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Jtaps & Jads. Gentlemen asking young ladies i "share their lot in life," should be particuli in stating the size of the lot and its yak per acre. > " One reason why the world is not r< formed is because every man is bent on ri fnrminwnthors. and navftr thinks ofreformin himself. The German journeymen tailors < Cincinnati have been' assembling in ma; meeting and protesting at the invasion c their province by the sewiDg machine. A grave digger, who buried a Mi Button, placed the following item in a bi which he sent to the widow of the deceased ( To making a Button hole, $5/ An Irishman, who was engaged at drain, had his pick-axe raised in the air jus as the clock struck twelve, when determie to do no more work, he let go the pick-ax and left it there. Everybody likes polite children."Worthy persons will pay attention to suet speak well of their good manners, and entei tain a high opinion of their parents. Chi! drenfSnake a note of this. ?'A'phriend, pheeling phunnily pbigu rative, phurnishes the phollowing:?4t 4tnnate 4esters, 4tuitously 4tifying 4 41or 4trsses, 4cibJy 4bade 4ty 4midable 4eigner 4minc 4aeiner 4ces." o "TO?O w A resident of St. Thomas has announ ced in Cuba that Gen. Santa Anna hai purchased an elegant residence in the firs named island, for whioh he paid $40,00' cash. ??At three years of age we love ou mothers; at six our fathers; at ten, holidays at sixteen, dress; at twenty, oursweet hearts at twenty-five, our wives; at forty, ourehil dren; at sixty, ourselves. The General Assembly of Presby terians, recently in session in Cbioago, ha decided by a vote of 160 to 52 that divorce cannot be granted unless adultery be clear! shown, and that any one marrying a perso divorced for any other cause, is himself guilt of adultery in"a moral view of the case. Thoe. Puryear, Esq , we understand left our city yesterday, to attend the races i England; We learn that his horse Char lesion will ritn for the Goodwood cup, an that the object of Mr. P's. visit is to be pres enton the occasion.? Columbia Guardian 14th inst. A Washington correspondent say that Senator Houston, upon whom devolve the duty of pronouncing a enlogy on his d( ceased coleague, and who manifested so muc feeling on the occasion, had not spoken t him in ten years. A bitter feud hnd existe between them for that long pexiod. The Mayor of New York, has opene a campaign against the lottery establishment of New Hampshire. He despatched an ol ficer to that State last week and had a nun ber of parties arretsed under warrants froi the State authorities. Others, hearing of th proceedings, made good their escape. Austin Maggs, architeot and buildei Kuan amofail in T.nn/tnn for writillff il??i3 k/VVU Ht?VO?VVft *U AJVU V>VM *vr* * "{5 letter calling upon the Queen to render u her office as head of the ohuroh. He sai he would be happy to produce his credential as Christ's vicegerent upon earth, and chai lenged creation to produce any claim superio to his own. A despatoh from St. Joseph's, Missouri says that that section of country has bee visited by one of the heaviest rain storm ever known. The Platte, Grand, at.d severr other rivers, have overflowed their bankf doing immense damage to the crops, am carrying away bridges, &c. The worst con sequences are feared. If newspaper enterprise be a true tes of prosperity in a new land, Victoria, i Australia, is a most prosperous city. Ther are now published in Victoria?daily papers eight; bi-weekly eight; tri-weekly, three weekly papers, twenty-one?total, forty.More, we think than in Paris?certainy mor than in Vienna. ?? Henningsen and Lockbridge, two c "Walker's fillibustering heroes, have quarreler and went to fight, but Henningsen says h will not correspond with Lockbridge, becaus he commences his letters with a little i. Thi isn't auite eaual to the man out West, wh - ' J , wouldn't vote fora certain man forjudge, be cause he spelled God with a small g ! Benjamin Clayton, Esq., has in hi garden a cabbage that was planted in April and on the 31st May, 1858, it was measure in the presence of Mr. James A. Tarplej and both of these gentlemen say that it met sured 10 feet in circumference and 3 1*4 fee in diameter. When full grown this cabbag will be a whapper.?Mur/reesboro' ( Tenn. News. Several Amerioan counts, it is reporl ed, have been made in Italy lately in this way The Pope, not being able to finish a certai railway for lack of money, offered the title c count to every foreigner who would subscrib a sum of five thousand dollars to the roac The required sum was soon obtained, and few more noble families were let loose i in society. " Bridget," said a lady to her servan Bridget Conley, "who was that man you wei talking with so long at the gate last night ? "Sure, no one but me eldest brother, ma'am, replied Bridget, with a flushed cheek. "Yoi brother, I didn't know you had a brother.What is his name ?" " Barney Octoolai ma'am." " Indeed ! how comes it that h name is not the same as yours ?" " Trotl rvic'rtm " Pc i V?a Iiqc Konn mil iua ULLJj IVT^U^U X/11U^V UV UUO MVVU U?M ried once." Eliza Ambert, a young Parisian lad; resolutely discharged a gentleman to who she was to have been married, because he rid culed religion. Having given him a gent reproof he replied, "that a man of the wor could not be so old fashioned as to regai God and religion." Eliza started, but on r covering herself, she said : "From this m ment, sir, when I discover you do not rega: religion, I ceaae to be yours. He who do not love and honor God, can never love 1 wife constantly and sincerely." An English paper publishes a sketi of the life of a prisoner, composed by hii self in Winchester jail. The original is the shape of a printed book, the letters ai words all having been cut out of waste pap by the man with his fingernails, as no kni or Boissors were allowed. After cutting o the words suitable to his purpose, he ca: fully pasted them in proper order to forn book, comprising twenty-two pages. A pie of poetry, addressed to the prisoner's wi is included in this'eingular literary coriosi Cjre gkMe (^itprer, to EDITED BT XT SAM>li W. MBIjTOU. ie YORKVILLEjS. C.~ THUBSDAY MOBNING, JUNE 10, 1858. S- ' j. ?~"~~~ Personal Communications, when admissa g ble; communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidate? for of-1 53 fices of honor, profit or trust, will be charged >f for at from 2? to 10 cents per line. r. Our columns are so much 'crowded, this 11 week, that we hare been compelled to leave out ; our usual market reports, and several interesting articles. a WHEELER'S FACTORY. Mr. WnEKLER's advertisement will attract tho d attention of our local readers. e Strolling down that way, we walked through the "show-room," and saw much to catch the eye of _ those in search of a turn-out. One carriage, ij particularly, appeared to us to be a little.nhead of ?. anything we have seen in this region?a light, ai| ry, beautiful and yet substantial affair. Mr. Wheeler's success at the business, is certainly the best recommendation that can be given to his work?at any rate it ought to induce purchasers ^ to give him a call and examine the stock. Read the advertisement. 8 ,|B|| INTERROGATORIES. i. The candidates for the Legislature are requested j to refer to certain interrogatories, in another colit umn. in reference to the Bank question. They IV r^T' 0 were sent to ua for publication, by respectable gentlemen from different sections of the District, and are, of course, worthy of consideration. We regret that this question has been mooted at \ all. The good to be accomplished by such an ' agitation is certainly problematical; and we feel assured that our readers do not take sufficient interest in the subject to consent that the paper be r" wholly occupied in the discussion. As they have 8 been called for by authority, we are bound to give 8 place to the replies of the candidates; but we must J insist upon as much brevity as is possible. The Q discussion has already been carried on at great y length ; surely the people are sufficiently enlightened for all practical purposes; and we trust the candidates will be contented with simply defining q their positions. This, we think, can be done in >. the space of a column ; and our publisher has j determined, therefore, to charge by the line for such portions of any communication as may exceed the limit of a single column. THE EXHIBITION AT EBENEZER. 8 On Wednesday, last week, we made a day's vis^ it to Ebenezer, and participated with much plcasure in the "Exhibition" by the students of the L " a Academy. 0 At ten o'clock, the young gentlemen, accompad nied by their teachers and tho Trustees, and preceded by the Ebenezer Band, marched in procesd sion to the Academy, in front of which an awning a and platform had been erected. After prayer by f- Rev. Mr. Richards, select speeches were declaimi. ed by the yonnger students, until the hour for inn termission. Under the tuition of the Assistant MnWnntffti hnw tiftd nrannrpri 8 itmuwi ?, j r- -i themselves carefully; their selections had been . committed to memory with surprising accuracy, ' and were delivered correctly and with much of the spirit which our models of eloquence cannot ^ fail to ipspire even in tender minds. The interval was employed in a vigorous discussion of the feast prepared by the Ebenezer ladies. Although collated after the pic nic fashion, it would be unfair to rate the entertainment among rough-and-ready gatherings-in usually denomina'? ted pic nics. It was more like a wedding-banD quet; made up of dainty dishes and set cut with s taste?the handsomest and most inviting table we d have ever attacked under the cover of shade-trees. When discuss'mg matters pertaining to cuitint. we 3 generally get enthusiastic; but we,nevertheless, i- mean what we say. In the afternoon, a feature new to our country it Academies was introduced?the delivery of origia nal speeches by a select number of the members e of the Dialeotic Society, in the following order: , James M. Adams?The Works of Nature; S. . W. Barron?The Patriot and the Scholar; James _ Pi. Massey?Ancient Greece ; W. J. McMillan? e The Heroes of the World; J. M. Perry?Music; C. M. Richards?Washington; M. B. Summer? ^ The changes of Time; W. T. Wilkes?The Amer, ican Trio. To use a stereotyped phrase in simply pronouncing e these efforts excellent, would be bestowing a praise e too faint. The truth is, taking into consideration 8 the age of the speakers and the fact that these 0 were their first efforts, they were all remarkably '* well done. Every argument was pervaded by a pure moral tone ; marked, singularly, by mature s and energetic thought; written and recited in a I, correct and manly style ; and prompted throughd out by those liberal sentiments which point to the higher and nobler purposes of life. Both as to l- matter and manner, we were gratified exceedingly. >t We have often attended Collego Exhibitions, and e we do not hesitate to say that the efforts on last J Wednesday would have graced the College rostrum, while more than one would challenge comparison ^ with the high-flown productions of College wranglers. The entire exercises constituted a moBt ^ flattering commentary upon the ability and the ? success which have uniformly characterised Mr. Shcbiet's teaching; and at the same time they I afforded a conclusive vindication of his course in banishing from the Academy the unmeaning and silly dialogues which have heretofore made up the n substance of school exhibitions, aud in their place introducing exercises which tend to develop the mental powers, encourage original and earnest 'e thought, and accord to an intelligent auditory a " dignified aud ratioual entertainment. We trust " our teachers will improve by the lesson so eucccssfully taught by Mr. Shcrley. ? To follow these young gentlemen, in an off-hand speech, was to us a trying task; and we did so, is because we were completely caught and could not ij avoid playing the game out, at all hazards. That r- we did not make an utter failure gives us sufficient gratification; and if the friends who henrd us so ? kindly, patieutly and attentively, have bestowed m an after-thought upon the truth we crudely endeavored to demonstrate, our sacrifice may not have |0 been in vain. More than this we could not say, l j even if, not being editor, we were seeking, aff'ec 1u r(j tionately, to indite words of praise for another. e_ We are glad to know that the Ebeuezer Academy . I ?an institution which, in our earliest days, was i J time-honored?has uever been more prosperous. OS I i)UP^s uutnber wore thau forty, the majority . | of whbm are pursuing classicul studies with a sucj cess which testifies Mr. Sucrlf.v'.s fine qualiflca| tions for his charge, and should give to his patrons j the mo3t unqualified satisfaction. We speak adi visedly, when we reiterate our opinion that in the in j departments which he professes to teach, Mr. S. t has not a superior iu the up-country. The noble er 1 aims 0f the teacher constitute the mission of his if? I life. And thoroughly deTOted and trained to it, ?t ; he discharges bis responsible trusts most faithfully, re- J We spfint a pleasant day; and if many are granti a j ed to us, we will take care to devote more than ice one in partaking of the generous hospitailty of the fe, Ebenezcr people. Our thanks are due to them, ty- and arc rendered cordially. NORTH CAROLINA ITKMS. The trial of George Scates and his mother Mart Sc.\tes, for the murder of the infant child of Janb Sansixo (the particulars of which were published in our paper a month ago) took place in Shelby, before Judge Saunders. George Scates was convicted and sentenced to be hung. The mother, a very old woman, was aquittid. We learn that a motion was made for a new trial. The contest between the regular Democratic nominee, Judge Ellis, and Duxkin K. Mc Rae, the independent candidate, waxes warm.? In the progress of their canvass through the State, they came together At Beaufort, and during tho discussion squared off into the ring. Judge Ellis "hit the first lickMr. McRae responded of course, and the parties were, of course, separated before any material injury was inflicted by either. The difficulty was afterwards "amicably adjusted," and the candidates left in the same conveyance for Onslow Court House. Persons from North Carolina tell us that the contest will be unusually spirited. The Charlotte papers state that the necessary capital for the erection of the Military Institute, in that town, has been subscribed ; and the company organized by electing T. H. Brem, C. J. Fox, J. P. Irwin, D. Parks, Sam'l M. Clair, H. L. Alexander and James H. Carson, a Board of Directors. The Board have elected Dr. C. J. Fox, President, and John M. Springs Secretary and rn ??,i Vintro xiOioii for the first instalment X1CUOU1 Oi y auvi uinv on the stock. Our readers are already aware that this enterprise has been inaugurated under the auspices of Lieut. D. H Hill, a native of our District. Wo wish it every success. The College buildings are to be erected in fine style, on a site below the Railroad Depot. Senator Clixgman has taken leave of his immediate constituency in a letter, which breathes throughout that spirit of devotion to their interests, which has actuated Mr. CltjcomajTs course in the House, and attached the people to him with a constancy not usually exhibited to any man. A strong and earnest effort will be made to re-elect him to the Senate, and we trust it will be successful ; for, undoubtedly, Cli.voman is the best man in North Carolina, in every respect, and honoring him the "Old North State" honors herself. In the address Mr. Clingman rehearses the history of the slavery contest, to show that the South has accomplished a decisive victory over Northern injustice, in securing the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, in obtaining access for slavery to all the Territories, and in the enactment of a law admitting Kansas with slavery, if the people wish it. The recent decision of the Supreme Court is also noted as a matter of special importance to the South. Mr. Cli.noman says that the expenses of the Government have largely increased, owing partly to the extension of our territory, and partly to the fact that the slavery agitation has diverted attention from measures of economy. The tariff rates have nevertheless very been largely reduced. He opposes the project of dividing the public lands among the States as certain to increase the taxes and as unconstitutional. He represents the Democratic party as the only one from V 1 ?_1 - 1.! ?n a nn^iA/lfo nnn hn wnicn proper legimuuuu uu w?c ouvj<v<s ?,?, expected, although he says he has never been governed in his actions by any mere party considerations. MERE-MENTION. The Greensboro' Patriot comes to as this week in an enlarged form, neatly printed on new type by means of a power-press. Among other things the Patriot says one of its subscribers has paid five years in advance. The suspended Banks of Charleston, and the Hamburg Bank, resumed specie payment on the 8th instant. The Mercury says "there was little or no demand for speoie beyond what was wanted in the way of convenient change. One of the banks paid out only five dollars. All a man has to do in these days to pass for a genius, is: to button his coat behind, and wear bis hat wrong side out. The first printing press in North Carolina was established at Newborn in 1754, by James Davis, who in 1778 printed an edition of the laws of North Carolina. "Blessed are they who do not advertise, for they will be rarely troubled with customers." The prohibitory liquor law passed by the Legislature of Maine, was ratified by the votes of the people on the 7th instant, very few votes being cast for the opposition or license law. The vote !n T>n??t1 nn/1 fnr> nrnhthitinn WilS 1.257. and for li cense 23 ! On the Oth instant, the Legislature of New Hampshire re-elected J. P. Hale, United States Senator. The Virginians resident in New York, hare made preparations to remove the remains of ex-President Monroe, from that city to Richmond. Why is a hen sitting on a fence like a cent? Because she has a head on one side, and a tail on the other. Col. W. H. Gist of Union, is nominated in the Lancaster Ledger, for Governor. The Missouri Telegraph says that Governor Stewart, of that State, while pretty drunk, got into a quarrel with a Mr. Vandiyeb, about the pardon of the St. Louis murderer, O'Blennis, which ended in a fight, the Governor getting a very satisfactory thrashing. Stewart's friends say it was not fair, as he was too drunk to fight. A Yankee baker has invented a new kind of yeast. It makes bread so light that a pound of it weighs only four ounces. Gen Scott was seveDty-two years old on the 14th instant. He has been in the Army half a century. The Richmond South understands upon undoubted authority, "that Mr. Boyce is resolved to remain in his present position as long as it shall be the will of his constituents." A marriage epidemic is prevailing in Lexington, Ky., which is sweeping off numerous victims. On one day last week there were no less than seven weddings and three runaway matches. Locusts bave made their appearance in the lower counties of Mississippi. The cost of lighting New York city by gas during the past year, waa $400,000. The fourth of July falling on Sunday this year, the Darlington Flag says it has been resolved to celebrate it in that place by a religious meeting. The oldest military company in the State is the German Fusiliers, of Charleston, having been commissioned in the year 1775. The Fairfield Artillery was chartered in 1786. Within a vear. South Carolina and Texas havo each I lost two United States Senators by death?the former, Butler and Evans; the latter, Rusk and Henderson. A drunken Dutchman, by the name of Cain, staggering through the streets one day, was asked if he was the man that slew his brother. "No," said he, "I was the one that got slewed." The Weekly Level says there are more churches, more gambling hells, more grogshops, and more prostitutes iu Memphis, at the present time, than in any other city in the Union containing the same amount of population. Col. Andrew P. Calhoun has been proposed by the Camden Journal for the next Governor of this State. The hog cholera has again made its appearance in Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee and Arkansas ; and animals are dying by hundreds. The Selma (Ala.) Era says cotton is looking remarkably well, and the stand is generally good. The farmers have just harvested the most abundant crop of wheat ever raised in this section. | The total national wealth of the United States, a.1 I an estate, is stated to be twenty-two billion dollars Hon. Wm. L. Yancey, of Alabama, bat been spoken of in connection with the next Presi dency, by some of the Southern press. Th< 2611th anniversary of the founding of Rome wai celebrated by the Archsclogical Institute, in Rome on the 24th ult. The Napoleon, Ark., Plan ter, says its lost issue was "worked off" by th< printer, while standing in 2 feet of water. The greatest misfortune of life is old age witboi the remembrance of virtue. The inaollity < a wife to make bread has been declared sufficiei ground for divorce by a County Agricultural St I ciety of Iowa. A wise man will speak we ! of his neighbor, love his wife and children, tak j their own District paper, and pay for it in advanc ' A f?anfiomnn vim i-onAntl v traveled throug ? ? the Mohawk Valley, states that the farmers < that region, instead of the old-fashioned figure < a ragged man, with a wooden gun, for a scar* crow, now hang up hooped skirts in their cor fields, and the carrion birds are effectually alarn ed by this modern, fashionable contrivance. * Mr. Samuel Wright, a farmer, who resides i Washington county, Pa., has eighteen childrei one hundred and eleven grand children, and on hundred and seventy-four great grand children.His wife, too, is still living. A shoetnakei intending to be absent a few days, larapblncked shingle with the following, without date, and naile it upon his door: "Will be at home in ten day from the time you see this shingle." The official news from Utah dispels all anxiet in respect to a war with the Mormons. Governo Cummi.vo had been favorably received and the ul most defference and obedience paid to his author; ty. Brio ham Yorso was preparing to leave th Territory. The various Mormou settlements hav been broken up, and the inhabitants were movin South or in the direction of Sonora. The seen | incident to this exodus is represented as distre* sing and mournful. Men, women and childret poorly clad and illy provided, were uncomplait ingly taking their departure from the Territory The Secretary of the Interior has aske Congress for $100,000,000 to enable the Depar ment to preserve peace in the Northern India Superintendency now threatened by invasion from large body of Sioux. 'Hostilities are about to t inaugurated on a scale of alarming magnitndc.The Secretary urges prompt action. An effoi has been mnde in Congress to increase the rati of postage to five cents, and abolish the frankin privilege. It was defeated. The allied flee with the Telegraph Cable on board, sailed froi England, on the 29th April, to commence open tions. It has turned ont, from recent develoj ments that the English have managed to take tb lion's share of the profits, by amending the chai ter so as to place the line under the control oftb British Government. This has caused the Jud ciary Committee in Congress to frame a bill r< commending that inasmuch as these movement have been perfected without the sanction of th United States and since the appropriation of $70, 000 per annum by this Government, they are there fore unjust t.o the United States as a partner i the enterprise. The Committee recommends tha the appropriation be withdrawn and the partnei ship dissolved. The suspended Banks of thi State, following the lead of the Bank of the Slat< resumed specie payments, suddenly, last weck.The momentous event has created no excitemer anywhere; in truth, these renegade institution might just as easily have come to the mark la< January. There is a huge "mystery" in banking but we begin to suspect a light measure of it i made up of "humbug." The New Orlean papers have it that Gen. Walkf.h, is preparing t make another foray upon Nicaragua. His ne1 army is said to be well organized; and from th movements of other powers in the Isthmus, it i conjectured that our Government will not be dis posed to interfere again with the ambition of on renowned fillibuster. The design seems to be t invest San Juan river with on army numberin about three thousand men. Tell me, ye wing ed winds, that round my pathway roar, do y know some quiet spot where hoops are worn n more ? Some lone and silent dell, some island o somo cave, where women can walk three abreast along the village pave f The loud winds hisse around my face, and snickering, answered, "nar place!" At the recent Commencement of th Theological Seminary, in Columbia, the followin gentlemen obtained diplomas, and have been li cjnsed, viz: S. E, Axon and G. 11. Coit, of Ga. David Fairley, of S. C.; W. F. Hall, of N. C. A. It. Liddell, of Ga.; W. F. Pearson, ofS. C. A. P. Smith, of Ala.; T. E. Smith, of Ga.; J A. Walker, of S. C. The President has sec a message to Congress communicating the det patch from Gov. Cummino, from which he ha reason to believe that our difficulty with Utah i terminated, and congratulates Congress upon th auspicious event. ITe says that the three regi ments will not be wanted. Ci mminq says that in telligcnce has reached him from every dircctio that the Mormons will burn every house in th Territory before leaving. THE BRITISH OUTRAGES. We have not been inclined to work ourself int a rage on the "war topic trusting that the firs J intelligence from England would assure us tha British officers have exceeded their instructions and that the Government would be prompt i making the amplest reparation. To precipitate long and bloody contest comports little with th interests and temper of the English people, an would certainly be in an equal degree unfortunat for the United States; and we have not pcrmitte ourselves to apprehend such a serious and lamenl able result. The latest news meets our anticipa tions. The intelligence by the steamer Nova Scotiar, reported in the Columbia Guardian, is decided! favorable. "In the House of Commons, on th 29th May, Mr. Lindsey asked whether official ii formation had been received that American vessel had been searched and detained by British cruiser.1 and by whose instructions ? Mr. Fitzgerald replied, that he had not r< ceived auy official information on the subject, bn he believed exaggerated reports to that effect wei in circulation. He had no hesitancy in assertin that tfe British Government desired to maintai friendly relations with the Americans, and the strict orders had been forwarded to EDglis cruisers to be cautious in theirmovcment3." Th London papers seem to have noticed but a singl outrage, and probably had received no intimatio of the repeated insults, by tho war steamer Sty: They have therefore made no comment, from whic we can anticipate their tone. The next arrivi will, we arc coufident, be sufficient to cool us dow to n temperate beat. Several additional outrages have been reportei but all of a less insulting character. The follov ing despatches from Washington contain tl latest items in regard to proceedings in the Gulf Lord Napier received dispatches to-day froi the commander of the British West India squat ron, expressly disavowing having authorized tl J recent acts of visitation, and explicitly disclaimir j having any instructions comtemplating such I contingency or possibility. lie states further tha J immediately upon being informed of the ofiensn I proceedings, he dispatched the sloop Jasper i | search of the Styx aud other cruisers, with orde j to bring them in, intending to hold the officers i i a strict account. The instructions under whi< j the squadron is now acting arc over ten yea ! old. These dispatches were communicated to tl President nnd Cabinet, and produced a reactr , | feeling of relief, which is only qualifiod by the a prehension that some of our vessels ordered to ti Gulf may retaliate. Lord Napier feels satisfii ' from this intelligence, that his dispatches fro I England, expccted*next week, will authorize tl , ; fullest explanation. I Instructions given to our officers sent to tl ; Gulf authorized them distinctly to prevent at ' I attempt to visit, detain, examine, or question j i ' merican vessels. Some reservation was impose s but the margin was still wide enough for redres if disposition to seek it be entertained. Most ' the officers are, however, discreet and able. Intelligence has been received from Command 9 Rodgers, of the U. S. Surveying steamer Wat W itob, now at Key West, that a British vessel had < lt been sent in pursuit of the Styx, with instructions j . lor her to desist from further search of American . " vessels. It is also stated that the officers who it committed the late outrages have not acted under t 3. j new instructions, (Derby's administation) but t jj under that of 1847, (Palmerston's administration.) C ! ANOTHER RESPONSE. e. I A correspondent of the Carolina Spartan endor- 1 h ses, in flattering terms, the nomination of Col. ' )f Dawkins for Governor. We are glad to notice J )f that the friends of this distinguished gentleman I i* have received so heartily the suggestion made in 0 n our paper. The election would not be an adequate t 1- acknowlegement of Col. Dawki.ts'eminent ability; * " for the office affords but a meagre scope for the ? n display of intellectual attainments. But it does i, call for the scholarly accomplishments and theelee Tated tone of a well-bred gentleman?qualifica tiong which Col. Dawkths possesses in a marked \ degree, and which render the nomination peculiora ly fit to be ratified. The Spartan"* correspondent j r d says: s I noticed an item in your last paper stating that 0 Col. T. N. Dawkins had been nominated by the ? Vorkville Enquirer as a suitable candidate for the c ^ next Governor of the State. I was highly grati- f r fied to see the name of this distinguished gentlet roan announced as a candidate for that office. Indeed, there is no one in the whole State whose J election to that position would give greater or ^ c more general satisfaction to the people of the up- . e , country, and particularly to the people of Spartang burg District, than Col. Thomas N. Dawkins. A c gentleman in every sense of the word?a firm sup- ( 6 porter of the rights of the South?a lawyer of . >- eminent ability?a scholar of superior attainments ?he combines every qualification necessary to t t insure at once an able and popular Governor. r Although this announcement may be Romewbat too far in advance of the time of election, that d can be no objection to the claims of this eminent man, who, I am suro, if the reins of State Gov- 1 ernment were committed to him, would direct the , n business of the office with ability, fidelity, and a honor to himself and this his native State. ie Spabtanbuho. ? 1 rt For the Yorkville Enquirer, ss ? s INTERROGATORIES. f * The Candidates for a seat in the next Legisla- j ture are requested to answer the following questions, through the columns of the Enquires : ^ I 1st. Are you in favor of a reform in the present e system of Banking in South Carolina ? 2nd. Do you approve and endorse the action of e the last Legislature, in relieving the suspended . Banks from paying the five per cent, penalty, by suspending the second section of the Act of 1840? *' THE PEOPLE. June 11, 1858. e ' CHARLESTON CORRESPONDENCE. Charleston, June 12. n The "Alarm Bell" about which there has been quite "a tempest in a tea-pot" kicked up "to order," was shipped this day at New York, and will reach 8 here on Monday next by the Columbia. Several ' > of the Charleston mechanics are quite wrathy because the job was not given to some of them, as they conceive they could have done it as well as 8 Messrs. Mbneely & Sons, Troy, N. Y. The Board of Fire Masters thought differently, and hence a ? Yankee bell, on which a Yankee bellman will play 8 "Yankee Doodle" on high days and holi-days, will 19 be hoisted in the Cupola of the Orphan House, 0 and not on the New Fish Market, as was at first w suggested. From a letter addreassed to Mr. G. A* e Bowman, Chief of the Fire Department., which ap18 peared in the Newt of this afternoon, I learn that '* the weight of this monster Northern Bell is tix ir thousand three hundred and sixty five pounds, and 0 can be heard at a distance of twelve miles with a 8 fair wind. The refusal on the part of the Collector of our 0 port to grant a clearance to the ship Richard Cob0 den for Africa, for the purpose of bringing out ,r a cargo of African emigrants in accordance with '' the emigration laws of the United Statee, has cre^ ated almost as much excitement as the big bell, y and the consequences of which enme very near e being more serious. The editor of the Ereniny ^ News sustained tho course of the Collector and l" Secretary Cobb, and the Mercury advocated the ' cause of the applicants, the Messrs. Lafitte & Co. ? The war of words between these two journals be* ? came warm and animated, which resulted in a * correspondence and explanation which appeared to day in both the above-named papers. The 28th of June will be a day illustrious in 8 the annals of Charleston, and will long be remera8 bered by "the sons of the sires of '76." Apart e from the usual anniversary festivities, the corner 8 stone of the Calhoun Monument will be laid on the (J '* Citadel Square, aud the occasion and incidents of a which will be embalmed in the fiery eloquence of e the Chevalier Batabd, the JciTEn Toxans of the South, the frank, fearless and impetuous Keitt. * The city and the country will both be out, composing a solid phalanx of humanity covering ten ^ |t acres of ground. It is proposed to make it a gent eral holiday and suspend all business?even the Banks?and let the people, business men and all, . come out en matte, and honor with their presence n ... ? the memorable occasion, a v It was reported yesterday that the action of the j House of Congress on the 8th instant was unfavor- P able to. the proposed appropriation of $300,000 ^ for completing the New Custom House in this city. The strongest objection to the appropriation was the extremely low state of the funds in . the National Treasury. I am, however, pleased to notice a dispatch in this afternoon's paper sta' ting that the matter was reconsidered and the ap^ propriation agreed to. ^ Qov. Allston has recently senton from Virginia , a highly polished and beautiful bronze copy of j IIocdon's Statue of Washington, which arrived a j ' ' in this city on Monday last. The Qovernor has i ; taken it for the State, and it will be placed in the t t Capitol at Columbia, If the Legislature should c sanction its purchase at a priee of $10,000. It 1 was sent to the care of Mayor Macbeth, who, with t ? the consent of the Commissioners immediately c ^ placed it in the beautiful grounds in front of the ? K Orphan House near the statue of the illustrious ( Pitt. The copy is by a promising Virginia artist, c , W. J. Hubabd, Esq., and for fine finish, life like- t ness and a bold and striking outline of face and c figure, it i3 worthy of the far-famed and admirable i ^ original. * t j June 14.?The Court of General Sessions and 1 Common Pleas is being continued into an extra < session. Judges Wabdlaw and Withers are t j both here, Judge Wabdlaw presiding. Saturday i ' last being sentence day, Mart McKewn, who bad 1 been conyicted of manslaughter for the lulling of her servant girl on Sullivan's Island, was sonten- ? ced to three months imprisonment, and to pay a t j. fine of two hundred and fifty dollars. Ou being 1 ie asked, as the custom is, if she had any thing to < 'B say, why the sentence ot the law should not be i * passed upon her, she responded in an address to 1 r(l the court of some length, and much feeling. Her J i in remarks were pointed and forcible, and she ap- j < peared to be a woman of some natural ability, but ' 1 .b her mind had probably been neglcoted, or only j < rs partially improved by a defective education. She 1 was well dressed, of fair appearance, and appear- I ] J? ed to be about fifty years of age. j p. The weather has been rather squally of late, and i ie we have been favored with quite a number of I heavy showers, accompanied by much thunder and i je lightning. The rain has had a most delightful 1 effect upon the atmosphere which is now oool and i ae pleasant. < ^ The steam ship Isabel, Capt. Rollins, from d( Havana and Key West, arrived at quarantine at i *" hrincrincr ilatpq frnm lo? X?7 O'CIOCK. Oil ouiuiucij' ui(U. ?' those ports to the 10th instant. She met with an er accident near Key West, from which, however, she i er sustained but little damage, by running on Wash- < rwoman 8ho.il, where she was detained twent; 'our hours, and had to be relieved of a portion o ler cargo, before she could get off. She left her< his morning for New York, for the purpose of un lergoing repairs. She brought important news from the Gul Jquadron. Two more outrages are reported t< tare been commit ted upon our commerce, inthosi rators, perpetrated by British cruisers. The U I. steamers Fulton and Water Witch, had arrived >repared to protect our flag from further outrag< ,nd insult, and the cruiser that they may overhau 511 V*ort/anfnvt h ho willing ir\ rotirn fpftm tlift htlll iess, or pursue her calling ia safer waters and 01 i more cautious and prudent scale. MAGNOLIA. NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE. New Yobk, Jane 18, I808. The City is unusually dull; no tremendous riots 10 awful tragedies, no exciting elopements breal he weary monotony. Murders and lower degreei >f crime are numerous, but unless they are of thi nost shocking barbarity, or characterized bj ither extraordinary circumstances, no visiblo ef ect is produced on a people who are already to< amiliar with the aspects and reports of crime.? Inch common place occurrences as ordinary mur lers, shooting affrays, abductions and all tha :ind, are Considered as matters of course. More iver the British outrages have grown stale; ant he thermometer has gone up, within a very fev lays, from 56? to 80? Fahrenheit. Considerinj he last circumstance, there is no need of excite nent, and if any thing of Interest should happen t would not be properly appreciated and enjoyed Camceni, an Italian burgler who killed a Police nan for trying to arrest him in the very act 0 obbing, is now undergoing his third trial for thi iffence. On his former trials the jnries did no igree, which is about equivalent to an acquittal rhis time a jury of fifteen hundred names wer< ummoned ! The whole number was exhausted anc till the panel was wanting one, which was taker rom the crowd. The prisoner made a singh >eremptory challenge. No one supposes that ht rill be convicted of murder, although it may bi iroven, or thftt he will suffer the penalty if founc ;uilty; so common has it become either forth) ury to construe a criminal charity for the mar Icrer, or for the execativo to interpose the privi ege of pardon. If the present Governor should b< i oandidate for the office a second time, thescoan Irels whom he has let loose on the City will be ai mportant aid to him. There is a kind of intelli ;ence between ibe too that no one has attempte< o explain. The Northern partner in the Lottery of S iwAN & Co., has grown very indignant at Mayo: Tchad's honesty in endeavoring to break u] ottery swindles. He retorts upon the Mayor ty accusing his agent of being a paid-winker at othe: otteries, and by stating that the object in viev s to ruin his political prospeots for the next Con fress, all of which is, of course, a triumphan indication of the lottery man's honesty and pur notives. It is a curious matter of inquiry hov bin becomes the skin of a man who elevate lis eye to a scat in Congress, and how thick i jrows when the seat is won and worn. Perhap lome one under "experience," can solve the po itico-physiological problem. Free Masons, like the "rest of mankind," wil lometimes indulge in differences in spite of pro estntions of friendship to the contrary. Th raternity here has been on squally terms abou natters peculiar to themselves ; but the points o lispute have been amicably settled, and the "grip' s given with as much impressment as usual. Sabbath breaking, which is very common am n some cases unavoidable, does not always tan mt well. Amone other means of amusement 01 Sunday, is that of sailing in small boats rigge< irith a single sail, a precarious species of fun whei he wind plays pranks and mad freaks. No les ban three of such sail boats were capsiz? ind their inmates emptied into the treacheron dement on last Sunday. Three persons wer irowned in sight of assistance, the remainde iscaping by sheer efforts and the assistance o ?thers. A female in the company proved the val >e of ciinoline in a case of emergency, about th< >nly way in which such proof can be given. Advertising has been elevated into a science. Imongst other proofs of the fact, is the appear moo of a "new mode of Advertising" in th< itreets. The method consists of a frame worl nounted on wheels, the frame work being overed with canvass, and the canvass in tun overcd with gigantic posters of all imaginabli orts, sizes and colors. In order to give the peo< ile the full benefit of the articles thereon set forth, he machine is drawn by a horse poor enongh t< rovent accidents, and to insure slow motion. Sc mch for the inventive genins of a free people. In spite of hot weather and filthy, reeking treets, the City is said to be very healthy. Bui f the decrease in population be taken intoconsid ration, a well founded doubt may be entertained rhether the assertion is entirely correct. How c cstilcnce is to be avoided with the streets intheii resent filthy condition, and a prospect of a ho nmmer before as, no one can answer and nobodj eema to care. In such an event, the working lass must bear the chief weight iu addition t< heir present hardens. SETH. For the Yorkville Enquirer. A TRIP OUT WEST. Mr. Editor I iove newspapers?not only th< ournals of my own and other Churches, bat &1 ,nd singular the literary and political papers, t< rhich I have access. I do not confine myself t< he metropolitan press?I look into the provincia ir district papers. May I tell you a secret ? ' leard a Charleston editor, of no mean fame, sa; hat the Exquibkr was about the best paper?ou if Charleston?in the State. He said this witl leliberation and emphasis, not having the fear o Columbia, or Edgefield, or Greenville, or Spartan >urg, or Camden, before his eyes. So much bj vay of exordinm. You have already made reference in yoor col lmns to the session of the General Conference o he Methodist Episcopal Cbnrch, Sonth, latel; lcld in Nashville, Tennessee. It was my privil iged to be there, and with yonr permission, I wil ell your readers and patrons a few things abon natters?"all of which I saw, and part of whicl [ was." Going and coming in these days of travel b; itearo, at this season, and in such & country a his, to the uniniated, is not devoid of interest.[ will begin by saying that I reached Yorkville ii ;be afternoon of the 28th of April, and the nex norning we had frost! I went as far as Colum sia in company with your townsman, John G. En LO?, Esq., whose company was just such as on< iesires on a journey. In Columbia we met som friends, and on leaving, we had two Delegate m board. At Kingsville, the North Carolina am Virginia delegations joined themselves to our com pany?say a dozen of them. At Orangeburg, tw more joined us ; at Bamberg, beyond Branchville mother; at Augusta, more; on the way to Atlan ta, by night, several others were added to ou company, among the rest Bishop Pbabok. At Al lanta, parts of the Alabama and Florida delcga tioDB were added to our company?we began to b excited, and that nigbt we slept none scarcely. Breakfasted next morning at Dalton, and wet Boon at Chattanooga, where we were joined by ai other sqnad of Delegates. Leaving Chattanoogi we poshed on throngh some of the most romanti Bcenery in the world?along the ^bank* of the rii er, clinging to the stone-walled mountains, ton j ing along tbrough deep gorget*, harrying across f rich bottoms, darting through dark tunnels, and ! oat into the splendid region of Middle Tennessee. At Stephenson, the junction of the Tennessee and Memphis roads, qaite an avalanobe of humanf ity was hurled upon us in the shape of passengers ) ' ?men, women and children?from Memphis. As ; mong the rest, quite a number of Delegates with their families. Our gallantry was put to the , tost. Some of us gave place to a plain, hnmble i company of women and children, who seemed 1 hardly able to make their way into the oars ; and soon they refreshed themselves with *'mountain i dew"?bald-face?out of a flask, undfr the old constitution?females and children drinking first. I thought of Judge O'Neall, and then of W. 0. Bhowslow ; and then concluded may-be they arn from North-Alabama, and the redoubtable Parson of Knoxville, may not be responsible for tbeir do' ings. No doubt we hare as hard curs as the c above in South Carolina, but it was in this garden ' spot of Middle Tennessee that I first witnessed 5 such devotion to the flask. I am glad the Ennui7 reb bears good testimony in behalf of temperance ; other district journals might do good in the } same way and not hurt themselves. But I digress. The unpleasantness arising from the erowd, the dust and the heat, was somewhat relieved by the k beauty of the country through whieh we were passing, and the new aud pleasant acquaintances * we were forming every half-hour. Near Murfirees7 boro' we broke down, and all hands had about an ? hour's recreation in walking, looking into fields " of red and white clover, and admiring fine stock. * The engineer having put things right, we pushed * - on at hurried speed, and reached the City of Bocks * at 0 o'clock, p. m. ' I forgot to say, that as far as Atlanta, Qs., we 5 had the company of several Delegates to the Genk eral Assembly of the Old School Presbyterian Church, on their way to New Orleans. I heard 5 of a most impressive and suggestive inoident in ' connection with that General Assembly, and I 1 take great pleasure in alluding to it, and feel an' Bured yon will give it a place as an item not to be * 9 overlooked. Quite a number of Delegates to that i Assembly were on a Mississippi steamer, and paid ' $500 for the purpose of keeping the 8abbath-Day 3 holy, by stopping the boat until Monday. I heard ' honorable mention made of the matter by a " whole-souled Mississippian, on the floor of the 9 General Conference. I will giro your farther items next week. 1 J. W. KELLY. Shelby, N. C., June 1858. ^ [adveb.ti8emekt. ] tub next legislature* The friends of John B. Nesbitt, would reepeotfolly announce him as if Candidate to represent the people of York District in the next Legislature. Mr. Nesbitt is a gentleman of extensive travel and experience, and if elected, will meet the highest expectation of his friends. Mabt Yotkbs. June 17,1858. 24 2w* [advibtisemest.] legislative nomination. We respectfully nominate J. N. McElweb, Sr., for a seat in the Legislature of this State, as one of the representatives from York District He has 1 heretofore served as a representative, and disohar* ged bis doty faithfully and honestly. Identified B in feel in* And interest with the anicultural DOT t tion of our people, by them he should be supportf ed, as a fair exponent of their wishes. Conservatire in his views, sound and orthodox in his political opinions, of age and experience, and un1 questioned honesty of purpose, we believe no beti ter representative could be selected for-oar peoi pie, and earnestly hope he will suffer his friends to i announce him as willing to serve a MANY FARMERS. ? June 17,1858. 24 It 1 g For the Yorkville Enquirer. e the church and temperance* r Mr. Editor :?It is known fall well that he, who > says aught against the practice of the members of - tho visible Churoh, does so at great peril, and that i revelation and history concur in the fact that, to do so successfully, he "must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear yet Paul had the bold ness to tell the church of Philippi: "For many > walk of whom I have told you often, and now tell '< you even weeping, that they art the enemitt of the ; cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, eohose Ood is their belly, ("the indulgence of their appetites was the chief good," as explained by Soott) ? and whose glory is in their shame." These words of Paul were addressed to, and of christian professors. It was a hard saying, and its truth made Paul even weep. Bbowx, of Haddington, too was not afraid to utter his sentiments of the Church of his day. "At present," says he, "such is the condition of the ' Protestant churches, by reason of the prevalence ' of ignorance, contention, and licentiousness among all ranks, and of negligence, and even profkaensss of clergymen, that one can hardly say, whether they seem fastest returning to Popery or to Heathenism." At a later period, WiunroBOB said: "It bebelongs not to our purpose to speak of the grossly and scandalously profligate, who renounce all pretentions to the name of Christians; but of those ? who, maintaining a certain decency of character, and perhaps being tolerably observant of the forms of religion, may yet be not improperly termed 4 sober sensualists. These, though less impetuous and more measured, are no less staunch and steady MHAfaaanr) vniariAs nf Kftpntimnfl nlAtonm in the pursuit of their favorable objects. "Mortify the fieeh, with itt affectiont and lutti" is the Christian precept; bat a soft luxurious course of hsbitusl indulgence is the practice of the bulk of modern christians: and that constant moderation ?that wholesome discipline of reetraint and telfdenial,?which are requisite to prevent the unperceircd encroachments* of the inferior appetites, seem altogether as disused as the exploded austerities of monkish superstition." In our own country, and in this day, Rev. Mr. Fisk, D. D. 8ays: "The Church!?How backward to enter into the thousand great and effectual doors of usefulness which Providence is opening around them! Nay, brethren, it must be owned that a vast many in the visible Churoh are actually standing in the way of sinners, and 'are hindrances to the work of God. This may seem a serious charge; but it is the more serious because it is true. I tremble when I think how many of us will be found in the day of eternity having the blood of lost sinners in our skirts; and this, not only because we have neglected to do the good we might, but because we have aotually put a stumbling-block in the way of- sinners, by which they have been plunged into hell. "But I am admonished that I mast not dwell long- * * ger in general statements. Public evils, in church * or state, are not often, if ever, removed in the gross; nor are duties successfully enforced by general injunctions. Since, then, so great a responsibility rests upon the Churoh, and sinee her delinquences; are so great, what is to be done ?? In the first place the Church should remove her stumbling-blocks; and to do this, she mast reclaim or remove her offending members. It Is not enough that a majorityj>( the Church keep themselves from evil: if they hold the sacred and protecting banner of the Church over those Who cause e others to sin, they are verily guilty themselves.? mL1- ?k.a k? in nrimarnna inaiinAAfl 1 mo iuiga% in uiuu?ivu iu uviuiv. v?? .w.^i,.? f 8 bat I will now confine myself to one point?Me i use and sale of ardent spirits by the JferMtrs of the . Church of Christ. ****** y 0 "Bat, Christian brethren, there is one thing con? nected with this sabject which we hate not yet all i- learned. It is this:?The same train of means and r causes that has produced the intemperance of the past and of the present generations^ it stiJt 'fn operation to produce an equal or greater proportion in the next generation, and to on fbr ever. And, what ? is still worae, the Church it aiding and abetting this diabolical conspiracy against the bodies and souls of men! We had indeed hoped for better * things of Christine; bnt we are obliged to aot knowledge the feet >nd I appeal to the Church 1 herself, and ask Iter in the name of sincerity, if . she ett clear herself of the charge ? Do not many of her members use ardent spirits t r- u * ..Y~* * * * * i- vith so ?u?h opposition from many,