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Stores & Jfacis. Ole Ball, the celebrated violi,nist sailed from Boston on Wednesday, in the Steamer America, for Europe. ? We learn from the Greenville papers that there was a freshet in Saluda River early last week. The Columbia papers announce the sudden death, from paralysis, of John I. Walter, an old and much respected citizen of that city. One dollar bills on the Wadesboro N. C. Bank, are in circulation. These bills are of course, counterfeit as the Wadesboro' Bank issues no bill of a less denomination than 63. Forty slaving expeditions have been fitted out from Cuba since the first of January last, while it is estimated that during the ^ / present year the number of slaves landed on the island is less than 15,000. The Louisville Courier states that the proprietors of one of the largest flouring mills in that city have closed contracts for upwards of 30,000 bushels of wheat at one dollar per bushel. We learn from the'Charleston Courier that one of its editors,, charged with the removal of the remains of the lamented Legare to the soil of bis native State, was to leave that city yesterday for Boston. Mr. Yeaden deserves the thanks of the State for his efforts in so sacred a cause. The Louisville (Ky.) Courier says: 'The harvest is now nearly or quite over throughout Kentucky, and in yield of grain is the finest, largest, heaviest, and best ever known in this State. The yield is not only extraordinarily large, but the quantity of ground cultivated was far beyond any previous season." It is said that Concha, Captain General of Cuba, in the last year sent home to Spain $4,000,000 as a surplus ef the Island's revenue, and that the present year will probly yield a still larger surplus. It is further stated that he has remitted on his private account, the sum of SI,000,000 as the proceeds of successful speculations in stocks. The crops in Ohio are estimated this season as follows: oats twenty millions bushels ; rye, one million; barley, five hundred thousand; potatoes, six million five hundred thousand?making an aggregate of twentyeight million bushels, and being an average of 40 per cent, increase on the crop of 1850. The hay crop, it is estimated, is three times that of 1850. We received from the estimable lady of Col. B. H. Brown, of this place, on Monday last, a very fair article of the Syrup manufactured from the Chinese Sugar Cane. It was grown in the village and for sweetness and fine flavor fully equals much of that retailed from the stores, at an enormous price, and said to be of excellent quality.?Burnicell Sentinel, ls^. Among the most disgusting things in liio lifo Jo fn con ?> mnn?a memher nf thp church?who has good sense, walk up to the bar in a grocery, call for liquor, treat his friends, bragof being independent, slap some old drunken wretch on the shoulder, call him by his name, tell him he is his best friend, praise his wife, crack low obscene jokes, brag about how much money he has got, and in order to show it, pulls out his pocket book, pours out all that's in it?making out he is trying to find a particular piece?makes the bar-keep change the largest he has, shake hands with the crowd, and goes home affirming that he "is going to enjoy himself while he lives." The quarterly returns of the General Post-Office Department, for the quarter ending March 31st, 1857, have been examined, and exhibit the following results: "The gross revenue for letter postage for the quarter was 8254,367.94; from newspapers and pamphlets, 31^7,735.16; from registered letters, $10,345.20 ; from stamps sold, 8,1425,641.12; and from emoluments, $20,101.43. These figures give a total revenue of $1,878,196.35. The amount of compensation to Postmastors was $595,269.60 ; the amount of ship, steamboat and way letters, $4,009.28 ; and the incidental expenses of the office, $264,510.27. This leaves a net revenue to the Department of $1,026,796.03." The Petersburg Ya. Intelligencer of the 29th ult., understands that a sale was made in that city Tuesday, privately, of fiftythree negroes, at the very high average of eight hundred and fifty dollars each. They were composed of men, women and children, twenty-six of them being under twelve years of age. This is perhaps as high a sale as was ever made of such property in the State. We understand that eighteen or twenty of the number were likely, strong, healthy young men and women, and three others very val uable mechanics?such as are now selling from 51500 to 52000 each. A gentleman informs us that in 1837, negroes of the kind above mentioned, were frequently sold in lots at 51000 round. Within a very short time two young ladies have been burnt to death, owing to their light muslin dresses catching fire from a lucifer match?one in London, the other at Colchester. It ought to be generally known that all ladies' light dresses may be made fire proof at a mere nominal cost, by steeping them, or the linnen or cotton used in making them, in a diluted solution of chloride of zinc. We have seen the very finest cambric so prepared held in the flame of a candle, and charred to dust, without the least flame; and we have been informed since Clara Webster, a dancer was bunrt to death, from her clothes catching fire on the stage, the muslin dresses of all the dancers at the best theatres are made fire proof. Our manufacturers should take the hint.?Medical Times. It appears, by the last census, that the excess of females over males in the State of Massachusetts is 34,056. This excess is partly accounted for by the tendency among the sods of the Bay State to emigrate to other parts of the country, and by the resort of native and foreign females to the factories. In Lowell alone, the excess of females over males is 8,088. One thing is certain : Massachusetts cannot furnish husbands for its marriageable female population, and Lowell, especially, we should think would be an excellent place for bachelors who wish to get mated. In fourteen cities of Massachusetts the proportion of females to every 100 males was, 'a 1855, as follows: In Boston, 108; Lowell, 153; Worcester, 104; Charlestown, 102; Salem, 120; Cambridge, 110; New Bedford, 110; Roxbury, 111; Lawrence, 117; Lyn, 111; Springfield, 112; Newburyport, 123; Fall River, 110, Cheliee, 110. (fl^rartr edited by JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 6, 1857. PERSONAL?OUR FUTURE. The Valedictory of our late able associate, S. W. Melton, Esq., announced last week, the close, for a time at least, of kis connection with the Enquirer. Our many readers will no doubt regret this withdrawal, as they must lose thereby, many a piquant and spicy editorial from his ready pen. We cannot refrain from quoting from some of our exchanges the testimony, which in common with our readers, they bear to the ability witn wuicn our co-editor ever met the responsibilities of his post. The Charleston Aw speaking of his withdrawal says : "Sam'l W. MeltoD, Esq., late co-editor and proprietor of the Yorkville Enquirer, resigns his post, and takes kave of his readers in a well written and appropriate valedictory. The friends and patrons of this able and interesting journal will regret the uecessity which impelled him to this step, but, from the following quotation from his giaceful "adieu," we are led to hope that the pleasing connection will again be resumed, and his valuable services will not be finally lost to the press of the S:ate." The South Carolinian remarks: "The Yorkville Enquirer contains the graceful valedictory of Samuel W. Melton, Esq., whose connexion with the Enquirer as proprietor and co-editor has ceased. We part with Mr. M. with regret, and can testify to the ability and good taste which he ever displayed in his editorial labors." We can but wish him the happiness of a retired life until he resumes again the post for which lie is so admirably qualified. It will probably be expected that we should here say something in relation to the course which the Enquirer will hereafter pursue, but it is scarcely necessary to say more than that the past will be, to a great extent, the index of the future. Our readers have perhaps noticed, that for sometime, our political opinions have worn a more decidedly Southern and sectional complexion, as recent events have induced us to believe, that in a Southern Party, closely and indissolubly bound together, the South alone can find safety in the Union, or be prepared, a as dernier"resort, to seek security out of it. This opinion has b?en conscientiously and, we believe, intelligently formed, but should circumstances transpire of a nature to modify our political creed, our readers may rest assured that we will, independent of party cliques and prejudices, still seek the true interests of the South and labor to give permanence and stability to her institutions and civilization. The State policy of the Enquirer will remain unchanged, and it will still continue to advocato Temperance, a pure and high morulity, and earnestly strive to reflect the popular mind and develope the genius of the rising generation. How well we may act up to this programme, the future alone can tell. TOO RESTLESS. Why is it that we of South Carolina cannot hold our lance at rest, and quietly view the lists and tilts, biding our time to do battle when our prowess is needed or will effect some great object in the issue? Ever restless, we are always anxious to be foremost in the fray, and heedless of consequences, expeuding our force on minor points, while the plot thickens for the grand display of power and skill and united energy. These thoughts occur while we see the progress of events in Kansas, where skirmishing is practised, and we make issues with light troops against the heavy artillery of numbers and prepareduess. Better did we look into the future and burnish our arms and rnni.c fnr rfnv nnt fnv distant. when I right will overcome might and power will yield to principle. The union of the South quietly aud firmly, with the fixed determination to defend to the end the Constitution and our rights under it, is our duty ?to meet the great issue with the North when it does ; come should be our purpose, and to prepare for it without being led into collateral issues of minor importance, and should occupy our ceaseless vigilance.?South Carolinian. It is strnnge that men look at things so differently and draw inferences from the same data so widely dissimilar. The above extract from the Carolinian puts a direct question, to which, in another place, the same paper gives, we think, quite an apposite answer. It is easy to understand why a portion of South Carolina, and of the South, are restless, when we consider the situation and prospects of the South, as exhibited by the Caro~ linian, even while trying to look on the bright side. But the coolness with which the Carolinian speaks of the abolitionizing of Kansas is to us really a mystery. It is quite equal to Sidney Smith's cool idea of "taking off his flesh and sitting in his bones." In a short paragraph about Kansas that paper says: By a private letter, we learn that there will be no fight in Kansas. The Lawrence people have given up to Gov. Walker, and the force of law and order supported by dragoons. Our correspondent states that the pro-slavery party had given up the contest for slavery before the arrival of Gov. Walker?that the country is not suited for slaves ?that Judge Elmore's negroes had most of them been frost-bitteu during the winter?that the cold winds from the Rocky Mountains, sweeping over the land, with no wood to keep the negroes as warm as they require, render the country unsuited.^o them. We learn from the best authority of friends, who have just visited Kansas, that this information is correct. This, we think, is sufficient answer to the interrogatory, why is the South restless ? This news, if true, is but a confirmation of what we advanced in our last issue?that the hope of the South lies in herself and not in the Democratic party. Aud when we see the territory of the South daily circumscribed, we can but wonder at the unaccountable flimnapisra of the do-nothing policy, which expects to cure evils by the same treatment which has produced them. But what "great issue with the North" does the Carolinian expect? Are we to suffer our rights to be trampled on without a murmur ??ourselves to be cheated of every foot of territory, and eve* ry bulwark, one by one, to be frittered away, and yet sit like the fated Macbeth and wait "Till Birnam forest come to Dunsianne ?" Is it wise to wait for a great issue when we are being ruined daily by small issues! We may be sure that the great issue will never como, butgradally will the chain draw around us, in a series of "collateral issues of minor importance," which separately cannot awaken us from our Rip-VanWinklitude, but which, finally, by their collective strength, will crush us into utter insignificance and dependency. There is only one way in which we can have a great issue?an issue which is to save us from oppression and eternal trouble, and that is for the South to make it by demanding insuperable guaranties of her constitutional rights, and if refused, taking her destiny in her own hands. NOTHING TO WRITE. A new poem?"Nothing to wear"?i9 just now attracting attention, owing perhaps as much to | its contested authenticity as to its merits. Cannot I some of our cotemporaries give us a poem on I "nothing to write" in this general dearth of news? Really there is, to an editor, a melancholy patho9 *n that short sentence?"Nothing to write."? j j Nothing to write when the devil calls for "copy" | i and the time for going to press drawing very unj comfortably near! Who would not rather have a I scant wardrobe and lie in bed to have a shirt washj ed? Nothing to write this week and many a readj er "nursing his wrath to keep it warm" because last week we were unfortunately in the same condition. Who does not jwish that the comet would come?if in order that newspapers might be worth wading ? It take* ?b tdltcr tp sympathise fully t with the jaded author, who with nothing to write is goaded on to make the attempt. Ho can fully appreciate and pity the situation of such men as Hood, Campbell, Goldsmith and Johnson, reduced by circumstances to mere literary hacks. "Let us, then, in reverence bowing, Honor most of all mankind, Such as keep their great thoughts plowing Deepest in the field of mind." HINTS TO FARMERS. You seldom meet a farmer at this season of the year, without hearing an old song, the "old hundred" of farmerdom, about excessive wet or dry weather. The crops are either drowned, or the sun is crisping up the luxuriant blades, and the woeful countenance of the farmer vividly portrays a prospective famine. Providence, he supposes, is unfavorable and though he says nothing publicly he, no doubt, thinks of some secret sin which the veil of night hides from mortal ken, but which he knows that all-seeing eye beheld, and to this, perhaps, he attributes his misfortunes. The idea never enters his hend that the wisdom of man was given him to guard against fortuitous evils and to enhance the blessings of fortune. He has never for n moment supposed that two such simple antidotes as deep ploiring and complete ditching and draining will effectually remedy both evils and make him comparatively independent of the variableness of the weather. If he sees anything of the beauty of rural life, it is certainly the beauty and attractiveness which poets find in rim plicity, for he is not contented. He is the sport of fortune, simply because he^wi^^ot take and read a good agricultural paper. year the sun has burned up his crop, so be can't afford to send his children to school. The year before excessive rains had cut short his harvest, so he had to "still a little in order to make something to live on," and so from year to year he is the sport of circumstances. His children gradually grow up and perchance some neighbor lad wooes and wins his buxom daughter, but then he cannot afford to give them a weddiug party. Provisions are too scarce. He cannot spare a cow, because he neglected to save hay enough for the winter and the snows of December found him without shelters which could have been constructed in a day, and so his finest cattle, between famine and cold weather perished, and his daughter is portionless. But adversity has not taught him the least wisdom, and although the "American Cotton Planter" would soon explain to him how he might keep his cows fat all winter off of a few acres of grass?the common crab grass?lie does not take it, and perhaps would uot read it were some friend to present him a copy, so strong is his prejudice against book-learning, and his faith in the old system of Q nlnntolinn tiv ft suicidal COUrSe Of ncatiug, vuv v . farming. Besides, he will be sure to forget to sow his turnips until it is too late to make the proper preparation. If he docs not neglect this very important crop altogether, he will plant in a patch of new ground, slightly scratched by an mitntion of ploughing and just fit to produce snake-root or tobacco plants. His seed will be begged or borrowed from some neighbor, and instead of the delicious RutaBuga, will produce the radish-looking spikes so common among bad farmers. His entire product will be some ten or a dozen bunches of hard, diminutive, bad-flavored turnips scattered about over an acre or two, when with the proper care he might have twenty-five hundred bushels?enough to nourish his cattle all winter. We might continue our remarks, but prefer giving the advice to horticulturists so admirably condensed in the August number of the "Cotton Planter and Soil": "There are many vegetables that do quite as well in the fall, as in the spring and summer. The early varieties of English Peas planted this month will make fine garden peas, as the cool weather of October comes on. Snap benns planted now will make fine snaps in October. Plant early turnips, kale, early cabbage and lettuce; transplant late cabbage, cauli-flower, &c. No matter how long and spindling the stalk of the cabbage may he, put it in the ground up to the leaf. Celery rnny now be planted for spring. Mustard and spinach may now be grown for winter use. Onion buttons, sets and the black seed may now be planted. It will he understood by the gardenar that it will be useless to plant until after a rain has moistened the ground enough to ensure the vegetating of the seed. Should the weather prove dry and warm mulch around the peas and snaps." OUR EXCHANGES. The American Cotton rianter and Soil of the South.?The August number of this excellent companion for the fai-mer is now on our table. No one engaged in agricultural pursuits should be without this monthly. The price is only Une Dollar, but it is really worth almost anything to the farmer who will take and read it. The Lexington Flag, comes to us again after a brief intermission. It contains the valedictory of E. J. H. Dreher, Esq., and the graceful salutatory of his successor, Mr. G. A. Fink. May it ever float gallantly on the breeze! We notice that Mrs. Stratton contributes some clever verses to its pages. Russell, for August.?This new magazine comes to us with the promptitude of Godet. The present number is not inferior to its predecessors.? We give the table of contents, which are enough to awaken the curiosity of' all who appreciate literature, or know anything of the exquisite pleasure which a good magazine affords : 'Letter to the Evangelical Christians of the Uuited States; Song?"Where Honey suckles breathe perfume"; Estcourt: or, The Memoirs of a Virginia Gentleman?Chap. XIV.; Forest Fancies; The Merchant; A Love Song; Cheap Literature ?Its Benefits and Injuries; From the Persian of Hafiz; Wolfsden?A Review; Porter's Semi-Centennial Address; From the Persian of Sadi; The Fresh; Lines?"Thy Beauty rose upon my Sight"; European Correspondence; The Duel; The Seasons (Chinese); The Voice, the Hand, and the Silhouette; Lucy Sheldon's Dream ; Editor's Table ; Literary Notices." WHY DON'T YOU T The investigation and study of morals presents to the mind some strange and seemingly paradoxical phenomena. In the first place, it is generally conceded that we have consciences to direct us aright; and secondly, even those who are skeptical as to the existence of conscience, and the authenticity of that code of pure aud high morality contained in the decalogue, agree that "virtue is its own reward"?in other words that a course of rectitude will, in the main, bring with it more real happiness, than can be acquired by a life of immorality and dissipation. And yet, with this beautiful theory before us, how often do we go and deliberately act in insubordination to the dictates of that bosom monitor which keeps its sleepless Tigils over all our actions. We have often heard ignorance pleaded in extenuation of blameworthy deeds, but from our own observation we are persuaded that men seldom lie, steal, swear, get drunk or violate any obvious law of morals, without a conciousness that they are reprehensible, and an instinctive fear, lest their ignorance may not be sufficient to exculpate them? "The fear o' Hell's a hang-mun's whip To baud the wretch in order," but unfortunately for a great many, there seems to be a strong penchant to out-wit the devil and a secret pride in surmounting the barriers of conscience. This will account for much of that wilful ignorance which leads men to argue in justification of palpable misdemeanors, for they know that if they once admit their errors they cannot possibly evade the poser?why don't you reform? Why don't you forsake a vice which you know will bring upon your head the vials of a just and terrible wrath? Before they irill be brought to this itoud-polnt, they seek evasion imself-stultification. And it is precisely this which makes a few deluded beings contend that there is no sin in drum-drinking. They well-know that drnnkoness is not a spontaneous evil, but the effect of an unnatural and 9elf-created appetite, that there is but one way in which this appetite is rendered uncontrollable and tlu?t is by j pampering it with the innocent first potation: that there is only one way in which the habit can he | broken down and the inebriate freed from its tyI ranical thrall, and that is by total abstinence.? Yet will they seek a thousand frivo+ous excuses j for self-justification, and is every other resource fails them, will finally pretend a virtuous indignation that some of the Sons of Temperance are not perfect, that they still have faults, that a few of them are hypocrites, that a few more miserable | imitations of men cannot keep the pledge, ami thus ! they will rake up a hundred objections, entirely j impertinent, hut sufficient to deceive themselves j into the belief that their powers of argumentation I are unrivaled and unequaled. Whenever they | come to this conclusion they are satisfied, for the j Tree of Knowledge is still a fearful temptation j and a great many men would willingly go to the j devil in order to be thought wise?so true was the | testimony of Solomon, "Vanity of vanities?all i is vanity." THE RISING SUN. In our notice last week of the grand Temperance demonstration, we inadvertently omitted to mention the fact, that the editors of The Ri*ing Sun were "bobbin round" in our midst. This omission is the more unaccountable as we passed a very pleasant day in their company,sand were highly gratified to make the acquaintance of the editors of one of the best conducted, and spiciest of our exchanges?and one, we may add, which 1 is laboring gallnntly in the Temperance cause.? We would gladly welcome the "bachelor associate" once more to our loTely town, and open to him a more extended vitla of the beauty of York, whenever he feels like exchanging the hnlcyon dreams of single-blesscd-ness, for the every-day-kissitiveness of matrimony. But we will let our Newberry cotemperaries speak for themselves and give their impressions of Yorkville nud the Temperance powwow : "The shrill whistle of the Yorkville engine called us, and aboard the cars for York we went: and we had quite a pleasant trip over one of the best railroads in the United States?and one too out of debt. In due course of time we arrived at the Town, the location of which we consider the prettiest in the State. The streets are just wide enough and not too wide. The mansions are neat and tasteful. The gardens elegant and beautiful. The women numerous and unsurpassable. The hospitality of the citizens nubounded. The educational facilities superior. The King's Mountain hotel No. 1, and Yorkville Jtogether, the crack village in the up country. After mentioning the address, the procession &c., the Sun continues : Dr. Neel, as Chaplain, closed the services by an appropriate prayer, after which the procession reformed and proceeded to the dinner table, which was situated in a beautiful grove of oaks. The scene as viewed from a distance embracing as it did, the grove with towering oaks throwing out their branching arms, the wide range of tables, the lni-ge number of charming ladies with pleasant smiles and bright eyes, the Sons with their regalia, and the citizens in general, was of the grandest and most animated description. Taking every thing into consideration, it was a scene that will long be remembered for its life, vivacity and interest. The dinner being ended, the baud struck up its ? ~ - --1 . *Ka nw\rtnoe!nn fnvmflfl Oml UTQU ILHIWUIU StnutlS j lUC piuvccoivn iviuivu uuu IIMW marched back to the Hall. Such is one of the meetings in the history of the Sons of Temperance. Such the contrast with our modern "olden time." By the aid of the Railroad we assembled together in thousands, altogether as neighbours, and sanctified Yorkville neighborhood with the golden spirit of friendship and fraternal charity. God grant that the spirit may spread until the land shall become reformed and revolutionized. It but remains for us to attempt a faint expression of our hearty thanks for the princely hospitality and elegant nmenities which v ere every where extended to us, especially to our friend Motts and his amiable lady. May peace, prosperity and happiness attend them through all the diversified scenes of life. Our friends in York may expect a visit shortly from our bachelor associate. The bright eyed, lovely beauties of York, completely captivated him. Since his return he exclaims: "We hope the winter of our discontent will yet he made glorious summer by one of the fair daughters of York." MERE-MENTION. The Sumter Watchman says that Captain Wm. Harris, of that District, has six ncres planted with corn, which he expects will yield six hundred bushels. The library of the British Museum contains four hundred and fifty thousand volumes, placed on shelves which occupy fifteen miles of space. The Edgefield Advcrthtr says that Lucius Poxp, who was shot a few days ago at Hamburg by Spires, has died of his wounds. It has been ascertained that Mr. Spires acted in selfdefence. President Buchanan has given fifty dollars to the Ladies Mount Vernon Association. At the reading of the Declaration in Syracuse, on the fourth, a chap who was asked how he liked it, replied : "Oh, he read it well enough ?but I'm darned if I believe he ever wrote it ! " In 1272 it would have cost a laboring man 13 years to purchase a Bible; as his pay would only be 11 pence per day, while the price of a Bi ble was ?30. The Trustees of Austin College, Texas, have elected the Rev. J. W. Miller, of the Grey Hill Seminary, President of that Institution, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Rev. Dr. Baker. A writer in the Carolina Spartan nominates Judge O'Neall for the United States Senate. The honorary degree of D. D. was conferred on Rev. E. II. Myers? editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, at the late commencement of Emory College, Georgia. There are 60,000 more widowers than widows in New York city. Eleven thousand grogshops can be seen from Trinity Steeple, New York. Twenty five thousand dollars have been netted by Mr. Everett's oration, for the purchase of Mount Vernon estate. In Chicago 800 persons and firms have paid the liquor license of $-52 each, making a revenue of $40,000. The South Carolina Convention of Universalists will convene at Feasterville on 7th August inst. We owe the world a cheerful face. I MacacLy's fifth volume of the History of England is reported ready for the press. It will trace the current of affairs down to 1702. The Walhulla Banner tells of oats six feet and seven inches in in height Mr. Wm. Lively proposes to start a new paper in the town of Pendleton, to be called "The Pendleton Metsenger." Gouch recently defined moustaches to be the upper lip in mourning for the lose of brains. A kiss says an ingenious authority, is like the creation, because it is made of nothing, and is very good. Tying a mackeral to your coat tail, and imagining yourself a whale, is one of the first lessons in codfish aristocracy. The intelligent have a right over the ignorant?the right of instructing them. A woman always keeps secret what she docs not know To make hens lay perpetually?hit tbem a well-directed blow on the head. Happiness is not in a cottage, nor a palace, nor in riches, nor in poverty, nor in learning, nor in ignorance, nor passive life; but in doing right from right motives. Mint jujeps are said to have been invented by a Virginia editor, who, having kissed a pretty girl after she had eaten some mint, was so intoxicated with pleasure that he devoted several months in attempting to produce an article which would recall the original as vividly as possible. One of the sex writes rather spicily, "that though a few American Ladies live in idleness, or worse than idleness, the majority work themselves into graves, giving men an opportunity to try three wives in the qquw of their own vigorous Uw." The Pee Dee Timet thus announces the death of Mr. Harry J. Pace, a stage driver. He had discovered in the yard a small bag containing a little sugar, some flour, some molasses, and a flask of whiskey. Of the latter he drank a very little, and died in about two hours. A chemical analysis showed that the liquor contained stryohnine, and it is supposed that the flour, sugar, and other articles contained a quantity of the same poison.? The Banner announces the death on Friday last, of Mr. Samuel Reid, of Abbeville District. He was for many years an elder in the Upper Long Cane Church, and was a man of exemplary piety. The Columbia papers publish the prospectus of a new paper about to be started in that place. Its title is the Soulhern Scorjnon, and it promises to be a general stinger as will be seen i?- At - * 11 A t . iita ?~:n ha thn aim rvf j irom ujo iuiiow1hj5 iiuuvi. ii nm uv wu ? ?. v. the publishers to give a fair and unprejudiced reflex of society, socially, politically aud religiously, and should it be found necessary to deal plainly with men, as social beings, the 'Scorpion' will express the views of its conductors without regard to favor, affection or fear, as they intend to picture the follies, vices and immoralities of the age, without respect to persons or their assumed characters." SALES-DAY. But little property was sold on Monday. Five negroes put up for sale brought very reduced prices, owing perhaps to the condition of sale being cash. RAINS AND CROPS. For the last week, we have had abundant rains, and fanners express themselves satisfied?if it wont rain too much. Crops at present look well and bid fair to disappoint the gloomy anticipations indulged in a few weeks ago. THE BIBLE SOCIETY. We are requested to state that Rev. Edwin A. Bolles, Bible Agent for South Carolina, will present the claims of the Bible cause at Sharon Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, on the 5th Sabbath in August next. THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER. We have received an Extra of our able contem porary containing the recent political discussion between that paper and the Charleston Mercury. The main poiut at issue, is whether ultraism is wise? The digladiation was animated on both sides, and the extra will be read with pleasure by all who relish a courteous passage at arms. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, August 3,1857. The few days I spent so pleasantly in your town last week have revived all my predilection for country life, and I find myself still sighing for the shady groves and bracing breezes which delight the eye aud invigorate the frame. I frequently sigh, with Cowpeb, "for a home in some vast wilderness, some boundless contiguity of shade." The shade especially would be most delightful, but I am not so certain about the wilderness, unless I was allowed to share its solitudes with companions of my own choosing, then I would not care how soon I hud a place in the picture, nor how near it was to the flashing of bright eyes, the bewildering influence of "small arms," or the cro^-fire of the in/ant-rj. The weather is excessively warm and web?the most disagreeable kind of weather that it is possible to conceive of. The steain that rises from the pavement which is alternately heated by a scorching sun and drenched by a pocket edition of Noah's flood, is almost suffocating. It is almost impossible to keep one's self in King street, trim for an hour at a time. Your starched liueu, done up by fairy hands, and "watched by eyes that never yet knew weeping," becomes suddenly and disagreeably moist, your collar is wilted, and your whole outer man wears the becoming and attract "c ?*!">*<< ?? o-Tbc reeking, seething, steaming denizens of this modern Sodom of heated brick and mortar, which ::ems destined to share the fate of that ancient city of the plain, and be burned up by a shower if burning sunlight from heaven, or washed away, flooded and drowned by a deluge of water from the angry and lowering elements. You close your windows on the sunny side, and open them wide on the shady, to close out the sunshine and invite the breeze. You sit on a canebottomed chair, and ply, with all activity of your drowsy and paralysed energies, a palm-leaf fan, by which you endeavor to raise a breeze and cripple a musquito, in both of which attempts you make a signal failure. You resort to books as a panacea for the ills thai, city life in the summer is heir to?you read something of the milk and cider order of literature ?something neither abstruse, exciting or powerful ?something like "Hiawatha," "Nothing to Wear," or "Dr. Kane's Artie Expedition." You read and doze and dream. Dream of deep, dark groves, embosomed in nature's voiceless solitudes, of the wild bird's chitter and chirup and carols of long leaves and blooming flowers ; of the green lawns and growing fields, green, mossy, velvety and luxurious; of branching trees, aged oaks and their deep and gloomy shadows, of breezy meadows and waTing landscapes, where? "Some lost stream, that in a woodland hollow, Coils, to sleep its weariness away, Shut out from prying stars that fain would follow In the enteral glooms of hemlock spray." The canvass for the Mayor's election is now opening with every prospect of an interesting and exciting time. F. D. Richardson and Charles Macbeth, Esqr's, are the opposing candidates, and the friends of each are sanguine as usual. One cf them will be certain to be beaten, ana me one that gets the most votes will stand the best chance of being elected, but who that will be, neither the City Council, the oldest inhabitant or Miller's Almanac can give us any definite or reliable information, I write in a hurry as you sec, and my currente calamo is running against time, ex-nectssitate. But I havo a reason for it. I am going upon a voyage ?have actually consented to trust my precious life and brightning prospects to the tender mercies of the ravenous sharks and treacherous waves.? The boat, freighted with a precious cargo, will leave the wharf at five, and it is now half past four, so you see I must close in short order, mail this letter and embark. In my next I may tell you where I went and what I saw, and all about my hair breadth escapes by flood aud field. Till then adieu. Give my love to all your readers. MAGNOLIA. w ? Bnirs?TKMPERANCB. We are gratified to record the fact that this ancient and honorable Order is beginning to appreciate the importance of taking higher ground on the subject of temperance than formerly. The Grand Lodges of New Hampshire, Illinois, Texas, Maryland, Florida, Iowa, and Alabama, hare spoken out decidedly, and at least two have aimed a blow at the traffic. The Grand Lodge of Iowa resolve, "that they will sustain any subordinate Lodge should it suspend or expel any of its members for keeping a dram-shop, or for selling intoxicating liquors as a beverage." The Grand Lodge of Alabama resolve, "that ! the retail traffic in alcoholic drinks is demoralising | in its tendency?opposed to the principles of the ! Order, and therefore inconsistent with the Maj sonic character." I Every Church and every Order of men who claim i to have their foundation in good morals, will soon J be compelled to hurl from their communion or fellowship every liquor-seller. Those States whose j laws require that their liquor-sellers must have I "17 good, moral oharatttr," will be compelled to ' lower the standard, or shut up shop. Applicants j for license possessing this legal requisite are get' ting very scarce. We doubt whether legislation will be able much longer to maintain the respectability of the liquor traffic.?Crusader. For the Yorkville Enquirer. A TEMPERANCE TOAST. Messrs. Editors:?Unfortunately, Poetry has too : long wreathed its garlands around the wine cup ; i I woman has too often pressed it to her rosy lips and mingled the intoxication of beauty with the blandishments of the howl; wit hns sparkled in its praise, and genius lias poured out all its eloquence in encomiums on the amber tide that chafes around the foamy brim. But it is time to disrobe the siren of her infernal enchantments, which have so often blasted the felicity of woman, put out the light of song, and caused "genius to reel in wild delirium." I send you a temperance toast, albeit, unworthy the inspiring tiieme, aim may I be allowed here, to express a hope that the time will come when Poetry will only reflect the' purest morality, and Genius bow no longer to a cruel and relentless tyrant: Sweet Lady, with the light divine, Far flashing from thy soul-lit eyes; I pledge thee not in ruby wine Where only sensual pleasure lies? But sparkling water from the earth Pure, beautiful and free, Is fitter emblem of the worth Of thy soul's bright purity. Then bid me not look on the bowl With red wine beaded round the brim, For thou cans't sooner bend my sonl Than angels or could seraphim, And I would not my pledge forsake ^or all the bright stars pack'd above, But yet thy mystic charms can make Me drunk with beauty and with love. Then let me have that bliss divine, Let others press the brimming bowl, I'd rather sip thy Beauty's wine And with thy love delight my soul. * For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION. At a meeting of the Executive Committees of | King's Mountain and York Divisions, charged with ! the Pic Nic for the late Temperance Celebration, the following resolutions were adopted :? Resolved: That the thanks of King's Mountain and Yprk Divisions are due, nnd are hereby respectfully tendered to His Honor, Judge O'Neall, for his very able and eloquent address, delivered at the celebration to the 23rd inst.; and, with the | thanks, we tender to him also our earnest and sinI cere desires, that the remainder of his years on i earth may be as happy, as bis former ones have been brilliant and useful. Resolved: That the Bethel and Ebenezer Bands contributed much to the enjoyment of the occasion, and not only deserve, but hayeour liveliest regard for their continued existence, and success. Resolved: That the Principals and Pupils of the King's Mountain Military School, in the readiness with which they co-operated in the demonstration, and in the manly and soldier-like bearing displayed by the School on this, as on all other occasions, have our thanks, and best wishes for their prosperity. Resolved: That the Divisions hereby tender .I?i... ?i .u??? lueir IUUU&.S tu IUC JUUUICS, auu iUUSC tuuvug V* the village and District, not members of the Order, who contributed to the Pic Nic. Resolved: That these Resolutions be published in the Enquirer. P. B. DARWIN, Chairman. W. B. Mktts, Secretary. July 31, 1857. The European .few*. The leading items of intelligence by the recent arrivals from Europe, are the denouement of the grand conspiracy to revolutionize) Southorn Eu rope, involving the assassination of the French Emperor, and a simultaneous insurrection of Red Republicans in France, Spain and Italy. 2. The nlarraing condition of the revolt in India, which has evidently, from the discussion in Parliament and the leading newspapers, impressed itself upon British statesmen as a very formidable affair. To such an extent has the distrust of the sepoys gone with the East Indian authorities, that the native troops in the Punjaub have all been disbanded ; among them two regiments, which Lord Ellenborough, a former Governor-General of India, said, upon his own knowledge, had performed as noble and successful service, and distinguished -tfiemselves by as unwavering fidelity, as any other regiments in India, native or European; and he went on to say that* here must have been terrible mismanagement to have brought these two regiments, in so short a period, to a condition in which they could be no longer trusted with arms, and with the defence of those colors which they had borne triumphantly through so many battles. There is but little doubt that, in the present condition of things the British Government will triumph, but it will be a triumph dearly bought, both with life and treasure, and it will be a fearful example for the future. It must be remembered that this is the first organized attempt at insurrection that has ever taken place among the conquered Hindoos, and that there are already not less than thirty thousand native disciplined soldiers involved in it. Moreover, it is nearly curiam uiut, iuc rerun una spruug nutu uu passing feeling, but from a deep-seated antipathy of race, anil an equally deep-seated antagonism of religion. The efforts at proselytism, during the administration of tne present Governor General, Viscount Canning, hive been unusually open, active, and widespread, and this with the direct encouragement of the Government. Hence, it is asserted, the conviction had been forced upon the minds of the native troops that the whole powers of the Government were to be used for their conversion to Christianity, and that this was the real cause of the revolt. It will be a work of time, and of exceeding great difficulty, to allay such a feeling. The third topic of interest, and which more directly concerns ourselves, is the debate in the I House of Commons, a sketch of which we publish, on the privateering question. It will be observed, from the declaration of Lord Palmerston during that debate, that our Government has indefinitely suspended the proposition in Mr. Marcy's despatch, to abolish privateering, on condition that private property at sea shall be held in the same respect as private property on land during time of war. The more cautious British statesmen seem now to be impressed with the idea that their Government made a great, if not a fatal, mistake in sanctioning the declaration of the Paris Conference?that free ships shall hereafter muke free goods; in short, that the ships of neutral nations shall be allowed to carry on the commerce of belligerents without let or hindrance. As, however Great Britain will have all the world against her in breaking that engagement, it is probable that she will adhere to it not-withstanding some grumbling and threats to the contrary.?Charleston Mercury. Death of Beranger, the Poet. The Europa brings us the announcement of the ! death of Pierre Jean de Beranger, the great song I writer of France, whose stirring effusions have j bound him to the hearts and sympathies of the , French people: I "Beranger, the grand-son of a Paris tailor, was ! born iu that city on the 17th of August, 1780, and i until the age of fourteen was alternately taverni boy and printer. His literary life commenced at j the age of seventeen, but his early efforts at comI pdv- enic and relieious noetrv. were not published. I In 1803, without resources, patrons or encourage! meut, he threw himself almost in despair, upon the protection of Lucian Bonaparte, who, pleased with his crude poems, gave him good advice and substantial assistance, and allowed him to use | and draw the salary coming to him as a member I J of the institute. In 1805-6 Beranger edited the | "Annales des Musee;" in 1808 he received a | small clerkship in the university. In 1815 his . | first collections of songs appeared, although they [ were already well known in literary circles. His j I second collection, which appeared in 1821, were j | too liberal ro suit the ruling powers, and he lost ; j his office and was sentenced to three months' im- j ' prisonment. Seven years later a third collection i subjected to nine months' imprisonment and a fine I 1 of ten thousand francs, which was paid by the liberal party of France. When the revolution ; triumphed, he steadily refused the title and hon- ' ! ors with which his friends wished to load him. 1 During the reign of Louis Phillippe he lived in retirement and published his fourth and last col- ! I lection of songs. When the revolution of 1848 led | to a republic, he was elected a member of the nai tional assembly, an honor which he declined.? i The latter years of his life have been passed in I revising his early poems ani preparing a "DicI tionarie Historique," of the political, poetical and I literary celebrities of France. Beranger was the Burns of France ; without the depth and mellowness of the Bard of Ayrshire, he knew how to strike the chords which vibrate through the popular heart. The god of the Parisians is the god of pleasure, and none poured out more joyous and fragrant libations on his altar. The disciple of Epicurus, Bacchus and Cupid, he loved to celebrate the fleeting pleasures of tbe day in the graceful and glowing numbers of his charming verse. A child .of the people he was at home among their joys and sorrows ; he loved best to chant the praises of Lisette in her garret, and to crown the frugal meal with lyric praises of the wine which the blouses drink. But his lyre had deeper chords; his sympathies were with the free thoughts and free impulses of France. Although battling always for a republic, he uniformly declined its honors ; like nil honest ADd independent poet, he preferred to the vexations of politicians the triumphs , of his muse, and his own perennial good humor. 1 The death of such a man is a calamity to France ; J he who has for half a century written their songs will be mourned alike by the inmates of St. Coald whose youth he delighted, and by the laborers, -.-- i? .1 ?:?..? -< r .A Siuueuio auu gwscbico ui iuc i^auu yuai ici, nuu knew bis lyrics by heart, and who dearly loved the "little song-singer of Paris." From the SalUbnry Banner. M(?tlug of the Alumni of Davidson College. According to previous announcement, a number of the Alumni of Davidson College met in the Chapel, at 9 o'cloek, A. M., on Thursday, 16th July. On motion, B. F. Little, Esq., of Richmond, N. C. was called to the chair, and J. 0. Ramsay, of Rowan, appointed Secretary. The meeting was then opened with prayer by Rev. P. T. Peniok. On motion, it was resolved, that J. Q. Ramsay, John C. Cannon, and P. T. Penick. be appointed a committee to draft a Constitution and By-Laws for the permanent organization and government of the Association; and to report at the next meeting in 1858. Messrs. Rumple, Penick, and Cannon, being appointed a committee to report Officers and Orator for the ensuing year, reported as follows, viz: B. F. Little, Esq., President; Rev. R. N. Davis, Vice President; F. H. Johnston, Treasurer; J. G. Ramsay, M. D. Sec'y. Which report was unanimously adopted. ' James M. Hutchison, Esq., of Charlotte, N. C. was appointed to deliver an oration before the Association at the next annual meeting. Upon motion, J. M. Hutchison, Thomas Grier, J. McQueen, S. C. Alexander, and J. D. Wilson were appointed to prepare and publish a short address to the Alumni before the next meeting. On motion it was resolved, that the Republican Banner publish the proceedings, and other papers friendly to the Association be requested to copy. The meeting then adjourned, to meet again at 8 J o'clock, A. M., on Thursday of Commencement. 1858. J. G. RAM8AY, S?c'y. pro. itm. us dit, tbat a certain weaitny gentleman of thie city, and a bachelor at that, recently drew the snug sura of $20,000 in Swan & Co.'s Georgia Lottery. Snch things will lealt out; a pebble thrown on the still bosom of a lake, will break the surface in circling waves, and 20,000 Rockt, of the sort referred to, must cause a ripple on the surface of society, no matter how oarefully their advent is concealed;?by the way, Swan & Co., are in the habit, we learn, of doing snch things, and as the attention of Dame Fortune is turned toward one State and City, would it not be well for all hands to look out for the "Tide, that, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune." Shares in this great enterprise can be secured for $10?halves and quarters in proportion. Every body knows, of course, that Swan & Co.'s address is Atlanta, 1 Georgia, and that they draw every Saturday.? Naehvillt Banner. 28 * Towns in Kansas.?It is stated that in the town of Leavenworth, which is the half-way house over the plains to California, buildings are going up at the rate of two hundred a month. It is supposed that the town will be the great half-way house for the Pacific Railroad. Lawrenoe has a population of about 2,000. It has a beaatifally furnished sohool house, two churches already erected and tyvo more to be built the present season, six or seven religious societies, and two weekly newspapers. ? Property has been rising very rapidly during the spring, but is now declining slightly, and may continue to do so until the fall emigration. Lots soil at from $2UU to $2,00U. Rents are Mgb ?some wretched shanties, which did not cost more than $100, bringing $8 per month. Board from $4 per week to $2 per day. Thbivino Youno Boeder kurmns.?rue Becompton (Kansas) Union publishes, under the head of "Good Luck," the following: "A young man of this city having become tired of living in a state of single blessedness, went across the Kaw river, a few days since, proffered his hand and heart to a young and handsome squaw, (said to be worth some $25,000,) was accepted then, went right off and got married. This is a streak of good luck for our young man, which will enable him to live at his ease hereafter. We learn that a few more squaws, who are rich, accomplished and handsome, say that they would prefer marrying a white man to their own red brethren. Now is the time for our young and good-looking men to marry a fortune." Slavery in Kansas.?Senator Mason, of Virginia, says the Baltimore Sun) has written a letter to "The South" denying the allegation that he ever expressed the belief that Kansas would be a free State. Senator M. states unequivocally his own expectation, at the time the Kansas Nebraska bill was adopted, that Kansas would have been a slave State, and still confidently asserts his belief that "if Afrioan slavery be ultimately excluded from Kansas it will be effected by the numerical force cf organized majorities, operating against the usual laws which govern emigration, and will present a new and most instructive lesson to the Southern States." flay "Dr. Darwin informs us that the reason why the bosom of a beautiful woman is an object of Such peculiar delight arises from hence?that all our first pleasurable sensations of warmth, sustenance and repose are derived from this interesting source."?Boston Post. Dr. Darwin's theory was considered very satis- ( factory till a tough, hard brained, practical Scotch meUphysioian suggested whether the same sensations of delight would be produced in one who in his infancy had been "nursed with a bottle." This confounded the Doctor and npset his theory. Interesting! to Ladies.?For the benefit of our lady readers who wear hoops, (and who of the sex do not?) permit me to communicate a valuable discovery, by which they are enabled to sit down, even in a circumscribed space, without producing those awkward and unsightly protuberances on each side, and the frequent bulging out in front of the skirts like an inflated balloon. The remedy is simpler the lady has merely to lift the hoop behind when taking her seat, so that it is brought into nearly a perpendicular position, and the sides fold snugly over to ttie ngure. une or rne largest and loveliest of her sex hit upon this happy idea. The Yorkville Enquirer.?We notice with regret, in the lost number of this journal, that its late editor, Samuel W. Melton, Esq., has retired from its management. The Enquirer, under bis direction, has been one of the ablest and best conducted journals in the State, and its tone has always been high and patriotic. We trust that the editorial fraternity are not permanently to lose the aid of his gifted pen. The State, at the present juncture, cannot well afford to lose the services of one so able and faithful.?Charleston Mercury. * Utah.?The instructions to Gov. Gumming tTe said to be of this tenor: "He is to see that the laws of the United States are faithfully executed. No man in UtAh is to be affected for his political or religious opinions, but to be held responsible for his conduct. Should the authorities be unable to enforce the laws, military force is then to be employed. While his powers are ample for all practical purposes much is confided to his prudenoe and discretion." Fine Times Down South.?The correspondent of the New Orleans Picayune, writing from Pass Christian, says, "we are now in the very heart of the fruit season, perfectly smothered in peaches, figs, melons, nectarines and grapes." White nectarines ; grapes that would tempt an anchorite, neaches surpassing even "May beauties," and melons of the largest size and richest flavor are abundant as our vegetables. White Teeth, Perfumed Breath and Beautiful Complexion?can be acquired by using the "Balm of a Thousand. Floicers. What lady or gentleman would remain under the curse of a disagreeable breath, when by using the "Balm of a Thousand Flowers" as a dentrifice, would not only render it sweet, but leave the teeth as white as alabaster? Many persons do not know their breath is bad, and the subject is so delicate their friends will never mention it. Beware of counterfeits.? Be sure every bottle is signed FETRIDOfi & CO. N. Y. For sale by all Druggists.