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Scraps # Jfacts. On the 4th inst. M. Goddard made a balloon ascension from Philadelphia, and after staying in the clouds all night, alighted on the 5th near Wilmington, Delaware, left his assistant, and then ascended again with onp r>no<jf?ncrpr. since which time, rumor saith, ?~ r ^?7 ho has not been heard from. The Evansville (Md.") Journal says the wheat crop of Indiana, last year, was estimated at 18,000,000 bushels. A farmer, who professes to be well acquainted with the principal wheat districts in the State, says this years crop will exceed 18,000,000 bushels. In "Wesley, Arkansas, a fourteen year old boy, who had gone to drive the cows from pasture, taking with him a gun loaded for partridges,discovered'three wolves among the herd, and secreting himself behind a stump, killed the largest ODe, and scared off the other two. The wolf killed measured o1 ver six feet in length. New York editors have a penchant for European life. Mr. Bryant, of the Evening Post, is abroad with his family.? Mr. Raymond, of the Times, has gone to place his wife and children in Paris for a year or two. The wife of Mr. Bennett, of the Herald, resides permanently in Paris, and, report says, spends one-quarter of the j*reat income of that establishment. Wm. Henry Herbert is now the leading editorial - ir _i_ m: writer ot tne JNew iora iimes. Cardinal Wiseman says, in one of his sermons, that the Roman Catholic Church has ever held that, religious duties duly performed, the Christian Sunday is to be regarded and used by all, and especially by the great bulk of the people, as a day of innocent amusement and recreation, and that such should be afforded to them by the State by every means in its power. This, he thought it right to declare publicly, was, and is, the mind of the Church of Christ (Roman Catholic) on the subject. ^ Notwithstanding the fears of almost all of us that the wheat crop would be cut short, if not entirely ruined, by the late frosts of the Spriug, we are happy to be in receipt of intelligence from almost every portion of the State, that there is not only in cultivation a greater number of acres of wheat than any previous year, but that the actual yield per acre will be greater than ever was produced before. Arkansas will, ere long, be one of the best wheat States in the Union. [Litth Rock Gazette. George Pea body, Esq., proposes to make Newburyport, Mass., a present of 810000 when they shall designate some appropriate object for which it shall be given. It is stated by those well qualified to judge, that notwithstanding, the princely, or rather republican, munificence of Mr. Peabody, which has amounted since he has been in this country to over a half million of dollars, such is the extraordinary amount of business done by his banking house, he is worth more now than on the day he left England. It is a noticeable fact that boys under twenty constitute a majority of all ordinarily engaged in broils and riots. This results from the neglect and bad influence of careless and criminal parents, and from the inefficient provision made for their education and care of "street children." One juvenile workhouse or asylum is worth ten jails or State prisons, as "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." And one engine house where boys are allowed to congregate is worse than ten grog-shops. A late number of the Fredericksburg Herald, says a gentleman who seemed to be conversant with the facts, informed us the other day, that Richard Baylor, Esq., would make, on his Sandy Point estate, lying along James river, twenty thousand bushels of wheat this season ! And that Mr. Allen, whose estate or estates border on the 6ame river, would make thirty thousand bushels. Mr. Allen is represented to have made twenty-five thousand bushels heretofore. We presume he is one of the largest wheat growers in the State. Mr. Baylor has also a large estate on the Rappanhannock, some 5,000 acres, if our memory serves us correctly, and in all probability grows more wheat and corn than any other man in Virginia. ? * ^ 1: t:_i. i Amongst oiner appiiiimjes wmuu nave been sought to augment the musical effects at the approaching Handel Festival is a monster drum. The tone is full and resounding and more resembles that of a bourdon organ pipe, both in quality and continuance, than that generally obtained from an instrument of percussion. The vibration continues after the drum has been struck for nearly a minute, and for a longer period its pulsations are distinctly perceptible at a short distance. The diameter is between six and seven feet. The frame is said to contain nearly three hundred pieces of mahogany, adroitly joined in a manner best adapted to secure its freedom from warping. The following singular fact is recorded by the Paris correspondents of the Journal of Commerce: "Looking just now at a list of joint stock companies, I was struck with the title of the General Company of Fictitious or Counterfeit Wines, formerly sanctioned by the Prefect of Police. It is stated in the advertisement that no grape juice nor alcohol is used; but the ingredients are not specified. The capital of the company is two million of francs; the shares are twenty thousand in number; the product is sold at - ..v * 1 1 from four to eight cents tne quart, ana nas the taste, the appearance, and 'all the hygienic qualities of the good and natural wines.' The company has been quite successful; the dividends have been six per cent., besides an adequate reserve. The wines are subject to chemical analysis by authority." The product of the United States in gold is estimated at 200,000 pounds; Australia and Oceanica 150,000; Russia 60,000; Mexico and South America 47,000. Of silver, the new World supplies 2,473,700 pounds, leaving 491,5000 for all the other countries. Of mercury Spain gives the world 2,500,000 lbs., and the United States 100,000 lbs. England and Australia furnishes one-half of all the copper produced by the world. Prussia and Belgium furnish four fifths of all the zinc used in the world viz : 16,000 and 33,000 tons, England furnishes more than half the iron of the world, 3,000,000 tons, and the United Staees 1,000,000 tons. France is the next most productive country in iron, 600,000 tons; Russia j produces but 200,000 tons, and Sweden 150,000?quantities bearing a very small relation to the celebrity of product of these countries. Lead is distributed between Great Britain, Spain and the United States, in the ratio of 4, 2,1. C|f?0rki)ilIeiiu)ranr edited ivy SAM'L W. MELTON JOHN L. MILLER. JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY SO, 1857. TO THE PUBLIC. The relations sustained "by the undersigned as Co-Editor arid Proprietor of the Enquirer, cease with the present number. During the present year these have in the main been nominal; other and more urgent obligations demanding a larger measure of attention than is compatible with a proper discharge of the editorial office. These obligations still requiring undivided care, it is due to mj*self ard those with whom I have been asso dated, to announce, for a time at lenst, a formal withdrawal. I need not say that this course has been taken reluctantly and with great regret; not only because it closes a professional life which has been almost uniformly pleasant and profitable, but, especially, because it involves, iu a great measure, a separation from those with whom I have held relations of the most intimate personal and professional friendship. During the period in which we have been associated as co-workers in the building-up of the Enquirer, not a single incident has occurred to mtr the most agreeable intercourse ; and I would, overstepping, perhaps, the bounds of strict propriety but giving an earnest expression to a heart-felt sentiment, render to Publisher &s well us Proprietor, that .genuine tribute which a grateful feeling prompts us to accord to every one whose bearing has been, uninterruptedly, that of the gentleman 8Ud the friend. The tasks which we undertook were heavy, and full of peril?eucumbered by conditions which, not unfrequently result in personal estrangement; but constant and earnest endeavor, accompanied by mutual forbearance, and sustained by the heartilybestowed patronage of an intelligent community, has enabled us to lift-up oqr enterprise abpve the reach of contingency, and given to ns the.gratifiT cation which e^er attends a sure, substantial, and stead-fast success. The Enquirer is now an eatablished paper; and I take leave of its columns witji the pleasing reflection that, favored by the continued support of nn enlightned and generous people, it may-be made the pride and ornament of the District, working faithfully in the development of her resources, and contributing weightily to her moral, social and religious advancement. '??' ???< lolinrs T am in reviewing iuc jjiugiv.-.-. , impressed Kith the conviction that the editorial columns have contained much that might well have remained unwritten; but at the same time I am conscious that our course has been controlled by no motive more commanding than an earnest desire to promote the well-being of our native District; and if this end has been attained, I may hope that the indiscretions which have marked our efforts will be overlooked and forgotten. It is not improbable, that hereafter, circumstances may again devolve upon me the proprietorship and editorial control of the paper. Trusting tbnt such a professional re-union with them may be within my power, I beg to extend to my brethren of the Press, and the kind friends of the Enquirer, a grateful and heart-felt adieu. SAM'L W. MELTON. THE TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION. The third Quarterly meeting of the Grand Division, Sods of Temperance, convened in our town on Wednesday, the 22d instant; and was made the occasion for a grand demonstration, the like of which it has seldom been the good fortune of temperance men to witness in South Carolina. In looking forward to this demonstration of the 'Banner District," out- renders know that we had indulged abundant hopes ; and now. in reviewing its incidents and results, we can happily write it down that our best anticipations have been fully verified, and in a manner well calculated to call out the congratulations of every lover of his kind. Wednesday afternoon, after having attended the Anniversary meeting of the State Temperance Society, at Chester, the members of the Grand Division arrived and took their quarters at Stowe's Hotel, and in the evening convened in the Temperance Hall, where they were welcomed, by the ,?,i Vnrl.- Divisions, in a hand IVlDg S J1UUUIU1U Cft&AV* ? , ? _ some address by W. B. Metts, Esq., Worthy Patriarch of York Division. To this warm and genial greeting, Henry Summer, Esq., G. W. P., responded in behalf of the Grand Division, in an appropriate and happy address. This was altogether an interesting ceremony; and its effect was greatly heightened by the presence of a bright circle of Lady-Visitors, whose beauty and smiles could not but cheer the toil-worn crusaders, who had, from far and near brought their offerings and placed them upon our shrine. After the Subordinate Divisions had retired, the Grand Division proceeded to business, and during the sessions performed the pleasing ceremony of initiation for forty-four members?for the most part from our own District. To the veteran members in attendance this must have been a gratifying spectacle, affording as it did a conclusive evidence of the unparalleled success of the great work in York District. But the best, the most gratifying evidence, was reserved to be shown on the morrow. Early Thursday morning, before our towns-people had been thoroughly aroused, even before the bright sun had cleverly begun his unclouded round, numbers of our friends from the country began to flock through and enliven the streets?each bringing to the feast that unfailing sign of a hospitable soul, a great budget of pic-nic rarities. The town-people, although expectingan unusual crowd, began very early to show themselves surprised, and to talk of the Rail-road Celebration, of "Tuesday of Court," of Nullification, of Co-operation and Secession times, and of the great crowds they had seen here and elsewhere. But they were taken at fault clearly?never had seen such an exhibition of numbers in Yorkville; and as the crowds continued to pour in from every road and by-path, those of them who hail been fearful ol the result looked brightly and with a light heart went forward to the attractive pleasures of the day. At an early hour, the Grand Division was again opened, and, among other proceedings, a section of Cadets was organized by Judge O'Neall. At ten o'clock, the Marshal of the Day, All9ton, assisted by Marshals Adams and Galbraith, began to bring order out of the confusion?the multitude, at their word of command, ranging themselves under their respective banners. The procession thus formed, consisting of the several Divisions of the District and the visiting members, escorted by the Cadets of the Military School under Maj. Jenkins, received the Grand Division in front of the Hall, and proceeding to a position opposite Stowe's Hotel, was joined by the Lady-Visitors of the several Divisions and the citizens generally. It was the largest procession we have ever seen; and yet, such is the strange antipathy which men have to joining a procession that not half the Sons of Temperance present contributed to the demonstration. The mind cannot well conceive a prouder spectacle?one more completely invested with true moral grandeur?than was presented by that splendid array, assembled not under the excitement of war or of political strife, but banded together by a great moral purpose and voluntarily obeying a complete order and decorum ; presently ?9 f?r tf eyt could mch the untarnished em blems of Love, Purity nnd Fidelity', adorning th< manly breasts cf the Sons, as well as investing th* fair forms of the Daughter,*, who, like a very le gion of angels, had as is their wont come up nobl; to the support of the cause of sobriety, of morali ty and of truth. " Accompanied by the Bethel and EbenezerBands which throughout the day contributed excellen music, the Procession moved down Main, Jeffersoi and College streets, to the grove nearly opposit the Episcopal Church, where a temporary stow and seats had been erected. A prayer was offered up by Dr. XeIL, of Fairfield, Grand Chap lain : after which Judge was introduced Of his address we need not say a word. It wa characteristic throughout?for at least two hour .enlisting the undivided attention of a vast con course, with that always agreeably diversified wa; of fact nnd anecdote and argument which haslonj ago won for the great Apostle of Temperance ni endearing reputation. At the conclusion of .ludg ' JJ 'liatintruishci U'WEAI.L'8 auurosy, Uiuiuu^u .....? orators were present, the Coniniittee thought tha the "tocsin of the soul?a dinner bell" woul sound just then more grateful to the ear than th finest strains of oratory "charm It never so wise ly;" and accordingly .the procession was agai formed and the multitude escorted to the Colleg Grove, where nil partook of a bountiful pio-nic o substantial and nic-uncs. The assembly was to large to have anything like post-prandial speeches and after every one was fully equ'pped internal)}' the Grand Division were conducted to their Hall by the Cadets and Subordinate Divisions. In th afternoon, the business of the session engaged th Grand Division until a late hour, when it adjournei to meet in Columbia in November next. At early candle-light, a number of our citizen convened in the Court House, and listened t short "but interesting addresses by Messrs. A M. Kennedy, of Camden; Dr. Neil, of Fair field ; IT. Judge Moore, of Charleston ; T. J. La motte, of Columbia; and the Chairman, Henr Summer, of Newberry. After an interesting in tercliange of sentiment.and experience, the meet ing adjourned and so the curtain falls* THE HOPE OP THE SOUTH. Amid thepolitical agitations by which we ar surrounded, it is natural for us to ask the questia ?What is the Hope of .the South ? There is n better evidence of the indecision and want of con sistency and prn'ctical sense on the part of th South, than the variety and worthlessness.cf th answers given to this vital and all important in terrogatory. Our party, emulating the patienc of Job, bids us wait for the developments of timi With this class nothing i? bad, so long as tlier can possibly be something worse. To shift th responsibility from their own shoulders and let i fall?no matter how heavily?upon their posterity is, in their eyes, the consummation of th^ highes statesmanship. What would we think of the pb} sician who would find us sinking hourly binder raging fever, and yet would sit idly by and bid u wait the determination of chance, when we ex pected the efficient aid of scfence nnd skill ?Would wc not vote his reputed science and vaunl ed wisdom, the climax of quackery and empir! cism? Vet such is the wisdom of fhat class c -J -"l? "* tnAnttftn nf finv lnnnvfl Hlivi>ri>f Wlll? at Iiir umv v. v.. v. ?v tion for the better, begin to croak about pntienc and procrastination. We wonder if time ere cured any evil ? "0 yes," answers a philosophe of the Be-patient School, it is the great rectifie of the impetuosity and fire of youth, it moderate the exuberance of fancy, it supplants theories an idle speculations with sound and settled views.Nations are like individuals and to them the sam remark will apply." This is their most plausibl argument, yet how unpbilcsophical and how fols in both premise and inference! We admit ther is generally less impetuosity, less buoyancy c fancy and more settled and dogmatic, if not mor sound and correct opinions, with age. But w denv that it is time which produces this changi The fire of youth has consumed itself and pre dence has ceased to be a virtue. The opinions* the more philospphic and orthodox, have becom so, not from the gliding by of a certain space c time, bit by study and reflection. And to nppl the remark to our present political evils, if tim ever cures the selfish and aggrandizing dispositio of the North, it will be by glutting it at thj es pense of the Sonth. It will be when socm inn morality or misguided fanaticism breaks her ir ternal strength, and the disorganization of th Reign of Terror succeeds the present settled an disciplined sectionalism. Or it will be, wher robbed of our wealth, we will be too poor to al tract the attention of a respectable enemy. Ther perhaps, the matured judgment of our Norther brethren will dictate the policy of leaving us i peace a while, to resuscitate and gather a littl strength for future depiction. But is this our only hope ? "No," replies a poli tician of the patch-up, half-measure school, "le us revive the slave-trade or cease patronizin Northern manufactures and Northern pleasure r( sorts." Every move in this direction must prov futile, since the dominant party which is able t pass enactments over our heads, will scarcely b thwarted oy peuy enoris ai revenge, auu we ma be sure that no attempt, founded on false ideas c economy, can march up hill to success. It is no by the rule of contraries that the salvation cf th South is to be achieved. This only aggravate and by no means cures the disease. Besides, ther is something despicable in the tit-for-tat policy It is more odious, if possible, than that other re source which is openly advocated by a few, c putting ourselves under the protection of th Democratic party, and by entering into its secre cabals, and "crooking the pregnant hinges of th knee," to secure an occasional favor as the boo of mercy?not of right. The "patch-up" policy thcu will not effect permanent cure ; can the Democratic party do it First let us ask, can the Democratic party sav itself? Now this may appear a novel questio when we look at that gigantic organization, ever i where triumphant and banded together, so far o its leaders are concerned, by the strongest ties c i self-interest and ambition. But the seeds of it destruction lie in its very success and strength.' Could the old Whig Party have survived, and kej ; up the warfare that elicited the genius of Cai i uoc.v, Clay and Webster, that class of stoci jobbing politicians, who arc now guiding the hell of State, would still slumber in primal obscuritj But unless we mistake the signs of the times, th decadence of the Old Line Whigs was but thcpr< lude to the fall of the Democratic Party. Sa what we please about principles, it is self-interes .. ..?1_ .1?1? tf ivl.u IQai controls lUUlYlUUills. xi UIE >IUJ6 ui6a.iua tioa was founded od, and sustained by principle alone, why is it now broken and scattered like th fleet of Xerxes; "He counted them at break of day And when the sun set, where were they ?" Are those principles lost to the world?are the; less applicable now than in the day of their great uess, when giant minds unfolded, and the splen dour of eloquence illustrated", their excellency No, the simple truth is, that there must alway be two parties, where the honors and emolument of office are open to competition. And so soon a one becomes every where triumphant, it will it self divide and begin anew the struggle for suprem acy. This natural course of parties is sometime: modified by circumstances, as in the present in stance. With the dissolution of the Democracy the mask will be thrown off, and there will stanc forth what they are already in reality; but twc parties?the North and the South. It is then an essjr matter to understand what u _ . . t | meant by the cry?"rally under the banner of the b : democracy, it alone can save the Union and pre-1 serve the constitutional rights of the South." It f i is not to save the South that this cry is raised, but - ' to save the democratic party. ^ No doubt it will | attempt to save ihe Union, for on its preservation, , j the very existence of the party itself depends, hut t! why should it preserve the rights of the .South ? i Or why, let us rather ask, has it uot heretofore e j preseived those rights which have repeatedly been 1 trampled upon ? Here was a field for the mani Testation of its integrity, potency and unswerving pntiiofism. The very moment the rights of the South are duly respected and Southern States are treated as co-equals, the Northern wing of the -?? ? ? i?? s (temocrntic party win negin 10 uuun:.-? n.... - Black Republicans nird rabid ftbolitionistp. If the y South is not to be plundered, what section of the ? Union is to be the victim? Surely not tbe North n and North West, which are closely and indissolue bly affiliated together, and will soon wield two J thirds of the strength of the United States. The * North then is secure, and the South being the '1 weakest must necessarily be victimized again.? c L'et us then beware of the Democratic party, since :* its existence depends on its gratifying the selfish" ness of the North and deceiving the South by spee cious promises. f Arc we then asked for the true hope of the o South ? It liesLin herself, in her own strength '? when property disciplined, in the dissolution of all national parties, which have hitherto connived at, or aided in violating her rights, in her presenting c an unbroken front to her Qsailnnts, in an open ? fight between the North and South when we need J no longer fear a covert blow. And when ever it comes to this, the South will bo found equal to the s emergency. Let her once understand that her o reliance can alone be placed in a Southern Party, and all danger vanishes instantly. Divided we fall, united, we hold the balance of power in the - Union,.or protect ourselves out of it. Is not this v a plain proposition ? Does it not at once give us i- an efficiency which v. e have never known ? Does > it not place us in an impregnable position, where power cannot intimidate, and cunning cannot circumvent us ? Has the Democratic party anything better to offer than this? Does the experience of ? the past bid us hope so much at its hands?- Are n we longer, if wise, to aid in bolstering up an or o ' gnniiation, wliiph has hitherio aesertea us in ine i- times of our greatest need, and which only seeks e our favor now, when the palsy of age begins to e weaken it/> strength and destroy its vigor ? i. . _. ? ? ??> ? HOME. e We had just taken up our pen and were casting ! around us for a theme on which to expatiate, when ! ou the opposite pavement an ohject arrested our 0 I , eye. It was a young matron leading two little daughters-just blooming into girl-hood. There ^ was nothing novel in such an exhibition, but still there was something in the chastened beauty of-the . mother, the airy buoyancy of the little fairies by ^ her side, and the fond maternal and daughterly affection which was patent on their countenances, that instantly recalled the associations of Home and the beauty and attractiveness of the married , stale.. Aud pursuing these reflections it was but natural for ns to think of the responsibility and various duties incumbent on the parent. Do not understand us to say that any more responsibility rests upon the husband or wife than upon tbe-soBtary bachelor. But the duties of the parent cannot be evaded, without the most palpable evils ^ ensuing. Yet how few know thoso duties and j comprehend the full measure of their moral responsibility ? Often have we seen young men with apparently fair prospects making their first essay in the realj ities of life, faltering and failing at the very outset. Often have we seen the ominous sluug of * the shoulders, and heard the prediction that he must soon fail. And men have wondered why it is so, why any man, with ordinary talent cannot Q succeed respectably at almost any business. But education is just as necessary for businessnnd the various trades as for the professions nnd literary ^ success. True, a different education is required, but the same imperious necessity ?ibi5 iui education. And thnt parent is just ns culpable ^ who neglects to tench his son or daughter habits of'industry, economy and business, ns he who neglects to tench them the nlphabet add unfold to them the riches of mind. And so when we hear friends whisper to each other those fearful words "He drinks !"?our mind instantly reverts to his (j home and the question involuntarily suggests fitself?hns be been trained up in the way in which t' he should go ? Has he been taught that greatest of all lessons?self-denial ? Hns he been made a ' moral hero ? Can he benrmore placidly the scoffs and jeers of the vain and frivolous, than the lashings of conscience ? Unless he has been indoctrinated c with moral heroism, he is still unfit fi r the rough warfare of life and chance alone can determine his final destiny. I So likewise when we behold the frivolity and ^ giddiness of fair ladies, whose beauty of physique might lead us to expect the goodness of an angel, we feel certain that home-education hns been neglected, and the young heart, rich in every natural grace, suffered to run riot. The unadorned truth ^ is, that a young lady of practical, common sense, { and fashionable accomplishments, is a rara avis. e The usual way is to tench the accomplishments, g and leave it to their future busbauds?when they get them ?to instruct them in the practice1 duties r of the wife. Unfortunately, too many husbands are ignorant of thei^own and but ill-qualified to j. tutor others, so that it is not at all surprising that a refractory student should provoke an ill-natured j preceptor. The consequence is that Home, is not the "Sweet Home" which fancy had pictured out n with its daily routine of little blisses and joys and sunshine. And friends come and look into that cozy dwelling, and wonder why they should not , be happy, and go away and abuse the unfortunate ' husband or the unfortunate wife, just as they chance to espouse the cause of one or the other.? But their home-education was neglected and now ^ they know not how to begin the practical duties . of life. The poetical visions of their young minds fade like wreaths of snow, and the realities of life ;s disgust when they should be a constant source of ^ pleasure. But let not this picture of an unhappy home lead us to infer that the chances for happi| ness in the single, are better than in the married state. It is true that a great many ladies, and a great many gentlemen, are unfit to marry, but they are likew ise unfit to live singly. Thpir home is doomed to be unhappy, whether it be the solita ry dormitory of the bachelor, or the cottage illu^ mined by the smiles of beauty and enlivened by the prattle of a bevy of children. But notwithstanding, we love to pursue our first reflections, and picture out a Home where common sense, kindness and love, shall blond harmoniously together to realize the idea of domestic happiness. THE EXAMINER. 7 It will be seen by reference to the advertise raent in another column that W. B. Johnston, Esq., will in a short time, i? ie the "Examiner," ' daily, tri weekly and weekly. John G. Bowman, 3 Esq., will be associated with him in tho editorial 3 department. The experience and tried abilities 3 of these veteran editors are sufficient proof of - their capability to make a valuable paper. 9 E. C. RECORDER. The July number of this College monthly is on , our table. We have glanced at its contents and 1 find them varied and interesting. There is also a ? manifest improvement in the typography. It is published monthly at Due-West, S. C., at $1 per i ftanozn. MERE-MENTION. A writer in the Charleston Mercury nominates , j Gen. James Hamilton, as the proper man to fill j I Senator Bi tlee's place. The great conflag- j j ration in New Orleans on the Oth destroyed pro- \ I perty valued at a quarter of a million of dollars. I Richard. Boylston, one of the oldest newspaper editors in New Hampshire, died at his rcsii donee in Amherst, on Sunday, aged 75 years. i A catfish has been caught in the Kausas river, i which weighed 111 pounds. Over 400 stu| dents have already made engagements for the next session at the University of Virgiuift, and the number, it is supposed, will reach 800. I| has been decided in the Kentucky Court of appeals, that a man may marry his mother-in-law? if she'll let him. A writer in Blackwood says that every man who is not a monster mathematician or a mad philosopher, ft the slave of some j woman or other: Charleston papers announce the death of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Lowndes, *ife of the Hon. Wm. Lowndes and daughter of Gov. i Thomas Pinckney, in the 76th year of her age. " Gen. Houston and H. R. Runnels are candidates for the Governorship of Texas. A School teacher who was married at Tipton, Indiana, on the 7thinst., was arrested the 9ame evening at Kokomo, on a charge "of bigamy. He is said to have eight wives. France has a navy of 527 vessels, of which 209 are steamers. They are armed with 14,077 guns. The meeting of the State Temperance Society of S. C., met at Chester on the 21st., and and continued its deliberations throughout the next day. A meeting was held on Tuesday night which was eloquently addressed by Rev. J. R. Picket and J. H. Hudsox, Esq., of Bennettsville. On Wednesday the the Society was addressed by Hon. Jno. B. 0'Neall. Twenty children were recently poisoned in Cincinnati, by eating lozenges composed of arsenic, flour and sugar, which were scattered through the street. Two of the children have died" and others are not expected to live. James R. Thompson, bar-keeper at the Exchange Hotel, Montgomery, Ala., was killed a few days since in a renco'unter with a man by the name of Foster. The price of Feather is advancing still higher, so Northern papers state; <A correspondent of the Carolina Spartan nominates Ex-Gov. James H. Adams for IT. S. Senate.-1 The Thibodeaux Minerva, of the 4th inst., says: People hereabouts comolain much from a want of sleep, caused by the rapid growth of the cane and corn crops, keeping up such a noise ami confusion as to render the closing of the eye9 the next thing to impossibility. The health of the country is distressing to doctors. Colonel L. B. LueKiE, editor of the Pine Bluff (Arkansas) Enterprise, was killed on the 6th iust., in a personal rencounter. Prof. Geobge W. Greene, grand son of General Greeni^ of the Revolution, is ab,out to publish . the General's "Papers." The students of S. C. College have erected a tablet, in the cctaetery of Trinity Church, Columbia, to the memofy of . Prof. Rodeut Hekrx, D. D. There is npw, in the Minnesota mine at Lake- Superior, a mass of pure metallic copper, forty-five feet in length and nine feet thick. It must coutain about five hundred tons, and is worth ?160,000 as it lies. The Utrnld announces the death of Mr. Richard Denton, of Laurensville, which occurred on Wednesday last. The Nicaraguan war-schooner Granada, which was delivered to the Costa Ricans by Captain Davis, after taking it from Oen. Walker, sunk in the harbor of San Juan del Sur with all the arms and ammunition which were in her belonging to the Nicaraguans, and some additional arms which were put on her afterwards. A lato statitian says if all our old maids should marry, the manufacturers of single bedsteads would be utterly ruined. THE AFRICAN EMIGRATION QUESTION. The English and French arc discussing the proposition of importing African colonists into their tropical possessions. They perceive that the only way, in which the culture of cotton can be promoted, so as to compete with the United States, is by the introduction of the same species of labor. The proposed plan, if carried out, will be practically a revival of the slave-trade. The negro is a slave in Africa and wherever he goes he must remain a slave. It is his doom, as emphatically declared by the experience of the past, in this coun try as well as in Afrioa. Every effort of benevolence, to raise them to the dignity of freemen has been thwarted by the stupidity andcannibalisra of their nature. It is only in a state of slavery that they can exist at home, nnd-tlie only free negros in the world, are our slaves, for they have just as much freedom as they can possibly endure. This opinion seems to be gaining ground among the reflecting men of the world. SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER. We have received the July number of this true exponent of Southern Literature. "Education among the Siamese;" "Courtship made Easy;" "Progress of Education in Virginia," will be found very readable articles. Besides, there is quite a variety of lighter literature, poetry, tales, et id omne genus. Price $3. Published at Richmond, Va. RAIN. On Monday and Monday night we were visited by copious showers, which were very much needed in some neighborhoods and sections of the district. LETTER OP GEN. McQUEEN. Hon. John McQueen, in declining an invitation to attend the Celebration of the 4th of July, at Bishopville, takes occasion to express his views on the most important political topics of the day.? As the opinion of our representatives is a matter of importance, we make a few extracts from this letter, and regret that we cannot make them [longer. It will be seen that his views correspond with those of Hon. L. M. Keitt. " There was not a Northern State, at the formation of this Government, which gave to the United States a single foot of land, and there has not been a foot obtained siuce, except from Mexico, which was not subject to our institutions. Of the Mexican territory we have already been robbed ; a vast part of Texas we have been made to purchase with our money, to wipe off our own institutions and make it freesoil, ' ad strengthen the hand of our vilest enemies; oi the Louisiana territory we have almost been deprived, and that by a lnw of Congressional legislation, though utterly at war with the letter and spirit of the constitution, and so now declared by the highest tribunals iu the country ; and in all this we have effectually, if not quietly, acquiesced for nearly forty years, until seemingly by a returniug sense of justice, we have had placed upon our statute books a repeal of the act called a compromise (gross misnomer of unjust tyranny) by which we have been cheered with the hope that, after long delay, we have had a stain and festering wound wiped from ourcharaoter, as well as our rights in some degree restored. In this state of things we are told by many that never have the laws of the land been so plenary and favorable to us for the security atjd protection of our rights and property; and that under the influence of the same polttical party who accomplished this last legislation, they will remain secure. Would that I could say to you, I am satisfied of ' this, or that I could see before us such happy prospect; but truth demands I should say, lam far, far from it. Laws avail nothing when they are not maintained, and who does not know that not one act protecting our rights on the subject of slavery for the last six years, has not been resisted in blood, and with but one exception, without the slightest punishment of those who offend ? In executing the fugitive slave law, a mere amplification of the letter of the Constitution, officers ! have been murdered in open day, and none have | been punished for it; indeed it has become a virj tue in most places in the North to violate and : trample it under foot, and never will it be carried I out to any profitable extent. ******* The great conflict must be met in 1860, and no living man can tell the result. I have no fears for our safety if we are true to ourselves. The principles and spirit of our ancestors whfch w<$ celebrate to-day, with the power we have within ourselves, will always protect us, in the Union if we can, out of it if we must. I am much more afraid of public men, who arc'looked to for information, and say to the people "peace, be still," wheq there is no pence, and when ip truth we are in more imminent danger every day and hour.? We in tho meantime can but discharge our duty in the confederacy, watching carefully the developments before us, and prepared at all times to discharge our duties as patriots, to ourselves, our country and posterity, * * * * I know that the preservation of the power of the National Democratic piuty is held closely at heart, by many in the South an<l North, and I confess that if their acts caiue up to their professions, I would sympathize most strongly with them as the ' only party calculated at all to protect our rights in the Federal Union; but if we are to have but professions frdm the lips, and robbery and fraud in practice, why should we feel an interest in the predominancy of the party ? Better; much better, our people should understand the truth, and not rely upon those who seek national honors under the banner of party, while the South may be dej graded and our country ruined. KANSAS. Our readers, no doubt, feel solicitous about the fate of Kansas, and look anxiously for every item concerning that territory. The latest feature of importance, is the difficulty between Gov. Walker and the citizens of Lawrence, in relation to the election of municipal officers. The'municipal government, it seems, was organized in defiance of the Territorial Legislature. Gov. Walker has declared his intentiou of deposing the illegally chosen functionaries and enforcing the laws. In regard to this determination of Gov. Walker, the Augusta Constitutionalist remarks :? "There are two or three reflections which will suggest themselves to the mind of every man in readibg the recent intelligence from Kansas. 1-. That Walker's mission is, like tbat of all the executives of the Territory who hfcve preceded him, a failure, if, as he has repeatedly asserted, His object in going to Kansas w&s to secure a peaceful solution of the questiouof slavery in tbat Territory. Nullification?rebellion?treason?such are the fuits, thus far, of the policy he has_pursued?such the returns which th"6'Black Republicans have made him for his concessions and promises to them. 2. That the action of the people of-Lawrence was not the inauguration of the-rebellion against the recpgnized authorities of Kansas; in which the Black Republicans are engaged; that rehellion had been not only inaugurated, 'but. organized, when he ehtered the Territory ; and that it is rather strange he should permit the revolutionists to organize a State government, and make his demonstration against a small, portion of them Tor' organizing a municipal govertfment for a town. 8. That Gov. Walker has called out a military Forte against apportion of the inhabitants of Kansas, for nullifying its laws and resisting its hntheritiea, with whom he is pledged to act, in resisting the same authorities,-if the Constitutional Convention does not obey big. dictation and submit its action to the people for ratification. 4. That the Black Republicans are deterrtindd that Kansas shall never be admitted into the Union as a free State under the auspices of a'Democratic Governor, if they can,' by any means, pre vent that result.' Written for the Yorkville Ehqnire'r. TO ItlZZIEi ' . . 4 OX TIIE DEATH DF HEtl MpCKIXO-BIRp. * Where is the tuneful roundelay, . Tljat thrilled the heart at earliest dawn, And. bade thee welcome in the day, Upon the flower-spangled lawn Ah never more that warbling strain From out the tiny cage Will ring; Gone, not like hopes that come again, We mourn the lost, the lovely thing. It was a sweetly throated bird And loved thy lily hands caress, And mocked each sweetly noted word To wile away thy loneliness. But weep not for your tjny pet, Another sings in yonder grove, Tho' warbling wild, 'twill fondly yet, Sing for thee its lays of love. Regret not then the broken strain? Life was not made for sorrowing? And fix your hopes and love again, - But not upon so frail a thing. The love bestowed upon thy pet Would sweetly soothe a human heart? Woubi hush in peace each sad regret Am/1 KM t\ar>h rrn tliorinrr /Oniifl fJpnaYt* AUU Uiu vnvu k<?*uv4iufi v % * : "* Then why should not that heart be cheered? Why not thy love'9 rich boon be given, Siqcg from thy ruby lips a word Could make of earth almost a heaven ? * Vorkville, S. C., July, 1857. COLUMBIA CORRESPONDENCE. Columbia, July 26. Not knowing that I ghould ?e able to. reach home in time to give you my regular weekly epistle, I have thought proper to give you a few items frofn the Capital. I left Yorkville, with my fair charge of precious humanity, at eight o'clock yesterday morning, and reached Chester in safety, and without anything occurring worthy of a place in my note book. We remained at the depot long enough to change our baggage and take a bird's eye view of as much of the town as was visible to the naked eye from that point. Some of our companions that came down with' us on the King's Mountain road, left in the omnibus for the town upon the hill, to which "distance lends enchantment to the view," and the balance transferred themselves and their baggage to the Charlotte train, and we were off at the sound of the whistle. It soon commenced raining and ooutinued at intervals till we reached this place, and in the afternoon it increased to a dashing, heavy rain which came down in torrents till night. How long it continued after supper this deponent cannot say, as he retired at a very unfashionable hour to the land of dreams, and sought to forget his weariness in the oblivious embraces of "tired nature's 9weet restorer, balmy sleep." The pleasing scenes Iao* frvrrr /Jowc wovo Jn mr r?tpom<3 UI Uic luotivn nviviv^iv?.MvvW .UMV W??W, and many of those who are still dear to memory stood smiling before me. The social principle predominates in the bosoms of all, and is acknowledged to be one of the most powerful instincts of | our nature. The changing scenes of life and the contingencies of travel often bring us into the presence and companionship of those whom we instinctively recognise as congenial spirits, and in whose society we could be happy. I have often thought of the many thousands of kind hearts that would beat responsive to our own, whose owners we can never know, and whose softening and care dispelling influence we can never experience. This muddy, mundane planet of ours has been much slandered by persons who could not appreciate its charms and attractions. I, for one, believe that the world and the people in it are better than they are usually represented. As far as I am personally concerned, I have no reason to quarrel with my lot, on the contrary, I believe that I have been better j treated than I deserved, and the wear and tear of time have laid their rough hands but lightly upon me. Myself and friends are stopping at the Assembly House (formerly Roaches) where we found a pleasant landlady, good quarters and a hot supper, three indispensable requisites to the comfort and happiness of a way-faring man in wet weather. There are quite a number of permanent boarders here, all of whom joined us in the parlor after tea, and wc spent a very pleasant evening, interspersed with music, games and conversation. This is, upon the whole, a very agreeable house, and well deserves the patronage of the public.? The fare is excellent; the servants polite and attentive, and the rooms neat, comfortable and airy. I can say nothing of the charges as yet, as I have not called for any bill, but I presume they are moderate. I slipped out between showers to-day, and went I to the Presbyterian Church, where I heard Dr. TnoBXWKLL preach a most able and eloquent sermon. He is more animated in his jnanner, and ! looks to be inbetter health than formerly. It was | raining very hard at the close of the services, and we had to remain for some time waiting for it to hold up. At length we overhauled a boy with a gross of umbrellas which he had brought for a family, who had left in a carriage. We immediately made a bid for the use of the stock in trade, which was accepted, and we made the best of our way home, which we reached in rather a damp ^ plight in time for dinner. J I visited your correspondent, Mrs. Stbattow, to-day and found her, as usual, full of life and humor. Her writings are extensively read and admired, and as her name is now public property, I hope she will not object to this notice by one who admires her amiable qualities as a lady, not loan tkan VioV-ennori rtr talon + a no a vrttai* hrtth ftf prose and poetry. She has occasionally contributed to some half dozen papers of the State, and she has perhaps been solicited to write for as many more. Her stories are all well written, the characters generally sketched from real life, and the distinguishing- characteristic of her poetry is sweetness, sentiment and simplicity. Some of her more finished pieces remind me of Mrs. Wslby, with whom poetry was a second nature. Columbia is not very lively now, being in the midst of the summer solstice, when trade and travel are both usually dull. But as the fall season approaches the "city of shade trees" will rise and shake the dust from her garments, and make a dash, and a gallant one too, for her share of the spoil in a commercial point of view. I see the prospectus of a new paper is announced, to be conducted by Messrs. Bowman & Johnson J whose politics is to be of the strictest sect of the Southern Rights school. Those who have taken hold of it are men of talents and experience, and they wil^ doubtless give their readers a most excellent paper, but I fear the patronage of Columbia is not sufficient to sustain three daily papers. They have my best wishes for their success. MAGNOLIA. ??mil For the Yorkville Enquirer. GRAND DIVISION; S. OF TEMPERANCE. The-following resolution?* offered by Brother A. M. Kennedy, were unanimously adopted by the Grand Division, at its late session in the town of Yorkville, and ordered to be published in the Enquires: Resolved, That the thanks of this Grand Division be and are hereby tendered to .the brethren of York and King's Mountain Divisions, and the other Divisions in the District, for the kind attention and reception givea to as at this session Retolved, That we- heartily approve the 2eal of our Brethren in York in the cause of Temperance, and trust that the descendants of those whc'aided so successfully at King's Mountain in rolling back the dark cloud-during our Revolutionary struggle, will be equally conducive in ridding the I Palmetto- StAte of the Teigh of a> tyrant more deatructive to human happiness and- material greatnepv, than the tyranny of Qeorge the Third. fijuolved, That 'to the ladies?in particular of Yorkville?are we under a debt of gratitude for the interest manifested by them to-day, and hope their example on the side of that wbiqh is so emblematic of them?Dove, Purity and Fidelity? will be extended over our entire 8tate. Retolved, That we tender our thanks to the King's Mountain, Columbia and Charlotte, and Greenville Railroad Companies, for the priviledge granted as of returning for one fare. 8. CORLEY, 0. S. July 30. Ift57. . Revival among the Baptists. The Rev. J. M. C. Breaker, of Beaufort, S. C.f writes to the Southern Bapti.it an account of a revival there, in progress, from which we take the following: On Sunday last, the 12th instant, I had the pleasure of baptizing in our beautiful "Jordan," and in the presence of thousands of interested spectators^ two hundred and twenty-three rejoicing converts. Three of these were white. The most of these conversions are the fruits of the revival which hift been prevailing among our colored people for the last five or six months, and which was . commenced and has been carried on chiefly I through the efforts of the church itself. | Since this interest -commenced, that fs, within the last three months, I have baptized three hundred and fifty persons, including thirty-seveu at Husper, where there is a branch of our church, and where 1 preach -and administer the ordinances four times in the year. I will only add, that the baptism though performed with all due deliberation, occupied only an hour and five ihfnutes. This is nearly four in a minute. And thus we have it actually demonstrated, (which, our Pedobaptist friends would do well to notice) that the three-thousand on -the day of Penticost could easily have been baptised by the twelve Apostles?each taking two hundred and fifty, in an hour and thirteen minutes! Physician Shot?Great Excitement \?Gold?borough y. C., July 23.?A desperate shooting affair occured hereto-day. Dr. JihnW. Davis, one of our most highly esteemed citizens, was brutally shot down by the keeper of a low grocery here, named Odeinhammer, and his father, both of whom were shooting at him at the same time. The Odeinhammers are Germans. The Dr. was unarmed. He now lies in a precarious condition, and is not expected to survive. The elder Odeinhammer received a powerful blow on the head during the excitement, from some other party, which so severely fraotured his skull, that it is thought that death will ensue. A The most iutense excitement prevails, and 1 should Dr. Davis die, it is apprehended his slayer will be most summarily dealt with. The Odeinhammers )were keepers of groceries and had been charged with selling liquor to negroes, in violation of law, and receiving stolen goods. Dr. Davis had caned one of them for some insolence and hence the assault. Gen. Walker's Plans.?The St. Louis News professes to give some inkling, "on good authority," of what General Walker is doing and expects to do. That journal says: Gen. Walker can seeure five thousand men and a quarter of a million of dollars, besides cannon, shells, shot, ammunition and supplies to any needed amount, within thirty day's uotice. The money ($250,000) is ready and subject-to his draft atany moment. Walker does not desire more than one thousand men, as he is satisfied that with that number of men he can conquer and keep possession of Nicaragua in spite of all the Central American armies that can be brought into the field against him. He is operating quietly at present, and keeps his own council: but the departure of another expedition to New Orleans sometime the coming fall, well appointed, and with Walker at its head, is an event that may be seriously expected. From Utah. j St. Louis. July 23. ' Salt Lake dates to the 2d inst., hate been received. The affairs of the Territory were in a peaceful condition and general prosperity prevailed. Rumors of the Utah expedition by the General Government attracted little attention. The emigrant trains were progressing rapidly. Grass was abundant on the plains and the Indians were friendly. Public charges of official dishonesty were made against the surveyor general of the Territory.? Several statements of his assistants have been published, accusing him of reporting and pocketing the money for work never done ; withholding the pay of his assistants and appropriating it to himself ; neglecting to mark the surveys and then reporting that the posts had been removed by the Mormons, with other serious misdemeanors. Foreign Item*. Great Britain.?The Government asks for half a million each, on account of the China and Persian wars. Thackeray has been nominated for Parliament from Oxford. Lord Palmerston has promised Government regulance in regard to the supply of free Negroes to the French West India Islands. The transatlantic submarine cable is expected to be on board the Niagara by the 20th af July. Italy.?The details from Naples, show there j was considerable loss of life in the revolutionary i movement there. Mazzini has escaped from Italy. Mexico.?Comonfort is undoubtedly elected President of Mexico. The yellow fever is prevailing at Vera Crux. The Mexican papers are full of surmises in reference to the Spanish question. y