Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IQ3fiicrfll Items. I (CorreeponJence\of Ute X. 0. Picayune) ; Nvws from tlic Rio Graiido. ! t.t BmzosSantiago, Se^r. 17,1S33.?EJ*. Pic. I tj, i horfl is littlu iiovvc fpum tltic frniitii>r s.n'ft I it j the speculations naturally arising I'roin the inf. crease of troops, and general activity of the V( ^ militaiy employees on this side of the Rio pi Bravo. We have recently received a consider- ( aide cession to our military forces. The ri-1 tie, the 8th Regiment of Infantry, some coin- j panics of aiti.lery are en route and partially arrived, giving a more annimated appearance j" to oar military posts than heretofore.?the sin- i ^ ues of war,"such as morters, shells and ordi- o( nance stores, begin to make their appearance ; " all suggestive of dreadful note of preparation I lor- what I Peace, 1 think, but I am in the L minority. The time has not yet come. It is ! ; s.iid that four of the Mexican States have pro-; nounced against the government of Santa Anna.; J If so the suinterkgentleman will have enough j j 1 to do at home without facing the United Stales j as an enemy. . . I rr( Cut a truce to speculating. The fate ofMcx ico is scaled. Her march is downward?sure ^ i and inevitable, Uer^nationality will" be lost; a corrupt government and people ; a bigoted priesthood, who monopolize the whole wealth of ilie country, who use their boundless re- of sources only to perpetuate their influence over to a semi-civilized race. Of such, what hope can be entertained ? Whilst our minister plenipotentiary is ex- ni' changing notes complimentary and of the most [ pacific character with Santa Anna, he, through an his press, is fulminating hitter articles against r the United States and its Government. I It is the common expression of all the Mcxleans on the frontier that another war will tell r a different tale from that of the last; and they *!V really feel that they are able to cope with any . j nation on equal terms. In the mean time the mover of the-wires in Mexico wraps himself in ab hisr impenetrable cloak, talks pacific (diplomat- a ; - ioally) with General Gadsden, although his tr" heart is as full of gall as his head is full of e r guile. s<,1 fiarc W/ilI fMaviaaiA arrived at MatamorOS "c { on the 16tli with an escort of some two hun- to drod troops?more expected. He commands 011 the Atexican line on the Kio Grande. His headquarters, it is said, will be at Catnargo. Per- J'< B manent fortifications are to be effected at Mat- ^ amoros, Ileynosa, Camargo,.and, it is said, w' other points on the river. It is ver3' difficult to give any item of news which may be vouch- Wl ed for, as rumor is busy with her thousand tongues. One thing is certain, if the wishes of w| the mass were to be consulted, war would be nc < inevitable. 'f* Gen. Smith and suit, Capt. Gibbs, Major (' Chapman, Q. M., and others arrived two days c'] since from Corpus*Christi, by land. I also cc hear that Col. Delaferas, of the engineer corps, va is with him, and that Fort B-own is to be re- atJ paired and other works thrown up at' various VVi points on this line. stl In haste, . QUILLS. n\ t | . Wl As much has been said of the richness of the Dorn Gold Mine of South-Carolina, the N. Y. |"e Tribune annexes the substance oF a letter de- ^ scribing that fapious location, written by J. J. r Field, the cashier of Mr. Dorn, the owner of the mine. He says: ' r TL _ n \JTZ !_ 4. -J ?_ it. _ I 1 1 IU i ne i^oru mine 13 3u?aieu 111 me luwer euge (,Q of Abbeville District, South Carolina. It was discovered on the highest hill in the neighbor- . hood, six miles east of the Savannah River.? ^ The course the vein runs is west 12 deg. south, and was discovered one yearand two days ago. At the surface its width is not more than eigh- ]je teen inches. It continues to wided gradually to in going down, and at ten feet below water- tQ level, in cutting across he finds its w idth to be j^, fourteen feet. Do not understand me to say r" that ail the ore in tins vein is of the richest sjj quality. The vein seems to.be composed of 1 streaks or stripes of the rich ore. Beginning I on the south side of the vein, he finds a streak i jt_ L about six or eight inches wide, that gives ore ' that will average 650 per bushel,-though you j Pj( could select ore from this streak that would make 82,000 per bushel. There co-mes in a ' streak of poor ore about eighteen inches wide, c'() that will average 85 per bushel. There comes , another one of the rich streaks, and so for the width of fourteen feet. He has run a tunnel j lengthwise on the vein in a west direction forty i feet, and finds the ore fully as rich at the end of j 1 . V . .1 _4 .1 4 ' 1 . .1 J" I l,C lue lunnti as ai any finer pari; anu at me til.-- i tancc of three hundred feet on the east of the vein, from the shaft they are now working, he ! lias found the vein that has every appearance ' S() to be as good at that "point as the place he has i been working for tliejast twelve months. Thus, ^ yon see, Mr. Dorn lias this enormous mass of gold ore now tested, in length 310 feet, to take ^ the most unfavorable view of it that you possi- i.' bly coukl; say that it is now at its largest point, and commences sloping out, it cannot ' shut out short of making $5,000,000 or $G,* 000.000. All the gold veins that I have any knowledge of, except this one, decrease in quality as well as in quantity in going down on i them. The whole distance gone down on this I vj vein is forty feet from the surface, and ten feet j pn below water level. j .. The amount ot gold made at this mine, one ! year from the discovery of its being so extra- J-. -ordinarily rich, is $202,21(5.09. When he gets ^ his steam mill up, which he now has on the ! m way, he will then be able to work four hundred 1 bushels of the ore per day ; say one hundred j bushels of rich ore and three hundred of the j ' poor ore will make fr?m $7,000 to $10,000! j i 31 Per oa.v/ , i tit Mr. Dorn has run his mill two days on the ^ ore from the new discovery on the cast end of| (f the vein, and the amount made is twenty-one hundred and twenty-four pennyweights in the ^ quick. He is only five feet deep at this place. f() The Sickness neab Mobile.? We regret to ! tn perceive from the Mobile Tribm e that the fever w is still prevailing fatally at Spring Ilill. At Col. S. Ocas's residence the cases have been nu- wi merous and ina.iv of them fatal. I)r. .1. C. w< Nott's family retired there after the commence- nl ntcnt of the epidemic in Mobile", and during the j past five or six days four of the children have th sickened and died. James I)ea-% a son of the! of colonel, has also died, and an elder brother has ! so also been very sick. Hesides these cases a nutn- nu ber of negroes have suffered and some two or, ap three died. On the south side, of tic* hill, how- ey pver, there has been no sickness. At the Col- di fefe strict rules have been adopted, and none of nil the boys permitted to leave the grounds on any , pi account. This rigid system thus far has proved entirely efficacious, and we are glad to learn that or not a single case of the fever has occurred among ho jhe si udcnC- ? Cnrf-l'nfan. pi f3r. Taylor .\inoii;' the Insurgents. We recently mentioned that Dr. Churl avlor, sent to China from the South Cam i Conference as a missionary from I he Soul n Methodist Church, had visited the ramp ie Chiirese insurgents. The North-Chii enild, which had Imped to publish Dr. T, irrative, as writtehjiy hiinseif, has been pr nted from doing so, the cause of which is e lained in tlie following note Irotn Dr. T.: ' To (he.Editor of the 'North China-Herald. Sir: The undersigned has been apprize lat considerations arising from his relation citizen of the United States, render it advis le to withhold from publication the lianatb ' his recent visit to the camp of the insurgen ; C'hinkiang-fu, although lie authorized von inounce its appearance in your columns th sek. He deeply regrets that he feels compelh uler the circumstances to disappoint any c ctations to which that announcement ina )ssiblv have given rise; for it would eertaii afl'ofd him a sincere pleasure to cnntiibu ivthing, however little, to the information nr atification ofa community from so many men as of which lie lias ever met with acts ofeou syand kindness. Ciiaui.es Taylou. Shanghai, June 13, lSij3.'' The Herald then gives the following ilen Dr. Taylor's visit as they have been repoi tc that paper: He left Shanghai on the 2d of June, the da e Lady Wood left for Hong kong, in a sina ilive boat?and having succeeded in pa&sin e Imperial fleet blockading Chin kcang-foochored 011 Saturday night, June 4th, near tl ruth hank of the Yang-tsze, opposite Silvt and, about, two tnilcs below the city?h atmeu -absolutely refusing to go any fart he lerefore, at day-break next morning, he lai d alone, taking his carpet-bag filled wit u istian books, walked along the path 011 th 'er-batik to tlie nign, precipitous uiuti risin ruptly from the river, and running inland i southerly direction, for about a quarter of ile to the northeast gate of the city. Whe came near enough to discern the pc n> on the stockades, which run along l!i Jge of this hill to the gate, he made a sign? them, which was observed, and he was beel ed to approach. To walk up in this manner, defenceless an sue, must have been a very different thin >m approaching the guns of the Herme iich vessel had loft, it was to he presume* i very pleasant reminiscences of foreigner th its fifty-thre? rounds of shell. Our friend found this hill, and indeed tl hole city, fortified with great strength an > little military skill, by means of ditches, pn id<*s embankments, abattis, coupes dc louj e. pit-falls concealed by coverings of straw evaux-de frise, &c., &c. When he had sui eded, after much difficulty, in passing the: rious obstructions, one of the in.-urgents cair iwn the hill, took his carpet hag and led tl ay up t<? the garrison. On coming within tl uckade he found himself surrounded bygrci imbers of fierce-looking, 'long-haired men ho addressed him as brother, lie was askc any questions, but being desirous to get a terview with Lo, commandant of the force resolutely refused to answer any till condu rl into the presence of that officer. Aft* any ineffectual eflbrts to induce him t<? con unicate with officers of inferior rank, he w; rnished with an escort of several soldiers, wli nducted him to the head quarters of the con andant within- the city wall*. When th rsonage, who is a man of about fifty years < ;e, short and square built, made his appea ee, so destitute was he of the pompous di ay so common to Chinese officials, our frier gan to think another attempt was heing mac thwart him in his design of obtaining accei their, chief, and at first rely seel to reply I s interrogatories; nor was it until his attei nts had invested him with a yellow and rt k uniform that the doubts of his visitor wei moved, who then informed him fully of bin If, whence he came, and the object ?>f his vi ?at the same time opening his carpet ha esenting hiin with the books, which gave e ent satisfaction, and elicted the remark whic is olt repeated, that the doctrines were tl me a??thcir ow n; they indeed, claiming Million brotherhood with foreigners. Lo ho tably entertained our friend at his own qua is during his visit and 011 leaving provided hi ith a horse, and un escort of several hundrc ldiers with their officers, to accompany hi yond the city walls arid the stockades to tl rer bank. We hear, Dr. Taylor observed, that they h;i ? regular uniform, probably from want of fficicnt quantity of material requisite, cons lently their appearance was of a most mote! laraeler, being attired in clothing of all cn s and descriptions. Many ot thetn had the lir bound with a bit of red or yellow silk in nd of knot on the head. They were mostl med with long spears or swords, few con iratively having matchlocks. Groat numbers of boys were seen benrin ears and swoiaL, and performed duty wi e ol !er soldiers. Their stockades and batteries were ded with guns of every size and^^jHH gunjalls to large cntuj^S^HKHH triangular form wer ribed with the nnni^o^^BBsflHEHH of the new dym^^H0g|9H[B^^^Bj ?s of places, trs^BggUHR^H0SHK^B|| liforinly told insurgents nJ^n^9HBBHmNBHH9[ o rd (ShhShsMmHSH pcrfwHSSSnHHEn >11 prevailed, 'i on and [)resentecn^H^?BanHHS| desolation the doon^B^^B^B^Hj e shops and dwellings ha^BBHHBHR tlie stockades along tliiBlBj^^^^BSB 'J he temporary stockades wortM^^^^HB ken down and reldar.ed 11V Well bmisBHi nils of brick and stone. vJM Hlncksmiths ami carpenters wore in like implements and gun carriages,^ ere tlie only artizans scon pursuing their il ar avocations, 1 We understand our friend was present 1 eir worship which he desciihos as consist! chau riling hymns and doxologies iti a vl leniu manner, whilst those engaged in \{M lin .-eated. After which they all kii^B pareiitly with much reverence, closi^^Bfl ?-s, while one of their uuiuher utter^H^B hie prayer. 'J*l.?-ir (-haunting was ai^^H cd with tin1 usual dissonant instrumcu^^K lived |?v the Chinese at their fi-stivels. These acts of worship wore rejKjated t^B thrice a day, and included in tlieiu the grB fore meat; and immediately afterwards the oceod'.d to the (aide ?< ilholi? fuitlicr tr-icim i ' nr. Dr. T. saw *iio female's, and on inqnir es was informed that they wue all at Nanking li- He saw tables ('laced with various kinds o b food, as oflerings to the Snpreiuc Being; anion; of which were, three bowls of tea, for each peisoi m i son of 1 hi'. Triliitv. ,'s Iii reply t<> frequent inquiries as to whe: e- aiicl in what direction they would next movt x- j Dr. T. was informed they could not tell thcni selves, hut must wait for instructions from thei > Heavenly Father, lie heard T'liae ping-warij H] frequently mentioned, but no allusion made t as I T'heentili. a. Dr. T. was struck with the calin and earnes ;u enthusiasm that pervaded the entire body, an ls the perfect confidence evinced i.i the justice i (() | their cause and in its final success. When h js ! asked the clrefs when they, proposed to com towards Shanghai, they replied that wheneve ,(j they received an intimation from the Heavenl x_ Father; as they never moved iu any quarte t.. without such directions. The insurgents abound in fresh provisions (e which are brought in clandestinely by the in ,,| habitants of the surrounding country, n We are told that Dr. T. hail with him a sup r. ply of medicines, from which he administered to the diseases of many insurgents, who applied to him, and performed a surgical operation 01 the eye of one of them, j The Imperial fleet came up and attacked thi 1 city during our friend's visit, and lie witnessed the engagement from the top of the ramparts lj* At the commencement of the attack he heard a cannon ball whistling through the air soin< <r # O O " ? distance above his head and strike in the cartl beyond him. lie could not ascertain that thi " insurgents suffered the least injury from ttw cannonade of the imperial.sis, nor could he dis 15 cover what amount of execution was done t< '* the assailants. The Imperialist land forces were encampet on t!ie hill in the vicinity of Chin-keang?jus c without range of cannon shot from the cit v. A ? they did not seem at all disposed to secom tlie attack of the fleet, we presume thc^ thought it most prudent, to keep at that saf distance. r!C We have given the above facts as they liavi been narrated to various individuals in this com 'ViUtiity, but we regret that we are pwiventei from givin^Dr. Taylor's narrative from his owi J pen, together with the translation of a friendl; Ir letter sent hy Lo to the foreign residents a 3 Shanghai, as the public must be great loser j' from thus getting the subject second-handed am J liable to many omissions, besides the greate interest attached to receiving the original ac ie count of an eye-witness, in the author's o\vi |t| graphic style,fully impressed with the vividne* j of the facts as they were presented to his owi p eye, and calling up many reflections that an j now quite lost to us. c- -?.<??. - sc Tub Monf.y and Puoi>itck Market.?0 ie the fluctuations in the money and produci ie markets, and of the reliance which is felt in Eu ip trland uoon the United .States, as a irrnln nm " i * *~'r " ? at ducer, and as a consumer, the London Specta i,' tor, of the lid inst, says: -j We have our own difficulty to contend with Lii Our harvest is calculated to be something tin s, dor the average; and as unquestionably at c- enlarged amount of means is in the hands o er the people, the demand will be. in excess on be ). half of previous years with a shorter supply n is home. For other supplies wc caleulate a oqn 10 sidcrable degree, no doubt, upon America; ipn ii- here our difficulty tends to correct their dUfi is culty ; in other '"ords, the exchange whicl of they have in some degree anticipated will Jx ,r- proportionably balanced by their exports o s- grain. This is but one illustration of the effect id of free trade, which enable fluctuations of out lo country to correct those of another.?By thi: ss means the people of the two countries are be Lo coining connected as closely as the members o it- two families living together in the same towi ?d and trading together There was a time whet re war used to be spoken of as a means of wipirij i). off old debts ; tut here we observe, that as fas 3. as a debt occurs on one side, it has to be re if, deemed by a debt incurred on the other, ant v. welfare of each is involved for a timo o >h indefinite extcntion in that alternation of deb ic incurred. (* _ Hkcoverixg Fugitives.?The recovery o r. fugitive slaves, in addition to the heavy expen in ses attending the procedure, cannot, in somt .j counties in Pennsylvania especially, he under m taken without some peril to life and limb. T?u lt, Christiana affair is not forgotten, and anolhe instance uf murderous assault is now recorded q In this case a slave-mother and four childrct were some time since forcibly taken away a c j Allegheny City from a Mr. Stevenson, on hi: ly way from .Mississippi to iSjiitimore, f, j Since that time one of the children lias died jr , The rest with the mother continued there unti a a week ago, when Mr. Stevenson returned t< j.. j claim tlicin. The mother expressed herself a u. I anxious to accompany him to this city, am | with Mr.S. went in search of her children, whicl |fT I had been secreted by the black population o [f, that city. As soon as the arrival of Mr. S. be _J came known, a mob of blacks assembled am a desmjgtfMftjfe^^^hin^ilhstoncs Cljc Cfliiiiifii lUxchly Jotiriiiil. I 5 TRcudaf) October 1, 1S53. THO. J. WAREENi Editor. 11 ' No Such Word as Fail. ir A friend says, " I liavc no such word as fail in my jt books." AVc are sorry wc cannot say so too?but un0 fortunately, the vocabulary of editors abounds loo often in terms which ought to be obsolete. Their books, it "Journals," for instance, exhibit the particular word J of fail too frequently. It is possible sonic of our pat>f rons have not a good definition of this word in their e books. Ours is quite extensive?we fiud by sad ex e pcriencc, that the word means literally and etnpiiaur cally, "to disappoint, to deceive," and sometimes?aly most too often?to bo agreeable, it is " to be deficient r or insolvent." We don't like the word fail, a minute and as we expect, in a few days, to be off?not to parts >, unknown, but some distance from our present location? - we hope this last appeal to all delinquents, will be taken in good, sober earnest, and that they will not fail to give us some practical evidence of their apprccia3 tion of our labors, by settling at onqe, for certainly the ^ laborer is worthy of his hire. Lancaster Rail Road. it The sum of $47,750 lias been subscribed to the ^ Lancaster Road by individuals of the town and dis- ; trict, which, together with the sum of $00,000 subscri- j J bed by ourTown Council, makes the sum of $77,750 ? -; Whether this will secure the enterprise or net, it shows that there is at least a disposition on the part of some 2 oPourcitizcns to keep Camden up?to continue her "a place in the picture." There is a strong probability that as soon ot the Lancaster Rail Road is commenced at Camden, a movement will be made at once bv North j Carolina to extend the road from Lancaster to Concord, ^ or some other point, by which n continuous lino will bo inado from Charleston connecting, finally, with tho I central Rail Road from Raleigh. This is ono of the anticipated results which tho present movement is cxB pected to effect. Of course tho Road must first be made, or started to Lancaster, before North Carolina will take hold of it. That they would do so, hardly can L* be doubted. J' Resignation of Dr. Smyth. 1 "U'c regret to learn, says the Charleston Courier, of f Friday, from recent proceedings that the Rev. Thomas t Smyth, D. D., now at Newport, R. I., has felt cons strained, by his continued ill health, to dissolve there^ lotion which has existed between himself and the Ser cond Presbyterian Church of our city for twenty-one h years. At o meeting of the corporation of that church 1 on Sunday, 25th inst., tlio letter of Dr. Smyth was 8 read, and elicited appropriate remarks and resolutions, 1 tendering the sympathies and condolence of the con* C grcgntion, and expressing the hopo that their esteemed and cherished pastor would yet be restored to a measure of health that would justify the resumption of ' pastoral duties. "We need not add that many of our e eommunit\*, not of that congregation, and not of the denomination, even, of tho learned and well-known " Divine, join heartily in tho samo wish. A Correct Idea. In an editorial of the Southern Patriot, we find the " following corroct and appropriate idea:? ' It is the duty of the press, and within the power I of the press to correct public abuses, reform common - errors, and direct public attention to those neglects of t duty in which the public feel an interest." TVe copy this from a Ion"* editorial, and admire it as j an abstract proposition, containing in few words, a ^ great deal of meaning, and in our judgment, a capital j definition of the logimatc functions of the press. f The Cotton Crop. 3 Our exchanges from all parts of the south-west repj resent the Cotton crop as being short?in some secj tions one fourth, and in others one-third. In our own . State, so far as we can learn, it will fall much below f that of hist year. } Miller's Almanac. , We have received from the publisher, a copy of the 1 above Almanac for the year 1804, from which we . learn that there will be two eclipses of the Sun and j two of the Moon. There will be an eclipse of the f Moon on the 12th of May, at the time of its full?int visible on this Continent. Thero will bo an annular eclipse of the Sun May 2Gth, in the afternoon?visible principally as a largm partial eclipse, in tho U. States, f on tho Sun's Northern limb. This eclipse will appear largest in Canada West, in the north eastern part of j 2 New York, Vermont, and lower part of New Ilamp- J shire, and Maine. It will bo larger than any eclipse } 2 that has been seen in the United States for a numbcr 1 of years past. Miller's Almanac contains a good deal of useful in^ formation apart trom the matters found in Almanacs. B Very Brief. Mr. Silas Johnston bids adieu to editorial life for ' the present, in the last number of the Newberry Sentinel, having been connected with that paper only ^ three weeks. Mr. Thomas P. Slider takes his place, . to whom we cordially extend the courtesies of the ' craft. f The Abbeville Banner. From the last number of this paper, which comes ; 1 to us in handsome style, we perceive that Messers. J* ! i, II. Logan and W. C. Davis aro the present editors, j 1 their debut in a handsome and well writ- I orv. Mr. James T. Ells is the publisher, [ per bears marks of evident improvement in : deal department. IVe cordially extend fra* lings. Blackwood's Magaaine. ember number has reached us, and, as usus a varied table of contents, which, we pre. [iiite as well and ably written as their prcTbis is a work of high and popular slandwavs contains something solid and worth Scott Si Co., New-York, are the publishers ; rican edition. 1'rico, $3 per annum A Chance for Laborers. ractors on tlio Rabun Gap Railroad adver- j ~ ai ....?i^.. ,i?... ,1.i I Ill Uicy win I'liijiiuj iiiivu uiwu^auu inuMio i n Unit road. wn I'iikaciiku Goxk.?Tlio Mobilo Tribune ^Kilay announces the death of Rev. J. W. ^Rlicr preacher of the Methodist Church, maBhird who died on Tuesday in that city from Ailing fever. Bleigli Register says?" It. is a Haltering fact All Carolina produces within herself, the staBery other state in the Union, and is the only Blocs it! The barley and potato of Maine, Bigarand cotton of the south, find somewhere ; dcrs a genial climate, while in mineral wealth F course unrivalled." I estimated that not less than four millions of jhave heen spent by Southerners this summer | cooing and dissipation at theJCoith. England and F dance.?The" New York Express learns from a person said to he in close communion with those who know what is going on at the capital, tliut the. statement in regard to the rcmoxstranecs of France and England touching Cant. Ingraham and Koszta is true. The express says: ''.Mr. Crampton, the British Minister, was the (irst to call on Mr. Marcy. Mr. Sartigos had his instructions sonic time since to call on the Secretary of State. Tliesu instructions were very specifie and pointed,hut their delivery until Thursday, the 22d inst., owing to the absence of the French .Minister at Newport un- i til Wednesday evening, when he returned to the capital. The Government know that these instructions were to come from France, and had been so informed specifically some time since. The remonstrance is in terms that Captain In^ graham's conduct was a violation of the laws of | nations. ' j Mr. .Marcy lias had his reply ready for some J time, but it has to undergo ^ome modifications. { Austria, lie says, having appealed to the world to justify its conduct, the United States will also make an appeal to the world in behalf of Capt. Ingraham's conduct in saving Kiszta. It would seem, therefore, that each of the five Ktnopean powers had concluded to take ground against the United States in regard to i ivoszta. But we apprehend no collision of [ arms from this f aper warfare. Tim United , States hold to one set of principles and will i .i. i .1.,. j. . r ?.% i 11 i;i 11JI Zl 111 llH'Itl, ililll liiU |II.IW I'l a \J| liiii wj/v.; IV qute a lothor set, and we suppose will maintain them also. . . It is stated that with regard to the letter of Lord John Russell on the Cuba question, Mr. Mlrey has long since taken occasion to communicate the President's views to Mr. Ruchan non, who will doubtless bring the matter promptly and forcibly to the attention cf the British Government. The position ot the ad ministration, it is said, is decided, and does not differ materially from the views so admirably expressed by Mr. Everett in his letter of the 17th inst. " Ashland," the home of IIenuy Clay which was sold, at public sale last week, was purchased by Jas. B. Clay, bis son, at 8140 petacre. The tract contains 337 acres. Town Election.?The election for Intcndant and Wardens of Edgefield village came off on Monday-last, when the Dry Ticket (as it is called,) was elected by a majority of nineteen votes. The working of the an'i-licensc system has proved so conducive to the peace and quiet of our town during the first year's trial, that our citizens wisely concluded tondopt it again. An effort, we believe, was made to restore the licensing of houses to sell by the quart, which failed to take. In truth, it was considered hv many that this would he productive of more deleterious results than flic opening of regular bar-rooms; and we have not a i doubt but that it would liavc been, in consiik-ration alone of the fact that we have large and flourishing male and female schools in operation at this time, we can but regard it a fortunate thing that the auti license ticket has prevailed. That ticket is as follows: For Intcndant.?13. C. Bryan. Fur Wurdens.?R. T. Minis, Lewis Jones, W. \V. Adams, John Witt. Edgefield Advertiser. Some 1,000 acres of land have recently beenpurchased in Iowa, on which a colony of monks have settled. Among their peculiar habits may be mentioned that they never mingle with the world; and when they put on anew suit of clothes, that suit is kept on, waking or sleeping, until it falls ofl* or becomes unfit for wear. Siiaiii'Shooting by a Midshipman.?During the recent cruise of the practising ship Preble, an acting midshipman, named Perkins, from the Annoplis Naval School, fired with a thirty-two pound shot, twice in succession, di rectiy through the head of a barrel used as a target, at a distance of from a half to threequarters of a mile, shivering it to atoms. The Portsmouth Transcript says the third barrel was sent out, the third slmt tired, and at that instant the target sunk in a hollow at the sea the hall passed through the top of the swell to I he spot where the barrel was placed and had it remained in its position an instant longer would have shared the fate of the others. Few old veterans in service could equal that. Tiik Tkkasuhy Sukpi.us.?It is not a little remaikable that the financial problem which Congress will shoit y he called upon to solve should he to relieve the treasury of a plethora. The converse is very generally the proposition which perplexes the sagacity of statesmen and legislators in Europe. How to make good a deficiency, and not how to relieve of a surplus, is the financial puzzle of modern statesmanship. tivii'n Imu'nvur u-illim fvviMitv vr>:irs !i:l-n i ho - " "v? - ? \ J . Government of the United States been called on to dUhiirthcn the treasury of superfluous revenue. To distribute the superflux, as before between the States, seems not to find favor, and involves, as a principle, some serious objections. There is, of course, a sure method of disposing ; of the largest imaginable surplus, by applying : it to internal improvements. I hit here Congress will be much divided on the constitution- ; a! question. There is great doubt whether a majority can he obtained for the most pressingly important of all these improvements?the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad. Tho Secretary of the Treasury, within the j limits of his authority, is doing all he can to I relieve the Treasury by buying up the slocks of the United States; but they are held ateuor- ' mous premiums. The very design of the Treasury to purchase, operates to enhance their market value. Under such circumstances, we like the scheme recently suggested in the National Intelligencer, converting the Govern mcnt into a lender, instead of. as ordinarily, a borrower. The project is this: "To authorize the Treasury Department to advance, in the : way of loan, the par value of any United States Stock oil a pledge of it as security, at a lowrate of interest, say lour, or even at three per " -?i r ..?i Cl'llt |KT annum. llieauuioi I>| urn muuihi: corn-hides "Ihat the Treasury would, in this I tnodu, retain the coinniand of (he amount thus loaned in ease of any eontingeiiey in our foreign relations which might require an extra amount of funds, or could employ it in buying up the stock on much more favorable terms than at present, .-hould anything occur to reduce the value of it in the market at or near the par value." The great advantage of this plan must be ' that it would keep a smaller amount of speciecapital locked np from general use than at pre- j sent, in the form of public revenue. So long ' ?g?g 11 . gggg . :is the disbursements of the government equal its icceipts the current of specie sets out nearly as strongly as it sets in, under the operation of the Sub-Treasury act. But any large accumulation of specie funds from an excess of revenue, must be attended, not only with inconvenience, but danger. The best mode then "of returning to circulation, the sums withdrawn from it, if there ia such excess, and when it is impossible to purchase the public stocks, is to lend lite surplus to those who will give as collateral security those .stocks. VViiile the guarantee for repayment is perfect, the borrowers would have the benefit of a lower rate of interest, if from U to 4 per cent per annum, then they can obtain from any other source. The Government would be saving a large sum annually, which is now lost from unemployed funds, while, as is suggested by the Intelligencer, the surplus mighl-be lent on such conditions as to recall it on reasonable notice, in case of a contingency like that of war or a serious deficit.?Eve. News. [communicator] WooDvir.LK, Lancaster Pist. J Ki.nt 1CR1 f ?I" *??" J Mk. Editok: Dear Sir, It is very unpleasant indeed to my "feelings, to be forced to adjust private difficulties, through the public prints, though there are ciicumstances under which we are not only justified, but left no other alternative, and that is, unfortunately, ray situation-. In order to sustain my own character, and that of my family, I am forced to publish a transaction which recently oecurred. Mr. A. Sutherland of Bcnnettsville, Marlboro' IZJtietrict, 8. C., introduced himself to me by letters, pro posing his daughter to teach in ray family, as private instructress, and referring me to a gentleman that I had a slight acquaintance with, as to her character, qualifications, <fcc. Several letters passed between ns upon the subject, all of which, I hold. Upon the recommendation of his friend, I made up my mind toemploy his daughter, for a ten month's session, (on certnfn conditions,) and wrote him to send her up. Shortly after he came with her himself, lodged with us during the night, talked over the matter, and closet! the contract, and Mr. Sutherland left the next morning for home, as I supposed satisfied. But to my surprise, by return stage I received the following no'c: Camden, S. C., 21st Ang.fl85S. Mr. Bi.-hop?Dear Sir:?I wish you if you please, to get Margaret ready for the stage by Saturday morning, for I wish Lev to return with me. I will stay in Camden until she will return here. Do no* think hard, as I have changed my mind as to her stay-" ing, ar.d sooner the better for us both. Yours truly, A QCmiroT i VT% According to Ins reqnest, I sent kis daughter to him by stage and wrote him expressing my surpriseat his strange conduct, and demanded from him no explanation of his conduct by return mail, and to my further surprise, it was a flimsey evasive thing, and what was still wor?e, tried ta screen himself behind his amiable daughter, and couched hio pitiful apology in falsehood. 1 therefore was left but one course, vizcall upon Mr. Sutherland at> his residence, (a distance of some 70 miles,) in a formal manner, which 1 did through my friend, Capt. A. J. Seerest, who it seems, awoke Sir. S. to a lively sense of his error, from the documents he brought hack from Bennctt&vfllc, with Mr. Sutherland's signature attached. It seems Capt. Sccrest dictated a certificate to him, wl.ich, if he signed would be satisfactory, stating to him at the same time, that this certificate was designed by me to be made public, as the offence was a public- one, the explanation must be equally sot Sutherland seemed not to relish its being made- public, and called in his-diplomatic friend to write and advise a compromise on the part of the certificate hewas to sign, and below you have a trnc eopy of the document drawn up by his friend,, with a few alterations or amendments made by Capt. Sec rest, beforebe would sign it, viz-c "This is to certify that)Mr. Alexander Sutherland', of Bennettsville, Mnrlboro Dietriet, S. C., has this day given me a written statement or certificate, for the use of Mr. Eli C. Bishop, of Lancaster District^. S. C., disclaiming most distinctly, that it was m want of confidence, in the integrity and character as a gentleman, or dissatisfaction with his family, (Bishop's,) that lie, Sutherland, was induced to remove his daughter, after taking her to his (Bishop s house,) to remain as privnts instructress. Now this is to state chi the part of Mr. Bishop, that the only use which he is to make of said1 certificate, is to he shown in the immediate vicinity or neighborhood of said Bishop, and for the purpose of correcting any erroneous impression thnt has arisen or may hereafter "arise touching Mr. Sutherland, having taken, away his daughter soon after leaving her at .Mr. Bishop's house, and that may have had a tendency to affect said re utation as a gentleman,, or his family unexplained as it was in the community. [Signed] A. J, SECREST. Sept. 19, 1838. . for E. C. Bishop; The certificate tefcrred to above; I lu>ve the honor to hold, and woul J here state that if nny person wishes to see it, they can do so by calling upon me, and I leave it to a discriminating and impartial public to judge as they like, that a man would impose himself upon an unsuspeetinir foniilv, under the pretence of ic '.,i i ?-... il.-I- i -- . ...n. .vi ?..vii cuuuuiiii-c, puuueiy 1 iisnis ami slander them?and then be so scrupulously afiaidl of his acts'being exposed to public*view. To correct any false impressions which may havearisen from this matter, among those who may not know me or inv family, I offer the following certificate, g?t up by my friends, and signed by gentlemen of the first respectability, who liave known me from infancy:? State of South-Carol a?Lancaster District. We whose names are hereunto subscribed cheerfully certify that Air. E. C. Bishop, of the above State jind District, has been well known to us for many years, as n highly ho .oruble and orderdoving citizen* and that we have never known anything in his public or private conduct, wliieh would detract from his character as such ; and we take pleasure in stating that lie has a genteel and highly respectable family, and that he has used more than ordinary effort,, in educating and raising his children?chiefly duughters ?respectably, having employed private teachers (Ladies,) for several years, who were highly educated, refined, and of the first respectability ; and to our knowledge lie lias treated tlieni with the utmost care and tenderness, and done all in his'powcr to rendertlieni comfortable and happy, under all circumstances, and as such we feel bound to rqfommend him to all who may feel themselves interested. [Signed] John AT. Twitty, James R. Alagill, John W. Ingram, Edmund Spence, W. C. Cant ban, M. D. James E. Cureton, W. W. Alobley, M. 1). U. E. Wylie, M. 1). S. L Strait, M. D. Jos. D. Mcllwaiue, % 0. AleC. Witlierspoon, Jones Crockett* A. Mayer, Jas. M. Ingram. August 30, 1853. We nro intimately acquainted with the gentlemen who have signed the above certificate, ana hesitate not to certify that thev are gentleman of wealth, respectability and undoubted moral.character, and we cheerfully concur in the sentiment above expressed, in regard to Mr. Bishop and his family. J. 1). HAILE. , ? ? , Present Sheriff L. D. ] L.S. [ J. A. STEWMAN, C'lk C ( ?' T. D. G. S. In conclusion, I would state that it is not my purpose to stir up strife, or produce public excitement, but as Mr. Sutherland's conduct was so strange, and so well calculated to injure mcand my family, and withal so uncoil rteons and ungcntlcmanly, I may just add that I feel hound, in self-defence, to state thus publicly, the nlTuir. 1C after this, Mr. Sutherland is satisfied. Iam. If not, a further exposition can be made. 1 a^mjcscnt, withhold the publication of the certifientUr Mr. S. to me. as he seems so averse to it. In case, however, 1 should find it necessary, I feel at full liberty to publish it in the " Ledger," "Journal," "King." and "Chcraw Gazette." Thus for, Mr. S., lias published his own act. and of course false impressions may have gone forth against me and my family. Most rcspectftillv, " ELI C. BISHOr. >i. It is said 10,000 negroes have died of the present yellow foyer iu Cuba,