item which appeared to lie the I , cost of a Rule served upon them for a certain dc- | | linquency : and the Jury laid down the doctrine ' | that "each Commissioner should be made liable ( j for expenses incurred on account of his inefficiency j : or neglect of duty, and that such costs should not | j be paid out of the funds of the Board."' These j two items only are worthy of mention. "POETRY AND THE PRACTICAL." Col. Summer edits his Agriculturist cleverly.? ' The farmer-reader may not be so enthusiastic on . the subject as we are; his notiohs?just as our course of life is?may be different; one may be charmed with a dry amy of facts which would effectunlly frighten away the other. Nevertheless, we have a right to onr own predilections, and they are such as make the elegant and polished style of Col. Summer's Agricultural labors eminently attrnc tive and therefore instructive and profitable. We have been entertained with his October No.?and, (we never did it before,) we have rend every word , of it from title page to "finis." A mention of some J of the topics which he has made interesting to us, j will add to the compliment?for instance:?Amj monia and its value; Report on Sweet and Irish | Potatoes: Theory nnd Practice of Horticulture; | Peach Culture; Small Grain Crops; On the Use j of a Solution of Chloride of Lime as a Steep for ! Wheat; the Duties of an Overseer; Gentleman Farming, and?but we haven't room for the entire book. All these have about them an air of the "poetical"' a? well as a very palpable tendency to ' ?tlin nninn rif which will render i the toughest theme readable and valuable. But to carry out the idea, we mustmcDtion parj ticulnrlv a novelty in the number before us?the ! "Report on Poetry; its value as a .Source of Jlis! toric Information, and, also, as a Solace to the Husbandman/' read before the Newberry Agriculj tural Society, by our friend Howard H. Caldi wei.f, Esq. Why not! Our friend's poem is its j own npology, carrying with it an irresistible plea i to be read and heard around the fireside in the j country. Poetry is not foreign to the farmer's j life; there is more of it, than in all the world bej sides, along the walks of his industry and cluster; cd around the simple attractions of his home.? j Point him to a genuine sentiment?he will recog| uize it as a household word, cne of his household j treasures. It is not thus? "How hard to raise the common scenes of life To that high place where poetry should stand ! More truthful the prosaism, that it is hard to let down our high-strung notions to that every-day ' sphere in which true poetry and the genuine poet j are most at home. But our "Laureate" has sur- j ! rendered handsomely?his poem is a capital per- j i formance, finelv in character, wcH-thoueht-on and i I i well-written. I By the way, our poet and his agricultural poe- | ! try bring it to mind that our portfolio contains [ j another clever effort of his in the same direction? j | sent to us as a sample of his translating of Beuan'GER. It comes in here admirably. With its | charming adornings of the poetical and the loving. ' the moral is most wickedly practical. The ladies ; will find the point somewhere near the close of it, I in italics. We shall call it, The Hunter and the Milkmaid. "The lark, who scarcely has arisen, Begins to sing a glorious day : Come ! with thy humer seek the wood, Maiden! of love he'll talk to thee. Dearest 1 Spring's earliest flowers we'll pluck, j While rambling in the early dew"? ' Hunter ! I fear my mother's frown, i ?? ?... ?;,i. ??? 1 IJIUM II"! wasic mjr iiuif? mill JVM . "Maiden ! tliy mother and her goat Are far away behind behind the hill: List to this song the maidens sing Who in yon ancient castle dwell; ! For she who 9ings this tender song Can make most inconstant true"? "Hunter! I know one sweet as thnt, I must not waste my time with you!" "Then learn of me the wondrous tale, How, once, a jealous baron's ghost Bore to the grave the lovely one Whom erst in life he had espoused; This tale "when darkly lowers the night, Thrills every listener's bosom thro'?" Hunter, that tale I know full well, I must not waste my time with you!" "I'll teach thee prayers, whose potent spell Avails when hungry wolves are nigh; To conquer witchcraft or the curse Of those who have the evil eye. Guard, lest some angry beldam cast On thy young life, a spell of woo"? "Hunter! my rosary is here? I must not waste my time with you!" "Well!?see this brilliant cross of wine. Count o'er it's precious jewels well? How would the world admire its light If o'er a maiden's breast it fell! Take it, no matter what it cost, But yet?some thanks perhaps are due"? "How beautiful! talk, hunter dear, I am not wasting time with you !" WEDDINGS. The last week's Home Journal has an instrucI tive chapter on Weddings, by the fashion editor, I - Gexio 0. Scott?prime authority on this interesing subject. Full instructions are given in regard to wedding cards, the dresses for all hands, the I order of going to church, (its fashionable now to | be married in church) and the manner of procej dure nfter arriving at church, the ceremony, and I j soforth, all of which might be of use to some of j I our readers. But we haven't room now for more j j than two paragraphs. Here is the dictum on the | I "Bridegroom's dress": The fashion is a full toilette, whether the mar- | riagc be solemnized in the morning or evening.? j This dress consists of a black dress-coat and pantaloons, with a vest of either white silk or satin, ornamented with a small gold or silver leaf or figure a half-inch square, and nbout three inches apart, or of pearl drab color and plain. The cravat > is a small white linen cambric tie, overa low stand-' ing shirt collar. The shirt-bosom is plaited:! part of the plaits being longitudinal and part oblique. White kid gloves. Low-quartered shoes, I with black figured silk stockings, or patent leather : boots. The hair is again parted at the side over ! the temple, instead of over the centre of the fore- { head, as has been the fashion for the past year.? The hair is also worn much longer, and curled:? in the papillolc style, in papers, is the be6t.? Either the leg of mutton or English style of wearing the whiskers, with the addition of a mustache, or let the beard grow as nature formed it, only keeping it clipped with the scissors as comfort requires, are the two styles of wearing the beard; j the latter being the most American and philoso- ' phical. Ah! shooking?what & savage, blood-thirsty, J "philosophical" idea that, a l*>j-oj'-m>iltau style ot whiskers! Pass the smelling-bottle this way, 01 we perish! Faintly, we would remark that the style resembles that of an individual about to be hung. Not so bad, however; there are points ol likeness in the conditions; and, "it's all the same in Dutch." But here's the description of the bride's "clothes;" in the way of n Iroutwi, de lightful?magnificent! The dress, of white taffeta*, is cut high and surmounted with a narrow lace collar: and below it, half high, it is encircled with a white lace her the, The body closes up the front, with pearl buttons of the watch shape, and just above the waist, or tho stomacher, is placed a bouquet of orange flowers and foliage. The skirt, in demi-train, is covered en fahlin ?that is, leaving an apron-form visible of the sill dross in front. The sleeves are composed of twe ruffles, which extend half way to the elbow, ant are caught up at the inside by delicate silvei cords and tassels. From under the short slecv< proceeds a lace one, which is formed into two 01 three puffs, extending to the white kid or whit* silk gloves. Pearl and cameo bracelets. Whit* oilIr dh/tlflnrrQ nnrl clirtnc The lmir is divided into three tresses, as descri bed in the Home Journal of October 11, nnd th< long white lace veil is gathered in the centre, an< passes over the head to each side, just above tin back knot of hair, so as to disclose the hair abovi the neck; and at each side of the knot, and ovc the cars, a cache-peigne is formed by plaiting tin veil, and ornamenting it with orange-bnds, flow evs, nnd foliage ; but there is no ornament in th front tresses, which form two rich rouleau?. "After the wedding the nuptial attire should b laid aside" as a sacred heir-loom of the family and part of its history. We would like to enquire what the man mean by, "the body closes up the front," and the "sto macher" and a cachr-pcignr and soforth: verily the nnmes wherewithal the sex ornament their or naments, are positively barbarous. But it's non of onr business, we suppose. The Indies will rem the instructions, and "make a note on't." NICARAGUA. The late advices from Nicaragua inform us c the continued success of Walker, in his conques of Central America. For some time preparation have been going on for a war with the States o San Salvador, and Guatemala. The hostile for ces met at Mnssaya, a town nine miles from Gran adn, on the 12th instant. The following accour of the conflict is taken from the Mohile Hegiftcr "The enemy had occupied tint place with garrison of four thousand men; Gen. Walker al tacked them with about one thousand troops an forced their position, literally paving his way wit dead bodies of the enemy. The battle lasted un til nine at night. At daylight a courier arrive with the intelligence that a force of fifteen hun dred natives and Guatemalans were hesiegin Granada. Gen. Walker immediately took up hi line of march for that place, and reached th heights surrounding the city about 10 o'clock o: the moraintr of the 13th. He found the eitv bar ricadcd, and the enemy entrenched in great force lie charged, however, drove them from their posts and routed them with great slaughter, capturin the commanding officers and field pieces. Th total loss of the enemy in killed and wounded, i estimated at eleven hundred. Walker's loss, six teen killed and thirty wounded. Walker wouli march immediately upon Massaya and Leon. Hi troops were in the highest spirits. The citizen of Granada had held the Government building against the ememy for twenty-two hours hefor Walker arrived." But the most interesting item of news in refer ence to Walker's movements is to be found in hi Decree re-establishing the institution of slaver; and inviting the importation of negroes. Thi bold measure seems to hn\e added fresh vigor ti the Nicaragua fever ; large contributions of inei and money are on the way, and it is said that tin anti-slavery Yankees are now busily engaged ii fittiug out vessels to be employed in the re-openinj of the slave trade. The Charleston Xe>ra remarks That the establishment of Walker's power wil give extension to the slave trade, as an auxiliur; to slavery, before efforts are made for its suppres siou in Central America, seems beyond contradic tion. The boldness of his decree, rc-establishinj slavery in Nicaragua, will astound Courts am Cabinets in Europe. That it will stimulate th desire for profits by the large gains which the re opening of the slave traffic promises, the capita already invested in this traffic at the North plain ly evinces. The question arises, what will th governments of England, France nnd Spain do ii the premises? interfere in the domestic arrange ments of the Nicaraguan Government they cannot Will they employ their tieets for the suppressio: of the slave traffic, which, although permitted b; the law of nations, has been discountenanced am abolished by all the established Governments. Will they do that by the strong hand in which the; will not meet any resistance, except by the feobl authority of Nicaragua ? This is the problem to practical solution in the present aspect of affair in Central,, America. As these European Gov ernmcnts cannot prevent that they would willingl; prohibit if they could, to wit, the re-estublishnieu of slavery in Nicaragua, their next measure o policy would be to prevent slavery being ther indirectly nourished by the slave trade. Tim such will be the course of measures adopted b, + USM-ft VnrAunan fi/ivernmnnta xt-n fool nccnrnl _ They have carried cut his policy with a higl hand towards Brazil. That they will have an; scruples as regards Nicaragua, we cannot pup pose. MERE-MENTION. The Democratic majority in Pennsylvania is a bout 3000. The Legislature stands 15 Democrat to 18 Abolitionists, in the Senate; and 57 of th former to 43 of the latter in the House, making i majority of eleven Democrats on joint ballot.The Democrats elected 15, and the Abolitionist 10 Congressmen. The returns from Floridi are complete, giving Perry, Dem., 400 majorit; for Governor; and Hawkins, Dem., 800 mnjorit; for Congress. The N. Y. Company, knowi as the "Dorn Mining Company," are said to b working the mines in Edgefield with very grea success?the veins increasing in richness as the; progress. The Pee Dee Herald nominate Col. Maxcy Gregg for Governor. What's ii a name? The Now Orleans Courier of Thursday in contradicting the report that tho Hon. Oharlo J. Jenkins, of Georgia, hod concluded to suppor Mr. Fillmore, speaking of the Bulletin, styles i A most respectable organ of the Old-Line-Know Nothing-Whig-Humbug-Fillmore-nnd-Donelsnn-A merica-Eagle-8tripc-of-fo8siI-politicians. Prof DeBow, of Louisiana, Gen. Tench Tilghman, o Maryland, and others, constituting a committei appointed by the Southern Commercial Conven vention, held at Richmond, in February last, Ijavi called attention to the fact that it is to re-assem ble at Savanuah, on the 3th of December next.? They urge the appointment of delegates from ever; village and town in tho South. The govern ment has prcpnred to finish the Florida war thii winter. About two thousand men have been or dered to this service, with all necessary equip ments to assist the troops in penetrating the Everglades. The preparations seem to be on a larg< scale, and for a war of extermination. The U. S. Revenue Cutter, at Mobile, bring! -.1-:?.. V?.n P...,, ?>,? Oth nn/l frrtm tlw UUTltCO UUUI e VI i* ViUJ. IV IUV ?*.? > ??vu? w?. city of Mexico to the 4th inst. The sole of clmrcl property hod reached five millions up to the Is instaut. There were rumors of a revolution through out the country, mostly under the auspices of tin clergy. Professor Morse had demonstntef the practicability- of transatlantic telegraph com munication. Dr. Edward R- Jones commit ted suicide in the jail at Itutherfordton, on Fridoj before last. He was undergoing a term of sij months' imprisonment for killing Andrew J. Fair in Hendersonville, some 18 months ago. He woulc havo been set at liberty in a few weeks. London is the largest city in the world, having s population of 2,500,000; 404,022 of which ha: been added during the last ten years. The population of ancient Rome, at the highest, was 2,200,200.000; Nineveh, 6,000; l'ekin,China,hasaboul 2,000,000; Faris, 1,200,000; New-York, 1,000,000. A thrilling event occurred in Newark (N. J.) on Saturday afternoon. Sumuel Swan, an orphan boy, 14 years old, went down a neighbor's well, eighteen feet deep, with a rope round '! him, to recover a Inst bunker, but before k . -ng n ? ' l i the bottom the whole well caved iti upon him, n t i burying him some eight feet umler lnrge stones ! and earth. Hy calling to him it was found that j j f j he was alive and could converse with persons ! above, lie gave himself up in despair, but was i of course constantly encouraged to hope for the ' . best, and assured that every effort should be made to extricate him front his perilous position. \s ( . soon us possible two well diggers wer obtained ^ i from a distance, with their tools, and bv great-ex- t ' j ertions about eight o'clock t!in l>->v was taken out ( . ' almost unhurt. ; k ; . 4?o?^ ?? .lUntiK O'XKAUi. The following handsome and wortliih bestowed . . . ' 1 t ! compliment to this venerable judge, ineorrupti- ,. 1 hie patriot, and war-worn veteran in I he cause of < r humanity, is accredited to the generous heart of J | tins Et'j>jiiUI Aihyrli"',. t\o com- with plea- , r , sure:? 5 - 1 9! "Our Court of Common Plena progresses with [ unusual dispatch. Judge O'Xeall seems resolved _! to clear the docket if possible. His energy and! e j ability increase with his gray hairs, and evidence j i him one of the first Judicial Officers of hi.- day. e His Honor was born for the Law, ami would have B ; adorned any beucli in any country. Now sixty r i three years of age, he is still untiring in the dis ; ] e ; charge of his onerous duties, and more than ever ' 1 faithful to the almost uucrring dictates of an en- j 1 c ; lightened judgment. A truer public servant, j ; OIIU1I1 ? UlA'IIIJfi UclS UOUI II 14.1. iiu IlilO WVU, IIU?1 J e i wears with veteran propriety, the highest honors i I of his culling. When we look upon bis venerable I mien and frosted locks, it is with regret that wc ' | remember any lightness of comment heretofore j s 1 made upon his character and course by the press j >- ! of his State. May lie be spared many years, Mill . further to enstnmp his usefulness upon the legal j annals of South Carolina." e . Col. Richard Vfailon. fl ; We clip from the Norfolk Hero hi the following ! complimentary reference to Col. Yendon, who, it j ; seems, addressed the citizen; of Richmond, on the j j. politics of the day, on Saturday evening last: There was a largo rally of the friends of Fiil- ! more in Richmond on Saturday night last. Among I s the speakers on the occasion were f,. H. Chandler ' if Esq., from this city, and Richard Yendon, Esq., i of Charleston, (S. C.) of whom the Whig says: j Mr. Yeadson is a sort of mru m ix living in the \ l* hot-bed of Democracy in the Palmetto State, and j it i yet a zealous and uncompromising old line Whig, i . | and a stern and earnest advocate of the election ' of Millard Fillmore. He is just returning from a I 11 : tour through the Northern States, and, during j j I his stay in the city of New York, he created con- j [ side ruble sensation and fluttering among the sup- j 1 j porters of Fremont, by proving their candidate ! ; to he both a renegade in politics and an npos- j 1 : fate In i eligioti?for which h* has been ensi.jdi-i '* mented by.the grossest abuse from the Frcmuni j * 'journals. Wliat, however, is quite a remarkable ' and certainly a most flattering event in his histo- i ry, lie was taken tip' last Monday was a week, j | during his absence from the State nnd without ; " | liis knowledge or consent, and elected to the ! " j South Carolina T,egislatnrc from the city of Char- I 2 j leston?be being, as we have sai l, an ont-spoken j 2 1 and determined Fillmore man, nnd yet elected | from a city, a large majority ot whose citizen? arc 9 opposed to Jiini iu politics. This i? indeed a high i j ; compliment, and we have no doubt it i? well do?- : ? ' crved. I' s : . 9 SOUTHERN* ai'ARTBBLV REVIEW. e i The subjoined appeal from the Publisher? of the j Southern Quarterly should have the attention of j - ' every intelligent ninn in the community. The s ; work recommends itself to the patronage of the j y few who have the leisure, the taste and the means j s to lead them into the higher walks of literature ; ii ! and of science, and. as it is eminently worthy of i n the most intelligent support, we cannot but bo 1 c ; surprised to lenrn of the probability of failure on a the purl of its proprietor?. If it appeal led to , g i popular favor, commonly >o called, we might ac- I count for the want of patronage. As it is, such : ! a glaring ncgleet j. without "rhyme or reason/' ; I Hut we do not wi-h to preach a sermon, however ; ; well the subject demand? it. The article lV-"*m the ' : 77/)i"J! i? explicit and to the point:? I We have been placed under great obligations to 1 i our brethren of the Tress for the frequent nnd i I favorable Editorials they have penned in behalf ! I of the A1'The Spnilanlwry Espren of the ! ' 10th inst., in an article touching upon Southern ' c j patronage sustaining Northern .lournals and Per- i n | iodicals, says: - ! "We have among us. pining for patronage, u | 1 Review, edited by probably the profoundest iutcln j lect of the whole South?a Review that might he, y j and will /? , if supported, an ornament and lasting ! J ; honor to the country. But two members Lave so ; - ! far appeared, and yet tliey contain articles that j y j ought not to be nllowed to die?that deserve an e honorable place'in every library. Let every man j v ! who feels an interest iu Southern Literature, do j s [ his duty and ward off the shame of permitting j I the Southern Quarterly Review to sink, with the y j present management/' t We wish to donl candidly and openly with the 1 f friends of the Quarterly aud lier.ee we make the i e above quotation in order to introduce what we j t have to say. y I We took possession of the title of the Review last - I winter and secured for its Editorial management b the talent and services of one of the ripest scbol- ; y ars of the present age (the Rev. Dr. Tlnrnwcll.) ; - who has avoided no effort to procure the co-opera- j ' tionof many ma-tor minds, and the two numbers j i which have appeared under bis direction have been | I assigned a character second to no other periodical i _ j now published. Our ci respondents are paid ?3.00 per page, for j s | every page of matter published in the Review, and j1 e j we have labored to make it all that its friends | ,v ! would have it. But, (and we regret to state the i j fact,) we have not realized over ?000 upon the ! | present volume, barely sufficient to pay for the j ! paper upon which the Review is printed, j Wc have distirbutcd 1300 copies of each num- i bor of the Review to subscribers, which ought to j I have realized for us $0,500, and thus placed the j j work on a firm basis. . j a | The number in press which will be issued on i e j the 1st November, weave authorised to say, wiil j be submitted as a specimen, equal, if not superiI or, to any previous number, and if it should un- j f i fortunately turn out that the friends of the ens I tcrprise have determined not to sustain it, by | ^ continuing to withhold the subscription price, we ! ! will be forced to yield to the pressure and abnn- j ? j don the work ns soon as tin: volume is complc- j s ; ted. _ j i t If those who have received the Review the pros- | | ' ent year, could be induced to forward us one half i the subscription price we would be encouraged to i' - go on, but when it is known that our receipts j 1 - have amounted only to about $00b. and that wc I ( ' have paid to authors, printers and others engaged , ' . upon th? work $1,450, the render will eas.ly his- j ' ! cover that it is wotsc tlian folly for us to eontin- ' s B i ue the publication. j < . ; This is the last appeal wo intend to make for t the Review. If its lricnds nrc determined that it j ' p j shall die wc must submit and close its pages be- j ' J fore wc become seriously involved. ; < . ' Carolina Timet. j | I Meeting In Edgeflelil. * I On Wednesday last, after the election was do- j' i clnred, a meeting of the Managers of Elections for ! ; Edgefield District was had. fin motion of Mr. i ; K. W. Seibels, Mr. Diomed Ilollingsworth was < called to the Chair. j i Mr. Seibels then addressed the meeting with , a few pointed remarks, and proposed the follow** j ing preamble and resolutions, witieh were uutini1 mously adopted: ' Whereas, The Manager.- of Elections find it i onerous and expensive in discharging the duty ; J assigned to them, and believing that some compensati a should be allowed a- an incentive to a i faithful discharge of duty?past experience hav' ing proved that incompetence,)* and neglect of ' managers in several instances has caused elections 1 ; to be contested and thereby run the State to need- , less expense. And whereas, we believe that if ( some compensation were allowed, willing aud ; competent persons will be found to conduct the . s ! elections and guard the purity of the ballot box , * so necessary in a Republican Government. Ee it , l therefore , Heroin;d, That a Committee of three be nppoin- * ted by the Chair to memorialize the Legislature I \ ou the subject?asking that Managers of Elections j , be exempt from patrol and militia duty, and that ' . j they open the poles but one clay and count the : votes at their respective precincts. J i Whereupon Messrs. E. W. .Seibels, Thomas t j Crnfton and Patrick Coleman, wevc appointed by . the Chair. j Resolved, Thut wo respectfully invite the Man- ' I ag rs of Elections throughout the State to join us ' j by making a similar petition. , Resolved, That the Secretary of this meeting 1 j send a copy of these proceedings to the Chairman |' ' j of the Managers in each district. , 1 I I Resolved, That the foregoing preamble and res I < " " "7 "*j lotions ho published in the Edgefield Advertiser, ml the papers in the Sf.ttn arc respectfully reHiestod to copy the same. After which. on motion made, the meeting adonrncd. I?. lfoLLINGSWOUTH. Chairman. W. M. Lanohtm, Secretary. From the Columbia Kxnininer. Circular?To the People of the South. The undersigned, on the Prat of January tlast, 'ally impressed wish the belief thi* on effort -liould >c made to establish : Southern i.i'rr.-ny Journal, omtneneed tlie^fiubiicatioii < i tiic Examiner in his city. If is now in lltenlr.'.h month of it- exstonec, and front the ceo,mien I ition of it- coteiujorarics throughout the Stale and elsewhere in he South, ('it many occasions. we ore gratified o believe thai, properly suppm led, it would sup>ly to -oiiie extent a delieienct in that department )f S lUtliern periodical literature. The paper lias not been sustained as we had *oih1 reason to liopp and expect it would be. The mhscription list, although still -lowly increasing, s not yet efficiently large. Under these circura < auccs, the umlersigi eJ is induced to put forth this circular appeal to the Southern people ami to isk their hearty co-operation and earnest support in behalf of his enterprise. He hai been conneet2d. as editor, with South Carolina journalism for the past thirteen years, and pledges himself that svery energy and ability he can command will be dedicated to the work of making The Kxnininer. in all respects, worthy of the approbation of the people of the South. It is not necessary to state to. those who read the journals of the day, that thero arc now pressing upon the Southern States momentous issues and perils, which must mouse them to a united effort to secure etjuuli!>i ir. (be Union or indeptn* rienee out of it. The journals of the North, either taking their tone from the almost universal popu lar sentiment prevailing there, or directing that sentiment, are, with few exceptions, opposed to our institutions. Many of them are full of bitter revilings against us as a people, .and more particularly of late has this vituperation of the South nnd her institutions found free expression in the most defamatory and insulting language. Nevertheless, by far the largest portion of periodical and newspaper snb-criptioii money goes to maintain those journals ? We ask the Southern people is there wisdom or policy in this course ? is it right to foster, with a liberal hand, the press which not only abuses them, but seeks, with untiring pertinacity and the bitterest malignity, to cflfrct their political subjuation and destruction, and which, self-confident in its insolence, sneers at their efforts to proem ve their rights, and w'deh if it had the power and opportunity, would involve in a common ruin every slaveholding State iu the Confederacy ? Among tho various modes of assault upon us, none is now being.used with greater activity ami zeal than that of anti-slavery literature, and it is therefore the plain and imperative duty of the Southern people to repudiate it, and build up it literature of their own in every depat tmeut. Let I It in do this, and they v. ill nave secured one mighty element of a successful independence. Wc would earnestly request all who feel any interest in an independent Southern journalism to make an effort to extend the circulation of "The Kxninincr.'' There arc few. very few, in this State, or our sister States of the South, who cannot rtfovd to subscribe for it. and there are many who could influence others by advice and example to unite in the good work. If this journal had half the subscription list at the South that some of the Northern weeklies enjoy from her people, we would furnish otic of tho host literary nnd political papers published in the country. The undersigned deems it unnecessary to say more. "The Kxaminer" is issued every Saturday, on a large donide sheet of eight pages, containing forty columns. If i? printed on tine white paper, with excellent type. Terms S3 pov annum in advance. Clubs of ten will be furnished with ten copies for $2?>. Southern Postmasters are requested to act ns our agents in receiving and forwarding subscription. No paper mailed until the subscription money has been received. Hack number? of the present volume, containing the prize tale and a series of original stories written expressly for The Examiner, can yet be sent to new subscribers. .specimen copies will bo forwarded when requesiel. Address. W. B. JOHNSTON, Editor and Proprietor, Columbia, S. ('. For the Vorkville Enquirer. THK ELECTIVE FRANCHISE AND THE Fl'DUC MORALS. ' Learning gives men a true sense of their frailty, the casualty of fortune, and the dignity- of the soul and its ohieo; whence they cannot think any greatness of fortune a worthy end of their living, and, therefore, live so as to given clear and acceptable account to God und their superiors?whilst the corrupter sort *uf politicar.s, who arc not by learning and virtue established in a love of duty nor ever look abroad into universality, refer nil things to themselves, and thrust their persons into the centre of the world, as if all lines should meet iu them and their fortunes, without regarding in storms what becomes of the ship of State, if they can save themselves in the cock-boat of their own fortunes.''?L^rd Ji'icoii. The exceeding excellence of truth may be seen and comprehended in this?that, partaking of the attributes of God. its Author, it is as boundless as the universe in it? application to matter and ?pirit, and eternal in its in variableness and duration. The extract which heads this article was written l>y Lord Pacou near three hundred years ago; yet, not antiquated, existing still in its eternity of duration, its beauty and power undiminished by the lapse of ages, the truth it records applies with all its original force to the times and generation, the very facts, exigencies and circumstances in which wo now live. It will do us no harm, at the present time, to take a brief but compreHensive view of the polit ical elements with which we arc environed ; which are in fearful commotion throughout the broad extent of the Union, and at which good men gaze with an undefinnhlc dread of pending national calamity. Sec the deadly strife, the rancour, hate, and animosity which prevail in section arrayed against section. Listen to the trumpet-blasts of civil war that have scarcely yet died away upon the fair plains of Kansas. Sec the remains of slaughtered fathers, husbands, sons and brothers, upon ensanguined battle fields, where howling wolves appease their ravenous hunger lapping the still warm and smoking blood of the slain ; and bear the shrieks of widows and orphans made boiiscless, homeless and penniless, by the relentless and murderous passions of men wrought up to the fury and savageness of beasts of prey.? Look at the turbid waves of Black Republicanism it the.Norlh, rolling on and on, in their desolating jweep, leaving nought in their wake but brutality, phrenzy and Atheism! Look at the South! The scene is changed, verily. The people have been luped, cheated and betrayed by the politicians licre too; bti* the effect is different, only because the material upon which those vultures of civil ocicty prey and continue to prey, is of a different natnrc : and the ruin is only less, because they lacked the power to perpetrate still greater impostures in tlic aid of their own desperate for tunes; and the patriot and the t. hnstian look up>n the scene, the wreck of the public morals, the triumph of treason over truth and honesty, with >uly less foreboding of ill, because of a hope of the early return of reason au?l judgment and a patriotic statesmanship to the head and in the end of our councils. Let us now gravely and soberly enquire, after flowing the picture only sketched, not drawn, ibovc?who Jias done all this? Upon whom rest lie dread responsibilities which must roll in upon society as a consequence of this treason to the jouutry and to mankind? The answer is plain, uidniay be given without reflecting a moment.? Vs the pool", friendless woman said, when a loaf of 5read was thrown down the chimney into her room, u answer to her prayers for succor?"(Jod sent it. jut the Prince of Darkness brought it."' Whatever urking devil may lie at the bottom of civil society in America; whatever there may be that tends 0 turbulence and anarchy in the nature and the learts of the race of man, of which we constitute 1 part, there can be no doubt of the fact that the letestable brood of office-seeking politicians, great ind small, such as are pictured by Lord Bacon in :he above extract, and which American society has tngendercd ae reptiles are engendered in a stag nantpool, arc mwdiaUly, jf nut remotely, responsible for it nil; and at the bar of God they mn?t account for it, in a coming day. Yet, with these facts before ns, we the sovtrtiyn \wt fxcfUtncf, we, who arc so bon?tfnifcof the proud privilege of self government, but who are in fact tor. indolent nud indifferent to the high trust to discharge the duties of the obligation; w not only permit this class of small aspirants aud petty demagogues to play off upon us their ignorance for wise statesmanship, their hypocrisy and deceit for truth and honesty, their self-seeking aim-for o wise policy in guaranteeing the public liberty, their treason for high public virtue; but we', instead of visiting thorn with our scorn and indignation, contribute our aid to enable tbein to practice their fatal impostures npon us, and to dupe, cheat and betray u? to our own degradation and ruin. This is not all; nor even the darkest part of the picture. We not only contribute our aid to enai bio tiiem to dupe and betray us, but we do more. We not only suffer them to dose us with copious draughts of potent b'tld fae*.; but we permit them | to put mouey in our pockets, and receive their | bribes to become purlirtpt rriminit in our country's > betrayal?in debauching the public morals, in lowering the spirit, the >iiiimu? of social purity and reform, in blasting and blighting, with the mildew of social vice and political corruption, the expanding shoots of an advancing civilization.? 1 Ami onr own concurring political criminality doea , not find its limits even here. We all know?it is ! a stereotyped fact, as familiar as household words, ' tint it is the fixed policy and practice of this class : of politicians to resound the cry, "All's well," when the cry is palpably false. How can it be | otherwise than well, they would have us believe, when they forsooth are at the helm of State!? ' Their settled policy is to drug ns into torpid si\ lence?political stupor, that they njay prosper and pocket the spoils of their country's plunder and betrayal. They seek to stifle the truth, to eup press discussion, the great and indispensable j means of spreading light abroad among the peo; pie: and wo concur even in this glaring and fatal ! delusion, upon the plea of priestcraft and ignor! anco?that discussion will produce excitement a' mong the people?overlooking, or, what ia worse, | criminally disregarding the great-fact that by the j operation of the same plea, the voice of Ohristi| unity, making known to fallen man the plan of snli vation. would come to us no more from the sacred I desk; that the advocates for tenth, which is all | divine, would be silenced and sit dnmb in the j midst of the congregation. And for what? Aye, ' for what! That the ignorance, stupidity and hy! pocrisy of our political hacks and mountebanks be not exposed! A noble conception and brilliant i design, verily! Why not silence the trumpet voice of the press, j then, lest excitement be produced? Why not hush the voice of the pleader before the Conrts of Jus1 tiee, and 1 'iim who stands before the bar, upon * vuu u.jiu luiiuiuvr. - iiiic nna? ovpraves uio llVUi I death, ha to his case submitted to bis peers withj out a voice heard in the name of humanity, that the I true from the false may be distinguished, that the ! perjurer may lie rebuked and exposed, and bis ; victim snatched from his grasp ? Shall truth be ! thus fettered and bound down in darkness' and j chains; her soaring pinions clipped so .that they | can never rise above the <larkoo3S, the dust, the j vice, and the beggarly pretensions of this sinful ' world, nud ascend to Heaven no more? i If there be a single article in the Christian's 1 code, which stands out in bolder relief than anoth> cr, in that brilliant and awful array of truths eve? ! ry one of which contains inherent ^videnoe that it was written by the finger of God, U Is that one . which pronounces man to be u responsible being, i under the law, eternal as .its Author,' ofrewards | and punishments. And do the class of men of I whom I write: do we, ourselves, participating as | wc do in theiroffences against the great and vital j interests of the State?the public liberty?the j constitution?against public and private morality 1 ?do we expect to escape its dread penalties,;dtb) cr iu this world or in that which is to ooinb?. Do j not our acts provo, on the contrary, that wo are ! uubclieve. in that law, and that we are not ac! countable to God for the acts done in the body.? ' Twist and ti^rn it as wc may, ignoring our respon-. 1 sibilify to a Supreme lieiog, we aropratlknl Athetil*.' " ' * ,>'> Enough for this Chapter: but I am nof done ' with the subject yet. JUVENAL. P? il.. V 1?!11 - 11 ? I ivr iimj iur&fuio riiiquirer. TEMPER.VJiCE CELEBRATION. The members of the several Divisions in atteni dance upon the Celebration are notified to meetat "i the Division Hall, at nine jjjclock this morning.? ! At 9.1 o'clock, the procession will be formed unI der the direction of the Marshals, and conducted ' to the stand prepared for the cxcroises, near the j Independent Presbyterian Church?in the follow| ing order: York Division. Lady-ViBitors. Chostcr Division. Beth-Sbiloh Divisiou. Centre Division. Bethesda Division. King's Mountain Diyision. The friends of Temperance and the Orators and Chaplain.^,-On arriving at the stand, the procession will march to the seats in inverted order, when the exercises will be conducted as follows: Opening OJe. Prayer. Address of Rev. John R. Pickett. Addre-s of Rev. A. H. Lester. Closing Ode. T Ren ediction. The Committee would respectfully request the ; citizens, ladies and gentlemen, to attend punctually at the hour, so that no delay may occur in forming the procession. Ththstuy, October 30, I80G. Columbia Market. October 29. There was a fair supply of cotton on sale yes* I tcrdny; prices continue lull uod vary firm, and : the rulling rates were lOJ@ll}c. extremes. October 27. Cotton.?At the close of our previous weekly re! port, it will doubtless be remembered that we left ; the cotton market dull and drooping, at prices 1 ranging from lOg to 11J cents extremes. During ; the whole of the week now under review, the market has been depressed, and prices now range j to j I lower than they were at the date of our last report. On Tuesday the news by the steamer City of Baltimore to the 7th inst. came to band, reporting cotton firm, with an upward tendency, which ! had been ciiccked, however, by the bank ndvau| cing the rate of interest to 0 per cent. And again, on Friday morning, the advices by the Arabia to the 11th inst. were received, quoting au Advance of 1-1GJ. to Jd., with sales for the week of 04.000 . bales, including 13.000 to speculators and 11,500 to exporters, and leaving a stock on band of 500,000 bales, of which 438,000: are American.? l.-.l ? " ' - J Iivcv- nvvvuuio unit uu uiuierilll CTieOt Oil pflCCS, and although the demand was good, still there was no reaction in prices* The sales of the week foot up 1,883 bales, and wc now quote ^inferior none; ordinary 1OJ01O1 : middling 10|<S>10^; good middliug 10*011; fair to choice 11J011J cents. Jiacon.?We have no material change to notice ' in the price of this article; and as the market is i quiet but steady, wo therefore continue to quote , 10011 for sides; shoulders 9091, and hams 11 : 012 cents, according to quality, i Corn.?The market is well supplied with corn, and prices now range from 87 J0 00 cents ^ bush. Oats.?There is a better demand for oats, and they now sell freely at 50060 cents bushel. I Pea*.?There is a fair demand for peas, and j prices are looking up. We now qaoto 65@60 i cents bushel