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5 MM I 1 i f1.... Ill t m ifc M BiuTTStMr *t~m?~ZSpi? ?citeral ttfttis. Iu1?restmg Letters from the lT. ? Japan Expedition. The editor of the Newark Advertiser has been permitted to peruse some private letters t from Joseph A. llalsey, Jr., of that city, elerl? | of the first lieutenant on hoard the U. S. steamship Pawhatten, of the Japan Expedition. The first one is dated May 17th, at Port Louis, Isle of Mauritus. _\Ve make Hie following extracts: wOn May 10th. about 10 A. M., land was t ' reported, a d at 1.30 P.M. we came to anchor ia Port Louis hay. one of the finest places I have ever seen. Port Louis contains about t 12,000inhabitants, principally French, although f it is under the English flag. There are also a t ? great many Malays, poor uii-erahle wretches, f who live from hand to month, and are clad in 7 nothing but a piece of muslin tied around the waist. They do all the work of the island, p. getting about ten cents a day, and hundreds of | knock downs. American .slavery i3 freedoni and wealtli compared with the situation of these poor devils. Our crew have all had libt erty liere, fifiy going ashore at a time, and have ^ all acted very well. Only one has been hurt; he was stabbed in three or f.?ur places, but is * doing well 1 went out to the burying ground, t and visited Paul and Virginia's grave. There & C O tx is.a beautiful little pond, surrounded by flow ? ers of different kinds, and on, one side of it is # Paul's grave, and on the other Virginia's." L The next letter is dated from Singapore, t- June 15th, where they arrived that day, and t states that during the whole voyage from Nor' folk they had enjoyed exceedingly fine weather. " We have had all kinds of news from the States some say the-Japan expedition is ref called^and some.not; others that America is going to war with Spain and Cuba, and that \ve will be ordered home and go tliere. They |~ also say the Navy bill, for increase of.pay has |\ been vetoed." E. The weather is described as hot, the ther-mometer heimr 90 to 93 derr in the shade.? Tbe ship was to be detained some four or five weeks, as she was leaking, and was going to g be repaired. The following piece of inteili | gence wc do not remember-to have seen from \ aAy Other quarter-: i . After we leave here we shall go to Borneo to, ratify a treaty with the Bornese. There are jr r??njors here that the Bomese and -Dutch are v fighting very briskly, and if that'is true, our boats may have to mix in the scrimmage, if V they are attacked. Three of our boats are go J I ing up?the two launches and the gig. The 4 " launches will each have a 121b. howitzer, and ? the crew armed to theteeth.. From Borneo we iv shall .procepd to Hong Kong, whore we shall await the commodore, who has*gone to Japan with the steamers Mississippi and Susquehana, and the'sloop of war Plymouth. The Borneo expedition will be a dangerous-one, apart from I the probability of getting mixed up in the fight, for the river which the boats go, up is lined with .petitory tribes, who know no* law but 'piracy and murder, and the captain expects they wift"&ttack the boats. They won't do it L more than once." The New York Tribune has advices from Shangai to May 15. The sloop of war Ply-j \ mouth was to remain there, and not to accompany the Japan expedition as expected. The ! i American mercantile houses had addressed a F a letter to Commissioner Marshall, asking that i they should not be left defenceless, exposed to I' any emergency that might arise. Commodore Perry, therefore, had despatched the Plymouth for 11,e present, from the Japanese squadron. Bayard Taylor, Esq., of the N. Ytwk Tribune, had joined the expedition to Japan, having been assigned a place in the Corps ot ar\ tists, with the rank of Master's Mate, on board ' tho steamer Susquehanna. The Expedition was-to sail from Shanghai on Tuesday, May u 17, and though its immediate destination was Dot*kucwn, it was supposed it would rendezvous at Loo Clioo Islands, there to await the Saratoga and Powhattan. A rumor . was in existence that.the Japanese had fortified their shores; and.stationed war junks, to prevent the entrance of the steamers into their waters, but K this was regarded as a piece of Chinese exaggeration. The Mississippi arrived at Shanghai, fiorn Ilong Kong, on the 2J of May, and was saluted by the Stisquehaua. Commodore Perry, during his stay, became the guest of the American Consul. On the 9th Commodore Perry | transferred his pennant to the"Susquehanna, as 5 flagship of the expedition. The Saratoga and Supply were to sail from Shanghai between f the 10th ami 15th of May, and the Mississippi and Sasquebanna on the 18th. The fleet, it was supposed, would make its appearance in the Bay of Jeddo early in June ? 4 ; k Awful Ravages of Ciiolkra in Eukoim:. -f?The Asiutic ehclero, we see by our Europei' an files, is making rapid pi ogress westward, dealing death on every side, and in some places creating the utmost consternation and dismay. Itsanareh, on this occasion, has been from Persia direct, and the last accounts left it at Copenhagen, whence come to us the most melancholy reports. As many as thirty thousand of the inhabitants are stated to have fled from the city. Tee fieqiient passengers in the streets are the carpenters' people carrying home the coffins; omnihussesconvey full loads of corpses to the burying grounds, where hands are insufficient to dig the graves, and clergy are wanting to read the burial service. On Sunday 170 coffins were lying in the churchyard exposed to the broiling sun, and had lain there since the Thursday previous. Some cases of cholera have made their appearance at Fiensburg and Sandcrburg, ami * also in Denmark, but the persons attacked had either come from Copenhagen, or been in con-tact with such persons. The St. Petersburg journals state that the cholera is at present raging in the new governnient? of Kiew and T"Jy w, and that it has also broke out in the great commercial town of UMI J l/OC ?? , Business tv Charleston.?Wo nrc trulv gratified to extract the following paragraph from the Courier: " We arc gratified to lenrn that the fall business of this city is likely to Ixs very largo. Considerable quantities of gooas arc daily .arriving, and buyers from Alabama ami Tennessee have already, we understand, made their appearance in the market. The city, to use the phrase of < one of our leading medical practitioners, being | ' alarmingly healthy," no one need fear coming At once, and *nch an impetus wo tru<t will b? given to the trade of our city bv an early attendance of our country friends as t<> place Char joston at 'lie highest j inacle of commercial pro".rjty she has evr a*tabled." \ ir^Ty-if; rw;;vYiTitri r i. i : From the Sumter Manner. Public Meeting. I:i conformity with a previous t otiee, a meet-'t j4ogwns held at Galloway's Church in Sumter < ' District, on the 13th iust, for the purpose of se- 1 ' looting representatives to confer with the general j * Convention of delegates which is to couvenc at ! J I Tiller's Church, in Kershaw District, on the se-; i 1 coiid Monday in Septemb?r noxt, to take into < i con .ideratiou the fitness of establishing a new -?r i Judicial District out of a portion of Sumter,.Dar- 1 ; lington, Kershaw and Chesterfield Districts, I On motion, William Dunn was called to the ? I i I Chair, and Alexander McLean requested to act i ' I as Secretary. The Chair then explained the de.- j n i sigu or trie meeting. ; | t n t # I 1 ; On motion of Hugh McKonzio, a committee J j ! of seven was appointed by tlie Chair to appoint ' j tive delegates to represent Sumter in the Con- t | vention; and also draft resolutions for the gov- > j eminent of the meeting, upon which the corn t j mittee retired and brought in the following list I as delegates: Hugh McKenzie, Esq., Cap't. A. ^ Galloway, -Jr., Capt. X. Gaylard, Charles Mc- 1 Lean; and also, the succeeding Preamble and < Resolutions, all of which were unanimously < adopted: * Whereas, we, the people of the upper section 11 of Sunitci District, do labor under disadvantages 1 in the performance of our public duties, and he- iieving as we do, that the existing state of things might be remedied without injury or detriment ( ; to the remainder of Sumter District?be it there: r i fore, .- ^ Resolved,.That we, the citizens of Sumter, I here present, do fully concur in the boundaries 1 i proposed by the Convention held at Tiller's j Church, in Kershaw District, and will lake every * ! action that lies in our power to bring about the ' -establishing of the proposed District. v Resolved, That we will not support any man 1 in Sumter District, for any office of profit, honor or tru>t, that will take action against us in the f present issue, whether we be successful in ob- 1 taiuing the District or not. . ' Resolved, That the Sumter Banner, Darling- 51 ton Flag, Camden Journal and Cheraw Gazette, I be requested to give publicity to the transactions < of this meeting. ' The meeting then adjourned stine die. 1 WILLIAM DUNN, Chm'n. i alexander McLean, Sec')'. s A Negro Veteran.?Few persons, we think, N j liave travelled, in Texas who have not heard of N Thomas Savoy, alias Black Tom, alius theSpe [ ciai Citizen of Bexar county. He was by trade J a barber, but by inclination a soldier, and his j t history is intimately connected with tlie warlike | part of that of Texas. lie was much fonder, too, j , of the company of white men than .that of per-; ' sons of his own Color. Tom was a liative of Maryland, then a citizen ' ' I of Washington, I). C., then a resident of Missisi sippi, whence he emigrated to Texas, at the , i beginning of the revolution there, with acompa- | iiy'of Mississippi volunteers, his razor in his j pocket and a gun on his shoulder. They joined Gen Houston a short time after the battle of San Jacinto, but Black Tom's subsequent con- j duct as a soldier elicited the praise of his hard- ^ fighting comrades and superior officers. The year 1S39 was distinguished in Texan j annals by the expedition under Jordan to'Sal- ., tillo, to assist the treacherous Cauales in his t ~.i Tr...v.-..iL-f ..if,,nr,i ,i,? \i rtll new X vvirinint ?MV Ii^rini^ l lie ?1<I AiV(?it j anti-Federalists. He betpayed his little band of Texan allies, but they and their gallant leader wave the united Federalists and .States Rights Mexican army two as thorough consecutive drubbings as they ever received, and then rej turned leisurely home, without interruption, i Black Tom was one of Jordan's men, and if he I had little occasion or time to use his razor, he j made up for it by a skillful handling of his ofieu sive weapons. In 1S42, Gen. Wool invaded Texas with a ! Mexican army, and got a good heating at the i brittle of the Salado. Tom was in the'midst of I it and was wounded. lie participated in sevo: ral subsequent conflicts with the Indians, tight- t ihg bravely as usual. s | He followed his old Texan comrades under j Taylor's banner, and hurried along with them [ into battle at Monterey. lie was also in the memorable struggle at Uuena Vista. . j' I Black Tom then returned to Texas with the j j Kentucky volunteers and after that San Anto-! 1 : nio became his head quarters. lie was, of course j 1 I a genera! favorite, and living like a lord, but the j ! wandering spirit that ton years adventures in ! j Texas had made second habit with him, would ! now and then break out, and Black Toin would i 1 be missing. The next thing heard of'hiin. he i I was at a frontier post, or far up in the Indian \ J j country, in the midst of danger. j ' On the 15th ?!t. the body of a man was found two miles west of San Antonio. A coroner's i inquest was Ik Id, and a verdict returned of i " Come to his death from cause unknown."?j* The body was that of old Tom !?Ar. 0. Pica- 1 'jnnc. . ? Fiendish Outkacr?A little I5?.y Disown- ] i ed.?A most fiendish outrage was perpetrated on the North Branch, "near the resilience of Mr. El ton, on Tuesday afternoon last. We c Irani that a party of hoys, ranging from four- 1 ' ' teen to eighteen years of age, are in the hahit j of repairing almost daily to the vicinity where ' they engage in hatliing and in compelling' or inducing smaller hoys to rob the neighboring gardens of vegetables and fruits. On Tues J*, day last, these yoin.g rullians took a lit tlo hoy i with them, a son of Mr. Eutz, aged about ten years, whom they tried to compel to enter | Mr. Elston's garden to steal fruit. This the : little fellow refused. They first tried threats, J ! and afterwards proceeded to plunge liiin into the river, expecting that would overcome his j repugnance to stealing. The brave little boy, \\? ate loid, refused as long as he was able to < * speak, imploring them,at tlie* same time nut to | drown him. iltit the heartless wretches persisted until lift; was extinct, mid then runaway, ' j leaving his body in the river. All Tuesday j night his agonized parents and a few friends j were searching the river f?>r him. ^ e>tenlay i morning they fm.nd him floating in the river ( i.ear the plaeo of his murder.? Chicago l'ress \ O. ? ^ | ' j A White Nkgho.?Dr. Hood, of \\ hitcville,: | I Ga., describe* a white negro woman living near j ' him. U-f vears of age, tlie mother of ten ebony children, whose skin, since she was eleven years i of age, has changed from a pure black ton white, j as fair as any (Jireassion blood. Her eyes and ! hair retain the African peculiarities. No dis' e;iM'd condition of the skin or system has been i i discovered to show cause for t hi^ change of color I which began upon her forehead in a small spot, j ' and gradually affected In r whole body, the black I i disappearing from ].< r neck d.<wnwauls i:j a sin- i . glo week niter her face had become entirely i | whitened. J ; A model Cotton Crop. j On Thursday morning last, we had the picasno, in Company with several gentlemen, of ri : ling over the cotton crop of our friend A. P. Iricustc, Esq. Mr. Lacostc's farm is situated f" ibout three miles from town, and consists alto-1 ; ret her of pine hind. lie works eleven hands,! nid lias in cotton one hundred and sixty-live teres; 100 of which was manured with guano, ( md the balance with stable and barn yard ma- c lure. 'J"lie guano was applied at the rale of, t 100 lbs per acre, with the exception of about' f m half acre, on which it was applied at the '} ate of 800 lbs per acre. Of the one hundred \ md sixty five acres, one hundred and thirty'are ' f roll land, and Che balance old and much worn.11 VIr. Lacoste plants no corn, having made more ! liau enougli last year for two years consump- ! ion on his plantation. The lt>5 acres are di ided into a number of fields or cuts, by fences ind ditches* j In riding over the crop, each of the company vere requested to estimate, without consulta-, ion or interchange of opinion, the product of ach field or cut, and note down. This was j lone, and afterwards these notes were com par- '*. d and the following was the result: Total iverage estimated product of the 105 acres, 101.300 Jbs., equal to 977-1-2 lbs. per acre.? Vuiong the gentlemen present was one of the nost successful cotton planters in ibis section >f country, and his was the highest estimate nade, it being at the rate of 1,200 lbs. for 135 icro*, and G00 lbs. for thirty acres. This is a large estimate for pine land but iatl Mr. Lacostc planted Ins cotton five feet i part, and applied 3i>0 li?s of guano to the acre c villi a favorable fall, hisyicld must have largev exceed it. As it if th<* fail is favorable, \e have little doubt hut the result will come up o the estimate. . The great value of guano as a manure for 'ott<?n, is remarkably demonstrated in Mr. LaOste's crop. The sixty five acres which were manured from the stable, though nearly as tall ind as well filled as the guanoed cotton, can >e distinguished from the latter as fif as the ?ye can distinguish the rows. It is deficient u ilie size of the bolls, but more particularly the hriving, healthy greeu look, which characterises the guanoed cotton, I>ut the half acre to vhich the guano was applied at (lie rate of*300 t bs. per acre, more decidedly demonstrates the < ralue of that article as a manure. Tliiscotlou 1 vas nearly a third larger, general appearance t >1 the weed far superior to the other cotton ad- i oining. We observed many (daces in the c (uaiiucd cotton where the slightest difference in 1 he distribution of that article could be distinct* y seen. Indeed, so thoroughly satisfied has ? VIr. Lacoste become, of the value of guano-in ( he production of cotton, that he has already < lurchased 25 tons to apply to his next crop. < .Mr. Lacoste has beep planting for several tears, but for the last three he Ii.is personally ( ittended to his plantation, dispensing with the t lervices of an overseer, and he has in a remarka- t >Ie manner demonstrated the effect of industry tnd perservcranec. A former owner of his Imitation, who cultivated it for several years,lubhed it, as lie thought very, justly, "sorrow." ( or which its present owner has substituted, as ( ve think with much propriety, the much more x dealing and expressive appellation "lYrsever- : f nice." Until the present season, no renova- j iug application had been made to the soil, ex- i :ept the manures collected on the premises; ! md with this alone the farm had been made lighly productive. . Pj Here we would draw an inference, for the 11 onsolntion of those who are lamenting over lieir unproductive "Sorrows." Tint infer nice ; s. that the like industry and perseverance j vould in a like manner turn their unprocluc-1 ivc "sorrows" into productive j?>ys. C'aniiot * ill be induced to follow an example which will nsu:e such bem filial results? It is no wild light of fancy that leads us to the conclusion 1 hat the product of cotton might be doubled in j his section of country, without appropriating t mother acre to its cultivation, or without tliuiiiishing in the least the other products of the toil.? Chtraw Guzrtte. [ t ? - - ; The New Yoi k Courier and Enquirer pub- r ishes an extract from a private letter received j rom New Orleans, which says: t "People begin to die here in a way thai does lot resemble yellow fever. Within a few days ( ilanv have died in lessthau twenty-four hour afer being taken and almost immediately after the ireatli has left the body it hus turned spotted, j icing co.vered all over with black spots, so , hat it issupposed that there is s??me other pes- , iieiice among us besides yellow fever. Some , liitik it is a plague?same as was so fatal at j [tio Jam-bo last year, it is enough, howev- , r for us to know that from 240 to 250 daily lie from the epidemic. Our cemetery reports ?f interments l>y no means include all; majiy i ire hurried out of the city and die and arc buried 1 ii the country, I have never before semi so ! nuch alarm and confusion about sickness in his city?all (lee who can yet awav. It rains ?very day and a hot sun is stev.ing us up hen not raining -cos---.. ( iJoMirmn.?A citizen of this District named ihadracli Johnson, was killed about 1*2 o'clock mi Sunday, some live or six miles from ibis dace bv a pistol sh?>t. TheCoroiier ami Sheriff ^ .vitli laudable promptitude and energy, hastenul to the spot and by 5 o'clock had convened i jury of inquest The evidence before tiie Juroiier was very contradictory, the wile of the u-eu?cd testify iug positively that Thomas Wise i youth of sixteen or seventeen years of age' tvas the person who fired the pistol, and the lephew of the decased, Calvin Johnson, some ifteeii years, old. upon examination confessed I hat it was his act, hut committed in selfde- ' fence. The verdict was "wilful murder," 1 i^ainst both Wise and Johnson who arc in jail. ' ihadrach .lolison is represented as having been i quiet and tinofTending man. The dispute ii initiated about watermelons.? Darti nylon ^ ! | Tub Nbxt Congress.?The Washington Union oftl.e22d instaiit, says : The next House >1 Representatives will consist of 2ol mem- 1 hers, of which 21 1 have already been chosen. I'lie mouihers chosen compare politically with Iiosi' <>t (Mo la-i iioiw a-* loiiows: Sex I CoiKjress.?Whigs, (50; Democrats, 14-; Abolitionists, 3. Last Conyrcxt?Whigs, PO ; Democrats,! 125); Abolitionists, 2. j< Democratic inajoaitv in (lie last House over Whigs and Abolitionists, 47 ; in the next, 71. M.inland, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, liave not yt t eboseii members of Congress, liny arc entitled to 23 members. In the. above figures Mr. Clingnian, of Nor;li-Caroli-j na. has been eminted as a Democrat. The "Vnate stands ? 1 b nioei ats, .*>8 ; Whigs, 10; vacancies, 1. 11 ii i nm ii iiwfgTrrrifTft^:.y^??sr^mnnwrMn>wj*iaa SlIjc QTotniifii U'eelili) Journal. Tuesday, August 30, 1S53. ~ THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Aid for New Orleans. The destruction of life by the yellow fever in'New )rlemis coniinues to be immense. There must be neicssarily a great amount of distress among the poorer rlasses. in which this fearful disease has been raging or so long a time. Would it not be well, aye, is it lot a duty, for Camden to add its mite in aid of those vho are in great need of assistance? A largo amount if aid has been already given to the Howard Associaion of Now Orleans. Charleston has acted nobly, and villi that commendable liberality so. honorable to a ligh-toned and intelligent people, have expressed their 4 Uft etiH'netipe ? ? tarmo u'lii/ilt nonnnt lift IllJJUUUl'a 1UI bllu aunvivio in iviujo ?? vuuuv/u vv. nistaken. Let tlicir worthy example be imitated.? )ur contributions might save many lives and a great leal of suffering. Relief to the Sufferers. Up to Saturday evening last, the amount subscribed 11 Charleston for the relief of thesnflcringpoor of New Means, amoun'cd to eight thousand, eight hundred indenineteen dollars. Sermons for the object of raising inds for the same purpose were preached on Sabbath ist, iu a number of the churches of the city. The vliole amount rocerved up to Monday morning is about en thousand dollars. New Female College. TTe are authorised and i oqueeted to state that the tetior. of the' Committee in locating the Female Colege at Spartanburg, will be resisted at the next Conerence in Newberry. One of tiie grounds of dissatishclion?anu i very weighty objection it is too?will >c urged, that the location of a Female Institution so rcrv near to W'olford College will be almost certainly ninous to one, or both. The prime reason given by bo Committee in selecting this location, is a very strong )ue why it should not bo carried out. Too many hi* itances have already occurred in this State?some of hem known to Conference, or ought to be?that show he utter impolicy of placing two such institutions in dose proximity. From tiro information which we iave, not confined to the immediate vicinity of this jlace, but from a number of others, we are satisfied .hat the dissatisfaction is very general, and this not mly among the laity of the Church, but a large nuni>er of the South Carolina Conference will vote against lie location of the College at Spartanburg. Another eason is, that the Committee have not selected "a :enlral and suitable place," as requested by the reso ulion appointing them. Other objvetions could be urged, and will be prelonted at the next Conference, why the New Female College, which is to be under the patronage of the South Carolina Conference, should not be located at Spartanburg. This notice is intended toconve_v tliciiitelligeucc to >ur Spartanburg friends, that tliey will have opposition it the next sitting ol the Conference at Newberry, and hat they make their calculations accordingly. Weather and Crops. We havo had a good deal of rain latterly, but not mougli to do any damage to the nourishing crops on >ur i iver and creeks. If the waters do not conic down lpon us, we shall havo abundant drops this year. We ire now having cool nights ancl mornings, with the jiospcct ol fair weather lbr a while. Godfey's Lady's Book. The September number is a beautiful one, aud the lig'.i position which this periodical has hitherto mainained in the literary world, is fully sustained in the nur.,l.,.n Can't Mr. Goiiey send us the '"Dook" for August? f our's was forwarded it must have reached some other >oint. Arthur's Home.Magazine. "Whatever T. S. A m ill'it has anything to do with, s obliged to be A No. One. We admire Airmen's lroduetioits all the time, and have yet to Itmi any hing bad from his pen. Death ok a Vetkuax.?David Wilson, a revolttionarv soldier, and a native of New Jersey, died lately 11 Dearborn county, Indiana, aged 10T years, two nonths aud ten days, lie had, at different periods of lis life, five wives, and at the time of his death, was he father of forty-seven children! This extraordinary linn, when in his 101th year, mowed 011c acre per day )f heavy timothy grass tor a week. The Washington Star soys that the idea of lenderng the mission to France to Governor llowell Cobb of Georgia, is not entertained by the Administration, nor muglit f<?r by him. He is going to the Senate. It is ilso stated that the 1'resident has received Senatorial nfortuatiuu that General 1'ix will not be confirmed as Minister to France if he be appointed. Colonel Lewis M. Aver of the -Kid Regiment Infantry, was on the 1 Slh instant, duly elected Brigadier Jcneral of the 3d Brigade Infantry, in the 2d Division >f Eolith Carolina Militia, vice General i'aul Quatteluaatn, resigned. For the Canute,i Journal. Mb. Editor:?In the Lancaster Ledger of Thursday last, I find the following paragraph in the Editor's correspondence, purporting to be written in Philadelphia :? "Campus.? What will bring out Camden? Her red lings? No. Iler poor accommodations? [for verily 1 mint say I almost starved when I was there) No." The above slander no doubt grew out of the fact that the Town Council of Camden grant no licences to sell liquor bv the drink. E. a. KOBIXSOX. ? F. it W. I Yank Uoad.?Wo arc exceedingly grat tied to hear of the increasing prosperity of this valuable road. The tolls for June 1853 nmounted to $1,152, against $537 received in June 18.52? for July 1853, ?1,424, against ?753 received in July 1852. This shows an increase in the receipts for the two months?the dullest months of the year? of one hundred percent, whilst there have been only twenty nntr* additional under toll. Jui'/rtfcriltc Observer. TltK TV(5k!t UlVKIt IJaPTIsT AsSOCI \TIOX.? This body hclil its annual meeting at Classy Mountain Church, in (ireenvillc District, com ....i...r .iti fi-iilae J Dili Insf I In. ' immlw'i llU'in M'p j i ~ - ?(' Jtelega tos in attendance was nnu-nadv [ai,r?i| ami tin* proceedings were verv interesting and harmonious. Rev. J. G, Lmdinni was elected Moderator, and Col. 0. K. Kdward* Clerk. Tlii' reports Irom the Clmn li s nunposing tlte Association did not present ti large increase of numbers, but showed an increasing interest on tln ir pait in the benevolent enter pri-es of the day. Twenty Sunday Schools weie repotted in sneoes-lul operation, having an aiigiegnte of about ii.bO't volutues in their libra* ies. (Her l.bOO volumes of Ibblos and other religious books have been distributed flu I ring the past year, ami <1 large amount of Mrs ; sionary labor performed, by the faithful Horn* Missionary of the Assoeiaiion, Rev. Win Lnnkford. On Sunday, able and eloquent set ; mons were preached by Rev. Mr. Patterson | of North Carolina, Professor J. S. Minis, Rev ! Win. Curtis, and Rev. J. G. Landrinn. Tin congregation on Sunday amounted to 2, j 500 persons, and was. distinguished for it [ respectable appearance mid the propriety am ! gooil order of its demeanor. The delegate and I'rieifds in attendance upon the Associatim were nn^st bountifully and - hospitably enter tained by the citizens in the vicinity of tin Church, and the whole progress of the meet ing was marked by the most delightful socin and religious intercourse. The scenery in the neighborhood of Glass; I Mountain Church, is most beautiful and pic turesqne. The Church itself is located on i charming wooded eminence, in full view of tin mountain, which towers over it at the distance of two miles. The mountain itself is hut lit tie below Table Rock ;rs a natural curiosity whilst the view from its summit is one of tin most extensive the range affords. We wonde i that it has not been more noticed, and mor frequently visited. It only requires to hi | known, in order to make it one of the inos t popular resorts for the seekers of the beauti j i'ul and sublime, in the South. Greenville Pa I riot. Rev. Arthur Wig fall.?This gentleman so long and favorably known, as the zealou pastor and untiring laborer in the cause o Chiist., at St. Mark's, Clarendon, lias resignei his charge at that place and accepted theortic of Chaplain to the Finale Institution at Bar Iiantville. In tlie new and enlarged field v usefulness, to which lie lias been called, we ? isl hi in the success his cause and efforts merit. Sumter Banner. The Charleston Fall Trade. Every indication promises a large and profit.i hie trade to Charleston for the ensuing Fall 61rangers lire coming in every day from Geoi ! gia, I eiiiiessee, etc., and though they thus coin and go without tinv unusual caution, we hav t ' V learned of no case or fever of any sort origi nating in our city. In fact, she has never lieei more free from all kinds of fever, if tiii blessing, for which we cannot be too grateful shall continue?and there 'are no indications t< the contrary?our city will, this Fall, rea| largely of the fruits of her enterprise. He merchants were never bettor prepared for il 1 hey have laid in full assortments of dry am fancy goods, hardware, crockery, groceries hoots and shoes, hats, drugs, etc., etc., of whiol many of the dry goods, etc., aje by direct im portalmji. We learii that the revenue of tin Charleston Custom House, for the his^ week exceeded S-o,000. .It has so happened tha these importations and early purchases at tin North have given our merchants great ad van tages for the Fall trade. Since they purchased many articles, especially vooleiis and beavi cottons have ri-cti in the European and North ern markets. This rise will so iiiuteriady ill (Vet New York, as to insure to the ei?untrj merchants cheaper fates in Clni'le-ton. Bu they understand this better than ?e do, expe ciniiOii tmiiiitr l<tt>?r ;i?rn himrlil fli.it *i 11 nil *>#?? .... -"J & -,,v rat ice by the maiuificturers, late in July o Aujiii.-t, always affects jmriicliatt-ly the No'ith eru niaikets; whereas the Cliailostoii tra<le being well .supplied before that time, does 110 feel the effects of the advance, unless it be eon turned during the Winter and Spring. \\'i mav, therefore,"safely say t?? the country iner chants that the chances in their favor are, llsi Fall, better in.Charleston than in the North em cities. Our mere--hunts have laid in. larg slocks of every variety 1 hey seem to be ful I lv impressed with the fact, that C'hailest<>n ha become, and will continue, to be, more am more, a city to be travelled /o, not throwjh and whatever the alarmist may say a,lv ut tii main routes "iving her the go by, they at" satisfied that her connection with tile West ai sure to make her, no; a way station on a rail road, however great, but an important com : niercia! terminus on the seaboard. The (all stocks for tno-t of our w!i. 1> sal houses nre rapidly arriving, and we are assure that, within the fortnight next ensui -g. the cu ti e supply of Fall goods will be ujion th shelves, and ready lor distribution. We liavtf said the city is unusually health) perhaps no city ever presented so complete a contrast to itself, at any two periods of it existence, as (.'haile.Mou now presents to he condition one year ago. Thou, the fever \va at its height, and had been raging for near fortnight. Now, we have not only no fevci but none of the usual premonitions of its up i on i . ... a ! |?P>?ICi!. i HUII, iini aut re* weri'iii'MTifu , IIIM j tlit'V ;ire thronged, with busy |???*?j?Ie; thei litr~ino<s was sn-pendod; now, drays arc run uing, hammers aiv falling, and in walking on principal thoroughfares, we are arrested at ever step liy the materiaU for buildings in the |>r? ce.-s of erection, and by tlie stocks of good that arc being run into the stores. Tliei ; tiavellers shunned our city, or hurried throng j it with bags of camphor to their noses; now ilu*v return here, from the North, relieved tut onlv of the intense heat, but of all appreheti >ioii ol diseases, and waik about the street 1 with a feeling of security and independent.' | tliev tailed to experience amid the mortalit, ! prevailing in the cities North and South of n> Southern Standard. Registration of Birtlis &c. | The registration of births, marriages an deaths, is coining into general favor in the Uui led States, as for a long time it has been i the I?est informed and most politic count l ie t of Ivarope. The advantages to lie derive | front a well-devised system of registration ar so obvious, that it. .-cents strange to hear an j man of intelligence objecting to'lhc paltry c* i pease necessary to secure it. It yields iiieal ' culablc benefits to all who are interested i policies for Life Insurance, to the holders t ! Annuities, to a (iovcrunicut in estimating it actual >trongth, to the philosopher iu caiculji ting the forces that improve or disturb tb I population of a land, to the public iu Siflbnl \ intf reliable information as to the salubrity o insalubrity of a district,?indeed, to every class ; and til I people who are benefitted by the dc : diictmiis of men of .-cioiiee from farts that ;ir Vli;i|, illiu Mill I > 111 n (Kill Ct'llivl I 11?v" IllOfcl 111 jiorl.int interests of societ y. Halanee the ?oo | tint it is likely to !<? against. the little eo; ' uliielfit involves, ami it makes situ ply ridict Ions the titan of any pretensions who serion-1 object- to sncli a s\ stein. \\ e have met me who were willing t > vote against any act fc registration, but in our flay we have met som very senseless men. Their ground of opp..> ' lion was the money it would oost. Wc latcl 'crossed ;in enterprising little paper, published e in some obscure village, which the severest efi. fiirt- of twmory is not now able to recal, whose - ! editor objected to such a law, in his State, "on i, j the ground that a lot of dry figures about : births, mjurlages, and deaths, would make vets j ry dull leading, and lack interest. He could not see of what use they would- be to the s i world. I The world lias thought otherwise. The ninth s State that has passed a registration law is Vir1 ginia. It was done at the last hours of the .. late session, and men of science are indebted e fin- its pas-age to the influence and intelligent - efioitsof Dr. P. C. Conch, editor of the StetheI scope. Rhode Island has for several years enjoyed the" profits of a law on the subject J3y y-the efforts of Dr. J. Mauran, -of Providence, - that law. has lately been very much improved. ii We believe that South Carolina is not yet e honored with any provision of the sort. We e know, however, that the learned Chairman of - the State .Medical Association, and a few oth , ers. have long been assiduously* laboring for e that object. We trust that the Palmetto-State r will not walk in her tftvn shadow much lotiger. e In Massachusetts, which we believe was the a . pioneer in the movement, and whose reports t are already of exceeding value, the bill lucrei ate the office of Registrar-General passed the house last winter, hut lacked three votes in the Senate. - This occasioned mt)cli regret to the friends of Registration; for such an offit.-a.-is needed, to collate, condense, and educe the cou.! elusions which are furnished by the vital stap tistics of the year. In this State we have a dead law, so far as e all pa-ts of'it but this city are concerned. .. The friends of an effective system have very wisely objected to a repeal of this law, knowIj ing how much easier it is, by judicious penal ties ai-.d sufficient fees, to make available an "* act that is utterly useless without them, or otherwise to amend a law until it is what it should be, than to begin a work from the beginning, and with the prestige of a past failure, to enac t (' a new one. We Impe that the working of the * ci'ctoin in fliic otfi* nrnitiuinir no if fko " | greatest benefits, though the Immediate rnu-t C | litiT fai short ?>f* iiie remote advantages, will e open tlie eyes of the peopIV, iind lead them to Consider how great are tfte benefits that are 11 now lost to the State, for the lack of an ef,3 i lectivv general law. Let the people but see ' ! the thing as it is, and we have no fears birt 0 that before tlx* adjournment (if another LegisI' lature we shall have a registration act to what 1 ! we can point with pride and satisfaction, J | New York Times. !' The New-York Express say9: 41A young gon1 lleman, burn of Scotch parents, and now a citizen of the United States, advertises in a city \ L i P'l" r (l^iat 1>',S large abolition sympathies) for * j a negro wife who i> possessed.qf a thousand dol[ brs. The advertiser adds that lie is a true abL* j olitioni-t of the English stripe, etc., etc. Wo have no doubt we have plenty of such " llumani' tariaus" among us. Tliey have an overpowering 1 affection lor the negro's or n egress' dollars, which is in perfect keeping with their professions of philanthropy in all other respects. j Ax IxTBRESTIXgI^TAlQuESTION SETTLED ?The Post Office Department reeer tly decided. . tint under '.lie law of 185*2, asubscriber residing i i the coipity in which a paper may be prinI ted and published is entii led t- receive it through ' the uiaiislrce of postage from the j>ost office within the delivery of which he may reside,' even though that office may be situated without the limits of the county aforesaid. * j , s j Cholera and Yellow Fever as Cuba.? ' The ravages from cholera and yellow fever in I j the interior of Cuba are its bad as in New Or1 leans. On Airs. Scud's estate, (llannonia,) I l*Jli slaves died between the 4ttr ancT7ih rvt* | August, and 40 were in the iiwt;mary. This is l?y no means, in location, a peculiarly un healthy place. Havana is very healthy fur \ I summer, and quite as much so as in winter.? | The saihus are particularly healthy as a whole. The agricultural estates have been losing, in several plantations,-half their forces. Tut; Ciuxksk ix (Jamfouma.? According ' to the Jiaii Fiuncisco correspondent of the iSt. liOiiis Intelligencer, the Chinese population of California afford an interesting, subject .of observation. Their appearance, dress and habit-., modes of lite, religion and government aro so wholly dissimilar to ours, and the world has heretofore known so little of either, that vflien i?ny one has an opp.?rtun ty to observe them narrowly, he feels that he is trending upon comparatively new ground. The first impression made upon the mind in beholding a crowd of Cliinau.eii, is that they aie an exoeed.iigvly simple-minded, cheerful, contented and harmless race. They chatter away with a volubilily truly marvellous, and apparently are full of fun and goodMiumur. Their prejomi* iiant vice appears to be a love of /raining, and have almost a countless number of gambling ! houses scattered through the eitv, which are are generally crowded to excess, particularly at night, l hey do hot use cards or any of our gaming devices; but simply small pieces of brass about as large as a dime, with a holo o 1 through tho centre. The banker, or dealer, ! takes up u duuble h&ndl'ull of these and throws y them upon the table, and the bets it appears, are upmi the tact whether the pile consists of i an odd or even number. Very lew of them J have the remotest idea of our system of laws | or goverumet, and hence they adhere in a j great measure to their own. j. ! ^ (i j Gnx. Gadsdrn.?We learn from private i sources that our Minister to Mexico had arriI ved at \ era Cru? in safety and in improved ^ j health, lie was about to start for the city of v ; Mexico, taking Jala pa- on his route, where he proposed to sojourn a low days. ? Carolinian. || . ? ? i, * Total Mortality.?From the weekly (f J statements published in the New Orleans pas pers, wt Karu that the total number of deaths [. l?v lever in that city, as reported, from May e 2S to A?gast 20. amounts to 5 201. r Tiik Fh'Nk of Contkntio.v.?'J he following >, bi ief paragraph explains the anxiety manifest' ed hy the powers of Europe, in regard to the e i contest i.etween Russia and Turkey : '-Cont s'aminople, from its admirable situation on d ' the Hospliorus is the key of Asia, and the prin?t cipal entrepot of the Levant. The movement 1* i ol navigation in 1840 amounted in mat port to v 2,<513? 000 tons. Out of this number the Enn jiIM) flag ivrlt'Oied for 305,000 tons, tlie Aus r ti ian tin' 284,000, the French lor 70,0l)0, and e tin 'so. of Sardinia, Naples, Tuscany, <kc., for i aliout 400.000, the remainder belonged to ibo y coasting trade. m