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-r..' - > "r BlofgeM ;iad Bragg's Battery. This baitgry, known as Company "C," of the Third Regiment .of U. S. Artillery, has recently takeD post trtFort Washita, in the Choctaw, Nation. .. it is under command of Col. B^agg* of "a little more grape" memory. The Fort Washita Intelligencer. contains some interesting reriiiniscen.ses of this veteran company. It appears that in 1821 an act was passed by Congress fur .the equipment of light companies. It was riot, however, antil 1838, seven teen years after the passage of the act, that brevet Major Ringgold, .Who had just returned from a long sojourn iri Europe, pursuing his stuates oy personal ooservaiion ot us -various arniiea, and their respective arms, received an .order to equip this company. Under his command it was stationed-nt. Fort Mc Henry, near Baltimore^ until the year 1845, when it was ordered to-johi the "anny of occupation," under Gen. Taylor, at Corpus Christi. Its effectiveness at the battles of Resnca de la Paima, Palo Alto, Monterey and Buena Vista is known to the whole country. The death of its accomplished commander, o?i, the memorable 8th of May, devolved the command on Lieutenant (afterwards brevet Captain) Randolph Ridgely; and on the 5th, at Palo Alto, it gained fresh laurels in its attack on the enemy, and the aid it ffave thcdrarroons. under Captain (now bre vetLt. Col.) Mny, in the capture cf Gen. Lo Vega and his gun's.' The death of the gallant Lieut. Ridgley, by an accident at Monterey, again left the company without a commander, ontil Capt. Bragg was transferred to the command from another company. The heroism apd unequalled daring it displayed at Buena Vista tinder Capt. B., tire inseparably connected with ttie gloiy of that ever memorable battle. Tho subsequent movements of the gallant corps are tbus^given by the papers referred to: At the close of the Mexican war this company was ordered to New Mexico, and remained in Hint section of the country until the spring of lSSO. FYom thence, in the full of 1853, it was ordered to Fort Gibson, Chero . feu Nation, arid has recently taken post at this * place. The pieces used bv it in the late war "were leffc in New Mexico.1 The subaltern officers now connected with it have joined since the wa'? had its only present members, then connected with it, besides Col. Bragg, are its orderly sergeant, the veteran PhilipSwartwout, and the bugler, Ernest Rettberg, who now enjoys the daily pleasure of mounting the horse " Banna Vista." which bore the gallant commander at that memorable scene. Both these vetemfts were with the company at Baltimore, and have since continued with it. A./ JJte*0tRAT8 A7TD FoRRIGNKRS.?The New Yorlt ''True National Democrat" notes the ? erasure of Catholic and foreign names from four thousand of the eleven thousand votes polled at St. Louis, and says: r' "There willbe from eight to ten thousand ticl&ta scratched at the polls in New York city at''the coming election. That is, ten thousand voters, of all denominations, will scratch from that number of ballots ot all denomfonations the name of every nominee not born ill this country. There will not be a single person elected who was born in Ire land, no matter who may have nominated him, or under what pretence he may have succeeded in placing his name before the public. And every man besides will be signally defeated for whom .the Catholio Church openly or secretly tends its influence." -v aggw* . .v . In Russia it was, once a custom to refuse burU) until the deceased's debts were paid. The Marquis de Custir.e, in his late work on Russia; illustrates it as follows. "This'morning we passed Revel. The sight of that place which has not lonir been Russian territory recalled to our memmories the proud nai&e of (Charles Xll.and the battle of Narva. Id $18 batfte was killed a Frenchman, the Prmcejie Croi, who fought under the King of His body was carried to Revel, w.fiSr^^ cpald hot bo burried, because during the'cattfpaiga he contracted debts in the pro viwe? Qod na<fleft nothing to pay them. According to. an ancient custom of the land his l>9dy vyas placed in the church of Revel until bijj/freirs ^jhoulclt satisfy his creditors. The CO rpsejfs stnt in tlie same church where it was laid more than one hundred years ago. The | amount of the original debt has become bo greatly augmented by the interest, and by the aaj^y charge made for the keeping of the corpse, that thgjre are few fortunes which would now suffice to acquit it. " b) passing through Revel about twenty years 'since the Emperor Alexander visited the church, and Was shocked with the hideous peetacle presented by the corpse, that he commanded its imtriediate interment On thp morrow, the Emperor departed," and the Jjddy of the Prince ae Croi was duly carried the cementery. The day after, it was ??L?u ?j._i J?- / -- .? BYfc"* "?v?i luiueuuuii'ii, miu piaceuin us lorntef.^psitjon. If there is no justice in Russia, thertfare, it would appear cu.<totns more power fuleven than the sovereign will." tnic Army.?The New York Express states . thai not one fourth of the present rank and file oRlniUmted States Armyjje Americans, while abont ihree fourths" of^raeae m the service are Germans an/Urisb. Among the recent enlistinept&io that>#ty are two soldiers that served seven yearein the French Arm y at Rome, in the Rassian Army, and in various of the goverments of Europe. The American service is -ghq$ro!!y preferred to any other by those who have carried muskets both in Europe and here, ir is among the anomalies of races and goverjhoifcs that two thirds of those born and bred abroad should be employed to do the fighting . of the United States. A Valuable Discovrby.?On Thursday fast the Key. Dr. Taylor accidentally discov> . crcd on tliu premises of J. Choice, Esq., a spring , which has been opened and fouud to he,it Mineral Spring as i* supposed, "of the fat water." Particular? will pe given as soon its the waters can be analysed. This is cerjidnly important discovery, since the spring y^within three iwnbred yards of tfce Court Hague, almost in the centre of the town, and * adjoining a large Hotel, (the Mansion Housed *t preteut unoccupied, j Should the ...spring prove to possess those -valuable medicinal .properties which will at trc^pt invalids to its healing waters, we doubt'; not that Spartanburg will become one of the most popular, watering places in this section q{ country. - Express. ' " T. ? ^defeat* ' ' " - ^->~rAjx V V r?? Temperance Meeting at Kiugstree. Kingstbek, S. C., Aug. 10, 1854. A meeting of the citizens of Williamsburg district was held at the Presbyterian Church, near Kingstree, this day, having for its object the-taking into, consideration the propriety of petitioning the Legislature to enact a law or laws entirely prohibiting .the sale of intoxicating liquors, except for medicinul, mechanical, or other scientific purposes. It was organized by appointing Col. David D. Wilson President. The following gentle men were then appointed Vice Presidents, viz: Joseph Scott, Sr., Dr. James Bradley, Capt. J. A. Suiters, J. A. Gordon, Henry D. Shaw, Aaron F. Graham; and William F.-Blakely and Edw. J. Porter were requested to act as Secretaries. After an eloquent and fervid prayer by the Rev. James A. Wallace, the object of the meet-' ing was explained, and the President announced that W. C. Footman, esq., would address the audience on the subject of discussion. Mr. Footman rose, apd in an address of considerable length, depleted, in an iinjiressive manner, the evils of intemperance, and forcibly urged the necessity of some restraint upon the wine cup more stringent than any yet imposed? n I * ^ 1 i. some more poweriui restriction man any jet, applied?to stay tho ravages of the destroyer, whose hand was laid alike on the high and the low, the young and the old. He trusted that a remedy existed somewhere. The influence of religion had failed to check the increasing power of intemperance, and moral suasion had exhausted her powers-in vain. Ho looked to the Legislature of the State to arrest the traffic by some means. He thought the remedy lay there, and hoped it would be attempted, at all events. The address was well worthy of tho cause, and delivered in a clear style and well emphasized tone. It elicited much applause. John G. Prc3sley, esq, then ascended the platform erected for the occasion, and for about an hour and a half enchained the audience by a very well considered argument in favor of some prohibitory law to prevent the traffic in intoxicating drinks. He discussed the constitutionality of a prohibitory law, the failure of the license law to effect the objects intended to be Tetnedied thereby, the ineffectual attempts of temperance societies to arrest the fjrogress of intemperance, and the necessity of aws of a different character froin any yet enacted, whereby the dramshops may be forever closed. He answered conclusively the many objections raised against the passing of a prohibitory law, and elicited the admiration ofull present by the force of his reasoning and the strength of his arguments. The Rev. James A. Wallace succeeded, and with his wonted eloquence urged the propriety of abolishing the present existing laws in relation to the liquor traffic, and the necessity of adopting others, more stringent, and better calculated, if not to reclaim the present generation, at least to preserve the rising generation from the unhallowed vortex of intemperance that threatened to engulf them. Aaron F. Graham, esq., moved that the proceedings of the day be published in the Charlesi i * J ion papers, wnicn was aaopicn. The meeting then adjourned to the green in front of the Church to partake of a bountiful collation, prepared for the occasion by contribution of several, friendly to the temperance cause. D. D. WILSON, Chm. W. F. Blakrly, } 0 , . Edw. J. Pouter, $ ecic> an Lightning.?Within a circle of a few miles of our town we have been informed of an unprecedented number of instances in which lightning has discharged itself upon the earth, rending trees, killing stock, and occasionally doing damage to houses. But one instance has occurred, however, in which human life has been destroyed in this way, and that has been already noticed. We heard the other day of a gen tleman going oat to look for several missing cows, and found them all dead under a tree, which had been manifestly struck by lightning. Recently we heard of a very singular freak of the electric fluid, which killed on the spot, ten hogs for Capt. J. D. McFaddin, under the followingcircumstances. They were passing along a small track, such as hogs make, at a consid erable distance from each other, eight of the number being within thirty yards of the tree upon which the fluid descended, another was at about the distance of forty yards, and the last, at least seventy yards off and in a path making from the one in which the others had fallen. This 6eems to have been done by one discharge, the fluid choosing to pursue the earth, rather than enter the ground, and to deflect from the original path which it had taken. We have often 6een small spots of growing crops killed by lightning, but we never before heard of half an acre destroyed, which we have been informed upon undoubted authority, is the fact on the plantation of Mr. J. H. Montgomer}', a few miles below this place. A -l _ e j r?lt Stream ui eieuiuuuy, a tew unyn suite, ich upon one of his cotton fields and destroyed at least half an acre of the weed, a6 above stated. Another gentleman had a horse and mule killed in his stables, the lightning striking a tree first a little distance off*. In our town, we have been informed, a chicken was killed by the flaid just below the door of a house, the house itself being untouched and without condoctors. We record these things as matters of interest to us all, and in order that facts may be laid bofore the public in regard to a subtle and of ten destructive fluid, whose habitudes (so to speak) are still in some respects involved in mystery.? Sumter Banner. Railroad across Florida.?The Jacksonville News says that the Company having this important work in charge have already made arrangements which injure the construction or the Southern Fork of the Road terminating either at Tampa or Charlotte Harbor. The News thinks that until a full sorvey has been .made of these harbors, end of the routes leading to them, the choice cannot be settled but the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, promptly accecded to the request oFthe Company, to cause reconnoissance^ to be made, and that it will be executed at an early day. . A Civil Engineer fn the employ of the Corn- j pany has been for some time past, engaged in a general examination of the shores and waters of Tampa. , ? . 1 v. The cholera-bos made its appearance at Elisabeth City, N. C. Five deaths have occurred in one femily, and eight deaths ia all. No mw cases sinco Friday i last ' , New five franc pioccs will soon be put ip circulation bearing,the head of Napoleon HI., and on the reversei "Empire FranCcia." They will also bear' the'impeHal crown and mantle, an eagle with spread wings, and the band of justice of Charlemagne, with "Dieu protege l? Ffanw." i * ? . < ?u ' -1 V<\ - ^ *** 1*" ''t f<'^ ' '.ti' ..:?, - ; ?. .? :. '; . -; . ...i C|e Cantben Hiffhlt) Jonrnnl. Tuesday, August 29, 1854. THO. J. WARREN, Editor. Errata. In our letter published last week, our printer made us call Mr. Brown, the artist at Greenville, "Mr, Brame," and the proprietor of the Paris Mountain House is called "Dr. Hill," in place of Dr. Hillhouse. The Branch Bank Still seems to be nn object of no small attraction on the part of our Sumter friends of the Watchman and Banner. Their editorials in answer to ours have appeared so long ago that it seems very late for us to reply. We deem it important that they should be met at every point, and absence from home, has alone prevented an earlier reply. As a meeting of the citizen* of Sumter is to be held inSumtorvilleon next Monday: wo prefer waiting uutil we hear from that before wc say any thing more upon the subject Wo embrace promptly this occasion to assure, oui friend of the Watchman that bis note, explanatory ol o Anrtoin romftrlr in hia rxmpr nf thfl il.li inflt. ia nKnn, dantly satisfactory, and relieves the article entirely ol the absurdity and. misapplication which one would naturally assign to it, in its present ahape. "We have not a particle of unkindness in our heart towards our Sumter friends in this matter, but we think there ia such a thing as one's being too amiable, and yielding their rights without due resistance. Now we must assure our friends in Sumter, and elsewhere, that we intend to resist at all hazzards this absolute and positive innovation upon our righis, come from what source it may, or in whatever shape it may be presented?as honest, honorable men they cannot blame us, if they do it will make no difference, we intend to meet them upon their own ground if need be, and we expect to be successful. There is nothing like being right, for it is Shakspearo who says, "Thrice is Tie armed, who has his quarrel just." We are fighting like Nicholas, of Russia, on the defensire, and like him we expect to tug it out, and finally to be successful. Williams ton's Spring. "We have recently passed a few clays very pleasantly at this place, which has been crowded this season with visitors, many of whom givo it the preference over Chick's. One thing is certain?the water is as pleasant and palatable as any wo have ever tasted, and iis analysis shows it very desirable to those predisposed to or troubled by dyspepsia, being in the order of ten parts of the sulphate of magnesia to nine of soda, two carbonate of iron, one muriate ot lime, with a slight trace of iodino. As this Spring has been but recently discovered, (only known for the last two or three years,) it is of course an experiment, which doubtless a year or two henco will prove successful. The accommodations, as yet, are not sufficient for the number of visitors. Another season, however, there will be no reason for complaint on this score, as Mr. Cobb, of the Williaraston Hotel, speaks of adding one hundred rooms to his present arrangements, which will afford him additional means for the entertainment of a large number of visitors. We beg to acknowledge our obligations to Mr. Cobb for his kindness aud hospitality during our brief 60journ at Williamston. We met with many warm and generous friends during our tour in the up country of our dear old Carolina. Our trin him been a nlnnsnnfc one and we have formed, and renewed, many pleasant and valuable acquaintances which, of themselves, would amply repay us for any inconvenience or trouble to which wo might have been subjected. "Wherever we went we saw some familiar face whose pleasant smile we could readily recognise, and the extended hand of many a friend was grasped with cordial pleasure. We might particularize, but such discriminations, unless they could bo named incidental^', would bo invidious, besides leaving ourselves open to the charge of disgusting toadyism and gossip which no gentleman ought, or will, indulge in; for in our judgment if there is any one thing which gives a man the pre-eminence and the unquestionable right to the title of the very Prince of blackguards it is dealing in that offensive personal slang and contemptible sycophancy which notes the meeting of every distinguished and titled personage, retail tho privato conversations had with other gentlemcD, and deal out with studied particularity, every word uttered by this one or the othor, and taking great caro never to omit tho important personage of I, or we. Janney'B Hotel. We have recently visited our old and esteemed friend Janney, and found him, as usual, the same open, warm hearted, cheerful and obliging landlord. Tho fact is we never expect to And, go where we may, a more polite and clever host; and we cannot but be selflish enough to regret that he contemplates at a?y early day, leaving this Hotel, where he has been successful in making money, and establishing a reputation which is better, and will follow him wherever his future lot may be cast. Our best wishes attend him, wherever he may journey, his industry and energy entitles him to large success. A friend has often remarked to us> the first element of success is to deserve it?wo know Mr. Janney deserves success, and we believe ho will * mu . TTA IT/Mt/lni* uavc 1U 1U0 illtoi 19 IU UU 9UIVA UQ4V AI.VUU4J* Godey's Lady's Book. The September number bos been on our table for several days, aud a capital number it is. The fashion plate is beautifully engraved and colored, and the usual number of embellishments adorn its pages. The table of contents is inferior to neno of its predecessors. Yellow Fever In Charleston. I Rumors are prevalent with us that the Yellow Fever is prevailing in Charleston to an alarming extent, and that numbere of the citizens are leaving the city. We have nothing directly from any of our friends residing there, and the following is about all the information upon the subject which we are able to gather from-the papers. From the Mercury of Wednesday. Health of the City.?We publish this morning an important report from the city Register, containing a full enumeration of all the cases of Yellow Fever that have occurred during the months of July and August, among the shipping and in the city. It is our answer to those who, after a diiligent inquiry, have' not been able to hear of a case. H is our answer to those in the interior towns who have given ear to malicious reports of the health of Charleston; and it is also our answer to those who have earnestly and, alas, effectually, opposed the enaotment of a proper quarantine law. That the cases which ipive occurred are all to be traced to the shipping and to foreign importation, we have no more doubt thai* that the daylight is traceable ta the sun, and we hope it will not require another les&m to enforce opon us a little practical wisdom. As yet there is no evidence that the city is infected, but there is good reason to call Upon the Board of Health to use their best endea vors to prevent the spread of disease from the shipping to the inhabitants of the city. From the Mercury of Saturday. Health of the Citv.?The latest intelligence from Savannah has both distressed and surprised us. The mortality is far greater then has ever before marked the disease, either in that city or in Charleston, and indicates a malignant type more like that of the Southwest , last year, than like the ordinary form ofYellow Fever. It seems also to have spread through ( Savannah with extraordinary rapidity. In Charleston, the Fever has, so far, been distinguished rather by the opposite characteristics. We have never known it to make so slow progress, after getting a foothold in ' I the city. Even now the great majority of the coses are from the shipping, and where medical advice has been had in season, there have been very few cases, and not a single death, among residents who were natives of the United Stales. With sailors, and also with the 1 Foreign population, the great cause of futality ' is that they neglect the disease in its first sta1 ges, and very often the physician is only called in on the second or third day. With the present type of the Fever in Charleston, taken ' in the commencement, we feel warranted iu ' saying there is little danger to life. r It does not appear to us that, as yet, we have cause to consider the Yellow Fever as ep1 itleinic in the city. In the shipping it is cer tainly so, and a small number of cases have > occurred with clerks and others whose business ' especially exposed them to the atmosphere of > the" infected vessels. Scattered .cases among i the resident population in the eastern part of the city, cannot be ascribed to such exposure perhaps, because we cannot trace their history But there are sufficient indications of a grad* - ual progress towards f\\ epidemic prevalence of the Fever, to enforce upon the Board of Health and the City Authorities the duty of i using all the means in their power, not onl; to ameliorate the condition of the sick, but to check the advance of disease. If we have been criminally neglectful in allowing the introduction of the pest into our harbor, let us not add to the causes of self-reproach, that we haye slothfully folded our arms when the enemy had effected his lauding. For the Camden Journal. Worthy of Imitaliou. Mr. Editor^-The following, which is taken fmrn the Charleston Courier of the 19th inst., is credituble indeed to the Town Council of Yorkville: "The Town Council of Yorkville having been called upon to grant licenses, and being indispoted to act themselves in the premises, called upon the citizens to determine the grave ques- i tion by vote. They responded promptly to the j call, and the following is the result: 119 votes taken. No license 66, license 53." There is uo doubt that if the same course was pursued by the municipal bodies through* out the State, a better state of things would be brought about; the law has not made it an imperative duty to grant licenses, it is discretionary even when all the conditions are complied with, and those who are in favor of the license, , system are always ready to exclaim against i the Opponents that they wish to control affairs and resist the will of the people ; let the example of the Town Council of Yorkville bo followed, and the question will then be finally settied, by the people. o. p. a , ?* ?? Pbksidknt Piehce.?The Washington correspondent of the New York Journal of Commerce says of President Pierce : ' His civil achievements since his accession to the Presidency have been more important and more glorious, and more conducive to the 1 welfare of the country, than would be a hundred victories by land and sea. The treaties 1 which he has already made with foreign pow- j ers are peaceful triumphs, greatly augmenting the strencth, and prosperity, and glory of the i country." 1 ' ? ? Drath oe Jodge Huger.?The Hon. Dan. 1 iel Elliott Huger departed this life yesterday. , at his residence on Sullivan's Island, at the age ' 1 of seventy-five. The people of South Carolina will hear the ; announcement of the* death of this distinguish- . ed and revered citizen, with universal regret, i For nearly half a century he has been, the grea- 1 ter portion of the time, identified with the pub- 1 lie service of the State, as a Member ol the Le- ] gisluture, a Judge, a State Senator, and finally ] a member of the U. S. Senate, in all which po- I sitions he has never failed to command the most 1 perfect confidence in his integrity and high devotion to his State. In courtesy and dignity of manners, in chivalrous honor, and in perfect j truthfulness of character, Judge Huger was a i model of a South. Carolina gentleman. In the faithful discharge of all his duties and in the abundant charities of his life, he was the model of a good citizen and a true Christian. Peace and honored remembrance rest upon his grave Charleston Mecury. Tiie next Hoo Chop ot Kentucky.?In the Courier Thursday we published a full table of the assessment of six months old hogs i last year, and the returns front D3 counties this year. By this estimate it appears there is an j increase this year of 285,742 hogs in the above ( counties, over the entire estimate of last year j and eight or nine counties yet to be heard i from which will further increase the excess.? The excessive drought which prevails through- i out the greater portion of Kentucky will ex- J ert much influence upon the hog market as ' corn will be both scarce and high, and it is fair | to presume that the hogs will not come to the i hooks as large and fat as heretofore. In fact I we learn that many persons in the interior have turned their hogs out, and abondoned all j attempts to fatten them for slaughter. Louisville Courier. Extent o? Russia.?Russia is the greatest unbroken empire for extent that ever existed? occupying vast regions of Europe and Asia, and nearly one-sixm ot me naoitanie gione. it is forty-one times the size of France, and ane f hundred and thirty-eight times that of Eng- j land. Yet it was too small for the Emperor ( Alexander, who is reported to have said: " I ] insist upon having the Baltic to skate ttpon, the Caspian for a bathing place, the Black Sea for ! a wash-hand basin and the North Pacific Ocean ] as a fish-pdnd." He enoroached on -Tartary for a pasture; on Persia and Georgia for a* j YineyaTd; -on Turkey for & garden ; on Poland , for a farm? on Finlandftnd'Lapiandforahunting-ground, and took a part of North Ameri- ] ca as a place of banishment for offenders," ( : ' - *' . ...: Tka.?The China correspondent of the Now York Times says: "You: will get but a'moderate supply of * tea this year, and you will jpajtlt muck.of it, for stran- i ger things have happened than that the tea forms of China should bo waste places in another year. The ] general trade of the country is so broken up that noth- , ing but money can bo used for any commercial pur- . pose. The green tea districts of Hwy-Chow would bo the battle field of tho Tartars and Chinese, if the latter , were driven back on Nanking; the Kingyong country is already the theatre of a predatory war, and doubt 1 and difficulty hang over and encompass us on every side." - ' I The Cuba Question-?Mr. Sonle, crar Minister at Madrid, writes to the State DeDartmeBt that there' is I no prospeot of our being able to purelmse Cuba of Kspartoro, or obtaining, on amicable settlement of.Uie Cuba difficulties, unless be is backed by strong met 1 sures at the' seat of his government He also stated < his belief that the reign of the Queen of Spam will be brief, and that a Republican form of government will be established. . , r : ' Gov. Manning.?His Excellency Gov. Manning arrived in town on Thursday afternoon last, from Lime- ' stone Springs, accompanied by Col. B. T. Watts, and departed on Friday morning for Greenville, S. G. We are pleased to s'ate that his Excellency's health has been much improved.?Spartanburg Express 19ft. ' Singular Telegraph Phenomenon.?We ffnd the subjoined in the Augusta Chronicle <k Sentinel of yesterday: i " Telegrapii Office, Monday, P. M ?Mr. Editor: , About four o'clock this afternoon, we were visited with. ; a rare freak of electricity. A ball of fire entered the , office by the Charleston wires, scorching papers, 4a, and burning a hole through a brass plate nearly half an inch thick. It was accompanied by a sharp report 1 not unliko that of a pistol in a closed room. Hod not 1 the precaution been taken but a few minutes previous to disconnect our instruments would have been steri- : o'usly damaged. Yours, Ac. 1 rrr r\ n a TjpL'vj'l'gP n 1 TT V. VAiUluiAUM ;; . 1 Tho Grand Jury of the U. S. Court for the district } of North Carolina, have presented tho State of Massachusetts'as a nuisance for a want of alacrity in ear- ; rendering fugitivo slaves. The Montreal Herald, one of the oldest and most in- 1 fluential papers in in the British provinces, soouts the dea that Canada is to be "regalized"?in other words erected into a viceroyalty with a prince of the blood i royal to fill the vice-regal throne.' The Herald says: j u If Canada cease to be a oolony she will become a i republic?whether as a member of the United States i confederation or not, must depend upon events overi . which she has no control." Prejudice against Color in. the Canadas.?The hotel keepers in Canada exclude negroes from their omnibuses, which has excited the indignation of the colored citizens of St. Catharines, and the waiters at , tho hotels there held a meeting and-resolved that: " As waiters, at the public hotels of-St. Catharines, we will not continue in the service of our present em- ' ploycrs, unless, in the management of their conveyances, they henceforth treat ourselves and our people | with that respect and civility to which we. are entitled i as men." A destructive flro latoly originated near Roxboro'i ( MnnHlnii nlnAiimotnncaa in)-?nffl i a.| uuuci ciu^uim wiiwuiuowuveg nutvi uiv uvovi iwu as follows: A girl was frying fish; the fat caught fire; ' oil' catne the frying pan; the blazing grease camo in ' contact with a cat; the animal enveloped in flames, ran among some hay in the barn near by ; the barn | was soon burned to the ground, and the dwelling, which also caught fire very narrowly escaped destruction. Accident at tiie Tcnnel.?Wo regret to learn that , an accident occurred at the Tunnel on Tuesday last, by which three persons were more or- less injured.? One of the sufferers had his ann blown off about the ' elbow, which was afterwards amputated; his other j hand was badly mangled, with Ilia loss of two fingers. | The accident occurred in the pit nearest the eastern i end o( the Tunnel, and was caused by a match refusing to burn. Alter two'blasts had been made, the J three workmen descended, when the remaining blast, i took place, with the above effect. | Wo have been unable to ascertain the names of the' | persons injured, and but few of the particulars of the accident?Pickens Courier-. ! Tho St. Paula Pioneer of the 12th inst. oontains an account of a sovere battle between aorae Chippewa ( and Sioux Indiana, near Tellow Medicine River. The 1 Cliippewas started on a war path, hoping to surprise 1 the Sioux and return with their scalps at their belts. 1 They encamped on an open prairie, and the Sioux hav- ( ing notice of it, attacked them in the night and 28 . Cliippewas and a few Sioux were killed. Tho latter 1 took one young squaw prisoner, and Major Murphy, I with a company of soldiers, had started to effect her \ rescue. < | Mr. Soule ant) the revolutionists.?It. is said ( that during tho two or three days of fighting that pre- ( vailed in Madrid, a largo uuinber of tho populace sur- i rounded tho residence of Mr. Soule, the American Minister, and indulged in demonstrations of good feel- 1 ing towards him, and that he responded in a speech, * which was well received. Dr. William Terrill, of Sparta, has given to the I Georgia State University at Athens, $20,000 to endow ji i professorship of Agriculture. In pursuance of the j lonor's wishes, tho Professor of Agriculture is to give i free course of Lectures each year. This is worthy of e ... ? i.i? a aeing copied by some 01 our weauny citizens. Yellow Fever at New Orleans.?Tlio Delta, of ' Friday, says We paid a visit to the Charity Hospital, yesterday afternoon, and found that there had been fi :hirty-five yellow fever deaths frcm 5 o'clock on Sat- q jrday evening up to noon yesterday, and that there lad been an averago of twenty admissions daily. The J patients admitted, the clerk informed us, were p#tct- ^ pally from the Third and Fourth districts. The ship- ?i piug is confined to those portions of the city. In re- s ?ard to cases in private practice, we have heard of sev- .{j aral, but have no reliable information. r The Columbus, Ga., Enquirer, of the 22d inst, says " During the past week our city and the region round about have been visited-with copious and refreshing * showers, which have a decidedly cooling effect upon t the temperature of the atmosphere, and as. far as our f advices have extended, have somewhat improved the r crops, particularly of corn, which wo are now encour- * aged to believe will' be much nearer an average one th 'n was supposed a few weeks since. Cotton is be- r ing somewhat injured by the rust in many places, and < complaints of its shedding are. general. The prevail- t ing opinion is that the yield in this section must ne- . gessarily be materially cut off" . The Chattanooga Advertiser, of the 22d inst., says: \ " Cora is very much improved by the recent rains.? j Wo have met many friends from different sections of . the country, and from them we gather that the crop ' will not be such a failure after all. We have news < also from South Georgia and Alabama, which speak very encouragingly of the prospects. It is very selj'om that' Tenbesse fails in bet corn crop, and although it has suffered much, we are not witbbut hope that the corn will be an average crop." \ Quabbel among Obficehs of the Allies.?A let- 1 ter from Constantinople says a feud has arisen between Prince Napoleon and Marshal St. Arnaud,.on account < sf the PoliBh Legion, of whiph ^rinqe Napoleon is the , jreat advocate, while the Marshal has defeated jg.W . janizattoa oat of deference to Austria. Both pdrtibs bave sent their complaint? to the-Emperor, and it hi t thought the Marshal will be recalled. j The Borniho of Washwotow.?The London Times, 6 in the coarse Of a recent editorial review of the various t naval. invasions chronicled in the world's history, adr j nits that the "success of the British force that dashed j jp the Potomac, landed, and after a quick match, defrayed Washington, and then as speedily beat a re- 4 Mnt AAfi Knavlltf Ka AAnm'^AMw) an offahi nl t /i GOU| vau uaiuij uu waoiuoivu au auwi VI lugnuuaw * warfare, being little more than a piratical and fruftleae ] surprise on an unarmed and unsuspecting population." , rhis is a noteTWcthy oonfessipn. j Johai Phelps, .democrat is je-dected to Congress , rem the sixth district, Missouri, bj' a handsome maority. The 'XiegTslatnre, upon joint ballot," will stand * is follows: Whigs, -63; Demoorals, (anti-Bentoni,) 60; 11 Bentouiens, 40. - s The notorious preacher, styling himself theAngel s 3abriel," has been lodged in jail at Gam bridge, Mai-f n consequenoe of. notqeing ablejfr give,eecurity to ceep the peace. > jj Acceptance of Judge Bbossoe.?Judge Bronson ^ ias at last bbhsented to accept the nomination of the idatAiihtitfe Democracy for -Governor of New York. e The Columbia Times announces the death of Mr. M. * Et'SlngletOft, *6f'Richland District, at Flat Rock, N. v on Friday tho 18th tost & | i < To B8 Hum?We .learn that, two of Mr. Larkin Barmoro's negtoea.bave been sentenced to be hang on Friday, the T4tli of September next, having been found guilty of the murder of Jesse Matiox.?Anderson Gazette. The longest railway In tlje world is said to be the IlHnois Central, which is seven hundred and thirtysne miles in length, and is rapidly approaching conf" ple,i0B-. -v r r! The distinguished* General Harney ha? goce flb Washington, to get leave q! absence lor, a yisiUo JSuv rope, xne Mobile Tribune conjectures that the old warrior wants to inhale the-air of that-belligerent nr. gion. - The Secretary of the Treasury has sanctioned a new ~ pold dollar coin, abbufcto be issued' from the Mint at Philadelphia. It is* about the diameter of a five cent piece, and bears on one.svde'an Indianwith > crown of eagle's feathers, and on the other a wreath surrounding the words "One TOollar." " Madame Bodisco,,tha widow Of th?KIate Baatfap Minister, and two daughters, and McE.Corbett.bfthfc^* English legation at Wasbington,and wife, were among is : the passengers by the Canada, wbldb-idft-Boetafrdirc,, Liverpool on Wednesday. ~ > The New Orleans papers contain Texasctetds eC*WS^**>6th inst. Accounts of Indiap depredationVmtrderr,( 4c. form the bulk of the news. ' f.'. % , . _. A Tho Baltimore Patriot learns from Washington that negotiations are in progress betweenihofltatp;lfr|W*?.>.' ^ ment, Mr. Buchanan, pur minister to Et^iand?aDdiho . ^ Government of Central America, <pr.(lie fall settlement of all the difficulties pending be tweed the respective governments, which negotiations, it is beUev&julli. sventually prove successfhl. ' * ' i: The Millerite delusion is reviving-in Massadirtb!t4s,t**r? if we are to judge by the following firom the Salem G*-. fAtlA* 4*ThA *paL nf ktillAritAA av rirsliYnritfi&ftnlm MmIII tL who hold that Christ will come to Judge the Worh|.be?. ' fore the year 1854 expires, hare made quite a .number af converts and bajrtised them within the; last months. A gentleman who ha# held an " See in our community .within a year tfflWtf HTM jjjpff1 >* tised-onSunday last." . The Millerites now holding a camp In the woods,in Mew Jersey have fixed upohthe^lPth' of May riext when they and the Test-'or mankind Witt laawf this: JU troublous world. " - 4 . W$S^w3t<**, Gex: Scott * Washington coo^Upiondettt of the Baltimore says that a political movement is going on there, the thorough reorganization of the" the running ofGeu. Winfleld Scott fbr President, and Hon. John Bell for Vice PresidSnt at theeleeiktfft? i856 Tlie Splitting Wedge. WjjP**" The London News, in an article on the: iitterminable and "inevitable Czar," and biaubii qui to us intrigues, remarks: "There are ?ome curious tales to be told 6ome djiy abbqt.^^lf* 'v ^ lYutisia nuo 1101 uniy aucmpieu, .w? -mure. in(L bring about a revolution in the United State*), by driving home the splitting wedge of slavery. It may come out soon how the Czar'floats/ 7 over .the hope of making Cuba the cause o f a? 'rt> quarrel which may help him at the eleventh ^ hour." . The News winds up with tlio hope that 'the Americans will refuse to be the tool|%fi?h? " = the Czar." " In this hope there no donbt that thfi will be gratified. Americans Will uetlheg the tools of the Czar nor of the allied powers. But they will do Nicholas the justice bold him responsiblftfor.anyfqnwrel w h!^may? ,i: z jrow oat of Cuba, a8 thecauseofsuch iTqujtf^*^ , rel is quite'as independent of Nicholas as ifhe iad never been born. No-X>?e can fail to be astounded at the cool assurance' of the. New'#"; in insinuating that Russia hA*,attempted^16 * bring ubout a revolution in the United Stales by means of the slavery question. .: if there i^T r id empire on the faceof t^e earth: which has sedulously abstained from interference in Our Inmpfttid. iiictit lit inna it it ttiini*. If, thm iiv mother wbich'haver ceases to agitate the quea^ :ion of American slavery, it is England w hy ? The very expression used by the Nevrs' ' * * ihows ns why. "To bring about * revolution .. in the United States by driving home tlto split-- ' :ing wedge of slavery,". Englnndregardssi*-; ;ery as the "splitting wedge", by which -thisr Union is to be divided; and all hef' aboliupri lemonstration, her Malichester.andExeter" Riftinventions, her feastings of Mfft. Stowe andler patronage of runaway negroes; ;ate *' ftPrx he purpose of "driving hpme the .splitting vedge." - * * Let our countrymen never forget thai fact,' jet them bear in initjd that slavery is believpd a England to be 4he "splitting wedge"lip American Union, and let thejnbe sure^wheiVj-v ver they. read the abolition eloquence^qf. Ijier irators, or. of the deluded American agitators /ho are her tools in this .country, that sheriff; driving home" the wedge which is to sunder. >rever the fairest fabric of free. government pvn which mortal eye ever looked. TV^infe-; t Ie knowledge pf this fact should be enough o ibducs every man who laves the Union* to' iown down this slaveryJagitation, and tg feon- * ign the American moments of British Oftf-' ice to the infamy, .pot the.puiushtofiwL^Lto^. ies and traitors, r There is no doubt that British intermeddling ' vith our institutions, and its obvious ^purptgie?" . ire among the great reasons why America^; eel no sympathy with Great Brita^ja^Ji^t ; (resent war, and on the whole,- vvotild like -to * mtural that Albicans should side with* tfhIred raog^ftJfc affection they have felt&fefcVhe laiTOp thePRtbers has ahva^h been re-. Milwo^l ho ?aM rliorlnin unri wavca fVian fllli <?i suiwu wj WIU uiouuiU| hiiu nwiov ?u?? . England while at peace, has pursued .?4>oliojr towards the United States, *rh"t?bj hi, would indict Juqra iqjurj on.Anaeriof4|* > if the war of the revolution had ended in the- lefeatof the colonies.?Richmond. Dnpalclbr^ .. 1 ^1 '? A DespcrateTlflit 1tHiNlnipp|< A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser, ~ writing from Kemper county,. Mwussijjjftjflfe*^ atea the ftdjowing. " I stopped, at Mr. J^mes Rupert's plantation' tosband, who hadgorte lojUe hat a Mr. Bias had aaojgi * part of Mr ihw jert's land from Mr. . Tjjft" ion?fcfti$i iotne ofthe gentlemen iq the iuspeeling-Bias.of trading with their negwife^ tet a trap for-h im^aad catajhthiro. Hatr/eee* og that 13 i as mu$t leire ^^BC^ baUghithe srop that was growing on tte pfabeito seWre he rent for Mr. Rupert, because he, as Mr. %.? agent, had rented it^xhim. Some wor.hr, tassed between a- Jfrrr Brd^~^d HaHj^jiKra I?H-s porchase otij ; Ue^Sr^Ht na11'' ^h0 ^d . I had not been in thet~liftusa more than;a* our whenHail's hdjae retained wjthnut hhm, ot with the saddle and bridTebrt. xclaimed that her bosbaixi Vaa KWetfj^TOfeti eat out n boy to look for hinw He returned rith Mrs. Hall's father, who W?'witfuHaJf/ ud reported that tbe latter was killed. 'ft ap.