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Straps & jfaris. Wm. Gilmore Simms has control of the Literary Department of the Charleston Mercury, Half the seorets in the world are disolosed in order that those who possess them may let their friends know that they hold them. We have generally observed that a man bitten by a dog, no matter whether the animal is mad or not, is apt to get mad himself. A olergyman was lately depicting before a deeply interested andienoe the alarming increase of intemperance, when he astounded his hearers by saying: "A yoncg man in my neighborhood died very wddenly last Sabbath, while I was preaching the gospel in a state of beastly intoxication !" In Marion county, Ga., last week, a ' slave of B. R. Matthews stole $800. Pursuit was commenced, and for 36 hours the ne?ro was kept unceasingly on the run, fresh pursuers ooming up to the chase. Just as the party gained on him be fell dead in his tracks. A large bowie-knife was found in his olenched 1st. The Emperor of Russia has authorised the Jews to raise a fund, the interest of whioh is to be employed as prizes for the best literary works in the Hebrew language which shall be presented to the Academy of Science. His Majesty has also founded five scholarships at the Technological Institute in favor of the young Jews. ?? Th^ North Carolina Christian Advocate states that five missionaries from the Southern Methodist Church will sail for Japan in November, including Rev. M. L. Wood, of the North Carolina Conference; Rev. Mr. Allen, of the Georgia Conference; Rev. Mr. Stewart, of the Tennessee Conference, and twa ministers from the Memphis Conference. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says that the "item column" in a newspaper, is like a caravan. It stretches along in columns, with paokages and parcels, spices and gems, bits of fragrance of cunningly wrought metals, gathered from the Orient and from the whole world besides. The items of the paper, like the staffing of a thanksgiving turkey, represent everything in the house, crusts of bread, erackers and all kinds of spices." Mistakes are often made by persons, not business men, in calculating per centage. If a merchant marks his goods, for sale at retail at 50 per cent, advancfe, and 38 1-3 per oent. be afterwards detected from the marked price, he sells at cost (because 331-8 per oent. of 1.50 is exactly 50 cents, the profit marked on $1). If he sells goods at 25 per cent, above cost, and deducts five per oent. from the bill for cash, his profits are 181 per cent, and not 20 per cent., as some person at first sight would snppose. Goods have been sometimes sold at a loss through mistake in per oentage. We learn by a private letter from Canton, that on Wednesday last, Hon. Franklin Smith, the independent democratic candidate for Congress in this district, shot Owen Van Vaoter, Esq., editor of the Commonwealth, on the street of that town. A controversy arose between them about an article in the last number of the Commonwealth, relative to the disoussion between Smith and Singleton, at Raymond, on the 1st inst.? The wound of Mr. Van Yacter is severe, though not necessarily fatal. At the time onr informant wrote, the matter was under goiog investigation, and he therefore expressed no opinion relative to it.? Vicksburg Whig. Accounts of the grape crop throughout the country are generally favorable, and indicate an increased attention to this branch of culture. The vineyards of Ohio, which take the first rank as regards their mode of culture and pecuniary importance, chiefly through the efforts of Mr. Longworth and Mr. Buchanan, are said to promise better than since 1353. The same is true so far as we are enabled to judge, of the vines in N. Carolina and Georgia, where they are receiving increased attention. In West Florida, too the newspapers represent the grape as being cultivated with the best success for vinous purposes. According to the census of 1850, there were at that time two millions forty-eight thousand two hundred and ninety-three slaves in the cotton States?Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. It is beleived that the number has now increased to two millions five hundred thousand. Of this aggregate, the field hands number one million five hundred thousand, and about two-thirds of them are employed in cultivating the staple. It is calculated that the crop of 1860, with good weather, will be four millions bales, to produce which it is said, an increase of one hundred thousand field hands will be required. The question is, where are they to come from ? The following should serve as a warning to the ladies. It is from the last issue of the Milton (N. C.) Chronicle : A thunder-storm passed over the southern section of this county on Tuesday of last week, which blew down trees and corn, and damaged lands considerably by washing. During the raging of the storm the lighting struck a hoop skirt, made of brass, that stood suspended by an open window inr the house of Mr. John Webster, melting it and settine the house on fire, also knocking down one of the female occupants of the tenement, who received no other damage than a stunning blow. The fire was fortunately arrested ere it did much damage. It is thought that the brass hoops attracted the fluid?a circumstance which serves as another warning to those who "splurge" in brass. The assertion that the American railroad iron is cheaper than that derived from England, in consequence of its superior durability, has often been made, but there have been doubts on the subject in some minds, the majority of men thinking that low priced articles are necessarily cheaper than those of a higher original cost. A proof has recently been afforded of the truth of the declaration with respect to the railroaders of Pennsylvania, by an experiment that has been made on the Central Railroad of Georgia. In 1856 the track was supplied with iron, one side being furnished with American and the other with English rails. They were both identical in size and appearance, and care was taken to procure from the English market the best kind of iron. After an experience of two years, the General Superintendent has made a report on the subject, and it is in favor of the American iron. This is good news, and the important fact should be known to all those persons who are con For the Yorkvflle Enquirer. THE BENIOHTED-A TRIO. bt edwin HE riot. . From the Trio?"Oh! Lady Fair." Scene.?A dark stormy night?Hostess at the windote of her cottage?Two wayfarers approaching ?An old man leaning on the arm of his daughter? They are accosted by the Hostess, who heals the old man's pains with the "Cold Water Cure." hostess. "Stay, lady, stay, where art thou roaming ? The sun has sunk?the night is coming"? LADY. "Stranger?I go? Home o'er the mountain, Where the streamlet glideB And the sparkling fountain." hostess. "And who is the man with his white locks flowing! Oh! lady, say?where is he going. AY n VAV. "A Buffering pilgrim, seeking the mountain To drown his cares at Bacchus- fountain." travellers. Chill falls the rain, Night winds are blowing Shivering and cold We're homeward going." hostess. "Stay, lady, stay, till dark night closes I'll strew for thee, a bed of roses." . LADT. "Thanks 1 hostess! thanks, but alas! I had rather Perish, than leave my aged father!" hostess. "Turn, pilgrim, turn, with thy fair daughter Drink now this cup of clear cold water J" old man. "Thanks, stranger, thanks, your draught is healing, Comfort and peace?this cup is sealing." TRIO. "Bring now tho pledge?our bed of roses, Here we shall rest, till Life's Scene closeB." j edited bt SAM'Zj w. melton. YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MOBBING, AUGUST 25,1859. Special Notice.?All communications, on matters connected with the paper, should be addressed to "THE YORKville Enquirer;" and not the Editor or Proprietor, personally. Persons desiring prompt attention to their favors, must bear this in mind. ^yCapt. D. D. moore, Ma). Miles smith, SaM'l (j. brown, j. l. Thomson and Samuel j. Kutkendal of York; and William D. Cook, of Bennettsville, are authorized agents of the Enquirer. RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOB SUNDAY, AUGUST 28. Presbyterian Church. Rev. J. M. H. Adams, Pastor. Services at 10 A. M., and 7 P. M. Associate Reformed Church. Rev. R. Lathan, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M. and 4J P. M. Methodist Church. Rev. L. A. Johnston, Pastor. Service at 10 A. M., and 7J P. M. DROWNED. We learn that Mr. Calvin J. Miller was drowned in the Catawba River on Tuesday evening last. We have no farther particulars. * A COUNTERFEIT. We have been shown by Moses Alexander, Esq., a counterfeit half-dollar, which recently came into his possession. It is dated "1858," and being well executed, is calculated to defraud the cAreless. It is made of some soft metal, and is much lighter than the genuine. , * THE STORY. Our supply of the numbers containing the first chapters of "Who is the Heir?" having been exhausted, our publisher has prefaced the third chapter, this week, by an abridgement, from which the reader can derive a correct idea of the plot as far as it has been developed. Wo are glad to announce that this is necessary to supply the demand of new subscribers, who desire to oommence with the story. Id order to provide against ad tional good luck, an extra number' of this issue ill be printed. THE NATIONAL DIVISION. To our friend, Maj. B. D. Towssend, the Mo9t Worthy Patriarch of the National Division, we are indebted for a copy of the proceedings of that body, which assembled at Philadelphia, in June last. Delegates were present, from thirty-two jurisdictions, and the Order generally, i9 represented as in a more healthy condition than for several years past. We learn from the report of the Most Worthy Scribe," that 11,000 members have been added within the past year. There are at this time 1,985 Divisions in operation, with a membership of 76,422. The number of deaths in the different jurisdictions is put down at only 495!? This last item speaks volumes in favor of temperance and sobriety. * HORSE-TABIING. Mr. Williams, of Georgia, was in our town this week, and led a small company of us into the mysteries of "horse-taming." We are "even" with him ; having paid the fee and obtained "value received;" and yet for his kindly, patient, earnest, and well-bred manner of teaching, and the perfect fairness of the man, we can afford to extend to him a cordial testimonial. To the extent we were enabled to carry it, the class unanimously pronounced his system sound, and his practical exemplification of it a complete success. On Monday, his experiment was upon a fine horse belonging to Mr. J. T. Lowet?well known here as the most vicious, dare-devilish, unconquerably malicious animal in either town or country. An umbrella was "Richard's" peculiar abhorrence, and the testimony of bis owner assured us that he never could, in any manner, bring an umbrella within twenty feet of him. Our "Rare-y" took hold of Richard?so named for the "LionHeartedand in about two hours the conquered beast, the reins over his neck, was seen following "the master" up street, quietly and submissively, with an open umbrella tied to his tail! After such an exhibition, argument is useless. We have no hesitancy in recommending Mr. Williams to all lovers of the horse. Indeed, to any man the information imparted in his lessons | may, and in time is almost sure to be made far more valuable than the small sum expended in procuring it. Mr. W. has gone to Charlotte. MERE-MENTION. W. B. Smith, Esq., has been elected President of the Union Bank, of Charleston, vice Henry Ravknet.. deceased The Darlington Flag reports the Division of the Sons of Temperance in that place, in a flourishing condition. At the last meeting, seven applicants were initiated, and ten petitions received. A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury, proposes Maj. D. H. Hill . for the Superintendency of the Citadel Academy. On Wednesday, the corner stone of a new Methodist Church was laid by the Masonic fraternity, at Charlotte, N. C. The Bulletin says:? "After the ceremony, an address suitable to the j occasion, was delivered by the Rev. J. T. Wight' man, of Charleston, S. C., which enlisted the un! divided attention of the assembly, not only bei cause of the earnest manner of the speaker, but, also, because his address was rich in conception, I chaste in style, and elegant in manner." The Washington Stales notices a rumor that Secretary 1 Floyd is about to retire from the Cabinet from ill health, and says that the position will probably " be tendered to Hon. Charles J. Faclkneh, of "When a child is taken with croup, instantly apply cold water?ice water, if possible?suddenly a and freely to the neck and chest with a sponge. 1 The breathing ^ill almost instantly be relieved, i Soon as possible let the snfferer drink as mnch s.s a it can; then wipe it dry, cover it warm, and soon a a quiet slumber will relieve all anxiety." a The Bishop of Arkansas and the Bishop of Pitts- i bnrg have gone to Rome, ou an official visit to the i Pope. The last Legislature of Texas, it is i said, contained thirteen "men of mark." Not a one of them could write h'13 name. e Coknelius Donihos, originally from Laurens < District, of this State, but for sixty years a reai- 1 dent of Georgia, died on the 15th instant, in Cobb ( county, at the very advanced aged of 102 years, i The curvature of the earth amounts to ser en inches per miles. A man six feet high cannot i be seen ten miles. A witty Exchange servos i up the following queer hash to its numerous re t- i ders, viz: "Unbnstled ladies, pure and undefilcd i Christians, disinterested friends, oommon honesty, ] sound potatoes, first rate butter, unwatered milk, | and rich printers?are scarce !". We endorse it < all?particularly the last item. A steam plough is to be put into operation at the next State Agricultural Fair of Virginia. There is a firm doing business in JSC. louib uducc iuo uau.e of "Livepoor & Dierich." The Patriot says that the lama, attached to Robikson & Lake's circus and menagerie, died at Greenville. Black tongue is said to be prevailing among the deer and cattle in the neigh borhood of Little Rock, Arkansas. A New York correspondence says that ten millions of hooped skirts are manufactured in that city par year. Houses there rnako more than three thousand per day, and still cannot fill their orders. Mr. A. T. Stbwakt, the Merchant Prince of New York, intends to build a large Home for Widows and Indigent Women, a:id endow it most liberally. If one million of dollars are not enough he will appropriate two millions. At the present time we learn, says the Now York Evening Post, that Adams' Express employs 8782 men; that it has 972 agencies; and ttat its messengers travel daily 40,152 miles on railroads and steamers?a distance equal to once round the globe, and two-thirds around it a sec ond time. A BEAUTIFUL, PRESENT. Yesterday, at the Jewelry Store of Mr. E. M. Kibkpatbick, we were permitted to inspect a beautifully-chased Silver Pitcher, valued at fifty dollars. It is designed by the Sons of Temperance of York District, as a present to our townsman, Col. W. C. Beattt, in testimony of the valuable services he has rendered to the cause of temperance. The pitcher bears the following inscription : Presented to Col. W. C. Beattt, By the Sons of Temperanoe of York Dist., August,* 1858. This testimonial is entirely deserved, as no sin- e gle individual in our District, ha# contributed s more to the spread and progress of this great e moral reform among U9, than Uol. jjkatty. * long sermons. * We have a correspondent, "occasional," that is * to say, once per annum, whose especial horror itis 1 to endnre long sermons. It's his genios to hate * "sioh." In fact, it amounts to a monomania with * him. During that hot weather in July, the said correspondent, who calls himself "R. I. P."?that is to say, Requieseat in race?was caught by an unusually long-winded "sarmint." Thermometer, f'8? t in the shade?sun shining down like a thousand g of bricks?nary breeze?weather making a fool of a itself (preacher ditto)?every body sweating (perspiring doesn't express the idea)?"R. I. P." steam- g ing it near a window through the badly-closed . shutters of which the sunshine hits him fair in ^ the face?his "pheelinx" beyond "phanzy"?espies a Kin/ant slumbering sweetly on its mother's buzzum?the afflatus seizes him and he seizes a . "Aime" book, on the fly-leaf of which he lets fly t the following "pome:" t to a child sleepijtd 15 church. ^ As, nestling in your mother's lap, t And fanned by your admiring pap, T You take that calm refreshing nap, You little think, my dear, mayhap, ^ How deuced bored we are. You neither know, nor care, how long c Old Blank'9 kept up that dull ding-dong, in wtnctt ne goes 11 very swung , 'Gainst every evil, every wrong, j Which Heavenward-courses mar. Yon do not see each rueful phiz t Of Mother, Pap, and cousin Liz, ( Which plainly says, "How hot it is I" Nor catch, my dear, a glimpse of his Who is so much pleased with yours? Who gazes, dear, with such delight On your sweet face, so calm yet bright, That he'd endure from morn till night, E'en in his present stewing plight, I This woret of horrid bores. 1 R. I. P. ' For the Yorkville Enquirer. "BE YE TEMPERATE IN Ahlt THINGS." BT SAMUEL L. HAMMOND. Social worth and moral integrity demands :it of you?"be ye temperate in all things !" Be temperate in mind as well as in drink. Should you wish to see the healthful influenoe of such acourse, go?wander through, and pluck daisies and lillies from the labarynthian fields of science; stroll in the walks of knowledge; gather the flower J of wisdom ; traverse the long and refreshing avenues of history; see bright spots interspersed with myrtle, roses and geraneums; clambering woodbines, clinging here and there; gay birds flitting to and fro, and tall magnolias vruving gracefully and wafting the perfumed breath of a breeze ladened with the sweets of violet s.nd orange blossoms. See the aspiring sun-flower raise its head and vie with the ambitious hollyhock, in reaching toward the gold and silver fringed, cerulean curtains that adorn the sapphire wills of paradise, and hanging in rich festoons, falls in graceful folds about the pearl windows of the azure tinted sky! See sensitive mimosas; cowslips of native grace, and read in the mignonnette, moral and intellectual beauty. See, also, worthless weeds, choking pretty and tender plants; but, above all, hehnld the miehtv oak. see how he nobly stands, proudly waving his green branches?shaking his giant limbs in play with the winds, and bravely breasting every storm; admire and revere the grandeur and sublimity of the pino, who rearest his lofty head on high, the emblem of liberty, and bearing upon his brow the emerald wreath of fame, seems to stand defiantly forth, and scornfully look down upon the meaner trees below. But, a cloud comes o'er the scene ; hark! how the thunders crash?rsee, how the lightnings flash ! The storm-king reigns in all his fury and sweeps in terror by. The hour of trial coines ; ! clouds gather 'round; the wild hurricane whistles j by and howls his blast through the trees ; the ' dust flies; the rain falls; darkness veils all.? Rattling leaves attest the fury of the tempest! The old?the giant oaks and the noble pines, do they all stand firm ? ah, no ; for sec yon stately oak shook by the "gale?see the wind in desperate fury pluck it up by the roots and dash it limbless to the ground; uproot and level lofty pines to the earth, and strew the ground with shattered limbs ; and as they tumble headlong to the earth, with the crash of thunders, well might we join our feeble voices with the sighs and mourns of MHIiMlilMli Having thus wandered through the spacious 1 ivenue, turn and take a retrospective view. Betold in the svreet flowers and pretty plants, good ( isturo, ohoer.'ulness and bright-eyed happiness, ind rosy chBek'd loveliness; in the hollyhook, iun-flower and mimosa, see arrogant and over lensitive bird3 of gay plumage?but, little minds; n the oak, the pine and magnolia, behold perserering and lo:'ty minds, that ruled and governed, tot only Empires and Nations, but, whose wisdom iwayed the viorld! Behold them exemplified in inch men as Solon, Socrates, Aristotle, the elojuent Demos ihenes, virtuous Cincinnntus, noble 3cippio Afrioanus, the patriot Brutus, the Roman irato r, Cicero, and he, who was "first in war, first n peace and first in th& hearts of his countrymen" , ?our own, immortal Washington! See in the ank and pestilential weeds, the Caligulas, Tibe uses and Noroes of the world; and in the up ootcl oaks and leveled pines, behold great and i? loble minds debased and overmrunu <jj lydrn beaded demon, Intemperance. Draw from bis picture bright examples! Emulate the good ; sschcw the ewil. For the Torkville Enquirer. LETTER FROBTCHARLESTON. Mr. Editor:?I still survive and am glad to find, 'rom itii regular and welcome visits, that the Enjcihkb also flourishes. The city is healthy, and nore or less quiet, ad we have more or lets alarms >f fire. The hot term is post, and copious rains lave fallen during the lost three weelcs. Nights low are pleasant enough for sleeping, aad folks leem tc be entirely contented. My list was all about the Spartanburg Comnencements, and I intended to give you further terns of what I saw and thought of that trip ; iut our "Ruby," despite sweat and dust, and the 'air, (!) found time to do things up so well I don't egret my silence. Please tell the dear fellow hat I (J. W. K.) will not grab him so long as he sontinues to do so well. Since my return, though silent as to corresponience all round, I have yet contrived "to keep lp a mighty thinking," as did Pat's owl, and being ested and refreshed, and having a good store of naterial on hand, I will try and do as well as I :an hereafter. Wo are going to have a little decent excitement toon. A Mayor is to be elected, and the incumjent?who is a wealthy lawyer, and I believe, a :andidate for re-election?will have opposition in he'person of Col. Akdbews, who has the repuation of being one of the cleverest and most aciomplished gentlemen in the community. He is, ! believe, at present Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce,- and is substantially identified with the msiress interests of the city. As far as I am inormid, he is not a politician particularly. Inleed, the city, of late years, has evinced a pariality for oitizens who have not been soiled or lacked by partisan conflicts. For instance, this las t een exhibited in the cases of Mr. Hutohinion and Mr. Miles. The latter, however, has ince been sent to Congress, as successor to Govirnor Aiken. The Mayoralty is a very important post, as re;ardti the health of oar city and the control and mprovement of onr too numerous colored popuation. But I must close right here and now.? )r. "jABobde's book and the Tunnel Hill celebraion, will keep you going for a week or two. As ever. J. W. K. t For the Yorkvllle Enquirer. THE BIBLE AND THE ABOLITIONISTS. Mr Editor:?About a year ago, while on a visit 0 Cedarville, Ohio, the Rev. Pettijohw, .sserted in my hearing, that it would be as much j ft-imM'a li#* i? worth to attempt th*-?iroalaiioa. . f the Bible among the slave population of the tooth. The gentleman, by the way, is a minister the Wesleyan Methodist church, and an agent or the underground railroad. I denied the truth of the assertion, and pro?osed to deliver five thousand copieB of the Bible n the Slate of South Carolina alone, provided hey were furnished, and my expenses paid, by he Abolitionists of the North. These Bibles I troposed to distribute among such slaves as could ead; and, that said distribution should be made vith the full and unbiased consent of their owners. To satisfy him of this, I agreed to forward 0 his address a written certificate from the ownirs of the slaves, among whom I' had made the listribution. In reply to this fair proposition, he promised to 4think about it." As I have been prepared to ener upon this work for some time, it would afford ne some satisfaction to know if the reverend gen;leman?like the Irishman's parrot?"is keeping 1 thinking still." N. Blackstocks, S. C. From the WalhaDa Banner. The Ring Fight at Timoim. A TBADITIOJI. 1 will describe the locality and afterwards the aontlict The Chattooga Ridge is the first formation of mountains in the western portion of PickBns District. Oconee Station is immediately at the bast of this ridge ; troops were stationed there previous to, and immediately after the Revolution ary war, for the protection of the western portion of South Carolina. A portion of those troops made the* fight. Tamossa mountain and valley - - - J? o _:i?? are at tbe base 01 me Bamonuge, u umva uww ? the station. The beauty, fertility and extent of this valley would require the pen of a Washington Irving to describe. Its various attractions induced Gen. Pickens to make it bis borne; and he there ended a long, eventful and usefgl life in the service of his country and South Carolina. As a christian, a civilian and a soldier, he stood second to no man. What a pleasant contrast! the shrill whistle of the engine is now heard" in the valley, where once the terrific yell of the Indian savage sainted the ears of Pickens and men. I once owned this valley, and was often importuned for information respecting this Ring Fight. Mr. Pendleton, from Charleston, who was about to publish a monthly journal there, sought an introduction to me, asking the points and details of the Fight. I informed him that I had bod many descriptions concerning it, but they being uncertain and contradictory, I could not give him any. He requested if I should acquire Any reliable facts, I should give them to him. Time rolled on apace, and I had forgotten Mr. P. and the Ring fight. I met with Mrs. S. I had had the pleasure of her acquaintance in Pendleton village where she spent the larger portion of a long life, and left a name that her posterity will ever be proud be wear. She possessed fine conversational powers, and great accuracy of description. I knew that she and her husband had been the intimate friends of Gen. Pickens and his family. I apprbacbed her by saying that I had often been solicited for facts relative to that fight. She informed me that herself and husband had spent a week with Gen. Pickens at Tamossa, in tbe latter di.ys of bis life. She described his person, his feature:) and his habits. "He was taoiturn, but communicative to his personal friends." Daring that week, Mr. S. and myself were sitting in the western piazza of his house. Mr. S. incidentally remarked about the Ring Fight. The om?p to liia fpaf n.nd nointinc to a little ravine about three hundred yards from his house, and that runs east into Little River, remarked :? "There is the spot, and in all the engagements that I had during the Revolutionary struggle, for the number of men, and time we were fighting, none were more hazardous or critical. I was out lookiDg at the valley, and to ascertain the mountain passes, with a detachment of men. Very suddenly the Indians showed themselves from an immense cane-brake. My knowledge of Indian character convinced me that they were determined to fight, and that they had surrounded us. I informed my men that we would have to act with coolness and circumspection: that we had but little ammunition, and that no man should fire until became within point blank shot. They made the onset. Our fire was so destructive, they recoiled : after a few minutes of manoeuvring, they made the second attack; our fire was more destructive than the first; they manoeuvred for a few moments, and again reconciled. Several of my men understood the Indian dialect well; they heard the word of command from different points, that the attack should be renewed with the tomahawks. While mm MHMi the troops at Oconee Station heard the firing, and c troopers coming np in the rear, with considerable 1 noise, the Indians fled, and by good lack, we were oat of the Ring Fight." Mr. James A. Doyle, a number of years afterwards, in having timber felled on that branch, found quantities of bullets in the timber1} and identified the place, as previously indicated by Mrs. 3. I have simply discharged a duty that I thought houmbent upon me, and that Pickens District is' entitled to. If Gen. P. was a judge of a battlefield and a fight, how maoh ahead of the Ring Fight is that of Musgrove's Mills, and why should we not celebrate it? I am respectfully, J. Ovebton Lewis. Every Man bis own Prophet. A man often assists himself to achieve an object by declaring boldly his determination to a- < ohieve it. This audacity sometimes propitiates . favor and support. Thus Benj. Disraeli, when coughed down in the * House of Commons, eaid: "Sir, in my day I have 1 attempted many things and have at last suoeeded. The day will come when this House will listen to ( to me." And it did come. Disraeli in a few years ( became a leader in Parliament, at whose rising t the House was hushed into silence, and by whose } flWrtwrv wlf otv/1 wViof AWif? ? f AAllld VlO ftrrtnfl. ed into the wildest enthusiasm. { About the time California was beginning to as- } sume the proportions of a State, Dr. Gwin, then residing in this city, determined to emigrate thith- ? er, declaring to all his friends that when they j next saw him it would be as Senator from the State. He kept his word, and has been Senator ever since, with a slight interruption. We have another example of this sort of confi dent and prescient audacity in the case of our re- ? cent cotemporary Roger A. Pryor, who has announced himself a candidate for Congress in the i Petersburg district, made vacant by the death of William 0. Goode. Mr. Pryor requests the peo- ^ pie to remember that he intends to go to Congress, j and they might as well make their arrangements j accordingly. To give a still bolder character to this prophetic j audacity of Mr. Pryor, we need only state that he ( has been but two months resident of the distriot ] which he is determined to represent?that he is j opposed by several old political chiefs of great power and influence in the district, and lately, be j declares himself a Democratic candidate, but tooth and Lae nail opposed to the Administration. Under these ciroumstanoes, we should think . Pryor was about as near to the realisation of his presentiment as Louis Napoleon is of accomplish- 1 ing that great goal of his destiny, of dying a con- ( queror in the streets of London.?N. 0. Delta. J New Cotton.?A first bale of cotton from the | new crop, wa,? received in this oity by Messrs. Hopkins, Hudson & Co. In quality it was about ' middling, and weighed 466 lbs. It was originally received at the warehouse of Messrs. Hughes, , Daniel & Co., of Columbus, Ga., and is the sec- 1 ond of the two bales alluded to in the Columbus | Tinea of Saturday: - . The first bale in our market was received yes- j terdav bv King, Allen & Camak, from the plauta tion of Johh M. Sapp, Chattahoochee county ; it clashes ordinary, and was purchased by B. F. , Thomas at 12$." "Messrs. Hughes, Daniel & Co., also received a bale of new cotton yesterday; it was from the ' plantation of W. S. Shepherd, Esq., and sold for . 12$ eta. to S. C. Atkinson. It was forwarded to ' Charleston." The Augusta Dispatch of Saturday, in noticing the passage of this bale through that city, says it j was the first of the season there also. Another first bale, and certainly the first of Carolina growth, was received here Saturdy by Messrs. Adams & "Frost, from Florence, having been forwarded by R. Rogers, Esq., of Darlington District. < The steamer Otn. Clinch, which arrived on Sat- , urday from Palatka, brought 12 bales of Sea Is- ; land cotton of the new crop, grown on the planta- , tion of Mr. Starke, near Palatka, and consigned ] to Messrs. Coffu & Pringle, of this city. The first bale of new cotton, at Macon, Ga., , was received on the 18th inst. Quality, good middling. It sold for 12 cents. The first bale at Selma, Ala. was received on Tuesday, and sold at 13$ cents.?Charleston Mercury. Opinions of the Prince Imperial of France on the ( Causes of the War.?One morning, while the war ... t . .I.tij?~ T?ia was jet at US neigm, me rriuct iiujmini, nuv .? m intelligent and attractive ahild. and appaka ?a-_ _ glish, tbej say, better than French, terribly puzzled his attendants, who were at table with him, by suddenly asking, "You are always talking of the Austrians being beaten, beaten. What havo the Austrians done to be beaten so muoh ?"? "Mais, Monseigneur, they are not sages?not well behaved." "But what they done?what have they done f" When the Prince Baw the wise persons whom he questioned at a loss to explain the short-comings of the Austrians towards the French, he said, "Oh, yes, now I know?now I know, they don't keep their hands and faces clean, and they won't say their prayers." Carelessness in the matter of ablution, and occasional neglect of private devotion were the only offences which, in the innocent mind of the Prince, could at all justify the punishment inflicted on the Anstrians. Now, as peace is made, his Imperial Highness is probably convinced that a considerable reformation has been affected in both these respects, and that the Austrians wash their hands and recite the rosary. [Paris Cor. London Times, August 2. Health of Charleston.?Weare gratified to have it in our power to announce the continued health of Charleston. The Courier of Wednesday says: The readers of the Courier will rejoice in the showing made by the City Register for the past week. It will be seen by the report of this physician that only one white person has died in that space of time. We call attention to this gratifying proof of the health of our city not in the spirit of boasting, but with emotions of gratitude most devotedly acknowledging the goodness of a watchful Providence. We find by referring to the bill of mortality that eleven whites died during the week in August, 1857, and that in the same period of the same month of the following year, when the yellow fever was prevailing as an epidemic, twenty-three white persons are reported to have died. With these facts staring them in the face, how can our enemies still continue to circulate their vile reports concerning our city. This joyous intelligence must sweep away their foundation of lies. * ' A Living Head on a Dead Body.?The Newburgh Index gives the following curious but melancholy particulars of a respectable farmer in that neighborhood, who was once a resident 01 that city: "Mr. Archibald Campbell, a respectable farmer in the township of Camden, East, while engaged in finishing a new dwelling on his premises, the scaffold gave way, and he was precipitated headforemost to the gronnd and dislocated his neck, but very fortunately aDd mysteriously did not kill him. When his head was brought to its proper position, the vetebrn of his neck returned to their place with a dull, bnt distinct snap. The whole body is paralyzed and dead from the neck downwards. He is not capable of moving a muscle or experiencing the slightest pain. Fortunately the nerves supplying the muscles used in respirathn were paralyzed, and he can breath and live. Had the injury of the spinal cord been a little higher he would have died immediately. The senses of sight, hearing, smelling, &c., are normal, and his intellect unimpaired." The Tunnel Hill Celebration.?We find a long and detailed account of the mass meeting and barbecue at Stump House Mountain on Friday last in the Charleston papers of yesterday. There were about three thousand visitors, which with the resident population swelled the number to near five thousand. The Governor and a part of his suite were present, together with a number of 1 members of the Legislature. Hon. B. F. Perry was the orator of the day, who delivered a speech of some length. The other speakers were Hon. J. F. Marshall, Hon. J. D. Allen, Col. T. C. Perrin and Hon. J. P. Reed. Gov. Gist in the evening made a short speech.? CoL A. P. Calhoun was President of the day. Twelve beeves, nineteen muttons and twentyfive hundred pounds of bread furnished the feast for the large assembly.?Columbia Guardian. Newspaper Publishing.?The Boston Ilerald, referring to the discontinuance of the Boston Ledger, has the following comments upon newspaper experiments : "The public will be able to estimate the benefits to be derived from newspaper experiments in a field already fully occupied, when we state that | the Boston Ledger, after having sunjt, according to the reports of those engaged in it, between thirty and forty thousand dollars, had attained, 'when its prospects were never better,' a circulation of about two thousand! This does not open up a very rosy prospect to those who desire to shine as newspaper publishers, and theiesson that this and other operations in the same line teaches shonld be laid at heart. "This is a business which requires a good field ty^yy^y^om^ircumstances^lar^ apital, and thorough business capacity and tireess energy. It is easy to induce some men to imbark in newspaper enterprises. They are ticked with the idea of seeing their names in print, 1 ind enjoying the privileges of a dead head, and , hey will readily find a plenty of advisers who ] iounsel them to engage in publishing merely beiause they wish to make use of their columns. In- : crested partiea will encourage with a plenty of irords the aspirant to the honors of a newspaper ; >ublisher, but when the day of failure comes, inch are generally the loudest in denouncing the 'oily of the enterprise. If any one doubts this, et him throw away thirty or forty thousand dolare of somebody's money in reducing it to the ;est of experience." Free Kegroel In th? North. The N. T. Herald, of last Thursday, devotes a solemn to an inquiry into the constantly depressno AAMrliiinn n9 + Vt ft fnAA norrvnaa nf tVi A onrl AJg UVUU1UUU VI VUV UVV UVglVVO VI fcUV J.ivt vu, uuv? ivers that they are sinking into helplesB and hopeesa pauperism, and winds up with the following: "The logical deduotion from these facts is, that he Northern States will return to the enactment >f the laws establishing negro slavery, and sell all .he free negroes into family servitude. Humanity will demand this, to preserve them'from being reluced to a state of degradation terrible to conemplate, by the increasing competition of the vhite race. Policy will require it to save the ommunity from the burden of hundreds of thousands of able-bodied paupers which can make no leadway of themselves. The negro himself will isk it, in order that he may be restored to tbat consideration in society to which he is entitled as l man. They will then be absorbed into our famlies again as servants, mechanics, husbandmen, ind will be relieved from the social ban which low attends them in consequence of their doubt'ul position and increasing degradation." Startling as this prediction may appear, remarks ;he Macon Telegraph, it could find its practical 'ulfillment in Northern towns without any change n their laws or customs. As paupers, the negroes could be and probably are, annually sold to whoever will accept their services and maintain them at the lowest cost to the town; and the misfortune of the negroes in this case, would be a liability to a ohange of masters every year. The Herald's proposition for a permanent ownership is much more humane. The Meerschaum Mania.?It may chagrin Young America to learn, but nevertheless it is a fact, that the meerschaumns so popular in this country at the present day, costing from $1 to $5, are mere shams. The genuine meerschaum, or that portion in whioh the cigar or tobacoo is placed, is made in Vienna, of clay found in Asia.? This clay resembles the porcelain clay of this country, and is easily moulded into any desired shape, and the finer the quality, the more easily is it colored by the oil of tobacco. The mouthpiece of the meersohaum is made of amber, a substance resembling rosin, found along the Baltio Sea. This is valued according to the size of the piece and its fitness for mouthpieces. Some of them sell as high as $2(\ and the bowls for pipes as high as $50, in consequence of the elaborate carving upon them. They are made in Vienna, where a large number of persons are employed to meet the present demand. The prioe, however, cannot be considered enormous when it is underrtoi th* fina?f nnnlitv of meerschaum can aot be perfectly colored under three months, and then it moat be in use nearly all the time; say, for instance, thirty segars per day smoked through one, each segar costing three cents, would make the cost for ninety days $81, without counting jick headaches, nervousness, eto. Colombia Market. August 22. Cotton.?The sales of this week amoanted to 315 bales. During the early part of this week prices were in fayor of sellers, and a choice article would commanded 12 cents; towards the close prices somewhat receded. We quote extremes at 8@ll}o. Flow.?There is a good Bopply in the market, and prices have declined sinoe our last report. We quote $2.87}@$8.12} ^ sack of 98 pounds. Extra family would command a shade higher. Corn.?There is a good supply of corn on the market and prices are steady. We quote $1.10@ $1.15, according to quality. Peat.?Only a limited quantity in the market, and prices range from 80@90c. Oats.?None in Market. Wheat Bran.?$1@$1.25 per 100 pounds. ~ ?/Vnntrp hng rnnnri niA>fl 11@11J; sb ulders8Thams 12}@16. Lard.?Country, 11}@18}; refined 12J@J3$c. Rye.?Seed, $1.10@$1.25 Butter.?Country, 15@18c. "" ?? Til- - n??u l.t.n Kv I J. tie uiperence.?iucxruvl fuovung i.<uuu the Austrians daring the war in Italy have all returned to France. They were to the number of 145. They were thus captured: 1 at Montebello, 67 at Magenta, and 77 at Solferino; but one French Officer was taken prisoner by the Austrians, and that was the Duke of LarocheJaoquelein, an officer of the Chasseurs d'Afrique, who, mounted on a powerful horse, charged so far into the ranks of an Austrian regiment, that in their retreat they swept bim along. Of course I mean by the 145 prisoners not wounded and now in the Austrian nospitals, tho whole- number is but 300. The French have taken fifteen thousand Austrians that are not wounded; there are at least 80,000 wounded, thus making a most extraordinary difference, which speaks volumes as to the nature of the two armies. The Next Speaker.?The elections in Kentucky and Tennessee have added ten to twelve Opposition members to the House of Representatives, and increased the strength of the balance of power in that body to about thirty representatives.? The Democrats have elected ninety-two Lecornptonites, and six anti-Lecomptonltes, in all ninetyeight, and the Republicans have one hundred and fourteen, and of course neither can control the House nor organize it under any ultra Speaker. The result will be the selection of some moderate man, who will do much towards allaying the feelings of sectional asperity which of late years have rendered the House of Representatives "one scene of rudo confusion." Ro?k Hill. New Cotton.?We have in our office, from the plantation of Mr. Benj. Ellis, a fall opened pod of cotton, plucked on*Thursday, the 11th inst. It is of "good" staple, and is early for the season, in these parts. Ebenezer Academy.?The contract to make the brick for this new building was let to Mr. John Rioters, on Saturday last?60.000 at $7. The on V ? m contracts for necessary work will be let oat at an early day. * Sont of Malta*? Indian Land Lodge, No. 8, of the'Son8 of Malta, was organized at this place, on last Friday evening, and No. 4 at Chesterrille, on Saturday. They both work well.?Chronicle. Virginia Coming to the Scratch.?I am informed upon very good authority, that John Letcher has openly avowed his purpose to hoist the flag of disunion in Virginia should a Republican be elected to the Presidency in 1860. This report derives strong feasibility from Mr. L's avowal on the hustings. His reported saying at different points daring the late canvass, represent him as having avowed a similar intent in the contingency mentioned. He even speaks, as I am told, of taking possession of Fort Monroe and holding it for purposes of defence connected with the formation of a Southern confederacy. That he has expressed the sentiments herein imputed to him, there is no reason to doubt.?Correspondence of the N. Y. Times. A Cure for Hydrophobia.?"A Saxon forester named Qastell, now of the venerable age of 82' years, unwilling to take to the grave with him a secret of so much importance, has made pcblic in the Leipsic Journal the means which he has used for fifty years, and wherewith, he affirms, he has rescused many human beings. "Take immediately warm vinegar or tepid water; wash the wound clean therewith, and then dry U; pour then upon the wound a few drops of muriatic acid, bet iuse mineral acids destroy the poison of the sahria, by which means the evil effects of the latter are neutralized." This is a simple, and upon the principles which are supposed to govern the circulation of the poison, an effective cure. Idolatry.?An exchange says that the Chinese have a temple in 8an Francisco, which cost $20,000, and have imported an idol from China at a cost of $30,000. It is the image of. a man who figured in China three hundred years ago, and was a great statesman and warrior, as one said, "like your Washington." The only efforts in California to Christianize the Chinese are by the Methodists at Sacremento. The law prohibiting Chinamen from coming to the State is pronounced unconstitutional, aod their number, now sixty thousand, is rapidly increasing. Mormons Leaving Salt Lake.?The St Joseph (Mo.) Gazette of the 9th inst., mentions the arrival at that place of a number of Mormons from Salt Lake City, U. T., who report that 4,000 or 6,000 recusant saints will make their exodus from Charlotte Market. August 22. Cotton.?We bare reports of sales of 24 bales, at from 8$@ll|c. as to quality. Flour.?8ales were made at. $4.26?$4.90 bbL As buyers seem unwilling to operate largely at present prices, a further decline is looked for. Wheat.?There has been a little falling off in the price of Bed, good White will command our last weeks quotations. We report Bed at 80@90 cents bushel; White 92@$1.0O "ft bushel. Corn.?The prices of last week hare been fully maintained, and we oontkmed our figures, 86?90 cents bushel. Rye.?We heard of butone sale during the week, and that was effected at $1.00 bushel. Oate?Have been offered in small quantities and taken at 40@45 cents ^ bushel of 33 pounds. P/im?None offered. Bacon? None has been offered?there is a good demand for prime country cared, and it would meet with ready sales at good prices. Georgia.?The correspondent of the 8avannah Newt, in giving an account of the late commencement exercises of Franklin College, in referring to Col. Hill's address before the Alumni on "The Glory of Georgia," gives the following interesting sketch from it: A very pleasing allusion was made to the origin of the name of Georgia. At the time of its settlement, the throne of England was ocoupied by George the Second and his wife Qoeen Caroline. The Queen's name having been bestowed on the land of Carolina, a guardian angel asked thorn if they did not wish "To Carolina bo a Georgia joined! Then shall both colonies sure progress make, Endeared to either for tho others sake. Georgia shall Carolina's favor move, And Carolina bloom by Georgia's love." Our history has a beautiful type in the Coat of Arms, with their mottos, of the Colony and the State. That of theoo'iony was: Non tibi ted aliu ?"not for ourselves but for others." Look at that of our State: Over the arch, emblazoned in the gold of lightning, is the Conatitution, supported by the sapphire columns: Wiadom, which giv-, cth life; Juatice, throwing its shield of defence not over our own rights, but Ajax-likewith (t regard for those of others; and Moderation, the great social virtue. CONSIGNEES FEB KING'S MOUNTAIN B. BOAS From ths 16th to the 23rd of August, 1859. Carrol, Clark & Co., B. T. Wheeler, J. McGill, William Curtis, W. D. & J. C. Miller, J. S. Moore & Sons, D. Froneberger & Co., Beam & Jenkins, Allison & Bratton, M. Jenkins, Mr. Bohon, Miss M. Anderson K. M. B. B. Co.. Dr. S. Dea-j, S. F. Harris, E. M. Kirkpatrick, J. Herndon, D. D. Durham, G. B. Batchford, Cadet Fickling, J. B. Edwards, Camp & Lemons, Adams, McCorkle & Co., J. C. Payne, Dickson & Webb, L. M. Grist, J. Flach, J. B. Whitesides & Bro., W. Fortune, H. F. Adickes & Co., Moore & Burris, A. Coward, B. Hare, J. A. Hogue, Mitchel, Mills & Co., G. W. Williams, Bev. J.'A. Davies, J. Q. Seats, Cadet Haunahan and j. C. Kuykend&l. Soldiera Becoming Farmert.?We observe that in Franoe and England, soldiers of the regular service have been put at the disposal of the farmers in gathering their harvests. This is much better business than trampling down and cutting off people's heads. It is a pitty all the armies of the world could be employed in like manner, and never permitted to resume their old occupation. ' _ * The Way a Tie it l/ecuua tn A entuc/cy.?in lire Fourth Congressional district of Kentucky, there is a tie rote between James S. Chrisman, democrat, and Wm. C. Anderson, opposition. The Revised Statutes of the State provides that in such cases the matter shall be settled by lot drawn in the presence of the Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State. Presbyterian Statistics.?Adding together the satisfies of both New and Old Sohools, the following is the result: Synods, 66 ; Presbyteries 276 ; Ministers, 4122; Churches, 6029; Licentiates, 481; Candidate, 868. Total Communicants, 419,620. jSpwiai Utofocs. O. DAVIS MILTON, ") ( BAM'L W. MBLTON. Chester, S. C. J - 4 Yorkrillo, 8. C. - - mei.TOK AJISLTOS, - ? ATTORNEYS AT LAW, YO&KV1LLI, S. 0. Will praotiee in the Courts of Union, York, Lancaster Chester, and Fairfield Districts. Particular attention given to collections. Office Mortis of the Co tort-House, and at the rear of Moore, Kainey Si Co's Store.-^Pl Jan 7 1 tf W. B. WILSON. I. D. WITHBBSFCON, JB. WILSON A WITHERS POO If, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . " TOBKVILLE, S. C. Office in the building at the rear of C. House, formerly occupied by Col. I. D. Witherepoon, Sr. Not 4 44 tf - EDWARD MOORE, ATTOHNDT AT LAW AND YORKVILLE.'S. C. ty Office on Liberty-Street, sear the "Adickes Building," and one door below the Post-Office. r ' ? * ?#? Common sense rules the mass of the people, whatever the misnamed and misanthrope philosophers may say to the contrary. Show them a good thing; let its merits be clearly demonstrated, and they will not hesitate to give it their most cordial patronage. The masses hare already ratified the judgment of a physician, concerning the virtues of HOSTETTER'S BITTERS, as may be seen in the immense quantities of this medicine that are annually soid in every section of the land. It is now recognized as greatly superior to all other romedies yet devised for diseases of the digestive organs, snch as diarrhoea, dysentery, dyspepsia, and for the various fevers that arise from derangement of those portions of the system. Hostetter's name is rapidly becoming a household world, from Maine to Texas, from the shores of the Atlantic to the Pacific.? Try the article and be satisfied. For Sale by ALLISON & BRATTON, and H. W. MERRILL, Yorkville, S. CJuly 28 * 80 la ?? -t ?.!! ?< - Save your Gardens. Mr. E. Lton, a French Chemist, discovered an Asiatic plant, the powdered leaves of which Is a deadly poison to garden worms, ants, roaches, bed-bugs, ticks, fleas, and all species of Insects, Wmie lt? V5 perfectly nannm* iu mu/mmu u/tu uu/r?coft'e animal*. A child can eat it. He has received medals from Rnssia, France, England, Germany, and numerous medical colleges and societies. It is a most important discovery. The idea of being rid of these pests in warm weather is a luxury. We can now hear the bed-bugs lament? Lyon's Powder, sure as fate, Will our race exterminate. Arrangements are made through Messrs. Barnes & Park, of New-York, to sell it throughout the world. It is put up in tin canisters, and bears the name of E. Lyon. Magnetic Powder kills all insects in a trice, Magnetic Pills are mixed for rats and mice. Sample Flasks, 26 cts.; regular sizes, 60 cts. and $1. BARNES & PARK, New York. For Sale at THE YORK DRUG STORE. August 4 81 lm RELIEF IS" TEST MINUTES. < BRYAN'S P U L M O N I C WAFERS! The most certain and speedy remedy ever ditcoved for all Diseases of the Chest and Lungs, Cough*, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, Bronchitis, Influenza, Hoarse' . ness, Difficult Breathing, . ,, Sore Throat, $c., $c. THESE WAFERS give the moat instantaneous and perfect relief and when preserved with according to directions, never fail to effect a rapid and lasting care. Thousands have been restored to perfect health who have tried other means in vain. To all classes and all constitutions they are equally a blessing and a cure?none need despair no matter how long the disease may have existed, or however severe it may be, provided the organic structure of the vital organs is not hopelessly aecayea. n.very one amiciea snoaia give them an impartial trial. To Vocalists and Public Speaksbs, these Wafers are peculiarly valuable ; they will in one dat remove the most severe occasional hoarseness ; and their regular use for a few days will, at all times, increase the power and flexibility of the voice, greatly improving its tone, compass and clearness, for which purpose they are regularly used by many professional vocalists. JOB MOSES, Sole Proprietor Rochester, N. Y. Price 25 cents per box. i'orsale by ALLISON 4 BRATTON and H. W. MERRILL, Yorkville, 8. C.; Havlland, Stephenson & Co., Charleston, Wholesale Agents, and by respectable Druggists.