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j From the. New Orleam Delta. - : SLAVERY AJfD THE SLAVE TEASE. * . From the beginning, the South has been the victim of compromises. Ono of the ;V\ " first of theso was incorporated in the Fed* oral Constitution in tlio shape of a pro\ision authorizing Congress, after the year ?*"' 1808, to prohibit the introduction juto the United Stales of any class of persons which ? > it might deem proper to exclude. Expert ; ence soon proved that this, like the Missouri and some other compromises that v might bo named, was a "jug handle" atfuir? 0 nil on one side. The year designated came. : The Congress of those days, like most Congresses of a later period, wero^reat respectoi\s of compromises. The provision we Lave reierrcu 10 was general in its terms, and wade no mention of slavery or tho sli.vo trade; l>ut Congress, having a wise instinct for compromises, was at no loss to discover the specific object covered l?y tho general phraseology of the provision. It did not - : prohibit the importation of blubber-eateis from Nova Zcnibla or cannibals from New Zealand?which it might have done?but it passed severe laws against the introduction of tho natives of Guinea, Congo sind Dahomey, for labor in the Southern State* r.:vv. of the Union. Meantime, .though slavery had existed in all the original Northern Stales, lliey -v * had been very profitably abolishing it, mainly by selling their slaves at high prices to those who could more usefully employ .them in the cultivation of Southern products, until it had little more than a nomi. . nal existence in any of them. This pro?i ? . ?. > oiuiuuu, muiciurt;, uiu iiul miCCl mosc States; their climate, soil, and the nature of their commercial relations called for a different kind of labor; and tliis they abundantly got by tho unrestricted immigration of white laborers in evory department of industry, which has flowed into them continuously from that day to this.? But not so with the South ; from that time to the present she has been stinted iu her labor; the cultivation of her great staples was not adapted to white labor, and the ingress of slave labor being inhibited, she has been set back iu material development j in the proportion of excess of immigration j into the North over what it has been into ' tho South. Tltis appears to us a plain ! -economical proposition ; for labor is wealth, j and the nmouut of labor, eater is paribus, \ depends upon the number of laborers. llow far, then, has the South been thus j ? set back in material prosperity? "We will j Tn 1 M.M tli? nitmliui* nf nni-cnnc i?f I foreign birth in the free Stales was l.SGO,- j 397 ; in the slave Slates, 378,205, showing j the relative increase of the North and South with regard W labor to be as onefifth to foui'-liflhs. Just iu that proportion, then, does it appear that the South has been detrimentally affected by the prohibition of tho slave trade, or (he exclusion of that class of laborers demanded by her institutions, her climate and the nature of her products. It is no wonder, in view of this fact, thai in ibo North the wilderness has been subdued, cities have grown up, canals have been dug, railroads have been built, and every branch of industry has been stimulated into unexampled activity, while in all these respects the South has been comparatively stationary. Where is the explanation of this state of things, but in the fact, that the latter hasbeen^timted in labor by unequal 1/UUCllV VII IUC lit \V of supply and dcmaud? ?i, -\V% Wave mor# than nrtrjra?=^rt ? " political injustice done the S<5ufli in* reducing her baiis of representation, by allowing but three-fifths of her laboring population to enter into the apportionment, whiteno such reduction was imposed upon the North; but her inequality, in an economical and industrial luiint of vi^w in miw.i. quence of the restriction to which her labor has been subjected, lias not been less in fact and has been equally obvious in results. As to the morality of the slave trade, that presents no more dilHculty than the question of slavery itself. One is involved in the other. Slavery must be defended in its integrity?in its origin, in its Mistenlation, in its perpetuity?or its defence should be abandoned. We can sec no other ground for a logical and candid mind.? If it was wrong iu its origin, it is wrong in its perpetuation. But if it was right, 011 the contrary, to introduce it?if good conscquences to both white and black, and to the material interests of tkie country, have flowed from its introduction?tlien it is just and beneficent to nourish, invigorate and perpetuate it. If the latter is the correct view, as it must be to make slavery, defensible, the African slave ceases to be u question of morality, and becomes one solely of expediency; and, therefore, the South has a right to an increase of slave labor as long ;is there is an increasing detnjarwl for.it iim* uo Nnrfli l?.?c .? right to admit nil influx of free laborers to supply her industrial wants. lint the South has been denied the enjoyment of t)li$ tight. Her peculiar labor system has . not hud room for healthy development, and - the scarcity of Blave labor, as tho editor of ili 6. Charleston Standard well observes in a aeries of ldblo articles, has been one of the *reat;evils of slavery at tho South, though jjy.no means a necessary evil. Its scarcity r. 'Vyfr' Iti^MiJip^Vcnted its diffusion, while, if more every white man of the South, ; '" .- 3- iq4.Ul?triou8 and provident, niiirht , "hay^lield the relation of slavelioMvr. "As . it ia,--there are too many non-sluvuholders ji ^Wa Soutij ; there are too many large I slaveholder; and the institution needs lo .i^jb^^itahiiitated liy a diftusion amongst a ' The measure of slave Cgxempjii^pi pa which we have heretofore would go far towards alfurding a , ,'i^rffwiy; but if no restriction up??n Souih^i en n,PwtH't the oc* ^^Hg|3|&ou for the uieasuae would not have lallcr is true to herself and trim to truth. It' she has faith in 1 or Cause, she unist conquer, no matter what isms and what adversaries are arrayed against her. We believe lier philosophy i? gaining adherents even in the Noith, in spite of the raving of the Tribune and the Bheers of the Herald. What is it to the solid men of Huston or to the bulls and bears of Wall street, if the King of Dahomey furnishes a contingent oceasionally to aid in the cultivation of Southern cotton and sugar, or to mv; iiynciiiiurai regeneration of Central America? Docs it take any .cash from their pockets? Not a sou. l>oes it furnish them a larger basis for speculation, ami thereby put more money in their pockets? Unquestionably it does. Have they any philauthiopy outside of their pockets? ? Most emphatically not. But granting they have a particle of philanthropy outside of tlioFe sacred repositories,.is it not better that His sable Majesty of Dahomey should drive a profitably trade with South Carolina, Louisiana. Niearamui or t , ' o "" " in the article of niggers," than ho periodically forced to the alternative of eating a thousand or ho of his countrymen or sacrificing theni to Fetich 1 Of course it isj and therefore both interest and humanity plead in behalf of a direct trade with the Kingdom of Dahomey. Let the solid men and the philantinopists put these thing in their pipes and smoke at leisure. THE POLICE AND FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH. , The introduction of the Police and Fire Alarm Telegraph in Philadelphia, has J proved not only a convenience to the pub- I lie, but a great auxiliary to the authorities in suppressing riots and rows, and enforcmg the city ordinances generally. HieknelPs Keporter, published in 1 'hiladclphia, speak- J ing of tlits telegraph ami its great convenience, says :?Charleston Mercury. "There arc two distinct sols of wires, spreading all over tlio city. The first is tlic police telegraph, connecting tlio various police stations with the central office. The instrument is the most complete in use, ami yet so simple that a child can be taught to operate with it in a few minutes; and it is used for all kinds of business connected with the police. The fire alarm telegraph is entirely distinct from the police, consisting of a number of wires radiating from the central ofiice, and connecting with the alarm stations distributed throughout the city, at a distance of two or three squares apart. The apparatus in these stations is so arranged that llio simple pushing of a button from right to left sets it in motion, and the precise locality of lh?> tiro i? innc. milled with unerring certainty to the | uaiti or central station, from which it is cnmmunicatcd instantly to all the stations in the city. " I5y the police telegraph, tlie Mayor can issue his orders to any part of the city, assemble his ollicers at any point at the shortest notice, or receivo information of riots, accidents, fires, or any other cause needing his attention, without the delay of sending a special messenger. Jty it the coroner is summoned to all parts of the city, at a great saving of time and expense, and often in cases where such time is valuable. By it the police of one district can notify their comrades of another to be 011 their guard against parties going from one to the other, and a general understanding on every particular subject can be had at a moment's TiOtirer * "Through the telegraph, strayed and time w*e entered. the office tiie operatives were engaged at their instruments; one was transmitting to the various wards that a horse had been stolen, and giving a dedescription by which he might be identified; a second was receiving an account of a man falling dead, and requiring the presence of the coroner; the third was asking a description of a lost child at one of the stations, while the mother was anxiously waiting the result of his inquiries. The description of the boy was in accordance with that given by the mother, an>l when satisfied that it was her darling boy, she hurried away to claim him." />..?/? ? - jjuuvvn ? !.icenmon.? \v e wore favored last evening l>y a call from Mods. (Joilard, tlie great ;erouaut, who visits Charleston with a view to an ascension in his balloon, if sufficient encouragements are offered. Ho will he able to complete his arrangements in about two weeks, and if he concludes to iniike the ascension, the public will be duly notified of the fact in the public journals. Mens. Godard is too well known to require that much should be said about him. lie has lately been in Philadelphia, when many members of the Press amused themselves by joining him in his excursions, and they have given such minute accounts of their experience, that the untravelled public arc almost as well acquainted - ? ... - - ...... .. .k.i i.ivii;;iiion as wiin tlie navigation of the soa in ships. It is mentioned of one of liis voyages from New Orleans, tliat lie started at six oVlork in tlie afternoon, took supper at an inlermedi ite town where he staid ail hour, and arrived at Vicksburg, more than 150 miles, ahont three o'clock in tin* morning, liis balloon has a capacity of 3G,000 cubic feet of gas, and will easily carry seven persons, lie proposes, however, to go up here on horseback, which it is to be supposed w ill defeat some at least of our adventurous citizens of the opportunity which they else might have of going with him.?Charleston Standard. Kersey Goods at the South.?The Mobile Tribune, of a late date, riivr ? " At Ilankstown, in Choctaw county, Miss., a cotton factory was established a few years ago, which, owing to improper management and want of good operatives, instead of yielding a profit, did not for several years even pay expenses. Under these discouraging circumstances, the company effected an arrangement with an experienced business firm, who took the directing management of the concern. In addition to Osna burg?, they induced the company to manufacture Kersey goods. Since that time the hii.smcKs has rapidly improved?the goods j llMVA AlilninA/1 II-?' * .......uii reputation, and tlie Kerseys, particularly, nrc acknowledged to l?e superior to anything of the kind ever sold in this country. The demand now is greater tiian the supply, and the profits may lio estimated by the result of hist year's business, which showed a net profit of $22,000. This, from a capital of $60,000, which we iiavo been informed is the sum invested, amounts to a gain of over thirty-six per cenL Willi such an example before us, is it not .u>|'(?iNug umiwie oqiuii Have so long depended oti the worth for no inferior articlo offcegrO cUrtWngP f' - - '..r. - | ABBEVILLE BANNER. WILLIAM O. DAVIS EDITOR. 1 THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. 27,1856. ( EXCUSATORY. 1 The indisposition of tlie Editor will ac- 1 count for the meagre display of editorial ( in this issue of tlie 'Banner. We have done r tliQ best wo could under tlio circuniPtances; 1 but several things which should have been c attended to, will have to lie over until next J week, by which time we hope the Editor will be able to resume his duties.?Pub. ^ "JUSTICE." 1 We direct the attention of our readers to * the communication of "Justice," in this is- | sue; and would hero take occasion to say j that the omission referred to, was entirely j unintentional on our part. 1 THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE > ITas been received, but owing to its s length, we arc compelled to defer its publi- * cation until next week. j THE LEGISLATURE. J This body convened in Columbia, in tic- | cordanee with the Constitution, on Monday last. As yet, uothing of interest has trans- ( I pircd. We shall endeavor to keep our rea- . ders posted upon the sayings and doings of this body. * FORT CHARLOTTE TRACT. \ We are requested to call tlie attention of , persons desiring land, to the change of j Terms of Sale of this tract, belonging to t Dr. Natiiamkl IIarius, by the Commis- 1 sioner in Equity. ABBEVILLE DIVISION. The visitors and members of Abbeville 1 Division, No. 4, Sons of Temperance, arc earnestly and respectfully invited to attend 'j the regular Meeting of the Division on s Wednesday, the 3d pros., when a Lecture ' will be delivered by Dr. Andrew Paii,. NOTICE TO PEW-HOLDERS. Pew-holders in the Presbyterian Church f ! in the Village, are requested to meet in the s | Church on Friday morning next, at 11 ! o'clock, A. M., when the propriety of de- ' I ?rl:mnnr t|?. lWu f..- : - ' I - o * "" wnww, Will | ^ be submitted fur consideration. A full < meeting is desired. GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. Tlic December number of this superb j Magazine Ins been received. (Jodev is so t well known, tliat it is useless fur us to say t anything in favor of liis ljook. JTc is ma- 1 king great preparations fur 18o7 ; and I those who wuuhl not miss a treat, should : 1 r send on their threw dollars for the next volume. Address?L. A. Godey, l'hihi- < delphia, Pa. ' ? ? m AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGES. The JS&tfh?fliftdTina. Agriculturist and I The Farmer and Planter.?The current numbers of these valuable agricultural ?uiitulies are ucjiotc us, iunr?i,Ms unum, nni? | entertaining and instructive rending. ' T1.? V. 'i'1 ~ i uiKy i ur/iuT.? una is p work which made its first appearance on our ta? ( blc last week, requesting us to exchange? a request with which we very readily comply. It is published in Louisville, Ky., and is an able work of its kind. Allow us to make a suggestion as to how would be a good way for our farmers to spend five dollars: Send two dollars to the Abbeville Banner ; one dollar to the South Carolina Agriculturist, Columbia, S. C.; one dollar to The Farmer and Planter, Pendleton, S. C., and one dollar to The Valley Fanner, Louisville, Ivy., which will furnish tliein with an abundance | of valuable reading, and enable them to pass off their leisure moments pleasantly ami profitably. We think it a good investment. Try it. f HOW. r. W. PICKENS. 1 It will be 6cen from tlio folio wins: card, 1 t which appeared in the Charleston Mercury, ^ that Hon. F. W. Pickens declines to allow , the use of his nnmc as a candidate for the 1 office of Governor: Edoewood, 22d Nov., 1856. ' To Ihe Editors of the Mercury : ' Gentlemen: Froin letters and communications made to me, I am induced to believe there is a serious determination, from * those who arc responsible, to run my name I for Governor before the Legislature about ' to assemble. I return my sincere thanks * for the kindness and distinction proposed ; , but as there is every rrospect, at present, of ' a comparatively quiet political time, for a { few years at least, I most resj?ectfully de * chno the use of my name. Under other 1 circumstances, I should not refuse to take 1 any responsibility that friends might call upon mo to assume. I make this ccmmu- ' nication, as I cannot be present at the first < meeting of the Legislature. I have the 1 honor to bo, most respectfully, your obedi- f cnt servant, 1 F. W. PICKENS. i ^ ? 1 bpw fuytt wwu"tnin?w aiajOT WVA1 AJUOTXtiiD. [ The Carolina Times, in a late issue, ' warns tlic public of counterfeit quarter dol- I lars, which have recently been put in circu- ( lation. We now have a description, from ? the Atlanta (Qa.) Republican, of a new f counterfeit Ten Dollar Bill on the Bank of * Georgetown, S. C. Both counterfeits are said to be well executed, and the counterfeiters ought to be M done up" iu the same ? "tyle. ^ ? I I 44 We are indebted to Mr. J. R. Crew, s Ticket Agent for the several Railroads at a this place, for a doseription of a new coun- fa lerfeit Ten Dollar Bill on the Bank of il Georgetown. It is evidently a new coun- h terfeit from the old plate, with some very a iiiinuriniib improvement*, andis well cal- Is euliited io deceive the unsuspecting. The *1 old counterfeit of tliis denomination are si well executed, butJtie fllling U badly done, o and tliev aro?igt?ed IVL; lleKajr, Caab-Jll ami .is SOUTH CAROLINA INSTITUTE FAIR. We sco by tlio Charleston papers, llint his interesting occasion has attracted a ;oodly number Of visitors to the " Queen Jity." The array of articles 011 exhibition, 4 large and attractive?embracing an al nost endless variety. We present our realers with short notices of two or three iovcI inventions. The first is a lock, the itility of which will recommend it to gent "r - " ? ;r;n use. o copy irom the Evening Vctos: "Mr. C. Y. ltichardsoii,locksmith,of tliis lity, exhibits a ease of articles in liis line, vliich compares favorably with anything of he kind in this country. The selection :onsists, in part, of a Magazine Lock, Trip Jell, and Newell's celebrated l'arautopie iaiik Lock. This is one of the most perect combinations of mechanical skill ever iresented to the public, possessing all the equisites fur perfect security against burglars, and the improvements introduced vithin the last three years, prevent the posibility of its t?<'ttinir out ofor(h>r. It. is sn? leptible of millions of changes, or different vays of locking. 1 >y simply changing the )osition of ihe hits in iho key, an entire lew lo';k is formed, thereby im.king it perectlv secure against even the maker of tho ock himself." The second is an invention of Mr. Lb jaue, showing u new use to which cotton nay he applied. Here it is: M Mr. J. M. Legare, of Aiken, sends a it mid, rustic chair, table, Emperor Adrian's Jabinet, picture frame, library screen, etc., .vhich he made of cotton, to imitate carved ivood work, by subjecting it to a chemical >rocess. It is an invention of his own, en- ! .irely new, for which he has received a pa- ! Pill. In its ' l"""' I -1?,:l~ ...w .? .VJ I'liuut <lll?l UUUUIC, uul may be moulded, if desired, but with till greater facility may be wotked up by land without moulds. When dry it is noderatcly elastic, is not effected by beat, sold or moisture, and possesses a hardness md tenacity beyond the hardest wood.? These articles arc certainly great curiosities, iu?l will well repay a careful examination ?V all who visits the fair." The third is a rare specimen of female ngenuity. "Much attention was attracted by two rallies of Ituttertlics of various colors and ii/.es, collected and arranged in figures, by Mrs. (ironing, of this city. This is certainly the practical demonstration of a very iniquc and perfectly original idea, and will veil lepay the curious for the trouble of a :areful and critical examination." written foiitiie aiu!hvll.i.e banner. AN OMISSION. Mr. Editor:?I sou by your last issue, bat you have entirely omitted to mention he name of Mrs. Samckl IIkii>, the eslimajle lady of Samukl litem, Es?p, among the ist of those to whom premiums were warded at the late Fair at Columbia.? L'his lady sent dowi. a piece of I domestic Carpeting of her own manufacture, for kvhich she received a Silver Cup. . Of. course the. omission was inadvertent >n your part. JUSTICE. gg/~ Will the Press and Tclcscopc copy? Cauqlil Hint.?The plea of insntiitv has r?....tvU..i .? rcouiuirei to go unwmpi uf justice, but the design to ride the same liobby failed in a recent case in this vtlhurc rs " l through tlic cutcness of a medical committee. As the facts come to our ears they are these: Hugh Holt, indicted for horsestealing, was imprisoned till Court, i hiring this time lie acted out insanity, and | Jemeaued himself more like a brute than a j I)uman being. This gave plausibility to the story. The Solicitor, J. I'. lleid, Esq., ; is up to all such dodges, and resists the |>ulling of wool over his eyes. He therefore sent a competent medical board to make a survey of the wrecked mind. After talking with the unfortunate lunatic, ntd hearing his incoherent gibberish, with i wink and a nod to each other, they gave tudiblc expression to their opinion that his was a hopeless case of '* mind diseased," uid duty required them to report him lit jnly for the rigors of the Lunatic Asylum I ?uic terrors of which wore expatiated I ipon with no dull fancy. The description t jiven of the place, to which they were imwil- j ing to send any being wearing the huniiiti "oun, conjured up tortures and torments, in lie attcnt ears of Holt, little short of the in ernal regions, and, operated upon by his ears, he exclaimed, "Gentlemen, I swear I'm 10 more crazy than you are!" They assured iim of their concurrence in this opinion ; uid, after trial, ho was duly convicted of ho crime of horse-stealing.? Carolina S'partan. An Im^wrtant Movement.?The papers >f tho Northern States arc discussing the propriety of the courso pursued by the lead of the Patent Office, who has recently ute<! out a vessel and dispatched her oil a ro\*age to procure sugar-cane cuttings, seeds, uid new varieties of grains and graXRes for listrihution, and the authority to sustain he enterprise is demanded, because they egard, it an unauthorized expenditure of lie public treasure. The following, we presume is regarded >y mo lienri of the pHtent Office as suffisient authority to warrant the undertaking, ind we arc pleased to learn that lie has icted promptly, because the results will be ucalculable in value to the Soulh. Not bo vith the sterile and barren wastes of the ^ew England States, where granite and gooseberries are tbo products of the soil, iut to the authority which was regularly mssed :?Carolina Tunes. "Mr. Ilolloway, of Indiana, from the Committee of Agriculture, proposed to inirease the annual appropriation by Congress or 6oed?, cuttings, new varieties of grains ind grasses, to l>e distributed by the Patent office, up to $75,000." The Slave Trade.?The Southern papers alk of re-opcninjr the foreign slave trade. tlioiiM I- ? omuii ihj mo chw, we aiiaii expect to ce a general illumination in Boston. It is notorious fact, that the African slave ratio has been, Is now, and in all probabilly always will be, carried on by Northern and*. The vessels engaged in that trado re bttilt and owned in New York and New jugland, and are manned mostly by New '.hglanders. It would seem /> little inconstant tliat Abolitionists should be ip favor . f tlie slave trade, with all the Ijorrdra of ' le middle passage, but the inconsistency , not real. Revive the slave trade, "and i loy enlarge the splicro of their commercial THE LILLIPUTIAN MUSICIANS. Tlio South Carolina Iustituluto Hull has bceii constantly crowded to witness the astonishinir performances of fivo liltlo negro boys, belonging to Col. J. II. Richardson, n wealthy Carolina planter, residing in Smiiter District. As soon as it was known that these boys would perforin, and this liberal gentleman had placed them in the hands of the Directors of the Institution for exhibition, and that without consideration, simply wmi a view 10 me uenent 01 me institution, and as an incentive to our slaveholders to follow up and develop anollier resource we have at liomo, the crowd poured into the llall, and over live hundred tickets more were sold the first night than upon the first night of last year's Fair. Tlie interest evinced by all who have have heard tlieso prodigies, has induced us to present to our readers, this morning, a shoit history of tlie lads. Kohiu, the eldest, and the leader of the " Hand," is just l.'J years old, and we should judge, of pure African deseent. At a very early age, he exhibited his fondness for music, l>y making coin-stalk fiddles, peach and switch hows, and fiutes of the common reed. His next step was the manufacture of a rude violin, using a cypress shingle, and horse hair strings; the bass string was a piece of waxed twine. At this time, a gentleman of Charleston, a friend of Col. Richardson, induced him to send ltobin to the city, to receive proper musical instruction. In four months he performed well upon the violin, and understood his notes: had been kindly taught also, by the gentleman just alluded to, to read a little. On his return to his master's plantatation, he took charge of another boy, Sanders, the second of the band, and gave him a fiddle and bow, taught him the notes, and in one month he could play very well. Sanders commenced learning the Utile last summer. After teaching Sanders to to play upon the violin, Robin took several other boys under his instruction, but could not succeed in teaching them. Edward and Henry were next placed iu his charge. I'M ward is nine years and Henry eight. Their progress was very slow, and they were accordingly placed under the tuition of an experienced music master iu the city ; but, after a trial of two months, he gave them up, and snid nothing could l?e done with them. They returned to Kobin last February. Kdward now plays well upon the violin, and Kobin taught him the guitar in one month. Henry also performs well upon the violin. Kobin taught him the notes. March, the vomiwsl nf ilm ltnn.1 5- n??i r J o ? - v,,v " *J ,M/" yet 8 years old, ami is now learning llie violin, hnl does not play. His performance with the triangle is admirable. Uobiu, the eldest and most prominent character, took lip the (Jornet-a-piston last summer. He is in every respect an uncommon boy, possessing eel tain traits of [ character that are very remarkable. His habits and disposition are those of the uncivilised African, and every action is in character. llenry, we have just remarked, is about eight years of age. He is a half brother of Kobin. No human being can control -trirfr'trtft his master, Col. lliclnirdson. Sanders is of a mild and gentle disposition, very submissive to his master, but never succumbs to one of his own race.? Sanders picked last December, when the cotton, as is well known to all planters, is | rpiite light, one hundred and titty pounds a nay. iie is cousiUeieO a prime boy with the hoe. ! I ? ? .... v^oi. iiicnanison will receive, as lie riolily deserves, not only tlie tlianks of the Directors of tlie Iustil 11(0, for his liberality in placing litis " Lilliputian Hand" at their dis position, lint that of the community at large, for thus developing another resource of great pleasure and usefulness, which the South has so long neglected, and for which they have often to pay heavily to undeserving foreigners.? Charleston Mercury. A lienwrkuhlc Man.?< Mir city contains at present one of the most remarkable men . 1- ' uiiii we nave seen lur :i long tunc. Jle js over 104 years of aire, ami his mind does not appear to lie the least impaired, as lie converses freely upon the different subjects, more especially of our revolution, in which he figured extensively. His name is John Shenandoah O'Brien. lie is half Indian, huge and well proportioned, possessed of a robust and powerful constitution. Jle participated in the battles of Brandy wine, Vork, Trenton and (iermantown, and in the former he received a severe bayonet wound, the marks of which are visible on his breast. The united tribes of Stockbridge and Brotliertown were led by him into the Held under the command of Gen. Brown.? Wilmington (Del.) Republican. A Rich Elopement.? Two Bridegrooms to one /iride.?A St. Joseph's (Mo.) correspondent, writing on the 23d of October, says: " Last night our gossips were thrown into eestacies over an elopement, which certainly was one of a most extraordinary character. It seems that two young gentlemen were ...t . ?i .i-~* I miuivooiH^ II I'UilU U|/ IUWII, lillll Lllill she smiled equally upon both. Yesterday morning she was to be married to one and last night to the other, and, strange to say, she kept both engagements. At 0 A. M. one bridegroom was made happy by lior pledge of hand and heart, nnd at 9 1*. M. the other was made happy by the possession of her person. They lied at dusk, and were wedded at Uloomington, ju*t twelve miles distant, and continued on their way to realms unknown." Gutta Perc/ui Hoops.?The Philadelphia Sun says : As tho ladies have stretched the fashion of wearing hooped skirts to such an nmplitudo that whalebone is beeoino scarce, it is a matter of congratulation that ingenuity ban found a gutta percha substitute, and Mrs. II. (*. Suplee, of 204 1-2 Chesnutstreet, has made arrangements for a constant supply. The new article !??* nmnu advantages over the old ; it is more durable and not so lienvy; it may be com pressed to gut into a carriage or through a barn door, with elasticity sufficient to resume its shnpe immediately, and the ends can be united by means of hot water, so that they will not spring out from tho casings. . Northern Freedom of the Prtss.?A correspondent of the Charleston Evening News writes from New Yorfc.: MA novel newspaper. I)?s just made its appearance liere, entitled the * European,' which annonncesthat'it will send no paper in- any parf of the United States South of Mason ?fc Dixon's .line f It is intensely British in iu? sympathies, abd severe upon 6?^rytiiipg A'n?rican?w ^ ' Russian Vidian,?There are rumors of inpfojlKted visit, next spring, of the Grand Doie Constantino to this country, with , a ^e Grand . Duke is considered as P^ripJ J and of the - . . t-* Acquisition of Territory.?Tbe outrages ' committed some months ngo at Panama on 1 llio rnilroad passengers crossing to the Pa- f cific, doubtless directed tlio attention of our > Government to the propriety of devising f some means by which to savo our citizens I from similar outrages in future, as well as t to render the transit of the Isthmus a safe ( and unmolested route for all travelers what- t ever. Willi a view, we presume, to effect 1 this important ohiect. our Exeouiivn lm? < as wo understand, been negotiating with I the Government of New Granada for a i 1 cession or transfer of tlie jurisdiction or < sovereignty of a tract of country on the i Isthmus, embracing, of course, the line of I the railroad, and liow much more we do not know. The authorities of the Isthmus being unable, if willing, to repress the 1 banditti which infest l'anama and its \ neighborhood, an arangement which shall 1 place that power in our own hands would certainly be very desirable, if it can ' be ctVectcd without complicating or involv- ' ing the exterior relations and responsibilities 1 of our Government to an objectionable ex- ] tent. Wo simply state the fact of the ' negotiation, however, without touching on ( the political aspect of the subject, of which our knowledge of the details of the matter j arc too imperfect to permit us to sneak.? I iXationul Intel!njcnccr. Buchanan Khe ltd.?The die is cast; the ( long agony is over. The chili! is christen- | oil, and his name is l?uck. Being at this , time husily engagotl in parking up our [ trunk for a voyage to Salt Uiver, wo must close. Should we ever return, an account of our journey will he given with patlieulars. Until then, farewell, goodd>ye, adieu. Kight thousand cheers for gallant little Ma- l ryl:uid! ] xr..i:~~ in _ ..... - ?<\u jn'isuns indebted to ns Tor s shoes, boots, caps, breeches, shirts, chain- t pagne, ?te., A;*:., payable when Maryland ! g"e.s for Millard Fillmore, will please run ; | ii|?, roll up, tumble up, crawl up, be drag-! i god up, walk up, any way so they get up j and settle, as the steamer Baltimore leaves j the wharf on to-morrow morning at G j; o'clock for Salt Itiver, and the editor of this j concern having engaged a passage is com- i polled to leave. Kigbt thousand cheers fur gallant little Maryland ! ? ( J'/.) W'hitf. JYormol Srhint/.t.? !?y referoncb to an | adverlisement another column, it will be seen that the Commissioners of the l'tiblio < Schools lor these Parishes, have adopted an important ami very interesting improvement ill t'sirrvimr mil ! ?? ,l' - e ? v,,v *- \?i me iiuiiw iur I public education. The design is to attacli I lotlie system of common Schools a depart- | inont for the special education of Teachers, ! and thus to raise up in our midst a supply of persons competent lo take charge of the j schools. The instructions in 1 Iks duties of i Teachers will he gratuitous. The object is | altogether praiseworthy, and it* its intention j is carefully earried out. cannot fail of being i eminently beneficial to our School system, J : and beneficial to the general interests of so- ! J cietv. lo fact, the only way to complete a I school sy-tern is lo educate teachers as well I I as children.? Charleston Mercury. Prospey'my.?-Thu L'nivcisity nf Virginia, i it is said, was never in as nourishing a con- I ' ditioti as at present. The number of stu- j ,1o,,i^ ti.;u ....-i : > ' U(i.? vmii> JIL'IIUH l?I Lilt? SC.SSIOII IS 1 larger than sit the close of tlie last session, ! ' which was larger than at any previous pe* j riod in tlic history of the University.? There mo now six hundred and two stu- j d<*nts?from tlie following States: New j York 2; Pennsylvania 1 ; Ohio, Delaware, , Maryland 10; District of Columbia 10; J North Carolina 0; South Carolina 43; (ioorpjia 31 ; Florida 7 ; Alabama 49; Mississippi :j4 : Louisiana 30 ; Texas 7; California 2; Arkansas 1 ; Missouri 8; Kentucky 11; Tennessee 0; making in all j from other States 272; from Virginia 300; j total 002.?Daily J'Jxf/rcss. j Hultliny Co/Ion for Fifteen (\nlx.?The Montgomery Mail, of Thursday evening l.i>t, lias the following : A gentleman, wlio is a heavy planter in tlic cane-brake lands of this State, said to us yesterday, tliat lie should hold his cotton for fifteen cents. In his opinion, (and no planter in this Slate biings superior intelligence or experience to hear on the subject,) the crop will he short at least 800,000 I bales. Willi this for his predicate, he reasons most lucidly that the staple cannot be kept below liften cents, though he does not j J look for that figure before next April. We ! j agree with him thus far?that if there is , no gicat financial revtiUlon before the close 1 of the season, cotton must go tip greatly ! : beyond present prices. 1 A Cure for Cramp.?Mr. C. Jlisscr, writing from Dahlonega, Ga., semis us what he regards as n sovereign recipe for cramp ! f in cholera, or indeed any cramp, ami requests us to subserve the cause of humanity by publishing it, which is this, to wit: 1 " A cold application to the bottom of i the bare feet, Mich as iron, water, rock, earth ?or ice, when it can be had, the colder the better. It will relieve in five minutes. If j in the upper part of the lio<1y or arms, then apply the remedy to the hands also."?Ex- change. A Munificent Gift.?Wu learn from the ,>aicnez 1,'uurier that Uavid Hunt, Esq., of Mississippi, made a donation, a few days since, to Oakland College, in that State, of 1 $50,000. This, together with $00,000 given by this gentleman to the. same institution upon former occasions, make his donations ? amount to $110,000. One of the conditions * appended to the last gift is, that " should c Oakland College cease to exist as an insti- ? tution of public education, in that event the donation shall go to tho next best effort for similar purposes in the South." ,? 2 An Appalling Stutement.?A ragged school association in a public appeal, state that thero are in London, 1,400,000 who never attend nuhlio worshin. 150.000 li?- w [ bitunl drunkards, 150,000 open profligates, " | 20,000 professed beggars, 10,000 gamblers, 80,000 destitute children, and .30,000 re- = ceivere of stolen goods. More than 10,000 young men, under eighteen years of H Ago are annually committed for thefL in }' Great Britain. ?v Effect* of Worship on the Insane.?An ^ exchange Bays, on the authority of Miss Dix, the celebrated philanthropist; that ig among the hundreds of crazy people with 81 whom Iter sacred missions have brought her * into companionship, she lias not found one individual, however fierce and turbulent, lliot %*** * -? 1 " ' ...... wu.u hvi vo cwiuuu uy ocnpturo and ? prayer, uttered in low and gentle tones.? jj Tlio power of religious sentiments over " these scattered souls soems in] ptoulous. " *"? ' pi In England, it appears that the hangman is. carried about for a show I The Bradford h< (Eng.) Obier'ver states that Srpith, the cxe- ?! cutioner of William Palmer, is to be'eabib- m nod at the forthcoming Leeds Fjb, v Ui .f "K- '} Later from Wrxi'co..?Tlie lion. John A;myth, * UnitoA;^'?te? Minister to Mexico, irrived nt the capitnl-dn the 2 lsl ult., and vas presonted officially to President Comonbrt 011 the 23d. In delivering his credctlials, Mr. Forsyth assured the President of .ho friendly feelings entertained by the Uni,cd States towards Mexico, and expressed lie hope that tho two republics would in "uluro be connected by tho strongest tics of unity. President Coinonfort in reply, stated 'that .lis Government was inspire'! by tho kindjst sentiments towards the United States, mid would sincerely eo-opoiato in mainLaining these friendly relations. . jiomuie Death.?TIic Chinese Repository lulls of a strange kind of <Io;iili )>utiis!iinent which was intlictod on a Chinese criminal who had committed a dreadful murder. He was wound with cotton, saturated with Lallow, places being left for him to l>realhc. lie was then dipped like a monster candle, in til lie presented a mass of tallow. In this ivay he was stuck up on his father's grave, iglited and kept burning until Ilia body was :onsumcd by slow degrees. Price of Ifurjs.?The ninrlr<?f vviaiilliag lull and inanimate, willi no buyers of hogs it over 4 cents gross. Messrs. Hull, Hunt k Co. slaughtered 400 head Saturday, and :ut them up yesterday. Several of tins oilier* packers will prohahly commence to day. I$y private dispatches from Cincinnati, on Saturday evening, wo learn that hogs were selling tlicre at 5 3-4?\ net. Mess pork sold it ?14.75 per bbl. Tliis is a lar^e decline. ? Louisville Courier, Monday. Jtorrihla TrutjtJtj.?At Ha'.linrohe, in [Jahvav, 11 eland, I lie wife of a farmer named Magrnth loft her two little children while >hc went to hring a kettle of hot water to tea Id the churn slie was ahout to use for miner. j ne cutest clnUI meantime forced the baby into the chnrn, and tho mother unwillingly scalded it to dcaitf. Rendered frantiehy the discovery, she threw !? stool at the other child, which killed it^ nnd then drowned herself. - f Great ShooloHj.? Wo learn from the Alabama (Kutaw) Whig, that Dandrii^ge U. Williams, Esq., made a number one shot some days ago. lbs killed seven grown turkeys and wounded the eighth onfe at one shot?all on the wing at that. OBiu any of our sportsmen beat it. ? The WJiig says Mr. Williams got his shooting education in Nottoway, Virginia, and thinks Alabama can't ipiite equal it. Jfnmor in Jtar/s.?A little thin old mnrr, with a rag bag in his hand, picking tm a large number of small pieces of whalebone which lay in the street, was asked how lie supposed they came '.here. " Don't lcr.O'.v,,t he replied, in a sijueaking voice, "but I 'spect some unfortunate female was wrecked Il|.r>>!l1l>?>l cn.n.avl " Some Pumpkins."?Two pumpkins of -* huge ponderosity liavc been grown in California tliis year, one weighing 276 and tlio oilier y-10 pounds! Thov were named ' lluck and lim*.;9"'* AIIP?q ??H " _V,.C" C'lenr as Mml."?An ox change paper savs that " transcendentalism is the spiritmil cognoscetiee ??l psychological irrefragal>ili:y, connected with concuitant ademption of oiicolumnient spiiitna'.ity and ethereal4? ized contention of snbsnlteiy concretion." f Earthquake at Nashville.?The Nash- ' ville Gazette of Tuesday last says: Several persons in this vicinity have stated | to us that they felt the shock of an earthquake on Sunday morning last. It occurred abo.it 2 o'clock, and lasted several seconds. Kansas Wars.?St. Louis, Nov. 17.?Our advices from Lawrence are to the 10th inst. Last. Saturday, twenty of the prisoners taken at Hickory l'oint were tried and found guil-r ty of inauslanghltM', and sentenced to five years' imprisonment at hard labor. Commercial Relations with Judea.?It is stated that IJr. John W. Gorhani, of ] Mist on, ha* been appointed United States Consul sit Jerusalem. Shanghai Concern.?There is a firm in New York city, the name of winch i? Lay,, Hatch & Co. The clerks are presumed to be Shanghai*. The Loss.?The loss of the French army in battle and bv disease, dining the war ivitli o ?? ' ? ? , ".?<> uv^.v men. ouuu aro ,ho frails of war. ? _ Regulating Marriage.?In Prussia males ire not permit led to marry under twentyive, nor females under twenty-four years of ge. During the fiscal year 1855-50, the imports of 15razil amounted to $52,000,473, md the exports ,$590,04,742. f ^ Beef cattle are quoted in the New Orleans, ! ?., market, at from C to 8 cents per pound )ii the hoof. If any one speaks evil of you, let you* :onduct through life bo such that none wit! >clicve thorn. ' (Commercial. AnnKvii.i.K C II., Nov. 21, Cotton.?Little offering?market dull?-quota- * ions, 9 @ 1?J cl*. L . Coi.umma, November 25, 185C. Cotton.?Tlie biiiincM done in cotton yesterlay wan only on n limited scale, and tlie m?r- " / ' let was ijuiet but steady, without any material Iiange in prices from tlioso given in our last ^. ; t; icckly report, viz: IOJ @ 11¢s, v';^* CiMRt.MTON, November 22, 1850. ; ' - i 'jiri1AP. w?. ?? .1 J ......w .......... xvuii iiuiuiuiu lurcuiiou ay, wli:ch reunited in the ?*le of upward* of i-, .OUObaleB, ftt Hi @ 1? J cciita. , .M, Nkw York, Tlio Cotton inurkut was firm to-day, and lh* lies niimunt' <1 '2."?,(K>D liuloa." '' "'"'fji {if ?bituary. DIED, in lliift District, on tlio 7th of B56, John Oswkl!. Scott, in the lie wui a inembcr of the Lodi morft (-' v r?i ?- * 1 ' "* t? purposes wo