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jtajs & Jfacts. The Laurensville Herald publishes a long communication in favor of R. Barnwell Rhett, for the U. S. Senate, and endorses the the sentiments. Rumor has gained currency within a few days, says the New York Times, that British agents are quietly engaged in the business of enlisting soldiers in this country for the purpose of repleuishiug the ranks of their army in India, the late defection among the native troops having rendered it necessary to increase their forces in that country .with a more loyal class of soldiers. Queen Victoria gave a state ball to which invitations to 1,900 people were issued. The Queen wore a black silk dress, trimmed with black lace, and black ribbon, and white water lilies, and green leaves; the whole j ornamented with diamonds. Her Majesty's I head dress was a diamond and opal circlet, and white water lilies and green leaves. The princes royal wore a dress of black net over a rich black glace, trimmed with silver ribbon and wheat ears. The Abingdon (Va.'j Virginian say: "There is a natural bridge within 62 miles of this place, in Scott county, Va., compared with which the bridge over Cedar creek is a mere circumstance. The Scott bridge extends across the chasm more than twice 80 feet in width, and is 420 feet deep, at the bottom of which flows a much larger and more rapid stream than Cedar creek. The arch of the Scott bridge is not so perfectly formed as that of Cedar creek, but it is not less a bridge, with a broad wagon road located upon it. The survey for the Cumberland Gap Railroad passed through the arch of this bridge. It is, perhaps, the wildest and most stupendoas curiosity in the United States, and yet it is comparatively unknown." The latest advices from Europe are to the effect that the crops in all parts of Continental Europe promise a rich harvest, and that, as will be seen by the reports of the different markets, breadstuffs are declining in all markets. In some parts of Germany farmers have already began to harvest their rye crops, and bread made of new rye flour was in general use and pronounced of good quality. The tobacco plantations in Southern Germany have been much refreshed by late rains, and promise a good crop. The grape vines in Germany have ceased blooming, and single berries have reached the size of small peas. If the summer should continue as it has begun, the wine of 1856 will be outdone by the produce of 1857, both in quantity and quality. One day last week, Michael Cromer, of Mercersburg, Franklin county, Pa., cut in ten consecutive hours ten acres of wheat in thoroughly workmanlike manner. It turned two hundred and fifty-two shocks, or three thousand andtwenty-four shzaves-kexxigneiiv ly three hundred and three sheaves per hour, and over five per minute during the whole time of cutting. This is, perhaps, the most extraordinary cradling ever done in this country. In amount it is considerably beyond the average of Reaping machines. At the close of the performance, Mr. Cromer did not appear to be much fatigued, and expressed his ability and readiness to undertake the cutting of an adjoining lot of seven aores the following day. The New Orleans Delta estimates the number of slaves at the South at over three and a half million, at their aggregate value at present prices, at fully sixteen million of dollars. The cotton plantations in the South is estimated at about eighty thousand, and the aggregate value of their annual product, at the present prices of cotton, is fully one hundred and twenty-five inillon of dollars, There are over fifteen thousand tobacco plantations, and their annual products are valued at fourteen million of doilars. There are two thousand six hundred sugar plantations, the products of which average annually more than twelve million. There are five hundred and fifty-one rice plantations, which yield an annual revenue of four million of dollars. A watch formerly belonging to Benedict Arnold is now in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society. The Hart lord Vourant says its isan old "bull s eye. which accompanied Arnold through his military campaign. The watch was presented by Arnold to Jeremiah Atwater, who in the Revolutionary War was killed at Danbury, Connecticut. The watch then became the property of his wife Eunice. She afterwards married John Goodrich, of New Haven, and was the mother of Andrew T. Goodrich, who for many yeaTS was a bookseller and publisher in New York city. ThiB watch came into the possession of A. T. Goodrich from his parents, and was left by him at his death with his son-in-law, the Rev. L. Smith Hobart, of Michigan, by whom it is presented to the Connecticut Historical Society. In the Crusader, a temperance magazine, published in Cincinnati, Ohio, for August, we find the following just and well merited compliment to the Judiciary of South Carolina : "Chief Justice O'Neill, of South Carolina, has recently delivered in Columbia, two addresses on the Law and Equity benches of that State from their beginning. He takes up each Judge and Chancellor separately, and gives his biography, and sketches his peculiarities. These addresses should be preserved in the archieves of the State, as they will be of inestimable value to the future historian. No man living is so well able to give these delineations as the venerable O'Neall. Although we are not personally interested, we have read them with profound interest. No State in the Union has had an abler Court, from the beginning of the Republic, than South Carolina ? na. We are gratified to learn, says the American Farmer, the advance that is taking place in the culture of wheat in the far South. The crops raised in Georgia, Tennesse and South and North Carolina, will be greater by far this year than has ever been produced, and of the finest quality. A large portion of this wheat finds an outlet in the ports of Savannah and Charleston, pnd although some of it is sent North, there is a good market for it in Spain, there having been exported from Charleston alone, -during the past year, upwards of 60,000 bbls. flour, which is said to equal that raised in that country. We rejoice to see this evidence of prosperity in the South?it is a movement in the right direction, and if our brethren would follow it up, they would soon show to the world their independence for all necessaries and blessings of life which are placed within their reach, only requiring them to stretch forth their hands to secure them to themselves and posterity. C|e for telle (2^mrer ?1>1tkd uy JOHN L. MILLER JOSEPH H. BLACK. YORKVILLEj S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1867. KANSASANA. The course pursued by Governor Walkkr, has generally called forth the censure of the Southern Press and, we think, rightly enough. But we ?V?? l.?o HicnnnninfoiJ US in the ou1uui 5hj> u>1 uv r, ? least. We did not expect him to be, iu any sense of the term, a pro-slavery Govenor. We have long since learned that there is a wide difference between men who (nitrate, and men who prefer the institutions of tho South. Any smi othed-faced villian will tolerate slavery when it is to his interest to do so, and the moment it becomes anvantageous, will oppose it with the virulence of a rabid abolitionist. And it is such men who are most dangerous to the South. We very readily belicVe because they are willing to tolerate slavery iu order to gain a certain object, that they are like ourselves convinced that it is not ahecessary evil, but a wise institution, ordained of God and fraught with the prosperity and happiness of the Southern States. Unless a man really believes this, he is not a reliable pro-slavery man. lie will do to trust so long as his interest is involved iu the permanency of the institution and no longer. And we have no doubt but Walker is just such a man. If it suits his selfish views to favor the abolitionists, who doubts but that he will do it? But we do not think him an abolitionist in the strong sense of the term. He is what most of the National Democrats North, and a few of those South are?an accomplished hypocrite by nature and practice. He has invested hi9 funds in National Democratic stock, and to raise that stock above par, is now the main object in view. There are presses in this, and other Southern Qinfoc -orVin mention that Gov. Wai.ker's course is not sanctioned by the administration. It is easy for a man with one dominant iden in his head to believe any thing. If a man sets out with the premise that Jamf.s Buchanan is immaculate, that under his rule the South cannot pomhhj suffer the least detriment ; that with his election all cause of anxiety and vigilance on the part of the South ceased ; that the progressive spirit of abolitionism was checked forever; why, of course, it is to be expected, that he will believe the equally absurd proposition that Walker would not dare to act contrary to the express wishes of Buchanan. But no man, we presume, who does not entangle and mystify himself in the false premises we have just mentioned, can believe that Walker went to Kansas without explicit directions as to the course he was to pursue. But we are told tknt his directions could not be explicit, and that large discretionary power was necessarily entrusted to him. What flimsy stuff! Cannot we tell his instructions as well as if we had been admitted into the secret conclave or Buchanan, Conn & Co ? "To you, Robert J. Walker, is entrusted the delicate task of putting the National Democratic collar on the neck of Kansas. As the South claims you, let it be your first object to conciliate the abolitionists, for they will naturally be jealous of your precedents, and it will not be difficult to cajole the South. If yon can only succeed in quieting the agitation, the firebrand will die out of itself, Kansas will be a Democratic State and the Union will be preserved." Such we may reasonably presume were the general instructions which Buchanan and his Cabinet would dictate, and Walker, hitherto, has religiously observed them. There is nothing in them which a Southerner, with the idea of the preservation of the Union uppermost in his head, could object to. Walker is told to make it a democrat * ? * rpi.^ 1.? tc, net a Slave or irec ouiic. im- sivju uc u?? taken seem about to prove successful. Why then say he has acted contrary to his instructions? Is there anything in the directions which we have supposed were given him, to justify his course in Kansas ? Can we suppose his instructions were more favorable to the South than those given above ? It is very easy for Buchanan to say that Walker acted on his own responsibility. It is very easy for his accredited organ to proclaim this to the South. But Walker is not recalled, uud the prestige which the South had in Kansas is lost forever. These are facts. They speak for themselves. He must be wilfully blind who cannot understand the transactions of Walker in Kansas, so very potent are they. So far, every friend of the Administration will acknowledge, that we have been liberal in the construction put on Walker's course. And in it all, where do we find injustice to the South ?? What if we do not try to find any injustice to the South? What if we say that the South has been treated impartially? Against what party would these admissions militate; the National Democratic party at the South or the State and Southern Rights men, or as they are otherwise termed, the Extremists ? Surely against the former. If the Democratic policy is to weaken and ruin the South through her own assistance and co-operation, surely of all parties, that is most to be dreaded. Give us an open foe and we care not how high he rears his haughty crest, nor how fierce and defiant the flash of his eye, sustained by the justice of our cause we will meet him with hopes of success. But we cannot so meet an insidious cnemj "who makes the worse appear the better reason.' jic wuh'iuvco us liluw fit ttl v gvvllllg juiiuvv, n ijii\ at the same time, we feel that, like the victories o: Pybrhus, such a manner of dealing out justice will ruin us. So that really, in attempting to justify Buchanan and the Democratic Tarty, we dea one of the severest blows at that organizntior which could be given it, did the South understam her vital interests or could she be brought to lool beyond the present to the gloomy future. But with the admissions just made, how are we to prove that the South has received the least in , justice, or what can we possibly find to object to! The injustice is found here. In electing Buchan an, the South expected her interests to be foster . ed equally with the interests of the North, he: rights to be protected, the counteuance and influ ence of the President and Administration in re storing the equilibrium between the two antagon^ istic sections of the Union, by which alone, hei rights can be made secure in the Union. She ex pected the natural laws, as Senator Mason, re 1 marks, which govern immigration, would give Ne brsskato the North, and Kansas to the South.? [ She expected the Administration, in other words to check the progressive spirit of Abolitionism ' Most of these expectations were just, and in tin disappontment, in spite of technical niceties, shi feels that she has secured injustice. We will no pretend that these expectations were wise, for th? result proves that they were not the consumma tion of wisdom. All that we contend for, is tha we have been deceived ; we have had our hope: dashed to the ground, we have trusted to the De mocratic party and it has been found wanting, and J we should hereafter depend alone on a Southern ! Parly, whose interest it is to defend our rights, j for we have long wnce censed to trust men, when j injury to us will profit them. WHITE HALL CELEBRATION. We lenrn from a friend, who was present on the , occasion, that a splemlidjTeinpcrance deiuonstra- I tiou came otf at Big Steel Creek Church, in Meek- ' lenburg County, N. C., on Friday last, under the immediate direction of White Hall Division, Sons | of Temperance. All the Divisions in the County had been invited to be present, and some three or four, as understood, exhibited their devotion to the Cause by appearing in regalia. A Section of Cadets, with their badges, and preceded by a Banner, was one among the most agreeable spectacles exhibited by the procession. By the way, this Banner of the boys is said by our informant to be finest ever seen bv him. If is thought, there is something in the history of this Banner?that ! fair hands?perhaps anxious mothers, or fond sisters had something to do with it. Let us have the history. White Hall! Last, though not least, the Lady-Visitors, as might be expected, turned out in strength, and were distinguished by their pretty rosettes. The assemblage was early on the ground, and numbered about twice what usually attends the largest congregation in our District on a communion occasion. The fact seemed to be that the whole country for miles around, and in whole families, had determined to make a memorable gala da}*. The stand, prepared for the speakers, was beautifully decorated with cver-greens, and displayed the attention and skill of womnn. After singing an ode, and prayer by the Rev. Mr. Watt, Miss Spbatt, a recent graduate of the Yorkville Female College, in a happy and appropriate address, pronounced in the best manner, presented on behalf of the Lndy-Visitors a beautiful Bible to White Hall Division. The gift wns received on the part of the Division by a young gentleman, Mr. Marks, in a reply worthy the gift, the fair donors, and the Sons, whom he represented. After this interesting ceremony, Col. Bkatty, nccording to the arrangement of the Committee, occupied the attention of the assemblage, for an hour and a half, in his usnal manner. He was followed by Mr. Bxxj. Prfslby, a young gentleman of our District, of considerable promise, and who gives assurance of doing the cause of Temperance some service. Then came an intermission in public speaking; but uone in actian, and in private addresses, especially among the large crowd of young gentlemen and numerous bevy of vonnir ladies. A most splendid pic-nic?the free I,j n -will offering of every householder, prepared at their respective homes with all the skill of a people distinguished for their good house-wiferv, and famous for their social liberality, furnished the opportunity for the displays last alluded to. When justice had been done to the table and its superincumbent viands, the crowd returned to the stand, and were addressed by the Rev. J. B. Watt. Whilst he was speaking, our informant, being under a necessity to reach home that evening, left a people, of whom, as he says, he greatly desired to know more. It was understood, that Rev. Mr. Nicholson would succeed Rev. Watt by au address. Dr. Parks, the pastor of the Church, where the assemblage was held, was present, and was expected to speak on the subject of Temperance, but from the state of his health, tire Division were compelled to yield to his very vnlid excuse. Tt should also be stated, that an excellent band of [ Music from Charlotte was present, and contributed their full quota to the enjoyments of the occasion Say what you may, muric uocordi) with | man's nature, and has its charms. P. S. Since the above was put in type, we have learned that Rev. Mr. Parks addressed the assemblage ; and that quite a small boy, the son of Mr. Trotter, pronounced to a delighted audience an animated nnd stirring address suitable to the object of the meeting. Truly a faithful day's work must have been done. MERE-MENTION. Prof. Merriam says that persons struck by lightning should not be given up as dead for at least three hours. During the first two hours they | should be drenched freely with cold water, nnd if | this fails to produce restoration, then add salt, ] and continue the drenching for nnother hour. i French papers note the discovery at Plonibieres, I Loris Napoleon's residence, of an old Roman bath j room, with its bronze tap and pipe in such per feet preservation, that when the cock v. as turned the water canio iu immediately. It is supposed to be about 1400 years old. The Annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute will open at the New Hall on Meeting-Street, Charleston, on Wednesday, the 18tli of Novemver. The Annual ' Regatta will commence on Thursday, the 19th of ; November, aud continue two days. A. D. 1 Banks, Esq., editor of the South Si<le( Va.) Demo | crat, is a candidate for Clerk of the next U. S. ' House of Representatives. Col. James L. i Okr of South Carolina, and Hon. Jno. S. Phelps | of Missouri, are spoken of for the Speakership, of ; of the next House of Representatives. Col. I Allen of Illinois, Hon. John L. Rouinson, oflu! dinna, and Hon. David Naar of New Jersey, are ! also candidates for the Clerkship. The South ! Carolina Railroad have added a new engine to their stock of machinery, which is named the "Preston S. Brooks." It is embelished with n likeness of Mr. Brooks, and Judge Bctlkk. A man by the name of P. L. McCor, formerly of Mecklenburg, N. C., was arrested recently at Atlanta, Ga., having in his possession, a negro woman, stolen from Col. Walker, of Loundes Co., Alabama. The University of Missouri has i three hundred and sixty-four students. Next month, a hundred mile trot, for a purse of $4,000, . time ten hours, is to come off on the Cold Spring i Course, Milwankie, Wisconsin. From daily accounts received from every section of the State, s and from its own observations, the Little Rock True Democrat is satisfied that, with the exception ' j of a few localities, abundant crops will be made 1 j in Arkansas this year. Washington drew s his last breath, on the last day of the week, in f | the last month of the year, and in the last year .> I of the century. He died, Saturday night, Decern j ber 14th, 1799. A new paper called the 1 | "Times," or "Twelve months' Experience of a Polii j tician," edited by John Shaw, who was the fore1 1 man of the late Washington "Sentinel," is about : to be established hi Washington, D. C. It will be an independent sheet. The Sumter IVatchi man, has received from Rev. J. T. Munds of that District, a cucumber twenty-one inches in length, ? eleven inches in circumference, and weighing four - pounds! A.B.Moore, Democrat has been - elected Governor of Alabama, without opposition, r James H. Dowpel, Democrat, has been elected to - Congress from the Montgomery district. - Senator Rusk, of Texas, committed suicide, at his residence, on the 29th ultimo, by shooting himself in the head with a rifle. No cause is as signed for the act. He was a native of Pendleton, South Carolina, and a man of commanding influ ence in the United States Senate. We have no - particulars of the mournful occurrence, but sup, pose it was during temporary insanity. We . regret to have to announce the death of Hon. 3 Jas. C. Dobbin. He died at his residence on i the morning of the 4th in Goldsboro, N. C."* t The Darlington Family Friend, says that ; this, according to an act of the Legislature, is - the last year allowed for the location of grants. t A negro has been lecturing in Manchester, 9 N. H., maintaining that all the races sprung from one original man, whose color was blaok, and that the homo of mankind is in Africa. His audience were white men and women. Gen. William Walker, the Nicarnguan hern, arrived at Augusta., on Thursday last. --The Edgefield Adverdeer says there is a feeling in that community favorable to the licensing of a decent (?) dram shop! A correspondent of the Sumter Watchman nominates ,Tas. D. Blakixnc, Esq., as Senator from that District. The Washington correspondent of the Courier and Enquirer, mentions a report prevalent at Washington, that Briuham Yot'No has written to the President, informing him that he will receive a successor with pleasure, ami that he has had no intention of resisting the Federal laws when legally exercised. In 18..G thero were in the United States forty-three colleges: in 1840, ninety-five: and in 1857, one hundred and twenty-seven. James Lambert, the English pedestrian, is now engaged in walking one thousand miles in one thousand consecutive hours, in Boston. Last week a disciple of BaintiAM Yot'so attempted to preach the Mormon doctrine in Smyth county (Va.,1 and though warn od by the citizens, refused to desist. He was accordingly seized, tarred nd feathered, after which he made a rapid exit. A correspondent of the Anderson nominates Hon. J.no. L. Manning for the United States Senate. The snuff box bequeathed by Gen. Jackson has been awarded to Gakbf.tt W. Dyckman, who was colonel of the 2d regiment of New York Volunteers during the Mexican war. Samuel C. Scott, Postmaster at Collier's Post Office, Edgefield District, S. C., has U&en arrested by General James L. Maouire, special Post Office Agent, and is now iu custody inAugusta, Gu. He was arrested by evidence from the use ofa decoy letter. The Hon. James Simons, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has issued writs of election to supply the vacancy iu the Charleston Delegation, occasioned by the death of the late Col. J. Charles Blum, a member from that city, and the election is fixed for Monday and Tuesday, the 24th und 25th days of August, inst. From the Unionville Journal we learn that the Masonic Lodge of that place have adopted resolutions in favor of the establishment of a Female College in that place. The Sheriff of Polk county N. C., was murdered last week, while attempting to levy an execution upon some property. Voltaire was of the opiniou that coffee cleared the hrain aud stimulated the wit. Andrew Wallace, Esq., of Columbia, S. C., has contributed $500 to the endowment fund of the "Columbia Female College."*,":,,"The Memphis Navy Yard Grounds have been sold for $380,000 to an association of Northern capitalists, who will establish thereon several factories and n repairing dock. The number of locomotives running in the United States is over 9000. The proportion of engines to length of rond will average one to every three miles. The Montreal Herald says certain gentlemen are just now mooting quietly, a confederation of the British North American Colonies. Hon. Hopkins L. IYrney, of Tennessee, formerly a Representative and Senator in Congress from that State, died very suddeuly, Aug. 1st. The Indiana Editors are calling flm? a Stnie f\nivention of newsiianur men to take means to protect the craft against rascally adver tisers. Among the seven members of Con gress elected by the Democrats in Kentucky, h Hon. James B. Clay, son of IInxrt Clay. H< was formerly a Whig, but in the last Presidentia campaign supported Mr. Buchanan. Rev Charles Taylor, who was recently elected Presi dent of the Spartanburg Female College, in plact of J. Wofford Tucker, has declined the office. ? _ . THE HOME CIRCLE, FOR AUni'RT. As a family visitor, this elegant monthly shoulc ever be welcome. Tn this number, an excellen article treats of the " U*e and ahu*e of Tohnrco,' which we would commend to the quid-dites gen erally. There arc several other readable articles besides religious sketches, reminiscences, &c.? It is published at Nashville, Tenn., at $2.00. "A VISITOR." Tho communication over the above .-ignaturi has been received. It is a glowing description o the temperance demonstration on the 23d ultimo and other mntters pertaining to our District. Wi hnve nlreitdy published so much in reference ti that occasion, that we fear it would not at tbi: late day be of interest to the renders of the Ex yrtRER. We must therefore decline its publica tion. MUSIC. On Friday night our quiet town was treated t a serenade from two rival bunds. The beauty o the night and the echoes of the music iu the dis tance, scarcely dying away, ere the strain wa wafted back by hands as cunning, made it alto gether an acceptable treat. It reminds us of th< far-famed gondoliers of Venice, sending alter nately the verses of Tasso over the waters. Th Bethel Band will ever be welcome, when it bring so much pleasure w ith it. CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, August 10, 1857. Wheu I wrote you last I was preparing to leav terra firma, and commit myself, for a time, to th treacherous wares of the mighty deep, and made you a promise to furnish a sketch of wher I went and what I saw. At the nppoiuted hou (5 o'clock) I found myself in the midst of a some what excited aud hurrying crowd at the foot c Union wharf, with bag and baggage, armed am equipped, as custom and fashion, in such case require. It is unnecessary to tell what I had i; my carpet bag, suffice it to say that the articles i contained, though neither numerons or valuable were sufficient for my purpose. At the sound of the last boll, I stepped uboar of the beautiful aud fast sailing steamer Osiri that runs between this city and the free and iude pendent province of Sullivan's Island. I wa considerably jostled by the general rush of hu manity, that ebbed and flowed like the waves c a troubled sea, upon the surface of which flo{ite baskets and bandboxes, hoops and hardware capes and crinoline, babes and bonnets, with a' the etceteras of a regular ladies travelling outfil which you know, if you are a married man, o have a sister, comprises not a small amount c "fixins" exclusive of dry goods. At length we all got stowed away, above am below, and about the stem and stern, and th moving mass became comparatively still, aud a breathed freely once more. Some looked pah and trembled, as they mused in melancholy mood upon the dangers of the sea, and of the gloriou uncertainty of the lives of those who go down t the sea in ships, like Jonah of old, and then the thought of the blue eyes and bland smiles of thei loTers, and laughed and affected a happiness whic they did not realize. I, who had seen some se service, and been among the marines on othe and more trying occasions, was more calm an collected, and having no faii;one under my chargf and little else to think about, I divided my tim in musing on Byron's beautiful apostrophe to th sen, "the deep blue sea," and Mixer's buckwhes cakes and hot woffles, which I felt sure of sharing if our voyage should not be delayed or prove di: astrous. Our noble craft, with Capt. Mansfield at th helm, backed out from the wharf and plowed th yielding wave, throwing the salt spray from h< bow, and presses her foamy track beneath th precious cargo of fair and happy humanity tht crowded every foot of available space upon th broad deck and spacious cabin. The housei spires and steeples of the populous city fade froi our view in the dlstanoe, or remain dimly mlrroi | ed on the lurid paradise of clouds that mark with ! golden dies the sunset sky. We pass Castle Pinckney and the Unarantine Ground, and approach i Fort Sumpter. that mammoth pile which has re- j ' qnired more than a quarter of a century to coni struct, it having beeu commenced in 1830. | Mount Pleasi t ou the left lies fuN in view, with I her neat cottages, grassy lawns and shady nooks, ! possessing the combined charms and conveniences s of town and country. The last steamer, for the j day, which leaves that lovely and beautiful ri/.< in urbe, is now just steaming out from her wharf, laden with a happy and joyous crowd who are returning to the city for the night, aud whose merry laugh rings out upon the quiet evening air, and is born away over the placid bosom of the bay, that spreads itself out like some mammoth mirror, to i reflect the beauties of the firmament. We are now at the Islaud wharf?the plank is j thrown nut, and the crowd rnsh out as it rushed ' ? " 4. a. j in, ana an are soon wenaing meir wiiy to me u?: pot to take the cars for the Moultrie House, for you must know there is a hop there to-night, ami I these arc they who expect to pass the forenoon of I the night, with some of the small hours of the j morning, in flitting through the guy cotillion, and : threading the mazes of the giddy dance. The con| ductor cries "all aboard" the cars are otf, and ere I yon are aware, yon are dropped at the Moultrie House depot, and ushered into the spacious corridors and gay saloons of this fhir famed Southern Summer resort. Music arises with its voluptuous spell, and maDy a happy heart beats merrily, and eyes look love to eyes that spake again, and all went merry as a marriage bell. The dancers are out, and smiling pairs are cooing and coquetting at a killing rate. The word is given, and sound of the voice is last in that of the feet, and the poetry of sound and motion absorbs every thing else. The young, the beautiful and the innocent are there, and watched by eyes that never yet knew weeping. And Cupid is busy, and many a heart battle will be lost and won. Such is my first impressions of a hop at the Moultrie House. And that is where I went and what I saw. MAGNOLIA. For the Yorkville Enquirer. THE DANCB. Messrs. Editors:?Having recently attended a ! ball in a neighboring village where such exhibitions are somewhat rare, allow me to give you a brief description thereof for the benefit of all who relish that innocent and exhilarating amusement. It was the first thing of the kind we had ever 1 seen, and of course we paid special attention to all evolutions aud manoeuvres?to their balancings, : cross-overings, hands-arounded-ness, &c. There i was one tall, gaunt looking chap, whose head was i eternally bobbiug up and down just as if he was > trying to knock known the chandelier, or as if his I centrifugal force was so great that he preferred dancing with his head against the ceiling. But i just look down at his feet and that delusion was instantly dissipated. For there was evidently an i insuperable stiff leggedness about him that our , sympathies were instantly awakened, and we felt ; like applying to the Legislature for him, to pro( cure an extra pair of joints somewhere between the knee and ankle. It was obvious at first glance that he would never be able to attain the double) semi-quiver-ness of a graceful fandango. He s was dancing with a beautiful partner, who, en1 dowed by nature with considerable heel-and-toe. itiveness, had availed herself of the advantages of art; ami it was well for her that her education 1 had not been neglected, for her gigantic companion seemed determined to make an impression, judging from his frequent efforts to entice her j corns between his No. 0 and the floor. But she t evaded every danger and finally came off to my , great admiration, as safely as Sinbad the Sailor returned from his hunt after elephant's teeth. In another part of the room there were two other disciples of Terpsichore, "muse of the many-twinking feet," who attracted our attention next. They were indulging iu that very innocent pastime?the waltz, which Byron with his accus? toined truculence so severely assailed. Really, we ' could see nothing objectionable in it. True, the ? arm of the gentleman was around the lady's waist e ?but what of that??as the Dutchman asked of 3 the man who called him a liar. The lady did not 3 appear to object and why should we ? We saw. however, that the party were laboring under one " difficulty. Hoops, those wonderful orbicular rotundities, had found their way into this quiet vilinrro?nwnr nn the mountains?where we did not A,*bv t ? 0 think such things could make headway, but f where they are really a cheap luxury, as hickory - rods arc so plenty that it is easy to manufacture s enough for home-consumption. Yes, hoops was - the predominant fashion, and we think, rightly e rightly enough, as they obviate one of the most - serious objections against the dance?that the e close juxtaposition of parties is nQt productive of s ascesicism. Hoops are great uwfamiliarizers, for if a man succeeds in getting his arms around the waist, it will be at the imminent risk of his neckso far will his perpendicularity be compromised. But in spite of hoops, an inability to keep time, e an unfortunate deficiency in joints and other mie nor incouveniences?away they all went in a perI petual, knock-dowu and drag-out whirligiginess. e We thought of Byron, r "On with the dance let joy be unconfined." (. Much to our chagriu, wo sat there with our hat in ,f our hand, unable to participate in the beautiful d recreation, and vowed mentally that on the first s opportunity we would put our feet in training for q future exploits. Really, as an innocent arnuset ment, we must think the dance unequalled. It >f j should form a part of the education in every 1 school?especially, every one devoted to the ednd ! cation of girls. Affording exercise and pleasure, s ' and giving that amenity of manners and ease and i- j gracefulness of motion, as necessary as mental s j culture, to complete our beau ideal at a man. Aud i- of ladies?what do you thiuk of a lady without if j grace? I would as soon see one without hoops, d breasting a heavy gale. Aud this seems to be the >, opinion of the world, for two thirds of her edu11 cation is confessedly to give her accomplishments, t, And who objects to it ? Who can object to beauty? .r "mightier than Manoah's son ?" It is woman's ? e?.. 1 Ko,i,,fnf narenn nr heatltv of II j jvric i iiuu n i kuuui wtuuvj ^ I manners, she would cease to exert over man tlie d benign and civilizing influence which has hallowed e her name and thrown around home an enchant11 ment that causes him to forget the "pride, the >, pomp and circumstance of war" in the blnndishI, mcnts of social life. s But it is not as a special pleader in favor of the o j dance, that we have taken up the pen. Our ob3' jeet was merely to give a charcoal sketch of a few ir of the most striking personages, and as soon as h .the novelty of the thing somewhat wore off, and a we became somewhat accustomed to the outre unir bendableness of our tall friend, we had liesure to d view the array of beauty on the floor. Particu!, larly were we struck with Miss , who with e dignity of manners and intellectuality of exprcse sion, was yet a graceful dancer, and, judging from it the manner in which her chair was guarded, altor, gether a "bright particular star." We were alj i most tempted to seek an introduction, but from 1 some cause or other, we have a secret dread of a e reigning belle. It must be so troublesome that, e apart from the flattery of the thing, the best dis:r position in the world will become haughty and ir10 ritable. But here in this corner, what quiet little lt lady is that whose dancing we so much admired e : for its suaviter in modo ? That is Miss , ano3> ther star just rising in the horizon of beauty.? n How rich the roses blushing on her cheeks ! Ah! f* health is indeed a blessing which we know nol how to apreciate until it is too late. But may [ those roses long glow on that bright cheek, and | may the future not belie the dawning beauty of : the present. At a respectable hour the party broke up, and j wo left with the intention of availing ourselves of the first opportunity of spending again such an agreeable evening. D. Yorkviue, August 6, 1857. ? ? ? The Atlantic Submarine Telegraph. j The proceedings in regard to the Atlantic tele- j graph cable, in England, are exceedingly interest- i ing. We extract the following from an article on ! the subject, in the London Times, of the *21th ult.: j The Agameinnou leaves Grenwieh to day, and after the adjustment of her compasses proceeds at once to Queenstown, where the other vessels composing the squadron?the Niagara, Susquehanna and Leopard?will also rendezvous. During the j trip from Shecrness to Queenstown experiments j will be made by laying down about twenty miles | of cable, in order to ascertain that every thing is j " "nnri wn.liinrr AAnftitinn TCv thlS meaDS tllC stiffness of the paying outgeer, of which considerable distrust is entertained, will he accurately tested, and the amount of risk kuown which the scheme will have to encounter in mid-ocean. Thoso trials, however, are to be strictly private, and none but those actually connected with the operations about to be undertaken, will be allowed onboard. After taking in coals at Queenstown the four vessels will start together for Valen| tia Bay. It has been thought advisable to alter the arrangement by which the cable was to have been jqjned in mid-sea, and the Agamemnon and Niagara then make the best of their way to shore ?the former to America and the latter to Ireland. Now the plan is to submerge the whole cable in a continuous line from Valentia Bay to Newfoundland. The Niagara will lay the first half from Iroland to the middle of the Atlantic; the end will then be joined to the other half on board the Agamemnon, which takes it cn to the coast of Newfoundland. During the whole process the four vessels will remain together and give whatever assistance is required. While it is being laid down messages will be sent back to the coast of Ireland, reporting each day's progress, and if necessary, of course, each hour's. Scientific men will look forward to the result of the undertaking with the deepest interest, as some wonderful electrical phenomena are certain to be observed during the process of submerging. Those most nearly interested in the plan are sanguine as to all being successfully completed within a month, and the state of the markets at New York known every morning throughout England. Most earnestly do we hope that their fullest expectations may be realized, though it is useless attempting to conceal that the risks of failure to the present plan are many and most serious. The share-holders of the company at Liverpool had given a grand banquet to the officers of the Niagara and Susquehana, and the completion of the shipment of the cable-on the Agamamnon had been celebrated by a grand fete in the park of .Sir Culling Eardley, near Erith, on the Thames.? Nearly a thousand persons were present at the latter entertainment, including Professor Morse, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, Hon. HeDry J. Raymond, Capt. Sands, of the Susquehanna and others. Mr. Field, in returning thanks for a toast, read a letter from President Buchanan stating be should feel mueh honored if the first message across the Atlantic should bo one from Queen Victoria to the President of the United States, and that he should endeavor to answer it in a spirit and manner becoming the great occasion. The London Times mentions some serious difficulties likely to arise in laying the cable. It says: While looking at the ponderous mass on board the Agammenon, one cannot fail to be struck by the heat of the place in which it is stowed away, a heat which might excite well founded fears as to its influence on the gutta percha. If we are not misinformed, the heat of the sun destroyed many miles of the wire by melting out the gutta percha whilo the cable was lying in Glasse & Elliott's yard. Proper precautions, should be taken to avert risk from this point. We have already explained to our readers how the cable is coated with closely woven spiral wires, to prevent damage to the core in paying out ; but, in consequence of the two halves having been made at different places?-one at Birkenhead, by Messrs. Newall, and the other at Greenwich, by Glasse & Elliott, a most egregious blunder has been committed. It will scarcely be credited, but it is nevertheless true, that the twist of the spiral wires of the Birkenhead half is in exactly the opposite direction to the twist of the wires in the half made at Greenwich. Thus, when joined in the centre of the Atlantic they will form a right hand and a left hand screw, and the tendency of each will be to assist the other to untwist, and expose the core. By attaching a solid weight to the centre joint it is hoped this difficulty and danger may be overcome, but none attempt to conceal that the mistake is much to be regretted. Senator Rusk Dead.' All in Washington were horror stricken this morning by the announcement, per telegraph, of the suicide of Senator Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas, by shooting himself through the head with a rifle, which occurred at his home on the 29th of July ultimo. As yet no particulars of the circustances under which this awful eveut took place are known to the public of the Atlantic States. Those who knew him intimately?and none knew him thus except to love and revere him?will alone fail to be surprised at the event. Previous to his advent .1 ww i r? . * _ _ n a. _ iOi/? l J* in tne unucu ouues oenaie, in io*u, ue was ujstinguished almost alone as a pioneer soldier, in which capacity his cournge, good sense and unvarying urbanity won him universal popularity in Texas, where the remarkable powers of his expansive mind were then as unknown to the public as elsewhere, except to the few who witnessed the proceedings of the (Texas) Convention of 18-15 to form a State Constitution. In the Senate of the United States his acquisition of great fame as a ' statesman was as slow and regular, as sure. Daniel Webster, shortly before his death, repeatedly pronounced his to be the greatest intellect among the members of that body, and such was the opinion of him held by the leading minds in this city from that day to this. He had as great antipathy i to oratorical display as to partizan politics, which I iuduced him at all times to eschew oratorical deI monstrations upon mere political subjects, though always firm, and faithful as the most faithful, to the principles aud measures of the Democratic party. Among the leading politicians of the party, more especially in public life, it was generally conceded that in case of a protracted contest in the next Democratic National Conveutiou over the Presidential nomination, the choice would have been most likely to fall upon him, as being obnoxious to no interest in the party, and most confided in by all. We knew him well throughout the last nineteen years, and never knew any other public man to be more eutirely unselfish, so conscientious in all his thoughts aud acts, public aud private, cr to pos sess more traits of character such as win for their possessor the confidence and esteem, aud, iudeed, the ardent affection of men of mind and abiding personal character. As a father, husband and neighbor, ho was loved as few men are. In early life he frequently gave way to ungovernable temporary spells of dissipation, wheriu he ' lost his usual command over himself. Later, however, he gradually gained control over his passion for such outbursts, until they had become very rare with him. While in them, his friends often feared that he would injure himself with weapons, and were careful as far as possible to keep them out of his reach, His wife died some eighteen months ago, and 1 J thus the strongest chord binding him to life was * J snapped. He grieved over her death like a child j for its mother. It preyed upon turn at an times, i affecting him daily more and more, though few | indeed, were aware that the loss of the sharer of I all his early toils?the best and truest friend he i ! ever had, the soother of all his troubled moments, , I the object of his purest and most devoted affections | for twenty-five years or more?had broken his ! heart; for he loathed parade in such matters, as i I in nil things else. That in a fit of undue excitei meat under such circumstances, he should have committed suicide, does not surprise us. He I leaves no abler American statesman behind him, 1 ! nnd the world will never behold a more conscieu1 tious and upright public man.? Washington Star. The Battle of King's Mountain. The Spartanburg Express in noticing Ramsay's History of Tennessee recently published, gives the | following extract from the author's description ol j the battle of King's Mountain: "But the Americans having reached the top ol the mountain, were gradually compressing the enemy, and the line of Ferguson's encampment ! was sensibly contracted. A flag was raised by the tories in token of surrender. Ferguson rode up ' , to it and pulled it down. A second flag was raised at the other end of the line. He rode there , too, and cut it down with his sword. He was frequently admonished by Dupoister to surrender; but his proud spirit could not deign to give up t( 1 raw and undisciplined militia. When the seconc 1 flag was cut down, Dupoister renewed his admo nition. To this he replied by declaring he woulc i never surrender to such a set of banditti as the ' | mountain men. These men, while they admirec the unyielding spirit of Ferguson, had noticed t I that whenever his voice or whistle was heard, tht enemy were inspirited to another rally. They believed that while he survived, his desperate courage would not permit a surrender. He soon fell after, and immediately expired. "The forward movement of all the American columns brought them to a level with the enemy's guns, which heretofore, in most instances, had over-shot their heads. The horizontal fire of the regulars was now considerably fatal; bat the rapid advance, of the riflemen soon surrounded both them and the tories, who being crowded close together, and cooped up into a narrow space by the surrounding pressure of the American troops, and fatally galled by their incessant fire, lost all hope from further resistance. Dnpoister, who succeeded Ferguson in command, perceiving that farther struggle was in vain, raised the white flag, and excluimed for quarters." The Elections. The result of the elections held last week are in most cases favorable to the Democracy, In North Carolina there is a probability that Gilmer is the only Know Nothing elected to Congress, Doctor Shaw, .Democrat, having been elected in the 1st District and Scales, Democrat having probably defeated Puryear, the late Know Nothing member, in the fltb District. Crnige, Democrat, is elected to Congress in the Mecklenburg District, without opposition. The State has gone largely for Free Suffrage. < - t From Tennesse ire have meagre accounts, but those received indicate a Democratic triumph.? Avery, Democrat, is said to be elected to Congress in the Memphis District, lately represented by Rivers, Know Nothing. In Kentucky the Democrats have carried all before them. They have elected their Treasurer, Garrard by 10,000 majority, and probably 7 out of the 10 members of Congress. The only Know Nothings elected are Humphrey Marshall and W. L. Underwood. The Democrats have also a majority in the Legislature, which will probably secure the election of Hon. Tames Guthrie to-the U. 8. Senate. Alabama returns an entire Democrat Delegation to Congress, Hon. W. R. Smith, K. N., having been defeated jn the Tuscaloosa district by Gen. Sydenham Moore, Democrat. The Democrats have also elected their Governor without opposition and an immense majority of the Legislators. The returns from Missouri are not so encourag- ^ ing to the Democrats, Rollins, K. N. and eman- fl cipationist has in 38 counties over 4000 majority for Governor and makes large gains everywhere. His majority in St. Louis is 1,848. Clark Democrat has been elected to Congress from the District lately represented by Hon. James P. Green who has been transferred to the U. S. Senate. From Iowa, the returns indicate the defeat of the proposed amendment to the Constitution giving negroes the right to vote. Texas.?The returns indicate the election of Runnells, (Democrat) as Governor, and his majority over Houston is now placed at 12,000. The Legislative elections, as far as heard from, bare resulted in favor of the Democrats. Carolina Timet. Judge O'Xeall. This venerable Magistrate and noble hearted publio servant and true patriot has been nominated for the United States Senate. For the LegislatnrA tn elect him. would he nothing more than paying a merited honor to talents, virtue and public services of the highest order. It would be, as it was in the case of Judge Huger, saying to him, "well done, thou good and faithful servant."? Judge O'Neall has great legislative and parliamentary experience, high qualities in debate, and would assume a high position in the Senate of the United States. He would be in mind and heart and character, as well as in experience and appearance, a noble specimen of a South Carolina A Senator, venerable in years, wise in council, pure I in purpose, able in discussion, and firm and unwavering in his determination. His measures would all be for his country's good, his State first, and next the Republic. No ambitious or selfish purposes could swerve him from the line of duty. Should Judge O'Neall be the nominee of the Democratic party, or should Col. Orr prefer the Speaker's chair, and Col. Pickens reconsider and accept the mission to Russia, we would support him with all our heart and with what little influence we may chance to have in the Legislature. We do not know that Judge O'Neall would consent to give up his position on the Bench as President of the Court of Appeals in Law and President of the Court of Errors, and forego his domestic and private relations in life, for the United States Senate- Bat he is a patriot of the highest and broadest stamp, and we presume would yield to the wishes and command of his State. Greenville Patriot. Shameful Outrage in Lynchburg.-?The old Methodist Church in Lynchburg, on Sunday night last, was the theatre of a shameful outrage. It is thus noticed in the Courier: It appears that on Sunday night last, a sacrilegious wretch managed to obtain access to the gasmeter and let off all the water; the consequenoe was that the gas soon went out, leaving the church in total darkness. Then it was that the same I wretch, together with his aocomplices, scattered " many pound* of finely powdered pepper on the floor, benches, railings and elsewhere! The house was densely crowded, and after the gas was lighted again and while the preacher was in the midst of a stirring appeal to the consciences of his hearers, the ladies commenced to ply their fans, and the persons standing in the aisles to move about to get a little fresh air. This roused up the powdered pepper, and started the whole congregation to coughing and sneezing at a rate so terrible as to put a speedy stop to the services. Unable to endure their sufferings, many of the congregation rose up and made for the doors. The doors could not be opened ! There were, wretches outside holding them with ropes! How long this state of things lasted we were not told ; what the consequences must have been, we leave to be imagined. Chinese Suoar Cane.?Richard H. Smith, Esq.Scotland Neck, N. C., writes to the Raleigh Register that be has made an experiment with the Chinese Sugar Cane, with the following results: From three unripe joints of the cane, about one gill of juice was imperfectly extracted, and after having been boiled for half an hour, a table spoonful of very good molasses were obtained?superior to the common grades of molasses. ? I write this to encourage those persons who have planted the cane, to go to work and make d their mills, and give it a fair frial. w If they have not cane enough to justify the expense of a mill with wooden rollers, let them extract the juice as I have done in this instance, by using the edge of a piece of thick plank, or scantling as a lever-power. Make the experiment, if with a pint of juice only. From the great yield of juice and the simple process required in making the molasses, I have no doubt of its complete success, and that the day is not distant, when the sugar-mill will be as common with our people as the cider-mill was years ago?when every family will make their own molasses?and the children?white and black?will cat bread and molasses, and drink "switchel" to their heart's content. From the Carolina Times. Chinese Sugar Cane Molasses. Mr. Editor :?On Saturday last I had the pleasure of inspecting a very good quality of Molasses, produced from the Chinese Sugar Cane, grown by Dr. D. W. Ray, a planter in the Fork. The specimen proved to bo of superior quality, and a half gallon which [Molasses,] had been extracted from only twenty stalks. I learned that Dr. Ray, who is one of our most successful and influential citizens, has planted only/our acres in this cane, and that he is satifled he will be able to extract from J it fifteen hundred gallons of Syrup, which, if equal I to the specimen inspected will be regarded by the 1 heads of families quite acoeptable for table use to say nothing of Plantation purposes. I make this note Mr. Editor, not only because I I am an admirer of Dr. Ray and bh superior ai bilities as a Planter, but espeoially because I am impressed that his example may prove of incalculable advantage to farmers and small planters, i Yours, Britton. i. A correspondent of the Lowell Journal, I says, in looking over a list of the members of the I Twenty-third Congress, which commenced December 2, 1883, and closed March 2, 1885, I was somewhat surprised at the number of members i who have filled high positions under our Govern, ment. Six members of that Congress, John Q. . | Adams, (previous) Tyler, Polk, Fillmore, Pierce and Buchanan, have occupied the Presidential j chair. Five members, Messrs. Calhoun, Johnson, ' j Tyler, Fillmore and King, have been Vice PresiII dents, and no less than eight members, Messrs. ; j John Q. Adams, Henry Clay, John Forsyth, Dani | iel Webster, John C. Calhoun, James Buchanan, I John M. Clayton and Edward Everett, have filled I flio nffln, nf SiAHlirn nf Rlolu Tliirtv.tWn TO pm - i ; bere have been Govenors of States, and twenty. [ three members of the House have since served in ; j the Senate. I I The water used at the christening of the | . I Princess Beatrice, Queen Victoria's youngest i j daughter, was brought from the river Jordan. It ? I appears that Captain Geoffrey Nightingale, Hy1 derabad, Cavalry, when travelling some time since . in the Holy Land, visited the river Jordan, and ? I had some of the water put Into bottles, which, be