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For the Yofkville Enquirer. 'TIS NIGHT, AC.?A SONG. 'Tis night, and the rain descending, Drip3 from the moss-grown eaves; And the kindred drops are blending , Upon the forest leaves. The thirsty earth is drinking The sweet, refreshing rain; And the flowers, so lately sinking, * Lift up their heads again. Oh! thus when the night of sorrow Descends from clouded-skies, . And tears, like rain from the house eaves, Are dripping from thine eyes ;? Oh! thus when faint and wilted ^ In fate's ungentle beam, Droops lowly thy spirit's flowers, .LiKe wuiows o er a sireniu ;? May Love and Hope and Heaven , Breathe o'er thy bosom's pain, And bring^to tfcy weary spirit Ite rosy bloom again ! ' ^ " WILLIE. * Forest CcttXee, Laurens, S. C. ? ' ??*? ^ * -?:???? Straps & Jfaris. ' / 1 r. - " Master M. P. Tucker, aged 14,,of Todd county, Ky., measures G feet 6 inches in height llather large. In the United States there are six thousand brokers and six thousand barbers ?and what lota of shaving they both do. The Legislature of Florida has passed a law requiring the bank ugencies in that State to redeem their biHs in specie. This is a blow in the right direction againStundue speculations. ?Mother?"Here Tommy is some nice' castor oil, with ofange in it." Doctor? "NW, remember,'don't give it all to Tommy; leave some for me." Tommy?(who has been there)?"DoctorV a nice mjn, ma: give it all to thre Doctor." The St. Louis Democrat mentions the explosion of an Old Dominion coffee pot, in. that city, on the 25th ult., whilst standing by the fire with eoffoe boiling in it T No harm.. w^s done, except ihe loss of the eoffee and the pot. : A Frenchman, soliciting relief, said,-. very gravely, to his fairj?earer, "Ma'mselle^. I pever beg, but dat I.have von wife wid several small family, dat is growing very large, and nosaipg to make dier bread out of, but the perspiration on my prow." ^On Wednesday morning last, 810,000 had been raised at Williamsburg/ Virginia,, for the re*ereotion of William and Mary Col lege. TheProfessors had* contributed Hbeiv' ally. President Ewell had 'engaged workmen who were employed in cleaning jip the ruins. - *-' -??? Nearly all the suicides in this country are by ibteigners.-' Yankees' r&rftfy; if ever, toake away with themselves; for nearly every one thinks he has a chance -of 'becoming a President, arid'at any rate, his cu- ' riositjr prompts him to lire on, just to see what he- will come to. --?The Atlanta "Intelligencer, of the 1st" insf., says: "His Excellency, Gov. Brown,, carried down from the State Roa"d Treasury, yesterday morning, Thirty-one Thousand Dollars/ to be deposited in the Treasury of the State, being the nett earnings of the Road for the month of January. One thousand dollars a day is pretfy good" business. "Jennty," said a landlady to her servant, "was there any fire in the kitchen last night while you. were sitting up?"? "Yes, marm," said Jenqy, "there^was a. spark there when I went down, and I soon fanned it into a flame." Tbe. landlady look-, ed suspjeious at Jenny, but the innocent girl wen? on scrubbing, and humming "Katy-Darling." The common fluency of speech in Trinnv rnp-n -nnd wnm<>n is nwiho- IsJivaflwifO to a scarcity of words ^ for whoever is master of language, and hath a mind fall of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to olothe them iq, and tbege are always ready; so people come faster-out, of church when it is nearly-empty than when a crowd is at the door. Very interesting and solemn services were held hi the Fourth Street Baptist Church, Portsmouth, Virginia, on Sunday morning last, with reference to the loss of the Rev. Thomas Curtis, D. P., by the burning of the steamer North Carolina. The pastor, Rev. Thomas Hume, says the Transcript, delivered a highly appropriate discourse, in which he paid an eloquent tribute to the memory of the departed, and made an affecting improvement of the sad event. There was a large congregation in attendance. A challenge to scate was given by Miss of Salem, a Dt Vernon young lady, who saucily gave out that if any of the male gender could catch her, she would forfeit a kiss. The Boston Herald says that an athletic negro hearing of the challenge, 4?ave chase, and soon his arm encircled her waist. Her brother, however, averted the impending smack by presenting the fellow miiVk n ^r\llnr V\i 11 fnllinr* Vnm f a CIc<1 ' YYII LI Cfc UVC UU11U1 kj 111 y CWiilUg LULU LU " OUUC. The African started on a "bender" with the funds, remarking audibly "that he wouldn't give five dollars to kiss any white gal libin." Some fun-loving fellows in New Castle, Pa., recently started a society, there which purported to be a lodge of the Sons of Malta. One of the initiated, however, exposed the whole concern. He states that after being initiated, he signed what was represented to be the Constitution of the Order, but which turned out to be nothing more or less than an order for a keg of beer upon one of the town brewers. "The Club had' been indulging in lager at the expense of the new members for several weeks, bHt since the "blow," thoy have fallen through. Mr. Dewitt Fields informs the Darlington Flag, that "a disease has appeared among his hogs which proves very fatal.? The presence of the malady is indicated by the swelling of the mouth and tongue, the latter protruding from the mouth and cracking. The disease makes its appearance very suddenly, and the hogs dies in a very short space of time. On account of its resemblance in some respects, to the black tongue, he has tried the remedies which proved most successful in checking that disease, but they have all failed. The hogs which have been attacked so far, are those which have been 1 in the range." ??- A gas-illuminated car come through | from New York by the midnight train last j night, over the Worcester route. During j the nine hours occupied in the trip, only ten j * > cent9' worth of gas was consumed, and the car wasJighte.d up as brilliantly as a parlor.Tt was deemed by the passengers to be a ( luxurious improvement, altogether worthy of' general adoption for the benefit of the traveling public. 'The gas meter holding the required-quantity of the subtle fluid, is placed beneath the car, _frora which pipes ' supply a jet at either end of the interior.? Boston Transcript. There is a story in circulation, that*.< the president has in his possesion the names , of quite a' number of members of the Spanish , Cortes?some - of them gentlemen of great ( influence?who favor the sale of Cuba as a j wise measure of Spanish policy, and are , quite desirous that the subjectshould be dis- , cussed in the .United States, with a view to having arguments presented which shall ; give "* them a basis to stand upon breaking i ground in behalf of the sale. It is further f ?1-'-??J il?* Aivtawq Via oqIa rvf f!n. i UIHIUJUU LUilt LUC X UJJC lavuio iuc raiv ,v> V/Vi ha to the United States, for the reason that ( , the Church among us has a.life and active vitality unknown to Spain or her colony, which he belieyes would be Infused in the < Church in Cuba if lhat island is brought uc* : der the sway of. the American Union. ? . * ' 1 C|e grille $rapiirtr. EDITED BY ( SA M'Ij W. meltoim. YORKVILLE* S. C. ' , THURSDAY M0RNIMG, FEBRUARY 17, 1869. 1 Special Notice.--All communication*, on matters oon- 1 nected with the paper, should be addressed to "The YORKville ENQUIRERand uot the Editor or Proprietor, per- ] sonaUy. Person* desiring prompt attention to their invars, , must bear this in mind. COURT CALENDAR. ^ " , NORTHERN CIRCUIT?SPRING TERM, 1850. , RETURN DAYS. , , , Union, Saturday, .February 19. , York, " February 28. Lancaster, :.... .........March.... 5. Chester, March.... 12. i Fairfield " March.... 19. . SITTINGS OF COURT. , ,, Union* Monday, .......March 7. i Aork, March 14. j Lancaster,...:.." March 35\ " Chester............. " March 28. ' Fairfield, April.. 4. i * * THE AWARD PF PREMIUMS- ( TuSsday last "was the day assigned by our Pub- 1 Usher for the ingathering of subscriptionlists, and 1 the award of premiums to the successful contest- ( a'nts. It gives us pleasure to make an exhibit of j the ftgfureS; to know that many names, "good and ( true,'* have been added fo our list of friends and j 1 patrons; to rendeh the obligations due to our energetic orihvhsscrs; and to pronounce the premium i idea A veritable trump-card. The thing Forked ^ like a charm! From CTery section of the District the'names camein liberallyancTcheeriugly?dc'cOm- s panied by-the cash in advance. Of course the con-* tesf&nts were-not induced to make such efforts in \ our"behalf merely fbr the sake of the premium, r We are indebted rrithertotheirpersennl kindness? s to their interest in our enterprise?to therr desire to r promote the-success of the District paper; and i we therefore extend to them the hearty thanks -of i the<eatiro establishment, and accompany k with thirassurance of rtli honest effort to approve our- t selves worthy of -such generous favors. Whole- 'r souled, zealous, untiring friends, like these of e ours, would roadcr any enterprise successful, and o certainly should induce any-one to establish a well-earned title-to success. - . - . Jj It is proper to say that several of the persons included in the.subjoined list did not seek to compete for the pr.izcs. The number of subscribers . obtained is attached to each name, respectively. Capt D. D. Moore,...*.. 103 names, j SAM'i, G. Brows, ....? 75 rl .i Maj.. Mixes SMITH, ............ 01 . Jobs; L. Thompson, 57 " ; ' i. R. S. 2Q " ^ Rev. W. W. Caroihhrs 18 " Capt.-Sam'u .A xubrson, ........#..... " J. M. SMARR,... 15 T ? - ' , , r Ufl.pt. JONATHAN ..MOOKE,....; {. It " ^ DAWSOS N, MlTQRRtX 10. " y A. J. Roberts^...,.... lQ y 0 - C ' 4 THIS WEEK. The-contest between "Old Heads and Yonng g Hearts'* waxes warm and spirited, and the inei- r dents are becoming lively and - effective. There 'j are several telling pomts in this cbaptor?Slightly c' theatrical, perhaps. We will take a wager with r any^oldea-timosubscriber of odrs that the y<mng t hearts beatthe race?win the day!- Who'll "see' s us! c Onr Western contributor has sent us'a capital j sketch, which will behead in the outside page?a ] beautiful picture taken from actual real life, andtrue to the original. A newspaper column eel- . dom presents a. painting in mora beautiful tone and finish. - , Think cf incarnate loveliness before the -mirror and in the full blare of reflected beauty, wishing herself lovely?longing for charms to add to a prcsence altogether charming. And then think of our man "Ruby"?a veritable bird, a dashing, sonring, j sup-gazing rara avis in lerris, wishing he were "a } bird!" We wopld as soon "carry coals to How j castle" as to think of supplying such a biped with ] wings and feathers and "bills" and such-like ? serial things. Qur readers have found him out 5 ere this; and they know to laugh at the ridiculous 4 idea. "Rgbv" is a precious jewel. Long may t he shine ; indeed, may he never know a "setting." 1 Our poet friend, "Willie," has sent us three f clever little songs, one of .which appears this f week, and the others wc reserve to adorn future 1 numbers. Tliey all have music's melody in them, ) and are worthy of our heartiest welcome. We , trust that Esculapius will not be quite so exacting t hereafter?it is a sad regimen that seeks to check 1 altogether the gushing melody of a true child of j song. A wicked prescription, verily. By the t way, we have at the Printing Office several copies ( of the "College Poems by Willie," and we trust ho has made friends enough amongst our readers to j procure readily a purchase for them. Call and s get a copy. ELECTION OF COUNCIL. An election was held on Monday last for Town t Council of Yorkvillp, to serve during the current i year. The "Dry Ticket" succeeded overwhelm- f ing?having received 94 out of 125 votes! This 1 is the ticket:? t Intcndant.?Thomas H. Smith. Wardens.?A. Codt, I. D. Witiierspoo.v, Jr., I J. R. Schorr, James E. Smith. , j JOHNSON'S MAP. } Owing to the long-continued inclemency of the j weather, the condition of the roads, and other un- i favorable conditions, Mr. Fairchild, the agent of 1 this excellent Map, has concluded to postpone the canvassing of our District. In a month or two, < he, or another agent, will canvass the country j' thoroughly, and afford to every one an opportuni- . ty of procuring this truly valuable and commen- j dable work. i Wo are indebted to Dr. Gidbes, the State t Printer, for an advanced copy of the Acts of the 1 General Assembly of South Carolina, passed in ! * December 1858; printed in the approved style of the Carolinian office. THE FARMER &. PLANTER. ! We have heretofore notified our readers of the shaoge in the management and place of publicaion of this journal. In getting out the first numjer of the new series, Mr. Stokes has displayed txcellent taste, and afforded a reliable assurance )f the energy, enterprise and ability whifch are t(J ;iye tone and excellence to the work. It- is an idmirabfe number, in every respect; neat and wasteful in appearance?printed on good paper, iouhd and covered handsomely?on every page 5ontributing to the intelligent farmer a treasury )f judicious and timely suggestions. The Hortijultural and Pomological departments are conduced by Mr. Henry Summer, a farmer of large experience, an enterprising and earnest agriculturist, ind a really clever writer. His pages alone would render the work invaluable. ' We have donfdenbo in the success of Mr. Stokes' enterprise.- The "Farmer and Planter," under the management of the veteran editor, Col. Seaborn, achieved wonders, and that too under the most trying embarrassments." With ip energy which would "never say die;" it survived the wreck of several "State." journals, and if now on-. ters upon a wider field of usefulness, with the confident mien and bearing of a mailed and veteran Warrior. In making such a prediction, we count largely upon the public spirit, the pride, the progressive enterprise of the planting interest in our State.?; The patronage of the "Farmer and Planter" must be in a great degree local, ahd surely the pr/i:seworthy results it sdeks to attain are eminently suited to our home market. In respect of scientific farming, we are behind the age. Under a false and ruinous system of culture our noble forests are passing away, and our hills and rallies, once fertile ond .luxuriant, arc alike becoming waste-places. A9 they have worn out, many of best farmers and adarge portion of our material resources have sought new fields in the West; and sow we may well bo brought to consider the means, and call in every aid, whereby to Infuse i new life into our industrial energy, to open out aew chaDriele for its employment, to recover our wasted strength, and to provide against the errors )f the past by adopting for the'futnre a more entightened, generous and patriotic system of formng. We need not assert that in attaining this result ?a result indispensable to ottv continued pros-* perity as a people?the aid of the press must be nvbked and rewarded; and we shall not insult the Intelligence of our readers by refuting the idiculous cant so long indulged against the Mbook hrmer"?that specious and silly reasoning which lenies to Science its highest .purpose^&nd its most asting triumphs. That our soH especially must jow be cultivated with proper method, ancLupon dearly-ascertained scientific principles, is a forernn<* onnnlndinn ; and our formers need only be lirected to the (sources of information proper to ie consulted %_ v t- In t-iis behalf, the "Farmer and Planter" can ind will do nobly. The editor, who is thoroughly p love with the^enterprise and will educated to ts requirements, ha3 sepured the aid of writers, is clever with the pen as they are with the plow ; md his page; will be renderedcspeoially valuable . >y the experiences of actual farmers thoroughly tcquainled with our owu peculiarities of climate, loil and production. Thin of itself should recomnend the ."Parr :;r and planter" to those who are fnwjUing to patrogixe the journals of other localties, and secure for it a cordial reception at heme. But we have written vnoujjh?perhaps more ban is needed. Our copy of the work wjll ronain at the office for inspection, and wo trust that ivory intelligent, wide-awake farmer will examine, spprove and subscribe for it. Address R. M. Stokes, Columbia,-S. C. Prico 51. CHARLOTTE AND 8- C. RAILROAD. * The annual meeting -*>f this Company washeldu Columbia, laet week. The reports exhibit a. [altering..condition ef Jhe Company, The old 3oard of Directors wore re-elected to wit: Wtl,14m Johnston, President; Dr. John Prs.nBR, V. R. Robertson, T. S. Dudose, S. McAi.ily, i. *B. Springs, Gen. J. A. Yopno, A. B. DayiI)-on, J. H. White, and John Caimveli,. We have also to -complain of orir favorite veekly, the Ycrkville Enquirer ; which we have lot seen foK several weeks. Come friend Melton, ttj-up your publisher, we cannot afford to part vith yotl; s6 don't go to following the example if these Monthlies, for Yorkvillc is not quite a ityyet. Among other lamentations perpetrated by our pngfitly -cotemporary, the' Pea Dee Herald, we iote the foregoing. Our "wee"_neightor has visted us promptly; and just as regularly, we have liscusssed him studiously, at times in a jubilant nood. We are therefore without excuse; know 10 reasoh why such a good tarn does -not deserve mother; and we are ready to do the amende gra:iously. If the Enquirer doesn't knock at your loor hereafter, hebdomadally, charge, it. to.the Tost Office Department. LIMESTONE SPRINGS FEMALE HIGH SCHOOL. Although we have not given place to tho runors alluded to in tho subjoined card of Dr. Cur'is, -we publish it that any impression derived from itber sources may be corrected. Wo extract from he Mercury: Mr. Editor:?Tn the notices that friends and the iress generally, have been kind'enough to take of ny lamented father, his rapid return to Limestone s attributed greatly to the prevalence of the scaret fever in my (his) family. This is a mistake, [t was on account of the death of my little child, m especial favorite of his, and the affectionate sorrow he had for us, that was bringing him back. \nd if he knew of the scarlet fever being in the 'amily in one case, he knew it to be the miidest ;ype. It is true that, in its mildest form, yielding :o the simplest medicine, or passing away without my, as it lias prevailed for six months in thecoun;ry, attracting no notice at all, it has been, in my amily. But while I would desire all parents who nay be interested, to know this, I think it due to nyself to correct the erroneous impression that s getting abroad, and to assure tbem that nothing vould have induced me to issue lhy second adverisement, and to reopen the school at its regular ime, had it no" been for the repeated assurances >fDr. W. B. Nott, our well-known and resident thnt tliere was nothing in the disease fhat ought to prevent or interfere with the regular iuties of the school. Your ob't servant, WM. CURTIS, LL. D., Principal. P. S.?Will the papers that have issued the ibove reports, be kind enough to give this an inlertion. THE COTTON MARKET. In the Charleston Mercury we have read attonively a carefully considered and elaborate article ipon the prospects of the cotton market, copied rom the.Liverpool Post. The writer concludes lopefully his long array of figures and argument hus: ? It seems, therefore, to be clearly the wisest )olicy for manufacturers to encourage for another icason at least a tolerably high scale of prices for he raw material; for it is in the last degreo jnurious to their interests that the stability of their rade should be liable to be disturbed by a trifling" narginal deficiency in the annual supply. It does lot appear, then, that much lower prices thau the iresent are justified, viewing the question comnercially; and, if trade is allowed to pursue the :vcn tenor of its way. undisturbed by political sommotions, it is not likely that prices will vary naterially from their present level. At the same ime, it is obvious that they are no longer so absoutely controlled by the element of supply as they lave been for the last two years. There is now 10 immediate danger of a positive scarcity of :otton, and, therefore, prices are more liable to he action of secondary causes, and a feeling of listrust, such as might be occasioned by a Euro>ean war, would have full scope for producing -ery serious results. MERCATOR. Liverpool, Jan. 14, 1869. While the markets in this country havo boon everywhere heavy, during the past weeH^ prices .have not (kotined appreciably; on the contrary, high rateS-have been sustained nndcr.thc moSt discouraging pressure. As soon as the uneasy feeling i iitEarope can subside, we anticipate a rise to a i ' higher figure than has been reached during the 1 present season. However, "all signs .fail in dry, ' weather" and so may our predictions. ' .< ? >? ?? ( MERE-MENTION. ( The Columbia Bulletin sf.ys that Master John , * t ' II. Ho.VTwbicht, of Qj^imbia, was, on Saturday last, selected by the Board of Examingre appointed. ] for this Congressional District by the Hon. W. W. ( Botes, to take position as ?. Cadet atJW'est ^oint-; and Master F. H. Thomas, of Fairfield, to take position as a student at Anapatlifl, ih fhc U. S. . Navy. If the mind" is not laid out and culti- ^ vated like a garden, it wi'.l-be ovorgrown with weeds. The Mayor of Columbus, Oa., has issued orders for the stationing of a polioemap at pnr.h of the Churches, whose business^ is to ar rest aijy person chewing to'.jacco, or smoking and spitting ppon the steps of !he Church. ? The President of the United States, again and again, "on every possible occasion, disavows with contempt and ridicule, his supposed aspirations for u second term o::' office. "Two old men," he s^ys, "myself and Lewis Cass, if wc live so long will qtul this cily on the Cth of March with much lighter and less burdened hearts than we bore with us on coming." The notorious Dr. Hines, has nr.-, rived in Augusta, Ga.? The Penitentiary building at Alton, III,, was partially des'troyed by fire, on Monday evening of last week. The fire was the work of an incendiary. No prisoners escaped. The amount of the damage has not yet been ascertained. The Whig and opposition Convention met in Richmond, Va., on Thursday last, and nominated for the Governorship, WihliAM L. Goooex, in opposition to John letcintr, Democratic nominee We learn from our Columbia exchanges, tbatrCapfc Corrth and three ofthe teamen connectod with the Wcndcrer, have been arraigned at Savannah, for Piracy?engaging in the Slave Trade?and the Grand Jury has fc und .a true bill. The Bulletin says: "We learn by Telegraph, that they have been committed to prison. We think that this is a mistake, so far as Capt. Cokrik's being imprisoned. If ourmemory serves us, Judge Maorath refused the application made by the Foderal authority in Georgia, for the body of Capt. Corrik, but beld him to bail in Charleston, where we think he is now fo be foupd.,',*->" There is a phrenologist in London who can tell, the contents of a barrel by examining its heads. He makes his examinations with a gimlet."?*'-. Mtyor John M. UEiiAUSSUKE nas ueau ciecitu ? Representatiye from Kershaw District, in plane of Major A. Hamilton Boykin, elected Senator io the place, of W>n. James Chebnut. Three young ladies, of Anderson, fill.,) ware marriecLa, few days since to three brothers of the name of. Ice. The Chinesp, in their proclamations, . style the English and French, "red-haired foreign devils'.""*",,,,There are one thousand two hundred gropshops in New York city, and seven hundred ifl "Williamsburg and Brooklyn. A lawyer at Lowell, having found ninety-five dollars, and returned the money to the owner, one of the papers says the act may be honest and honorable, but it is exceedingly unprofessional. A young man of the mature age of nineteen years, who wtW'cmployed in" the Pike Houee, at Bloomington, 111., not iong pince, eloped With his 3tep- 4 mother. ' No Tennessee bank, texcept the St&fe Bapk, fs now allowed to issue or play out any notes of a less denomination than five dollars. Mr. For.STTH has at length resigned hia post* as Minister to Mexico. 'I've risen from the bar to the bench,' said a lawyer on quitting the profession, aud taking up shoe-ma ting. In the Rhode Island Legislature, notice has been given of mi jntention to introduce a tall Abolishing , imprisonment for debt. . No franking privilege. > exists in England. Even the Queen is obliged to payherpenDy postage.; The mosque of Omar, 'in Constantinople, is highly perfumed with musk, which was mixed with the mortar in its walls duringthetimcjof their erection sevcralhundrqdj-cara-, ago. ""j Twenty of the 'Wanderer's Africans arrived in Dallas,. Texas, on the 20th ult.**. The debt of Spain amounts to 14,000,000,000 reals,, o? tiM nnn nnn ivi,nf ?,? UUUUli flt.ilU,VUUjUVU. II U,fc*v (.uv u.Mvm ww between a blind man and a bailor in prison ? One cannot see to go, and the other cannot go To sea. " The London correspondent of the Presbyterian Banner and Advocate was personally 'assured by Sturgeon, on'the 4th of Jahtfary, that he was to sail for the United States on the 1st of April next. The city of Havana has a population uf 250,000 inhabitants. A bill prohibiting emancipation has been introduced into the Legislature of Missouri. *' ?* Mrs. Partington has bought a horSc so spirituous that he always goes off in a decanter. The cost of each letter sent to San Fnincisico by the overland route is sixty-five dollars. ?? The i MillcgevHIe Recorder gives a list of newspapers in Georgia showing sixty-one-in all. Dogs of every kind, setters, pointers, bulls, Newfoundlands, mastiffs, and terriers, are all lap dogs? '< when they are drinking. It is stated that a 1 firm in Nejv York have made a profit of $100;000 l by manufacturing steel.hoops for ladies. TheSuperintendant of the Public Printing states, ' that the printing of the Pacific Railroad Report, i no 'in progress, will cost over one million cf dolr j lars ! The Greenville Enterprise says on I Sunday morning last they had a slight sprinkling i of snow, and also gives an accout cf another fire | in that place, which is thought to bo the work of < an incendiary. The question is asked,, is La- i gcr Beer, which has became recei tly in general i usq, a poisonous and injurious drink. The Rev. i John Long delivered a lecture in Lynchburg, Va., ! on Sunday last, againstJagcr beer, and attributed j the decay of the German race to the use of that I liquid. Dr. Wm. M. Wightman, of Wofford i College, has resolved to accept the call ter.dered him to the Presidency of the Southern University | at Greensboro', Ala. The work on the Monu- < ment to Henry Clay, at Lexington, Kentucky, \ has been suspended for the warrt of funds. i The next Southern Convention is to be hold at i Yicksburg, MisS., in May. MH* - " * ? "J Mr. Cobb and the Protec lionlsts. We copy from the Washington States, the fol- , lowing very just remarks on the defection of Secretary Cobb. His annual report bore-the impress ' of manly independence. His last report is an ' abandonment of the strong posititions of the first, ' and exhibits decidedly more regard for office than ' principle. The States, in speaking of Mr. Buck- 1 aunn's committal to protection, goes on to com- ( ment on the Secretary of the Treasury: "At this stage of the controversy, the public confidently expected Mr. Cobb to retire from the Cabinet. It was a glorious opportunity for the f recovery of his popularity at the South. It was j just one of those occosious which rarely occur in a life-time, and which, accordingly as they are neglected or improved, mar or make the man.? If, rather than acquiesce in the repudiation of his 1 principles, Mr. Cobb bad renounced office under t a Protectionist Administration, he would have a been embraced by the States liights Ddhiocracy ^ with an enthusiasm of affection, and no honor within their bestowal would have been thought I above his desert. He was unequal to the emer- ( gency. The cause he betrayed ; he retained the g place. While maintaining a technical consistency . by persisting in his preference for the ail valorem 1 system, he is persuaded to recommend such an s increase of taxation as will aggrandise the manu- ^ facturer by the oppression of all other interests, lie adopts the inevitable expedient of imeolute spirits?a oompromise ocurse; and by satisfying neither party, he skillfully contrives to offend both." t ?> Charleston correspondence. ^ ? .'CnARLKSTOX, Feb. 1?, H&9. Vtall there is news enough ior man/ a para- B ;rajrh this time, if your correspondent cohI<1 only t icgin at tlie right point a*d ieleet the proper s terns. Here we have had the -excitement of { 'rftco WQek"?the'talk. <jf the Governor's Review y ~:*P- meeting Of. tlje Stockholder?* of the South i.j Carolina Rail Rorid, and (lie nevcr-tobc-cxhaust- j ;d topic of the weather?its nature and variations. To begin with the last mentioned subject. We j have-had within the pnat ten Jays, inuch^raia? some wind and thunder and mud, (not red) and ^ loppy streets and sidewalks enough to ruffld the ( temper of the most amiable. So stormy was the 1 weather on the day preceding* that fixed upon for { the Governor's Review, that general and brigade , Cifficers agreed in asking '"His Excellency" to re-' call the orders and call them out at another time ; ( so it was announced that by permission of the j Governor, the parnde would be postponed to another day, when the skies might be more au?pi- , ciously bright, and the soil niore suitable-to com- . fortab'e feet, regular marching; and the cxecu- ( fion o? attractive evolutions, I (to not mean to characterize the postponement as.j//j.toWi?r(y,,or to make, any fling of. ridicule at Charleston parades. i It is with difficulty, that J can koop away from , these military exhibitions, and they arc realjy wprth witnessing in this city. ..I saw a parade once, between Yorkville and (he Blue Ridge, that was not so attractive or martial as t}jat which may be seen here almost every week. On the above occasion there was a horse company'on parade', and as the squad passed at a lope, therewas in and of the company, one member, at. a full long trot on a mule, guiding the mule with a tope blind bridle! 0! bow I wished for some author like him of the "Georgia Scenes" to be present to sketch thVludicrous exhibition?deffend me sir! But you know" King's Mountain' is be- , Cween your place and the Ridge,' and as I saw the "! chivalry of South Carolina on one occasion, maybe I'don'tnow mean any depreciation of the' soldierly bearing of the sons of our sister State. Yet apropos of North Carolina, did you notice that there was a prospect that her Solons, in solemn legislative form, were about to tut' the preachers and the editors, and let the makers of bad whiskey go free from any burden whatever? The preachers and editors ought to see to the election of wise men and save ourselves and onr ' country from imposition and disgrace. But the good "Old North State" has many' , claims upon our respect , aad admiration, and we may indulge the hope that she will keep her sails wejl set and make the trip in these stormy, and changeful times so as to make the haven at last. . Speaking of the Governor's Review, I will .just. say that nejt Monday, the.l4th, has been announ> ^ 11 ' * * " li. A A- - XT ,1 cett as me a ay ior anoiner auempi iu.iuiur<i new Govornqr, the opportupity to make his dtlut , ip the execution of the military functions-of. his high office. I donl believe that to be his forte, yet I dare say he will keep his saddle,. and.preeervc ' the confidence and respect oi the citizen soldiery. You k'ndw Governor Qist is of Uniop District?my District?and I enn tell you and our mutual friends, that heis a Christian (Methodist) and a practical temperance man. " I don't say that ho is a member of a temperance society, but I know that as a matter qf principle, he lets liquors and wines alone.. I am not so delicate as to be unwilling to pjenti'on these things. I do so not out of a spirit of vain glory or Koastfulness, but the rather to welcome and emphasize all of encouragement that comes in ones way. I really think that while wc should not have religion or morality enforced by law, yet there should be a resolute purpose iff the public christian mind to abhor vice and honor virtue. The Review is to come off at the Washragton race eourse, and this firings me to the ntfxt-topic of my promised news-bearfng~dfScourse: But what can I say about the races ? Well just tliis?I was not there; and more, I didn't want io be there. And yet I am not going to judge my friends who were there, -very harshly?though I am as yet, unconvinced, as to the sufficiency or conclusiveness of the reasons by which they arc ilsnally vindicated from the objections brought against them by severe and thoughtful moralists. ,As to the dissipation which usually accompanies the ploasurcs of the turf, I am free to say tb$t ? am , not opposed, principally, on that ground.The'votaries of yioe wjll, like there leader, continue to-go up and down seeking whom they may devour, and they .frequent and annoy more places than the race course, and become no little annoyance to stfme'of much less.equivocal character than a raoe course. Yet it is not to be denied . that the /noney motive?the purse?the stakes . and the bets by racers?is not ordinarily at a very great remove from the sympathies of the-abapejou- i ed revellers of both sexes, who, as I am informed, ' onn scarcely be kept from notorious publicity eveD em the decorous and well administered grounds near -our city. - k The- friends of -the turf wish to improve the 1 charaoter'of horses in our knd, and claim that ' looking at their favorites strain their wind fbr ar ( Poor mile heat, is a whole9onre and harmless ohtertainment or amusement. Well, I am unable to decide how far the-hreed of hordes may hare been 1 improved, nor am I able to say as td the whole-* j someness or harmlessncss of the arouse'mentvos I j have no experience of that nature. All I can say ! is this, that the hotels, public-stables and dry-* 1 goods men on King-street, are greatly benefitted ' jn the recurrenoe of race-week; and the editors Ioq, come in for a share of advantage, as the f :hancc for a paragraph is given, and the crowds 1 in the streets and all places of public resort, Uf- ' fords an Inspiration for editorials, Sprightly, racy, i niquant, and in many respects, refreshing. By- I Lhe-way, talking of editors, brings me up to another point of remark. * You have, I perceive, already noticed the cban- ? ;es, and as I think, improvements, in the file-lea- i Jau nt QAiif li Po-nlinn lAtninnliam nnr? nf onniul 1 political doctrines. This indication^ prosperity j ind enterprise is noticeable and welcome.. J have j ao objection to the Courier?seyeral who belong to 1 ts staff of writers arc my cherished friends?but J it claims to be pre-eminently a commercial, busi- , aess paper, and, withal, is -considerably literary. ifet I can't find its political doctrines in sufficient < listinctness and prominence, and, therefore, al- ? most always prefix my breakfast *..'ith Mercury J ind send the Courier] afterwards in a more satis- ( 5ed, not to say dreamy temperament; And then < the Colonel of. the News is on hand, promptly; ' 3n hand with trenchant words, and is fully-of j jpinion that Senator Hammond is right?"Plaifi Truth" to the contrary notwithstanding. j. I don't mean to eulogize* or depreciate these 1 secular organs pazticularty?yet if you please, I ^ will just say tbft-all of your subscribers should. c lave one of them at least. 6o much for theJidiors and their papers. . 1 As to the Convention of Stockholders of the 0 South Carolina Rail RoadKI ..need only say that c ho road is prosperous, and fc-likely to continue jj o, as they have re-elected John Caldwell, the s financial Napoleon of South Carolina, as their 'rcsideut, for another term. What tome has been [uite pleasant in this connection, is tho fact that h o many of the families of stockholders were also T n attendance, with whom one oould so pleasantly e pend an hour*&t the hotel or in a stroll round J own. j. W. KELLY. ,,,,, d Wahinoton, Feb. 14. "f 1< The President to-day affixed his sighature to the r till admitting Oregoo as a State. " V: c For the XorfcvilJjs Eniyiirier. % tor. Editor: Here I am sitting by my*cbjy fire, uUnking-ipy pipo^vratching the curious foetus anohg the embers, listening .to the fairy voices ] iogii'.g in the-wood, and inusing dreamily^ and , :herlshihg sweet fancies." Aud amidst rfly r>- 1 reriee ratre~comcs a bright vision. I see a tolebf 1 j?rl just bloorfiin^ into womanhood. The rose of , lealth is blushing on her cheek, and with a wealth j rf raven hair her head is crowned. A robe of ' jearly silk and snowy laco is wrapt around her 'aultle33 form, and her marble brow is wreathed itith lilftsr twiired with roses. "'Tis ??an When i [saw-bar la-*, when! we wandered forth at the ] svening hour beneath the pale moonlight; and when we heard the soft strains of distant music, I 1 laid brace words *of hope, and breathed deep rows pf lore. But across ray vision comes a cloud. And'now I hear a wailing sound of woe, and a sti- , led groan, and a cry of anguisli from a brokeb i heart. I see a funeral bier'and rt4darkened room; 1 ind a pftle, cold corpse. It is my loved?my*ost. ThhBR Lftfafa that T have Praeeed aie folded*no"W$ tho3e-oyes which beamed with joyand love are closed; that fond, warm heart is stilled forever now. - Ah, Well n day! "But how 1 Bear a glorious sound of heavenly music, fot golden bcllfc are ringing new, and jeweled harps are Bounding aow, and- ntngel voices, ringing now, arc saying "Sixter, woloonle-home!" ' . ' . , But I.Am mnsing:9till, the night wanes on, the See burns low, the pipe is cold and I wish,-?-I wish. I were -a bird; an eagle, sparrow, a dock, a nightingale, era buzzard, any thing, so thai I could fly. I would, fly away to the blue bills ? where my forefathers chased the deer, and sing the sweet songe of love or the brave hymns of Freedom; to'that fatherland where my mother roamed in childhood drinkingdeep draughts of inspiration from the pure air which, had nurtured , a Burns, and from.the rills whoep; ol^ar .waters bad mixrowed the noble forms of Wallace and Bruce. I'd go the raountains .where Montrose assembled his tartan-clad warriors, and in fancy, hear re-echoing still, amid rock crags and eagle leries, the wild notes of Mc&Mao&'s gathering. X wish I were a bird ! I'd visit Frapce, sunny France, joyous France, and I'd peck at the grapes in the vineyards. I'd carol merrily m the Champs Elyseos and sing a sad requiem at Pere la Chaise. I'd percji "pon Napoleon's column, and ,siog my most triumphal song in honor of the fate^oonqu^red oonqneror. Then I'd fly to Versailles or to the Tnilleries, or any where else, until I fpund the hefihtiful 'EmDr -3 Eueenie: and TM say as plain !vs a bird pould speak, "flail tbee, Queen of the wide extending petticoat, may thy" crinolines, in crease In amplitude, And may Napoleon never be blown up, until, at evening hour, m curtain [ecttfi'es.thou dost elevate him to the 'skies." I Wish I were a bird 1 I'd cross the seas arid" radttntains to thy bright land, Italia! And 'neath* thy clustering vines and spreading' oliVe trees, I'd learn love's soft lessons frotn the bright-eyed, 5cry-son!cd brnfiettes. I'dgaze enraptured on the mbodie'd visions of the inspired artisCs miftd, where bright-hued fancies cluster thick. ' And there where Dante song, I'd sing; and there where Petrarch loved, I'd love. I wish I were a bird! I'd cross to Palestine,' where Mount Morhb still rothaius; where Lebanon lifts high its spOw-copped summits. I'd stand onOlitet and.Calvary; by Kedron's brook I'd "wander, and on Capernaum's shore. And where-the Jordan's waters rollTd hear a hymn from the waves, for they do murmur-yet the song which angels sung at Bethohem. . I'd etand beside the tomb of .Hun Who led captivity captive and conqnered conquering death. From all these lands where poets lived and sung, I'd gather flowers of soog to wreath in garlaflds of Poesy; but. . _ * l I wish I were a bird ! I'd fly away to some far off loud beyond tbe blue .curtains whioh hinder mortal vision. I'd gather the Lotus flower and drink the Lethean wave aijd taste Nepenthe. Reverizingly yours, , RUBY.. February Sale-Day. From our State exchanges wo clip the following items of sale-day tn February: ^ Sale Day In Lancaster.?The Lancaster Ledger says:?Out streets, as usual on Sales-Day, exhibited a lively appearance on Monday. Some property was sold by the Sheriff, and at what seenieS jto be, .fair prices. The negroes sold, ranged as follows: Joe, aged about 20. $1,202; Jim, aged abont 14, (scrub,) $f,19G; Nancy, aged about 17, (likely,) $1,205; Violet and Infant, $1,330. It is scarcely necessary to add that these were cash sales. - . Sale Day in Darlington.?The Flag gays :? "Property sold at" very high prices on Monday. 4s an evidence of this, we Would mebtion rho following eaeh sales by the Sheriff. One negro wonxan and child, field hand for $310 00; Negro man, a Blacksmith and Chrpenfer, for $1,900 <J0; Negro mart, a-CoacHman, for$l,3G0 00; A woman and ohild, field band, .for $1,060 00. Being an-' average of $88B 66$. '.The children were quite young." Sale-Day.?A very large number of our good uitizens were out fin MoMay last. The weather was bright and cold, and all seemed to be in fine ' humor- Tbo day passed off pleasantly, with bat, I little noise of rowdyism. The three gallon law is again of force within our corporate limits?fo the ' lecided improvement" of such occasions, as*ltthus far appears,?Edgefield Advertiser, Sales in Georgetown.?TherfVc Dee Times says,, the Commissioner in Equity fbr Georgetown District sold on Monday a gang of 111 negroes belonging to an estate, at an average of near $010 per head. Also a small gang of 18 negroes at 1 5811 round. There were 17 other negroeffflold, 1 mostly mill hands, averaging $985 round. Prime < young women broug t an average of $1100, Sale Day in Laurens.?For a rarity, (says thfr } Herald,) it did not rain on Monday last, and conjequently, a great many persons were out. Ohe 1 :*act of land, considered medium quality, was 1 joid at $19 per acre. Five negroes were sold at 1 Administrator's sale?two men, one boy, one woman and first child?for $4,900?none taken by 1 the heirs. Sale Day in Barnwell.?The Sentinel referring , :o the sales on Monday last says: "Considerable property was disposed of, mostly by the Sheriff. ( The onty sales worthy of note, were a couple of legro women, one about 35 years of age, with her j 'ourchildren, brought S3,000 and the other aged ibout the same for $500. Some land was sold by y ;he Commissioner in Equity, and brought $10 per tcrq^ Notwithstanding the large crowd present, ve do not recollect ever to have seen better order jreserved. Within the'last few years a great , reformation has taken place in the District, so may it continue. . - , Sale Day in Abbeville.?On sale day the weath- ] !r vas mild and agreeable, and there was a large ? ittcndance on the occasion, says the Independent i Press. Negro property sold at the following high r jites.: > A woman and two children sold by the ? Commissioner, brought $2,010, and a boy 4 years j i )1(>, $575; a girl 6 years old brotfght $1,015*? j Peruw a credit of,l and 2 years, without interest 1 woman and 3 children were spld by an agent, i 'or $zT800. c Sale Day in Greenville.?The Greenville Enter- o iris'e savs : A large number of persons were in 1 own on last Monday-?more than we have seen for 8 i great while before. TVe suppose that the sea- ,1 ion, which is an appropriate one for settling debts, t sailed many hero, whb might not'have otherwise r itteuded. The most important item in the salesjby * he Sheriff w&g about eight hundred bunches of lotton yarn, which sold at ninety to ninety-one ents per "bunch-, whfch is something less than it an be bought.for at the factories. One or two t legroes were sold. A girl, of ahgut-twclve years, irought something over $800; a woman, of forty, 1 old for $6G0. t ? c a- Persons wishing to purchase- a splendid j a ouse and lot, will do well to read Col. J. Felix c 7aj,keb'4 advertisement in this paper, and apply ^ arly to Br. J..R. Bratton, Samuel Raixey, Jr., v ohn-T. Lowry or Jo^n S. Bbatton, or the sub- v criber at his plantation in Union District. The t welling is one of the handsomest in our suburbs, nd occupies a most commanding position. The j jt is a'splendid one^ having a beautiful bjranoh j unning thwugh it, and having on it e*ery needed t onveaiepw,?Chmmunicaltf. o-8t j From the AUWville-Press. ' ?- g s * ^nbllc Jltetib|. ' / Mini. Way, Abbeville'DtytrUt, S. (J. At a nfctftin'g.of nanf citizens .qt this commu- ity^fopv.ened stMt. Pleasant Chpasb, on 15th lanjjanr 1859?Gen. P. H. Bradley wins oall*<t to :h# ehjpr, and iae. XL Widemnn requited to act is secretary/ ' * t T The CfhttrmD-Vrrefly stated the object of Jbe meeting to fir, to takejptocoosidettioH; boater government of our alive populajion?Ahe correction of evils incideirtrto the ffegtact and disregard of su^sistent lavrs?awTffre' Kojy/rtaoee of-amor? ictive and efficient disftbarge of PatroVdoiyv * J. W, Hearst submitted the following preamble ind-r?so1trtfnn9( which on jflofion of W. P. Sullivan, weep taken ?p,'considered habtidr, and ttnaaimously adopted : j ? , 7 '* * , Wo, the undersigned citizens "of Abbeville District, desirous to put down the fliicit traffic of white persons with negroes;?to arre?t?*alI immoral practices, hostile to our slave interests and to seaure -that quietude- and hainieny in their government, most conducive to their happiness, and our welfare, do adopt the following molutiops," and pledge ourselves individually to their fa'pMul executioh. '* % Resolved. 1st.?That one or more Viirilant Com mittees be-^wanted,. jrhoee^doty-it shall -he, to ferret out all illicit trrtffic between white persons and pegroes, or any oilier auadepucanor occjerring intliei* neighborhood,- and to'reportthebame to*a' subsequent meeting, to be called on notice given to the elmirmnu-; ?tinle?? frfan suffioiept ithdvatisfactory reasons, the offender' against the peace and good order of itbis community, requires immediate prosecution.; then, and in that case, the Chairman of such committee shall proseouteforthwith, "as the law directs?" 2nd.?That we'lnil insist on the Captain of this Beat Cdmparfy, fully discharging his doty as Captain, ot-Police ;?first, in dividing- his- Beat into patroJ"stations or districts, nndsccondin enrolling all, who.arc liable to <fo .patrol duty, in each section, and in classing the samein patrol squads, so |s to keep an efficient police,'ttiwfcys and constantly on active duty; .. ^ _ . 3rd.?That we will require all negroes from neighboring farms, visitlqg our negro quarters, to report themselves and e^hyrit their pass .to the owner or overseer, before* entering-the quaiter,? and that we Will in no instance, given permit or pass- to one-of our negr<ft9, without distinctly stating, where he has permissioa to go, and how long to be absent. ' r 4th.?That in paying our negroes for their crops of corn Snd cot ton, or any other produots of their labor, such as breems?baskets?collars, &c.,? we will in every instance, .qcjcompftqy the money Vrlth a written order, to trhde to that amount and no more, and witlva request te the merohant, to return a bill of the goods so purchased By said Cl*7f7t- r ,r v.r W ? -.* ^?W T I '? . 5th.?That fading with our negroes wftbout awritten order, iither R>x cash or. an a -predit, is oon^ary to law, and fw- good and Wholesome government of our slaves, and'-wo will prosecute in each and any instance, a yjohation of this law. And whereas, the free negroes of this community,?and who", we believe to be a farr sample of of the free negroes of (he 8ta(e?as a class, are indolent, thiftless and thievish portkmrof our population?of litfle or no benefit to tlTe commonwealth, but a great injury to us, and a growing evilpo our slaves: - - 'a Th'ereforo Resolved,' .That the Chairman of tins meeting, prepare, a Petition to be "bent up the Legislature at its next session, setting forth the character of our free negro population with t^o injury, which., as a slave commufityr we. sustain from Iheir residence a^our midst, and (he -evils to otir slaves, from th?ir'intercourse and contact with said free negroes ( and praying-the Legislature to take such action in the premiers as will cSorrect the evils complained of and which are inoident to a mixed population of' free negroes and slaves. '* ' k ' '' ' 2nd.?That in fho.opinion of this mooting the only certain and .sure remedy for tbe.evUs* Complained of, will be, either the removal gf said free negroes by 'Legislative- enactment, beyond tne limits-of the Statey or the selling of litem into slavery- . '? --i 3rd.?That as the pprpose and aim of this meet ing, is to accomplish a great possible good by the correction nad removal of evils," which are not locnl nor confined exclusively to this community, wo invite other sectrons of the District and State, to taker similar orlike action and to unite with us in common cause. On. motion, ordered that the- proceedings of this meeting be published in our District papers. On motion, adjourned to meet on 4th Saturday in February next at, 2 o'clock P. M. : f P. H. BRADLEY, Ckrirman. J H, Widest,.Sec'ry. Higti Priced Negroes and how Priced Cotton. Tlie infiux.of negroes.into thfeotten and sugar producing States the present season, bus been enormous.. -The Sobile Register estimates the number as high as 50,000. At the same time, the prices at which the slaves are held are unprece(kutedly high. GoUpiing these facts together, and accepting the theory that tho prices of negroes are graduated by the price of cotton, the Register is led to speeulate'ns to the probable effect of this condition of things upon the business and financial interests of the South. As the present amount of home slave labor is sufficient to till the lands now open and under cultivation, this large influx of labor will require that new lands shqulu be opened and cultivated, thereby largely increasing the crops. The question then arises, will the'demand be equal to the supply?the price of eotton ruling as at prescpt ? If not, (the Register argues,) prices -must decline, pud with consequences by go means nattering. If the negroes have been purchased on time-, says the Register, and we-are satisfied that speb is the case with a large portion of them, a decline of a few cents in cotton would produce a re-action that must necessarily seriously embarrass the planting interest that have purchased on these terms. It is too mucli the custom for planters to anticipate their crops in dollars and cents, and shape t^eir liabilities accordingly. , , The demand fot laborers is good, but we do trot think it justifies the exhorbitant and high rates which prevail, although the Booth was never ' moro solvent than now. To what point we aro drifting, for weal or for woe, is a problem tQ be solve4 by the future. >W?> Columbia Market. FEBBUARf 12. Cotton.?It) our last weekly report, we left our market laboring under a depression, with quotations from 4 to ?c, decline from the beginning of the week. During this week, our market has unJergono no change in prices from oar last report, rhe sales for the week$mounted to 1,813 bales? jxtremo 8 to 11c. \ Hour.?The floor market is pretty well suppli- . ed, and we notice a alight advance in prices. We ijtiote $2.40@$2 70 sack of 08 lbs. ; superfine to extra family $.2.87?@$3 sack. Bacon.?Country hog round 12(ajl2J ; Baltimore sides 11 ; shoulders 9@9J; hams 12@ 14; Lard 12(S>13. Corn.?Only a limited quantity iD market, and ive quote 83?85c. bushel. Oats.?Only a limited quantity in the marker, uid they readily command 78@80c. q! bushel. Cow Peas.?Only a limited demand. We quote 15?90c. bushel. Seed Rye.?Only a.limited demand far rye, and ve still quote $l@$i.lO ^ bushel. meat Bran.- $ 1 ^ 100 lbs. Slaves of (he Wanderer.?The Oxford (Miss.) Vercury, of the 20tb, says: There are four native Africans in Marshall iounty, Miss., from the Wanderer's cargo, recenty landed at Savannah, and about which all the ibolitionists under the sun are raising such horrible shrieks just now. Three of them belong to i planter living near Chulaboma, and the other to i planter near Holly Springs. They were bought n Georgia at an average of $500 each. Oureemnon darkies treat them with sovereign contempt -walking nround them with a decided aristocrat c air. Hut the Atricttns are docile and very mlustrious, and are represented as being perfectly lelighted with their new homes and improved coalition. * The stories that they are brutes and savge9 archil stuff and nonsense pat into papers by uen who are unacquainted- with what they are alking about. As to their corrupting our comnon negroes, we venture the assertion would come learer the truth stated the other way. Headley's Life of Washington* J. T. Headley's life of Washington, is one of he most magnificent Books that has been added to he literature of this country for many years; he author having had access to a largo quantity if new material, including ill the papers, diary ind correspondence of General Putnam, making a omplfete and popular work. It is written in the ;raceful and deeply interesting style of that popilar author, beautifully illustrated with stdfel and food engravings, large octavo, and splendidly >ound. * *.: * The agent for the work, Mr. Hudson', is stapling in town for a few days, for the purpose of irocuring orders for this valuable book, and we rust he will meet with that success commensu?te with the merits of the work. 6b