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il VOLUME H CAMDEN, SOUTH-CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 15,1853. NUMBER 11, J PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY dear TEOMAS J. TEJtMS. illc; Two Dollars if paid in advance; Two Dollars and . .jmc Fifty Cents if payment bo.delayed tliree months, and j Three Dollars if not paid till the expiration of the voar. ADVKItTISliM ENTS will bo inserted at the fol- stud lowing rates: For one Square, (fourteen lines or less,) , prcs< seventy-five cents for the first, and thirty-seven and a ! hjs ) half cents for each subsequent insertion. Single in-I wj . sertioiis. one dollar per square; semi-monthly, month- . '. ly and quarterly advertisements charged the same as ,n?.l for a single insertion. ;,,,d *'5)"'fiie number of insertions desired must be noted fel, ] on the margin of all advertisements, or they will bo ]; published until ordered discontinued and charged ac- (i lip jllisrcllnnrcus. rnimodc. n10!1 Albert Morris was a young ritiladelphian, of '10I1) A family, wealth, fine talent, considerable beauty, f5Can and, with all these, an honest and feeling heart, . W acute sensibility, and pure, correct, moral princi- If r j'icp. It chanced that one sunny afternoon in Oeto- XV|^' bor, this unexceptionable hero of ours was sunntering down Chesnut street, in a listless or rather "*^s unhappy mood, his brows lowering, and his eyes l'10 ( glancing about with a restless look of discontent. ni.vs' Now, what possible trouble or annoyance Could ?'^ ( come nigh so charming and fortunate a young man ? n,K'; Suddenly lie gave an eager look forward, his an,n?i eye brightened, his cheek flushed, and his step 1 C., ]?. ,.r. 1.1.1 l.rtt miet'il-n flmf Ut t! IJUIl'Kl'ill'U. kUilV l?V Wwiu iiw ?uw%i?nv form, that gait, that air; no, it was Clara At- ^''t wood. She did not see him, or seemed not to mark him, till they were almost face to face.? ??.a Then she smiled, blushed, and paused a moment, 'b 1,1 as Morris, lifting his hat, inquired with a joyful air, when she arrived in town. 1 '"Only last night," she rej'lied, and after a few u^''c words more, passed on. !une Miss At wood was an undeniable beauty, and sc;'^ a belle of much celebrity. Ilcr taste in dress was exquisite, though rather on the magnificent ''Oin order. She had many accompli-liinents. a keen c:lI!!( wit, and some genius, so it is little wonder that, vasit as f ir as she had revealed herself, >he had been *"rc'n enchanting to the poetical and somewhat im- w'l,c pressible Albert Morris. It was spring when . they first met, and before they buth left the city ^' for the summer, dreams, wondrous pleasant, in ''pan which the peerless belie always appeared, be came perilously frequent with inm. | And Mi>s At.wood ! \\ I?v .'lie smiled sweet- ! Wor'' ly on nil he said or did, and lent herself towards j strf'? him slightly?very slightly?from the p'ede-ml of her pride. With a most comfortable faith in j "'1_"rl her own irresi>tibleness, she evidently considered stl" the heart of every man she met as a kind of fruit, " very ripe and very soft, and only waiting the "ra:,i least possible shake on her part, to f ill into her hand, or at her feet. P.ut let us.return to that walk of our hero's * down Chosnut street. 1 His heart filled with ind- *cribable emotion, he ; "K'' l involuntarily turned his head to look alter the ' l'* fair lady. As he did so. h<> r- mark.-,] tln?t : < 1&>? slie swept along with her lialf-nonchakiiit. halfhaughty gait, tlie fringe of her rich mantilla ',lCts caught on the edge of a basket borne by a poor " old woman who was hobbling along with a ,u crutch. The basket was filled and piled up with '1 ri'c large oranges; and, as Miss At wood gave an im- t(?' ,V; patient pull to extricate the fringe, she half up- Nort set the basket?purposely, it was evident?and out rolled a golden shower of oranges. With no ^"'"i expression of regret, but with a frown like mid: sm;l' night, and a cool " Von should keep out of the P'iro< wav," she pushed majestically on, and entered 'atetl Lew's imiting doors. The old woman stood cien* the image of despair; a poor, feeble critter, jos "all. tied by the fashionable throng, she could not ^rshelp hersch in this sad extremity. Surprised, in- 10 .i: .. ....i l.(.vniiil i>viiri',sioii Mr. Va'lll ?I'W .-IIVVUVM X..J .V .w.., Morris, with one of his quick, humane impulse?, ' turned back to .assist her; but lie was too late, shou for a slight, graceful figure sprang forward, and "'cai two dear little white-gloved hands began picking wh:t up the oranges and replacing them in the basket uni^ of the grateful old dame, and a sweet, kind voice :lvcl> said : A "Oh, do not thank inc?it is nothing!'' anu proc then Morris caught a glimpse of a fair young v-'int face, not a beautiful face, but one fresh and sun- her, ny, and wearing an expression pure and noble, der. and good withal, lie saw large brown eyes with A soul, and warm red lips tremulous with feeling, Orci and a clear, broad brow, stamped with intellect, dcry over which waved hair of a dark, rich shade.? fram All these he saw underneath a little cottage bon- it w; net of white silk, unadorned by ribbon, lace or del in .. flowers?for the young being before him was M . nt iinn>rin:il;l.> cr1!!V< :i ltivllv dl!Cl Illilt a??u;?.v."w v? ^ - 7 Philadelphia Quakeress. ly m At that moment the soulless statue Albert N bad half defied by bis admiring homage, fell from from its pedestal, and a fair idea of womanly loveli- chief 11 ess sanctified l?y goodness, mounted triumph- ral ( antly to its place. their Do not condemn my hero, when I say that of c< lie followed at a respectful distance behind the prof voung Quakeress as she walked up C'lu'snut street, no u then turned and passed up Seventh street to or s< Arch street, and up Aicli street almost to Broad land * street. Finally, she ran lightly up some dazzling large white marble steps, and entered a plain, but el- eouli cant looking mansion. As Morris passed, he tliinl glanced at the door plate. It bore his own name; \\ and, with a feeling half-pleasure, half-pain, be vers; recollected that here resided a distant relative of ply I bis father's. There had once boon some differ mak once between the families, and all intercourse them ^ bad been long since suspended. the As might have been anticipated, Mr. Albert whic Morris suddenly became an active pence-maker, chilli ' - ' I ,.r ( I...* .......I. wi MICH ?"l mviit 1^1 mn ii kji those connected by the ties of kindred was un- nev I natural, unchristian, and ought no longer to ox- nam j<t. Thus ho argued, until his mother (now a neve widow) and his nice, obliging sisters, set forth J'l on a visit of conciliation, or rather reconciliation, view This was perfectly successful, and soon the long- seed, fro/Mi, tide of social intercourse flowedagain sun- the v nv and swift. _ stnai " Oh. such times as the two families had togeth- rfl or! Such morning walks and rides; and tlu n intcii such sociable evening gatherings for all sorts of cour; innocent and sensible eiijoyment. Indeed it was base r pleasaiitcr and better, and more delightful every with way than I can tell. . (*001 [ surely need not say how glad was Albert in W his heart, when he listened daily to flic praises of' ted t L , gificd, cousin Annie, from liis affectionate rs and enthusiastic young brothel's, and even i his thoughtful, intelligent mother. Ah! little heathen divinity's "fairy bark" somcs has smooth sailing, say what they will, so happened that Annie was deep in the y of the Gorman at that time, and Albert cntly discovered that he really must rub up mowing of that grand language. After this, t enchanting "long mornings," what cliarmaw-dis!ocating hours they spent over Goethe Crabbe, and Gcssencr and Gleim, and l'lefI'iiizer, etc. ut the time came when it was away with e old fellows, and let the heart speak through and eyes, and "little unobserved acts," a pomorc delicious, an eloquence more subduing. ******* LTV .VII.m f " coiil \ AiYirvie iiimv hwi ths a wife, uv. li.it possessed tlioc to send e that enormous orange tree ? I could :oly find room for it in our conservatory." \h, Annie," lie replied, 4,I love the orange? a sacred fruit to me." Cow, what canst llioii mean !" said the little with some surprise. .isten to me, then, my love," he rejoined.? by the apple Adam lost his paradise, so by grange have I found mine. What! still itivd. All, bless yon, and bless all crippled >range women, say I ?" Mi, Albert!" said Annie, blushing deeply smiling through !i< r tears, as she wound her : around the nock of her voting husband ; st thou see that? 1 was a little ashamed ie tune?there were so many looking at me; [ could not help it." 'o be sure you could not help it; your bands bout such work on their own account, llelp deed r * **# #* * n the morning after the little street incident h was the stopping stone to the happy for?? * \ llnM't \fiwC PI'ivo Atu'n/nl irnc >1 in Ikt most graceful attitude on a purjile t sofa in an elegant parlor, awaiting a call that self-same young gentleman. There a ring at the door; and presently a sercntercd bearing a basket?a pretty little eh a!lair?filled with oranges, and a card on li was written, with "the compliments of A. ic cheek, nock and brow of the haughty ty became crimson, as she dashed the sign:t offering to the floor, ist winter she was married?well, all the 1 said. She has a large house in Walnut t, a fine country seat, a magnificent carriand her servants sport a dashing livery. In luxury and di-p!ay surround her. She is beautiful, brilliant, witty, gay, and it may aj'py; but I do not think slit ever cultivated go trees in her conservatory's. 521j Wiiiteioy-S Cotlou Gin. his gen:leinan constructed his first cotton ii (.'liathani county, on the plantation fory belonging to General Nathaniel Greene, e January number of Silliiuan's journal for !, there is an iut'yesthrg memoir of Whit-i to wiiich we are indebted for theToTIowing" r. Whitney on his way to to Georgia was rtuilatc as to have the couipany of Mrs. ne, who, with her family were returning ivanuah alter spending the summer at the h. that time it was deemed unsafe to travel igh our country without having had the 1 pox, and accordingly Mr Whitney preil himself for the excursion by being iuocii1 in New ^ ork. As soon as lie was swliiIv recovered, the narlv set sail for Savan- I As his health was not firmly established | (jlrcene invited him logo with the family ; r residence at Mulhcnw (drove, near 'Snail, and remain until lie recruited, lie invitation was accepted, hut Ii*l he Id not have yet lost all power of commuting that dreadful disease, Mrs. (J.-cene had e flags, the meaning of which was well rstood hoisted at the landing and at all the ues leading to her house, s a rcijnital for the hospitality, M hilney ured the virus, and inoculated all the scrs of the household, more than fifty in miniand carried them safely through the elisor t the time Whitney was the guest of Mrs. no, she was engaged in a piece of emhroi, in which she emlpoycd a peculiar kind of ie, called a tainhonr. She complained that as hadly constructed, and that it tore the ale threads of her work, r. Whitney set himself to work, .ami prod a tamhour frame, made on a plan entireew, which lie presentee! to her. ot long afterwards a party of gentlemen Augusta and the upper country, consisting ly of officers, who had served under ueneireene, called at Mulberry drove to pay respects to Mrs. (Jrecne. In the course mversation upon the state, of agriculture, mud regret was expressed that there was leans of cleaning the green seed cotton, parating it lrotn its seed, since till the s, which were suitable for rice, would yield ; crops of cotton, and that until ingenuity 1 devise some machine, it was in vain to i of raising cotton lbr market. 'hile the company v. as engaged in this conifion. Mrs. (?recti", said, * dentleinoti, tip-j :o my young friend Mr. Whitney, he can j e anything." Upon which she conducted i i into an adjoining room and showed them ' tambour frame, and a number of toys i h Whitney had made or repaired for the i IIV11. te then introduced the gentlemen to Whithimself, extolling his genius. When they cd the subject, he replied that '' he had ! r seen cotton or cotton seed in lii.s life." ie interview gave a new turn to Whitney's j s. It being out of season for cotton in the I , lie went to Savannah ami searched'among varebouses and boats, until lie found a ! parcel of it. lis be carried home and communicated his itions to Mrs. C-ireonc, who warmly en* ;i"od him, and assigned him a room in tlm muiit of the house, where lie went to work such rude materials and instruments as a rgia plantation afforded, ith these resources, however, he construehe necessary tools. Mrs. (Jreene and a Mr. Millar were the only persons admitted to go his work shop. Upon the approach of winter sel the machine was so nearly completed as to fet leave no douht of its success. iu< Mrs. Greene invited to her house gentlemen from different parts of the State, and on the pr first day after they had assembled, she conduc- sel ted them to a temporary building, which had of been erected for the machine, and they saw an with astonishment and delight, that more cot- jiu ton could be separated from the seed in one is day, by the labor of a single hand, than could ! eh be done in the usual way in the space of many lif months. wl The first cotton gin made by Whitney we no are informed, is in possession of the Rev. I>en- ca jamin burroughs, of White bluff near Savan- do nah.? Sacunnuk Courier. ga otl Tiik Present Moment.?A celebrated mod- ! ^ cru writer says?"Tako carc of the minutes \ P'; and the hours will fake care of themselves.'; 'ni This is an admirable remark, and might be! . very seasonably reccdlected when we begin to [.I1'* be " weary in well doing," from the thought of j having much to do. The present moment is j ,rV all we have to do with, in any sense; the past j tri is irrecoverable, the future is uncertain; nor is x-c it fair to burden one moment with the weight M( of the next. Sufiicient unto the moment is the trouble thereof. If we had to walk a hundred miles, we should still have to set but one step iri at a time, and this process continued, would iniallibly bring ns to our journey's end. Fa- ot tigue generally begins, and is always increased, P1' by calculating in a minute the exertion of hours. Thus, in looking forward to a future life, let eh us recollect that wo have not to sustain all its th' toil, to emigre all its suffering, or encounter all j yc its crosscs^at once. One moment comes la-1 J?, ilen with its own burdens, then flics, and g>J is succeded bv another no heavier than the last.! lu If one can be borne, so can another am! anoth- j he cr. tci Even looking forward to a sinzlc day, t!ic ?f O t5 J . spirit mav sometimes faint from an anticipa- "c liun of llie duties, the labors, the trials to tetn- Da per and patience, that may be expected. Now y< ibis is unjustly laying the burden of many mo- 80 ments upon one. Lot any one resolve always to do right note leaving then to do as it can ; ! ni and if lie were to live to the ago of Methusc- 8,1 lah, he would never do wrong. I>ut the com- |*a' nuni error is, to act right after breakfast, or i"; alter dinner, or to-morrow morning, or next v" time ; but now, just now, tins once, we must go sh on the same as over. mi It is easy, for instance, for the most ill-tern-1 ca pered person to resolve that the next time lie is {h provoked, he will not let his temper overcome him ; but the victory would he to subdue tern- dr per on the present provocation. If, without taking up the burden of the future, we would always make the single effort at the present |10 moment; while there would, at any one time, j,a bo very liKle to do, yet, by this simple process C]] continued, every tbing would at last be done. toj It seems easier to do right to-morrow than timnr I?or?;fjicp r^?gtt IfTUl vrnfll tu- * morrow conies then will he note. Thus life passes with many, in resolutions for the fuluie ,Tt, which the present never fulfils. 'j'l It is not llnis with those who, by "patient C() con tin tnt.icc in well doiuf/" seek for glory, honor, and immoitality. Day by day, minute ail hv minute, they execute the appointed task, to wiiit'i) tne refjuisite measure oi time ana ,u strength is proportioned; and thus, having |10 worked while it is called day, they at length m, rest from their labors, and their works " follow them." hi t ns then, " whatever our hands find to ,UJ do, ilo it will) all our might, recollecting that ai] now is the proper and accepted time." ca ?? sa IlnlC't for a Profitable SahEtatii. In the iir-t p!ac\ watch and pray, as yon value votir souls, against a spirit of carelessness and j., inditb reuiv in religion. lioiubembor that the (j, life of a christian is a life of self-denial. It is a fe( race, a pilgiimage, a warfare; its exercises are described by wrestling, striving, watching, find vu the like. And of all the drones in the world, a| drones in Cod's hive are the lea>t deserving-the (G approbation of the Church, and the most under ' j)r the frown of J leaven. The .Scripture probably iJC contains no expression of displeasure more im- (|, ]iressivc than that which is addressed to the jy Laodiccaus on this very subject: "So then, beeau.-e thoti art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot. I will spue thee out of my mouth." Vet it W( is a t>.iii-hii:g iiow soon we may be beguiled into sueli a frame of mind. 'J lie commonness of re- 0u I Serious exercises, the attraction of tlie world, and. i.n above a!I, the corruption ??1* depraved nature, |,a have a constant influence to produce this awful ,.Q inditlerciice. And few greater evidences can be atlbrded of it than the neglecting the worship of 0f dod in his sanctuary, or carelessly trilling with a)] the morning of the l-ord' day. w. Secondly. Ilise early. Your enjoyment of a i the Sabbath, and your attendance upon the wor- jn ship oft bid in the morning of ir, greatly depend bl upon this. If you have much to do before you ro can unite with dud's people in his house, the (hi time of your rising must be arranged accordingly, sis A lazy, sluggish professor, who can satisfy him to M-ifwith consuming the Inst part of the morning wl in bed. is but ill prepared for the service of hi> tlil Maker in the course of it. And scandalous it ho certainly is to anyone who names the name of Christ that a man who would rise for a sixpence at almost any hour on any other day in the j ? week, should shut his cars on the morning of a j() Sabbath, when dod is calling to him from lioa- ,|() Veil, ."Hid be lllllei 1 by the Devil to sleep. The ;|fl conduct of the wiclo-d. who can rise at any time ,j(1 Id unite in a ].arty of pleasure; tin- conduct of .. lir.it)i<'ii<, who air waiting the rising of t.li?? stnt, js in order in pay tlit* earliest ailoralioii to him as soon as lie makes his appearance; in a word, the j() coinluet of even Satan himself, who is always on sw the alert to ilstroy, if possible, the eomforts and (|.j sotils of men, is a sufficient reproof to suelt individuals. Thirdly. Kndeavor to enjoy a pind Saturday j evening. It was a custom with the Jews lo have a season of preparation peviotis to the duties ol the Sah'ialh. Their Sabbath heoan at six in the cveiiini;. and at three in the afternoon bepuithe preparation, (iod pant its shat anxiety for the I"' ciijovmeiit of the Stibbatli which will lead to a bil preparation for it as far as wo are. able; and a thi od fame of mind on a Saturday evening wil nloir lull a person to sleep, or makoliim indif entabout the worship of God on a Sabbat I arnhg. Fourthly and lastly. Think of the rapid ap oa<Ji of death, and endeavor to realize to your ivo the views and feelings you will then havi wiat you have been, and what you have done d what you have left undone, when you an i- ijoiiig to give in your account unto God. 1 ; lamentable fact, there are not a few in ou irclics and congregations who are all thei 1 long planting thorns in that pillow upoi icli at last they must lie down and die; am to arc doing this more effectually than tin Hess and the slothful. "Ah," says one, ou i ali-bed, "that 1 had boon more actively en g?'d in the service of God!"' "Oh," cries an lie-, in the anguish of his soul, "that I eouli t Ive my time over again f What a dilferen rs?? I would be! Oh, the sins I have com tied, the duties I have neglected, the Sabbath i.ive murdered !" lint it is in vain ! lie i t on the borders of eternity; and nil thewcaltl Worlds can neitlioir purchase him a respit rn death, nor afford him an opportunity of re ev'ng his condition forever. "Oh that the; ro wise, that they understood this, that the; >uld consider their latter end!" BKArTiFUiilvvTiiAct.?There is an cven-tid human life, a season when the eye become in and the strength decays, when the white age begins to shed upon the human head it ophclic snows. It is the season of life t lich the autumn is most analogous, and whic becomes; and much it would profit you, m Jor brethren, to mark the instruction whic pfeensen brings. The spring and summer c >ur days are gone, and with them not onl y& they knew, but many of the friends wh ve them. You have entered upon the an mi of your being, and whatever may hav en the profusion of your spring, or the warr mpcratflre of your summer, there is a scaso soilness or solitude which the benificenceo a\en affords you, in which you may med te upon the past and future, and prcpar mfsolt'fnr (lie miirhtv change which vou ma O" V O - J or undergo. It is now that you may mule and the magnificent language of heaven?i ingles its voice with that of revolution? inaions you to those hours when the leave II and the winter is gathering, to that ever 2 study which the mercy of heaven has pre ;led in the book of salvation. And while tit adowy valley opens, which leads to til ode of death, it speaks of that love whic n comfort and save, and which conducts t osc green pastures and those still watei here there is an eternal spring for the chi en of Cod. Woman.?-Woman has never wakened t r highest destinies and holiest hopes. Sh ,s yet to learn the purifying and blessed infli ce she may gain and maintain over the ii licet aixlaikeLimia-^'*>????& mind. Thong/? she may not teach from the" nortiei ir thunder fro in the forum, in her secret r< eiiier.t she may form and send forth the si s that shall govern and renovate the work lough she may not gird herself for blood nflict, nor sound the trumpet of war, sli uy enwrap herself in the panoply of heavei id send the thrill of benevolence through ousand youthful hearts. Though* she ma >t enter the lists in legal < ollision, nor sharpe r intellect ami J the passions and conflicts < en, she may teach the law of kindness, an i>h up the discords oflifc. Though she ma it he clothed as the ambassador of heavei ir minister at the altar of God, as a seen gel of mercy she may teach its will, an ?"- i 1*1 - t.~?. ? use 10 asceiKl llio nuuiDie, uut mosi aecepie c-rifk-e.?Jicec'icr. Duotiiur am) Sistkk.?As fathers love the ughtcrs better than sous, and mothers lov eir sous heller than daughters, so do sistci 1 towards brothers a more constant attacl ent than towards each other. None of th nities, heart-burnings, and jealousies that? as! for poor human nature?are hut too aj spring up in female hearts, can arise betwee otlu-r and sister; each is proud of the othe cause it cannot interfere with self?nay, o e contrary, it is even flattering to self?Zr 1 /J less in'//on. Simslt.au Anecdote.?There was a youn Jinan, left in the care of a house; her mask 1 ii 11st less being in the country. One uigl her going to lied, when she was undressin rsulf, she looked in the glass and sai<i,"lio' ndsome I look in my night cap.'' When sh se in the morning she found the house rol id. Flic was taken into custody on suspieio being concerned in the robbery, but trie id acquitted. Sometime afterwards as s.^ is walking in company with another femtlt nvm rmciiiicr lmr js.aid. '*How haiulsome l/ool my night cap!" This expression so lord y struck her mi ml that ho was the nun thn bbed the house, she seized hold of Is'm wit l> utmost intrepidity, and held him fast, as ted by her companion, till he was given in custody; at which time he coi/essed tha ten he was under the bed he heard her us L? expression previously to his robbing tin use, and he suffered accordingly. VJ'ki.l Known.?A highwayman, named J?oI i.f, confined in Newgate, Vut for a solieito know how he could defer his trial, and wa swered, by getting an apothecary to maki idavit of his illness. 'J'lns was aeeordingb ne in the following manner: ''Tliedepnneti l ily believes thai if the said James I'ollaiu obliged to take his trial at the ensuing sos 'lis. he will be in imminent danger of his life which the learned judge on the bench an cred that lie vrry believed so too. Tin al was ordered to proceed immediately. The strife with evil never ceases. Wo nr oat in a leaky ship, and must keep pumpiiij keen (Voiu L'oiuir down. 1 %J V-r Ten friends arc dearly purchased at the e> use of a single enemy ; for the latter wil <e leL' times more pains to injure you tha an the former will to do you a service. ! ?fncrol Itciiss. The Cabinet. With the political life and career of the S - retary of State, the Hon. William Lai n e Marey, politicians generally are familiar. J has held various Executive and ndminist e live officers, and in .^11 has shown himself t man of mark and note, lie was horn Dcce r her 12th, 1780, at Starbridge, Massachuse r ?graduated in 1808, at Iirown Universi > and removed to Troy, N. V., where he stud 1 and practiced law, and soon became an acti e and prominent member of the. Dcmocra it party. Luring the war of 1812-15, lie < - some volunteer service in the N. Y., Militia. His first public office was the Ilecorclersl I of Troy; in 1821 Gov. Yates appointed h t Adjutant General, which caused his remo1 - to Albany, where he has ever since resided, s In 1823 he was elected State Comptroll * and in 1829 an Associate Judge of the I h prcme Court of Now York, which office he i e signed in 1831, to take a scat in the Unil States Senate. This post he also resigned )' 1832, in consequence of his election to I y Gubernatorial chair, which he filled for thi successive biennial terms, being defeated, 1838 by Gov. Seward. He then lived in e tirenient until Mr. Polk's accession to t s Presidency, when he received the portfolio r the War Department, the last public stati s he has occupied. o The Secretary of the Treasury, James Gu h rie is a new man in federal politics, but w y known in his own State, Kentucky, as a pi h ular and leading member of his party, i if has had considerable experience in the K< y tucky Legislature was President of the K< o tucky Constitutional Convention of 1849, a i- on Mr. Clay's death was offered his vaca e term, by Gov. Powell, but declined the i II I'WIll Vlltv If O. n The Secretary of the Interior, Robert ft if Clolland, is now (iovernor of Michigan, an< i- warm friend of Gen. Cass. A native of Pel e sylvania, he removed to Michigan on acqi y iug liis profession as a lawyer, artl soon to r- a lead in that new and growing Suite. He 1 t been Speaker of the Michigan Legislature, a it Representative in Congress from 1543 to 18 s where he presided at different times over t Committee of Commerce and Foreign Affai )- fie is charged with voting for tic Wiln e Proviso and making free soil speeclus. lie ic now about forty-five years of age. h The Secretary of War, Col. Jefferson Da\ 0 is well known to our readers for bis servii s on two different fields He is a nativeof K< 1- tuckv, and a graduate of West Point, fr< which lie entered the Army as Seconl Li< tenant in 1S28. In lS30he resigned lik cu mission in the United States Army and ret ed to private life in Mississippi; where 1 soon after married the second daughter of 1 Taylor. In 1S-15 lie was elected to Congrc which lie left to do service in the teited fie ^ In 1S4G lie was elected Colonel of the .Miss Slut.; ._ ...vi-vtt n't ttttr rmrxtcavwtrrpn s" j n " his services, especially at Monterey ind Hue l" Vista, are too recent and conspicuous to quire notice. In 1S37 he was elected to I ^ U. S. Senate, and on this theatre also his i IC tious and services require no comnent at c ' hands. He is, we believe, in lis forty-si: year. ^ The Secretary of the Navy, James C. Dt bin has resided at Fnyetteville, *' C., wh< 'J lie has boon a prominent Iawyff. lie serv in the 29rh Congress, from 1545 to 1847 - and was lately the nominee of his party f ^ the U. 8. Senate, but defeated by the "defi j tion and opposition of a portion. He is j eloquent debater, and bisfriends arc confidt of bis official success. fie is perhaps abc forty years of age. The Postmaster General, James Campbt was lately Attorney General of Pennsylvan e lie had previously resided at Philadelpli s and filled a scat or the Common Pleas Bei: '' of that city, llo is a Roman Catholic, a 0 has consequently been obnoxious at varic periods to the Aative American parly of tl State. J Ie is in his thirty-sixth year, and t 11 youngest mortnber of the Cabinet. r? The Attorney General, Caleb Cusbing, w 11 lately on ike Supreme Bench of Massachusset '* was horn in January, 1S00, and graduated Old Harvard, in 1818. He has served in b( Brandos of the .Massachusetts Legislature,S from 7.825 to 1S29. Agreeing and acting generally with t '* whig party, until 1841, he then joined Pre ? doit Tyler, and has since been identified w tfce Democrats. He served in Congress frc c I l$'lo to 1S43. In the latter year he was J pointed Commissioner to China, in which < 11 pacity he served two years, negotiating a vc " important treaty. On the occurrence of t c Mexican War, he advanced largely from '> private means, to raise and equip the Mas; ^ elmsetts Regiment, of which he was elect * Colonel. Soon after reaching the scene of ; 1 tive operations, lie was appointed a Hrigad ' (Jeneral, by President Polk, lie has been 1 ' qucntly a contributor to the North Americ '* Review, and is the author also of several li t- rary works.? Charleston Courier. Anou r Long Cotton.?We learn that t past seasion has been one of unexampled pr polity to the planters of our State. The gn staple of Mast Florida, is Sea Island and Lu r Staple Cotton. " The producing regions of this species s Cotton are confined to the Sea Islands; ahi 1 the coast of Carolina, (ieorgia, and the Feu j sula of Florida. ' The Islands on the coast produce the fin * description of cotton known, and this coll the present season has brought as high as eii ty cents per pound; the land producing tin 0 fine cottons have been in cultivation over t hundred years and its fertility is now inaintaii by the free application of marsh mud, and ma e grass, taken from the tide water creeks and ? application of about twelve (12) bushels ofs fn din -ii'i'ii nut rimr ilti.tif one mini f of salt to task row; the finest cottons arc prineipa : used in 1'ranee to mix with silk fabrics. II The next quality of long Staple is the f n ton raised in the Peninsula of Florida kno on the market of Florida Cotton. The win Peninsula of Florida produces this cotton, which has sold in the market the present season 3!) to \ ? 48 cents per pound nccordiug*to quality. The pine lands improved hy cowpeiniing make fine ! ec- crops, but the best decription of soil is collided ered the grey hammock, which has rather a tie sandy appearance. *r- ra The product per acre on pine land Is froin a ">00 to 1000 pounds seed cotton to the acre, in- and the hammocks from 1000 to 2000 pounds tts" per acre; this cotton will make about 25$pounds tv, of clean cotton to the 1000 lbs. of seed cotton, cd which at 40 cents per pound would make the J ive pine lands yield fifty to one hundred dollar* tie per acre, and the hammocks from one to two. 3i<J hundred dollars per acre. The crop of the present season would fully sustain this state- ' lip mcntas the complaint has been universally made im mac mucn more eouon nau oeen planted man * ral thev could possibly pick out. ? These fine cottons were formerly ginned oat . wj er, by a hand gin, in order to avoid injury to the 5u- staple which would be destroyed by the use of rc- the saw gin u^ed in preparing the short staple ted cotton ; subseqnen.ly roder gins#were employed in worked by horse power and recently the Mc- f ja the Carthy Gin is preferred to all others as best j ce preserving the length of the staple and giving \ in the cotton a smooth carded appearance, re- The disadvantages of raising long cottons, the are its lesser product its requiring peculiar soils * of its greater dilficulty ill gathering and its more ion extensive ginning?St. Augustine Ancient City. th- An Important Legal Decision* ell We have just finished reading the very able 5p- and most elaborate opinion of Judge Ward law, -s He in the Court ot Errors as to the validity of-fern cording a deed after the expiration of six months* m- This opinion of the Court was delivered last Dend cember, in the case of W. D.Steele, Ordinary of int Pickens District, against J. Mansell, et al, Ex'rs., ip- &c. The case was argued three times in the Court of Appeals in Law,, and once in the Court Ic- of Errors, before a full bench of Chancellors and i a Judges. It had been four or five or six years in wl- Court, and the Court of Law was divided iu reiir gard to the questions involved. Our partner and ok friend, Col. Elliott M. Keith, was for the Flainlas tiff, and we were for the Defendant. The opinnd ion of Judge Wardlaw is signed by Chancellor* 49 Dunkin, Dargnn and Wardlaw, and Jndges Evhe ans, Frost and Whitner. Justices O'Neall and irs. Withers, and Chancellor Johnston dissented from lot the opinion of Judge Wardlaw. . The length of i is the opinion may be judged of when we state that the copying of it cost us twelve dollars and fifty is, cents. :es The question decided in the case was, whether sn- a deed not recorded in six months, but put on >m record before a sale of the land by the Sheriff as 2U-! the property of the vendor, was valid against the m- purchaser at Sheriff's sale, whe had, recorded his ir- deed within the six months, and who had no nohe tice of the previous sale by the vendor. It was en. decided that the deed to the first purchaser was :ss, valid and good against the title of the subsequent Id. purchaser at Sheriff's sale. The Court held that ;is- the deed being recorded before the Sheriff's sale rtro* " tw iivnv c iu ail tut *?vi mvu -u nvr iuiui?v?. ma within six months. After the first sale Col. Benre jamin Hagood sued Corbin, the vendor, and obthe tained judgment against Jiim. After this judgac ment was obtained the deed from Corbin was >ur put on record, some four years after its execution, sth but before the sale to Hagood. Had the opin- , ion of the Court been different from what it is, / )b- it would have put in jeopardy a great many of jre the land titles in South Carolina. There are -ed very few persons who do record their deeds with- * ? in six months, as is required by law. Jn doing or j so they run the risk of the vendor's selling the ec* same land to some one else without notice of the an previous sale. But according to the present de?nt cision they are in no danger of a creditor obtain)ut ing a judgment against the vender, provided they record their title before the Sheriff sells the land ill, under the judgment of the creditor, ia. There had been some conflict in the decisions in, of our Courts on these points. All the South ich Carolina cases, and all the statutes of South Carnd olina on the subject of recording deeds, <fcc., ,us have boon reviewed by Judge Wardlaw with . iat great ability in the present opinion of the Court he of Errors. The law is now settled, as we sup posed it was settled previously. Judge O'Neall, ns however, was presiding when the case was heard ts, on the Circuit, and he ruled the law against as. at After ^vc years battling the point with the Court )th and before the Court we have succeeded in es_ tablishing the principle in favor of onr clients.? All that we regret is, that the amount involved l,e in the case will not be sufficient to compensate >si. us for settling the law. Inasmuch as it was a Jth c:,s0 ]n which every man in South Carolina who ,m had not recorded his land titles within six months ,p. had a deep interest, we think we might estab;a. li>h an equitable claim against them to assist ,.y our client, Manscll, in paying counsel fees.? |ie Southern Patriot. 5a. Territory of Washington.?A new Terej ritorv with this designation was created, and lc. provision made for its organization, by an jcr Act of Congress approved on the 2d inst. It r0. comprises that part of Oregon which lies North an of the middle of the main channel of Colum[C. bia river, to where it crosses the 4Gth degreo of Latitude, and thence along said degree of latitude, to the top of the Rocky Mountains. t The land occupied by missionary stations, not e exceeding 6-10 acres to each, together w ith tho improvements, is expressly reserved and confirmed to the Missionary societies respectives ly which established the same. Stations that ,. were so occupied prior to the passage of tho 'r Act organizing the Territory of Oregon, are . n also confirmed to the Societies which cstab111 Ii.shed them, even though they have since . hcen abandoned, est 0,1 Fatal Casualties.?A man named Isaac Williams, near seventy years of age, started home L'-s0 from this place, intoxicated, on Tuesday evening )l,e last, in the rain, and was found dead in the road ,ot' next morning, about 5 1-2 miles from town and rs" within a mile or two of his own dwelling. The the verdict of the jury of inquest was, that his death was caused by iiitoxication and exposure, the On Monday last a citizen of this county, Alfrod Storv, who was on the plank road with a wagon, slipped and fell while attempting to get lot- into the same, and the wagoD run over and killwn ed him. He has left a wife and six children. o!o [Greensboroueth Patriot. . J