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??^ From the New York Journal of Commerce. IMPORTANT FROM CHINA?70.000 MEN REPORTED KILLED?MORE POISONING ATTEMPTED. Macao, January 20, 1857. All forelj+li business is not only suspened, liul entirely at an end, both hero, ill IIon?j Konjjand at Canton. Since my last letter, the greater part of thw Western suburbs of the latter city, in which were situated nearly all the warehouses, shops, &c., concerned in foiei??ii trade, have been consumed. < >f the total destruction of the foreign factories, you will have heard by my letter. The i 'liiiifso commitu their losses in houses, go downs, shops. tfce., lit over 4,000 biiihlings j ?up to tliu present time; ami in merchandise, ami the value of the ahove property, ihey state tlieir losses at 10,000,000 of dollars, which is propablv not far from the truth. We cannot of course know very accurately the damage sustained by the city of Canton, since bombardment began, 28th October last; but as the hitler had been kept up with more or less pertinacity, to within a few days aj;o, when the English admiral retired with his forces from before the city, it is fair to suppose that the Chinese do not over estimate the loss in life when they state it at 70,000, of all ages and " - ? !.: SCXCS. r?vcrrillllig lavurs inn tiiituhii.u.i, as it is well known tliat llic streets are exceedingly narrow, the population of great density, the means or the power to move, within tho rcch of comparatively few ; while the custom of closing the gates of ever}- street, during a period of public danger, creates immense loss of life, l>y any sudden change of tho populace. To say nothing of the other distresses -Avhich have hecn riveted upon them and which are insi^o^/thlo from stteh a-condition of tt.1 the total destruction of the trade of the place, the interruption to all the daily avocations of tho people, ?fcc., are very oppressive in their ctfucts. Still, up to the present moment, the Chinese do not make the slit/fitcsl concession. The Vice ]{oy, Yeh, in all his oilicial documents, is as lirm at this moment, as he was when the " Arrow" lorcha seized hy his oflicers on the 8th October last. 'H e people, too, arc even more bitter and exasperated against tho English, and perhaps all foreigners? ntitl notwithstanding their distresses and their suffering*, their opposition to everything which hears the Appearance of reconciliation or terms of any kind, is greater than ever. At Iloiig Kong, a most comprehensive scheme to poison the foreign community was planned by a China baker named ICsing, who mixed a largo quantity of arsenic in the bread baked for the consumption of the 15th inst. Upwards of -100 persons were poisoned; many had most narrow escapes from death, the sufferings of all were dreadful?but providentially; it is not ascertained that a single person died. The quantity of arsenic was too large, so that immediately after eating the bread, sicklies; and nauseau followed, and the poison was thus ejected from the stomach. The effects however, are many, and up to the present time may still bo seen. Since then another attempt has bcci made, but on a much more moderate scale through poisoned oranges, a quantity o which (about 5,000 in number) was intro duced into the colony. Tt failed, however in this instance, as too little of the poisoi had been absorbed by the fruit, altholigl two deaths took place, and they Chinese.? The Chinese have a method of poisonin< oranges, by piercing them in the first in stance with minute holes, and then plaein; them over the vapor of the poisonous sul stance, which they then cause them to in hale. Attempts have also been made to Hretli settlement. That the Chinese are suhll enough to create, some great catastrophe, i well known, but how or when no one ca divine. The consequence is, that the who! community is living in a state of coinplct and most painful anxiety and alarm. Thei is a large force tlu're, afloat and ashorc.Still, the mode of circumventing their en inj*, by the Chinese, is always hidden ai secret; and while every street and evei pass is guarded, either poison, sudden ki< napping, or assassination, strikes terr throughout. In the latter sin the Chine are great adepts, as you will see, if you tal the trouble to read the newspapers I ha' ordered to be sent to you. At this place, Macao, on the other ban wo enjoy the most perfect peace and sec rity. The Portuguese, who have held tl place now more thnn 300 years, know t Chinese well. They live on terms of inut al good will?fo far as any Chinese c possibly be with anything foreign?a there is a registered population of the latl people of nearly 30,000, who have inha ted the peninsula for many successive gei rations. 'fill? cniiWnllKnnn ia llml ll. families, their dwellings, their tombs n temples ami property being all here, th are fully as much identified with the pis as their rulers, the Portuguese, and, tlie fore, as much interested to preserve it in its present integrity. There is, moreover, no question l>etw< tho Chinese and the Portuguese gove menu. They arc on excellent terms, wh it is the object and tlie wish of both to f serve. Of foreigners, there are about Americans here, including women f children ; of English, not probably m than 12 or 15 in all; of Spanish, Frei And German, and European Portuguese, including the garrison and naval force, tl may he about a hundred. Tho defence the place are several judiciously placed ft all built over 225 years ago, about 300 tillerymen, a brig of war of 10 guns, am armed lorclia of six. In the meantime, Sir Michael Seyn lias been obliged to withdraw all his fo from the city of Canton, and lie is now tahlishing his head quarters about tl mile* from tlie city, to the Southward, small fort taken froin the Chinese, luiil a rock in the middle of the river, called Macao Passage Fort, and by the Eng very absurdly tlie Teetotum Fort, fron being circular with a tall Pagoda in its tre. The Chinese take great courage for act of retiring, when they reflect that Admiral force consists of no less thar men-of-war nearly all steamers, and heavily armed. TIiup, he intends to for reinforcements, bnt tlie delay is i prejudicial to him in every respect.- A)n the Chinese have attacked the fort and men of war stationed aroond about it,, great energy and unexpected darin When the re-inforcements arrive, Ui? no doubt hut that Canton will be rn military occupation of the English, and tho Chinese must either bend or subm ^ A long anu uei)|H)rnit) ?tiu^gin nnu i masters, as the former must then beo Murderer Caught.?The Barnwell S nel says that the negro, Win. Grig, wl will be remembered, killed Jesso Walk December last, hsw been arrested, THE UNION?WILL IT STAND OR FALL. The duration of hII human institutions should l>o calculated according to their adaptation to the people for whom tlicy aro organized, as well as to the good and evil tlicy may contain. Every age has its errors, every nation its distinctive opinions, prejudices and trails. Forms of government, like religious rites, however variant and contradictory, emanate from similar sources I and have all the sumo object anil aim.? The Hindoo widow, feeding the llnmes of her husband's funeral pyre, with her own flesh and blood, or invoking the (ianges for mercy on his soul, is actuated by a faith | and animated with a lervor woithy the most | sublime spectacles of (Jhristain sacrifice, the most earnest appeals of Christian prayer.? And so in social organization ; tlie bloodiest and darkest deeds of seemingly heartless inhumanity, liavo been perpetrated in the name of liberty and justice. The reign of terror and the American revolution were results of the same elements of human nature. The object of all religion is to attain happiness hereafter; the honest aim of all good governments is to dispense prosperity and give contentment to the people. It is inherent in the heart of man to seek society ; and government of some sort or other is always found following his footsteps, whether they traverse the wilderness or the desert, among the wildest Indian tribes as well as the most enlightened of the Anglo .Saxon race, in the hammocks of Florida as in Washington or London. Man must be governed : wisely if he.will, and justl}* if he can. f In earlier days, when the human intellect had not attained that majesty and knight, nniv nriru il-'ltio mndarr r.f nvvrv. ftTUIV.** .JV?. .V v..~ - w >- ' J Hiing within its roach, politics was an art. Now it is a science. As intelligence lias I increased, the artificial edicts of necessity, enforced through the tyrannic rule of des; pots, have given place to more wholesome j laws in justice and light, and in the recip! rocal relations of man with man, as equal, ! hut mutually dependent members of the i same society. The great theory of sclf! government has been allirmatively deter' mined by the American people. And it ; remains their mission, now that the}' have established a philosophical fact, founded in ! the noblest attributes of human nature, to j amplify their great work, to encompass its ' collateral advantages, and accomplish all ' that a nation of free, independent, intelli ! gi-nt and enterprising people can. Our Uniur is the admiration and wonder of the wurld And though we regard it as something sa cied, as long as it answers the purpose foi which it was devised, we cannot concur ii (he opinion that a severance of the South ' i eru from the Northern States would he : ! death blow to our political institutions, tha i it would bo the explosion of an ex peri men in politics, or that the interests of other ua . turns, now following in our footsteps, wouh : be irrevocably ruined. It is the substance, no . the shadow, that is regarded. The Consti \ tulion is the great charier of freedom, whicl > the civilized world will eventually copy.? , The I'nion is only the corporeal clay con L taming the soul of liberty. Let the Consti tulion be perverted and prostituted, and w i would willingly admit, that sclf-govcrnmcti , is not a fact, but a failure. Dissever th f I'nion rather than di.-regard the genius i - our institutions, ami that section which sej , crates sooner than submit, carries with i i and will ever retain, the vital principles ( i our government. In such an event, lli - North would doubtless be in danger of ai * archy and despotism. With no conservj - tivo element of society, with license in lie g of liberty, and with no appreciation of tl >- sacred covenant which expresses the coi i- fidence, and guarantees the rights of a II publican people, the free States might read e j ly relapse into original absoluteisin. lii e : the slaveholding States would be very di js ferontly affected. The North would be tl ? violator of the government, the South i |t? protector. id, in a strictly political poi of view, it is a debatable question, wheth re a purer republic would be established in tl _ South, than even now exists under tl e. manifold advantages of the Union. lii lt] while we hold that the South might pos ry bly be benefitted in the end, we are far fro j. admitting that any such emergency has j or arisen as to justify a disruption of the cc se federacy. lie Within thelastsix months there have be v.e fearful forebodings of 6uch a state of thin as would render it the duty of the South* tl people to dissolve their connection with t u- North. But. the crisis has passed ; the di friir has been diverted and we trust form |ie The malady that lias so long rankled ,u. every fibre of the body politic, we are nn clined to believe, has done its worst. A1 nr] litionism lias been rebuked by the peop icr and the highest judicial tribunal of tho i bj_ tion has sanctioned the popular verdict, ie. We entertain the hope that a majority eir opponents of slavery, or at least such a i nd nority as will render the rest incapable ey accomplishing their designs, will now lce constrained to bow obeisance to the Con re- tion. all The extension of slavery is of little cor quence to the security of the South, if ;en Union is to bo devoted to the objects rn- which it was originated, and the understa ich ing between the States is not to be abus >re- Iiut. if " miirlit hdiL-ch rindit." mul 70 slaveliolding States are to be imposed u] ind and oppressed, as soon as tliere is a si ore cient force of the opposition in botli IIoi rich of Congress to alter the Constitution, t not there is already a determination on the | ?ere of the North to violate the compact and hi s of about dissolution ns speedily as possibh jrts. And the Southern people arc manifeslir ar- heroic devotion to the Union, in their eff I an to baffle the dark designs of the factioc and fanatics of the North. lour The administration of Mr. Buchanan rces occupy that period which is to be the ti es- ing point of the great issue now invoh liree the fate of the Union. Wo anticipate in ? expiration with little fear for tbo resul t on Richmond Enquirer. the lish, The Production of Silk?An Impor II 1 Discovery.?A highly important disco' cen" is said to have been made, namely, that material for silk will ere long be deri l^'8 not from the worm, but from the leal 'I1? which it has hitherto existed. It is 1 13 that a distinguished tava.n, Signor Lot TW7 has ascertained by experiment, that a a wa,t substance can be realized from the bark nB0*t leaf of the mulberry tree, and that by r aady eration, good silk as well as excellent ' . pei" may bo obtained therefrom. Hie tleman named, ruminating on the circ &.? stance of the silk worm living on one lf0 scription of food, came to the conclu the tbal M the silky substance must He nc the? ifo animal, but in the vegetable mat it to which supported it. lie therefore u anal, their the composition of the mulberry leaf, by boiliftg j it to a thick paste, prod every description of silk in immense <j enti- tities." This is important, if true, bu 10, it this we hare our doubts. The ?Sy? 3r in Empire," is iho authority, and it gives < an elaborate article upon the subject, From the New York Examiner, 1th in at. THE PRICE OF COTTON. \Vc notice a further advance in the price of cotton to-day, and that, too, entirely independent of any advices from Euro|>o. It has reached a high figure, and has gone on advancing without any material change in the crop estimates for the current year.? Our former estimates of a falling oil' in the cotton product, of 450,000 hales, as compared with last year, still hold measurably good *, the decrease was, perhaps, placed at too low a figure. The falling ofl' to the latest telegraphic dates (according to Talcott, Bramwell ?fe Talcott's Circular,) was '211.000 bales. The total receipts from April .'}. to September, 1, 1850, were f>85,0(55 ; that there will he a further falling oft" from that number, of 1-10.000 bales, is more than probable, and may reach 200,000.? The rate of decrease for the past few weeks warrants this conclusion. Hut estimates of the precise extent of the cotton crop for the current year, arc not now entitled to loading influence in the cotton market. Differ a* gentlemen may, as to which side of 200,000 the true figures are, one fact cannot be disputed. The production of cotton is not equal to the consumption of the world. Present prices seem to have exercised but a momentary and very limited iulluenco in checking the consump tion of <roods> which <-011011 forms the whole ? .. 1- . r _ < I or pan; every year me niarKct iur munu yuuua is being rapidly extended ; the prosperity which a general pe.ace among (lie civilized nations of the earth promotes, provides the means for paying the advanced prices. It being established, then, that the supply is inadequate to meet the demand, the question arises, who shall have a full supply ? Unquestionably whoever oilers the highest price. Cotton planters and factors have commanded PUll'vient caplUl to enable tliem to hold and for the current year, at least, their financial strength is fully established. Liverpool and Manchester, and our own Lowell, must yield to Charleston, Mobile and New Orleans?what the latter ask, the former must pay, and not, as heretofore, dictate the price they would pay. Whether this new element in the Cotton Market is to become a permanent feature, can of course only be determined by time. The 1 financial strength of the country will become however, a consideration of equal impor' tiince with the extent of the crop ; and the influence of extreme prices upon consumption, and upon promoting the growth ol Cotton in other quarters must at the same lime, duly l>e considered. Until the new phase we have alluded to was developed, we could hut regard the oh stinacy of holders, as threatening disaster and caution our readers upon a point of st much uncertainty. Present prices canno he regarded as extravagant in view of tin general inflation which has attended tin ' increase of the precious metal. Nor do w< 1 apprehend that prices are to reach an exor " bilaut figure ; circumstances and interest 1 are too nicely balanced to permit this ; bu " there can be no doubt that the value o h Cotton will be fully maintained throughou '* the year. e t. t The Federal Court.? Alexander McBe ^ and II. Lee Thurston, Esqs., have been af pointed Commissioners of this Court f<i t Greenville district. Mr. Michael 1). l)ii*ke j. lias been appointed Deputy Marshal ft e Greenville. The jurors, grand and peti i were drawn in Charleston, last week, f< t Greenville. Mr. Dickey will soon have t summon them for the first Monday in Ai gust, when the Federal Court sits for Greei ! ville. It is clothed with alj the powers ( a Circuit Court, as well as a District Cour U All notes duo persons living out of tl State may be sued in this Court, and jutlj ^ tnent obtained the first Court, llereafte such notes will be sued on in the Federi . Court. Next session of Congre?s, Col. O nt assures us we shall have an appropriate of forty thousand dollars to build a Feder I* Court House. It passed the Senate In session, but was lost in the confusion of tl adjournment. We understand that Judj Magrath intends spending some time (ireenville next summer, (or the purpose organizing: and holdintr his Court., V rct . ^ v , ..7 i ... have no douot mere win i.e n great ocai business in the Court as soon as it pels u der way and becomes known to the peop Great honor is due Judge Magrath for I exertions to make the Federal Court usel I to the State by extending its jurisdiction the upper part of South Carolina. er Since writing the above, we have reeeiv . * the lists of jurors, grand and petit, for t Federal Court at Greenville. A good inn of them are on the jury drawn for the exi le. Court ordered by Judge O'Neall for Gre< ,1 ville, which sits at the same time.?Ore\ "<l ville Patriot. of How he Saved It.?A military in 0f "down East," knowing he could be eleci to a captaincy if he would consent t< sti- nomination, called upon a neighbor w had formerly served in that capacity to certain if the office was one of pecunii Ai.l profit. Being told by the retired vetei that ho had held the oflice for five ye n(j anil saved five hundred dollars, he glai sej accepted the nomination, and vra9 cho ^ captain of his company. After three yei campaigning in the way of 44 compr iffi- ,raiI,'n8" and 44 general musters," find |sea his office to bo a heavy hill of expense lipM stead of n source of profit, he called on >art '*r'en^ ftgftin for information as to h ho had saved five hundred dollars by , same oflice. 44 Why," replied tho old c ' ^ tain, 441 was worth just one thmisand < ort's 'Hrs w',en I was e'cct ('? I he'd the of / five years, and lost five hundred dollars it; so I resigned, and saved the other wi? hundred." jrn- # ' !?#? A Solid Nerjro.? Tho Kentucky pn| state tliat Mr. D. Cunningham, of Ct t. Grove, lircckenridge county, owns a nc boy seven years old, who weighs 140 poui and measures around his chest 41 inc! lie is 40 inches high, and of good act tint C. has been offered as much as very thousand dollars for this boy by persons -th? sirous of exhibiting him, but lias iuvaru vcd, a?d properly refused to sell. said kr: Fire at Atlanta, On.?Petersburg, A >illcv ^ destructive fire broke out at and 'anta on Monday, destroyed the Johr nRC House, and tlie stores of Gutting, W * ?fe Co., and of Strong 6c Con and serio ' _ damaging Davis Hull, the building Oi sum- ^7 Lewis Lawshee. Several peri de. were 8?r'ou*ly injured. The fl?e had cat ision 6reat distress to many of the families bi . . nnt. Tim loan in Afltimntfvl nt ilAO.QAI ter" ^***** "" yzed Ftarful Explosion.?Ralbioii, N". and April 8.?A fire dirop occurred at ( need ernor's Creek coal mine, Chatham cou nan- N. C., on Monday last, reuniting in mos t of flout consequences. Superintendent D Iney fpur ether tt#B were instantly ki pltte Another's li^isdespnirod of.( The dest tion of cve?y$prtJ? nroun<] W98 cofriplet ABBEVILLE BANNER." Thursday Morning, April 16, 1857. W. C. OA VIS, Editor. We are aiitliorizc?l to announce C. 1'. SULLIVAN, K?y., a Cundiilalo for Congress, to fill the unexpired lerm of lion. 1*. S. Uuooks. CANNOT PUBLISH. The announcement signed " Muny Friends" j cannot appear for want of u responsible nigna- j lure. Send us your name, or nuines, and wo ! will cheerfully give place for your announcement. DEATH OF AN OLD PRINTER The Carolina Timet, snys llio Carolinian, mentions the death of Mr. John McKf.ahly, aged seventy-six, one of tho oldest printers it: the State, wlio for llic last two years, worked in . that Oftice. j THE WASHINGTON UNION. Hon. Joiin Ari'i.irro.v, who accepted the con' duel of this journal upon the iiiait^urutioii of th? ' new administration, on account of ill health, has withdrawn, and has accepted the position of assistant Secretary of State. A NOVEL RACE. Messrs. Dai.ton and Tayi.oii, of New York, recently made a race of one hundred miles, for $2,51)0. They started from Albany at ft o'clock nd reached Whiteshoro?a distance of one liun J drcd miles?at twenty-two minutes past live, : mnkiii? the whole distance in 12 hours and 20 minutes. Decidedly " fust " horses. ADVERTISEMENTS. We direct ullciitiun to the advertisements of Su?cr <t Llvikhsvon, merchiints of this place; I'lumd <fc iikitnun, Druggists of Augusta; and the Cnr<i of II. A. & D. F. Jones. Don't forget to rend the notion of S. E. Graydon & Co., mcrchiiuLs in Cokesbury. ELECTION IN CONNECTICUT. Connecticut, which, in the l'rosidtuilinl flection Inst full, gnvn 10,000 majority against the DtiuocrncVt has in lier election, lately held, suececdeil in electing two Democrats to Congress, the opposition elected two. Tlio opposition elec ? ted (lie Governor, anil the State Legislature will have about thirty majority over the Democrats, TEMPERANCE LECTURE. "We hail (lie pleasure of hearing Itov. \V. A : McSwain deliver a Tcmperaucc Lecture to quit< a respectable audience, on latt Wednesday eve' Iiitig. 11 if address was a compound, made up o ' plain common sense views of the subject, inter spcrsed with appropriate nnecdotw, well told ' illustrating the hideous deformities of intcmpcr ance. ) MAY APPOINTMENTS. I At a meeting of the Faculty of the Soutl , Carolina College, says the Carolinian of (lie 141' L. ilist., held ou Monday, last, the following gent It > men, members of the Senior Class, were appoir _ ted to deliver addresses at the May Exhibition s Jas. F. .1. Caldwell, Newberry; Thus. \V. Dii t kins, Sumter; Win..Calhoun Keith, Pickens f Henry M. Lary, Orangeburg; II. L. Mcflowai t Laurens; James Mcintosh, Darlington; Thn E. Powe, Chcrnw; II. L. Rivers, James' Islam J. II. Thomson, JJeaufort; William W. Will lie e Jr., Columbiu; Win. II. White, Abbeville. ' FOREIGN LIQUORS. It is slated in llic report of the Secretary ' the Treasury thai we import 6,843,370 galloi of Fori|rn Wines, which nrc valued at$(>,17t 930. We may set down the home manufuctu and domestic consumption of Liquors nt treli that of the Fcireigu importation. Then v have for the annual consumption in tho Unit< States o5,373,-ISO, which gives nearly one gn Ion and a half for every man, woman and clii in the United States. We may very appropriately be consider) lovers of strong drink ?a .Nation of pretty ha drinkers. rr CABINET PROCEEDINGS. >11 It is stated that the mifcion to Spain has bci tendered to Hon. F. \V. PicKcn, and that he t 'St clines to accept it. Mr. \V. 13. Used, of Phil ie dt'lphia, has heen tendered the mission to Chin Se it is not known whether lie will accept it or n The salary of the present Minister, at China ^ rtoid .to be $0,000, mid that the ?darv of the m Minister will be ruisej to $15,000. ? Dr I'arkf.h, present Minister to China, co n" mends the conduct of commander Armstro: .' in destroying the barker forts, for the insult the American flag, though he was not knowing ^ the movement until the forts had been razed to i LTOUIld. ed RAILROAD*CONVENTION. lie A Convention of citizens of South nud Noi nv Carolina ivub hold tit Clicrmv, on the first in tra to consider the propriety of extending n Ruiln JO- from Cheraw to the immense conl-fielda of No til- ("uralina. The coinmittce to whom was re! red matters connected with this enterprise, se to have been deeply impressed with its imp inn tance, and after dwelling at some length u] led the inexuustible supply of coal, the cost of ri 5 a ing and transporting it to Charleston, show lio the profits which would result, they rec< as mended a resolution which passed the conv *ry tion, viz: That Commissioners be appointed rail open Books for subscription at Charleston, i nrs intermediate points, to have the route survej dly ? - ? se,) KANSAS MEETING. A large and enthusiastic meeting, says lny Columbia Carolinian of the 12th iust., ass imr kl?d at the Citv last evening, to hear Col. Ba: Ji,. on ihe subject of Kansas. Tlio meeting liis called to order by iJr. Goodwin, who mo low thut the Mayor be called to the Chair, the Bbitton was requested to act as Secretary. < ap- Bakeb, together with his traveling cotnpan Jol- Col. Tradewell, was then introduced to Hce meeting, whereupou the former gentleman by dressed the audicnce in a most spirited and i five riug manner. Resolutions were then introduced by II. Adams, Esq., aud accompanied by a few ap [)crs priato remarks. Contributions were made to >(|nr amount of six hundred and thirty-one dol prro fifty cents. i,cJg ?* ??---- ? , DR. L. H. SMITH. lies. COpy ^jie following announcement 1 ,on* the Carolina of the lOili inst It wil read with regret by the numerous friends ol . * deceased in this District: ' ' "It'isour melancholy duty to announce death of Dr. l?. H. Smith, of the firm of Si St, Huot, who departed this life yesterday m Hing, after a short illness. "Dr. Smith wu> a unlive of Abbeville At*, trict* and recently removed lo this city ha ison purchased, with l)r. Ilnot, lite Drag Lstab (lite lishment of Dr. Boatwright. uslv "I" February last, be visited Charleston J Delegate to tha State Medical Society, ha ocu' been selected by that body to deliver the an ions Oration beforo tha -Society. Shortly after isod return home he took to his bed with meu ufot an<* "though it wm thought he had reeov from lie effects, yet a relapse and severe a Uoo, the conseqOotice of the disease, hurried him totfcatlxrarns ftpnvwbwu*, (J return. - _ " . .i. w "Dr. Smith was regarded by all vrfu> i THE LEADING POWERS OF THE WORLD. The New York Itcrald publishes nil eluboruto article upon'ilte future policy of Eugluud, France, ond America. The Herald unceremoniously partitions the world between these three powers ui!<l winds up in tlio following strain: "In this new dealing out of the world, which amoutilH in fact to litis?America to the United j States, Iiurojta to Franc.?, and Asia to (/rent j Britain?we nre invited to uccedc, and take our j share. Lord Napier, the new Ilritinh Minister, j is fully instructed on the subject, and has had j several conferences with (Jen. t'us* in relation to j it. We are also invited to take a hand in thrash ing the <Jluiio.se into civility, for winch wo nrc to receive at/ equal participation in the commercial benefits expected to accrue from tlnit <i|)eration ; unit our merchants, usually so cautious ami fearful of war, are reully desirous that we should pitch in. Russia has yet to make her propositions | to us, ami they may involve an entirely different i shuttle and deal, with more trumps in our hand, j As the )j;utne stands now, (Jen. Ciihk' intense An> glophohia seems likely to he beaten hy Knglund herself, and the Osteild manifesto is out-(Intended by the volunlury offerings of the Kuropean Cabinets." If such a thing were practicable, wo have no doubt hut that Hnglniul and Franco would glnd! ly resign America to the United Stated, and di' vide Kurope and Asia between themselves.? However ureal the interest felt, by the people of the I'liited States upon all international questions affecting tin? people of the American continent; yet, we appieheud that, the subtlety niul and ingenuity of Hritish and French diplomacy, ! will fall f-?r short of winning ns from our well defined policy of non-intervention with Kuropean affairs. The idea of getting into a row, and j then calling on your neighbors to espouse your I cjuarrel, is erroneous in principle, when applied j either to individuals or nations. We should have | just cause of war against China, before we join :i crusade against her. a ?A?UWW JM5UAJMV A correspondent of the Rochester Democrat, : writing from Niagara City, gives u thrilling ucI count <>f tlit* roseuo of a man who hail fallen i into the furious Rapids near the Suspension : lJridgo. The writer says:? 1 ! "Il tt ppcars that lie was 11 guest at the Liul I low Hotel, und after breakfast, went out to view ; the bridge, and proceeded down the perilous steps near Winner's llonring mill, on the haul; of tho river. On reaching the bottom, lie slip I ped and fid I into tho water just above the bridge ! and when discovered, was thirty or forty rod.I below the bridge, near the shore, rolling ovei I und over, borne along by the resist h-fcs current ! until he caught hold of a large rock, and uflei ' ! some fruitless slrugglcss, succccded in rcuchini 5 | the top." I There was no way of reaching him lint b; f menus of a rope ladder. This was iininedilel; - | proeuri-d ami lowered over tin- projecting elif! > J a depth of one hundred feel, 11 ml became entail - ; "led niiioiu; llie trocs ami rocks. It wns decide ! tli:tt some 0110 would have lo descend to diseti i tangle it. Willami It. Coccus, I'ortor of lli li Ludlow Hotel, volunteered his services; lie nec< li ! ed assistance, two oilier men went down, ail s- j nfter working for an liour, succeeded in lettin I- ' down llie rope ladder, a distance of time lull : ! dred feet. When llie l.iddcr eame ill reach i i- | the man he grasped il, ami amid ihe shouts an 1 cheeriiigri of the immense throng gathered upc; ii, ' llie bluff, upon the American nnd Canada side a. ascended to tlic top unharmed. . r SLAVE TRADE. ' In spite the stringent laws against the da' trade, and notwithstanding the hollow pretcusio of the North against the brutality and iniqui of of Southern slavery' it is estimated that thr us arc aliout forty vessels engaged in thin trafti '?* most of which are built, fitted out, and maun re in Northern ports. do This traflic is a source of great profit to the ie engaged in it. Hence the Vankee, proverb; ed for his inordiiiato love of innnej', quiets his eo l'- science with the "ring of silver," and readi Id co iscnts to become a crirader against the la' of his country. Though this truflic is ngaii cd law; yet if there is tiulli iu the recorded cotii rd tion of the negro iu his native land, it works injustice to the African to capture and bring hi under the dominion and control of the wli on ,nnn' jc Three-fourtlis of t he African race, in their o\ la laud, Lclong to Chiefs, and are slaves in t n. most menial sense of that term. Prisoners tali in war are held and sold; husbands will barter th wives and children for rum. > is 2W CANDIDATES. From tlie curd of C. 1*. Sullivan, copied fr< ni- * the Laurensvillc Herald, it will be seen that io? accepts the noniinutioii. We also give pluee j a notice copied from tho Edgefield Advcrlit stating that Oen. Boniiam und II. R. Spann i in llie field. The various gentlemen who lid been put in nomination have declined, leavi the contest to Messrs. Boniiam, Sullivan t rt'1 Spann. B,-? Sir. Spann expresses his willingness to nddr ,n(l his fellow-citizt'i.s, when called on. What i ft'1 the people of Abbeville to culling a public me fer" iiig, mid requesting the rnudiduies lo give tl 01,1 political views? This it more especially due K,r* candidates, as they urc comparatively Strang [>0? to the people of this District, and the time ais- tween this and tho eleclion will not permit tli ,l!6 to canvass tho District generally. en_ GUANO IN CUBA. to It was recently reported that extensive Bni* posites of guano hud been discovered on '*" South aide of Cuba. Tlie lluvana correspond of the New Orleans Picayune, writes as folli t,f,e > > reference to tlie matter: enl. "Capt. Green and the guano commission h returned from their cruise among the keys, a ER on absence of three weeks. I saw Capt. Gr w'na last uight, and he showed me two specimen ved the urticle, said to equal the bent Peruvian. jjr_ was gathered iu one of the many caved v p which tho principle keys are full. In their j . ? ' ney they found in several places conclusive ton, tlence thai many cargoes have been stolen f the the island*, on one of which the parties had ad- their wheelburrous and pick-uxcs and shovel .. Cnpt. Green states that he did not visit the f ? ir" cipal depoaito, owing to the iuexnerieuro of pilot, who was unwilling to take upon bin W. the responsibility of Davigating the steamer an pro- t'1" reefs. Immense' quantities of birds v seen, and it wos found to be impossible to v " without crushing their eggs or their youug. liars house of Tyng & Co., are forming u coinpun work tho guauo reefs, in pursuance of the gr given them by Gen Concha. I am afraiit I will find some difficulty in getting their gr "rom approved by the home government, as I I II be been iufoimed that no foreigner can hold i ... grants on Spanish soil. Samples of the difife kinds have been sunt to lluliimore for anulya: the uitli Slaves and Coolies.?The Havana corrcs orn- dent ?t t',c Now Orleans Picayntu, writing der duto of tlie 2d inst. aays: That there \ Ria. received on the previous Monday about ving hundred Coolien, and thnt cargoes of sluvot Ii8h. being landed very freely ou different parts o coast. The ?nthorit!ei do not Mem to be as a of tho violation of the treaty, or find it i ving convenient to bo ignorant of the facts, unti nual evidence of tho landing has beetf effectual . hig moved. The number already safely regist ales, i* variously estimated, but uover under ??-J iKonaaifJt Thia is miitn a l*ri*n nnmlmr. t jBi?. it ia considered that not ono half of the ve jdily have returned from the coa*V uone ' ,? Zu&th qf Prqfmer Ttomey-T?Th']* emi Mr* geolflfiat aud qataraljat <xp!na at hi* rpatf irfia ib Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on the SOth of Ma lW% .He ya?Prefraaor of Geology and Acrienll i t?f Chem'Mjy, in the .University of Alabama, ocia- had joat comnlgted tho^eotogical ?urvey of i and Stays. Prof. Y, wm well known ir. thw * t r*. Attn hto elaborate on the * FonY fola South Carolina," be wUMkte< f Fr?M?? llolme^ Reported for the Abbovillo Banner. THE TUCKER WILL CASE. Tliis interesting en?=o was tried ut Laurens? Spring Term, I8.V7?uiul, from iLs peculiar circumstances, elicited considerable iutt>res(. It j was to test the Will of one Mr. Tucker,?a ! bachelor?wlm had devised nil bin estate to Sir. I \V. \V. Hclcher, of Abbeville District?a strati- ! ger?thereby depriving bis relations (who con- : sistcd of one brother, sister, nephews, nieces, ifcc.) of tin; enjoyment of bis property. On tbo evidence it appeared that ol<l Mr. Tucker, liko a great many other people in the i world, was a inonouianiac?believed iu witcli' craft; and was totally, so far an social, religious | or political intercourse was concerned, separated from the world. He was old, diseased in body, but generally believed, by those who hud business transactions with biin, of good mind, able I lo transact ins business, ami tor one ot Iiih age uikI infirmities, a iniiii of remarkably retentive memory, lie seldom conversed upon any sub. i ject, hut would turn the conversation to his favorite theme of witchcraft; thought lie had redheaded scorpions running u|> his leg, and had taken bui*s out of his car?n bottle full. On every other subject lie whh as sunsihle as could be expected from one in hist circumstances and condition. Several had business transactions with hilii, and he always exhibited u knowledge of what he was doing. One of the witticsf.es, however,?a Magistrate?thought lie did not | know his legal rights in a caso in which he (Tucker) wus called before him, nml that lie ' predicated his incompetency upon that (act.? , Another Magistrate, that he never spoke upon politics, and could not reason from cause to cf| foot. This was about the subslnnoo ??f the testimony for and against thecompetency of <l?-visur Tucker. It was in ovi?lcncc that old Mr. Tucker lived ill constant communion with no while person; I his negroes and farm seemed to he hit; world, ; and so far as the comforts of 1 if<> were concerned, his negroes were better oil' than himself. One ! of them accompanied him wherever he went, ' ami transacted all his business in the way of : trading at the different stores ill tho village.? 1 i Several witnesses testified that the testator had | always said that he did not intend lus relations , | to enjoy any of his property. i | A negro, George, seemed to he the chief of r his servants, and acted as his master's body ser. ^ ; vant. The master s<-cmcd to be directed by the r ' opinions of George upon most subjects. George filially bought himself for One Thusaml Dollars, f | and, as was admitted by the Pluinliir, is now in Y , the State of I'cnnsylvauia. He was presenl * wiili his master when the bill of sale was exc * J cuteil. George paid Nine Hundred Dallars al d j that time, and Mr. Tucker said that ho had pau i- him One Hundred Dollars before. (Jeorge sun e ' that lie had borrowed Two Hundred Dollar 1- ! from Mr. Ilcleher, and Mr. Tucker handed hiii d amount back. S ! Oeorgo was also present when a ncrtain inslru i- i uuMit of writing?bring a Deed of Trust of lii "f i (Tucker's) negroes?was given to Mr. Helchei I in contravention of the Act of 1841, again; >? emancipation or nominal servitude. The Mai p, istrnte told him (Tucker) it would not lie a leg; instrument, but (Jeorge insisted that, it shoul be written, and paid the .Magistrate f< ^ j the service. (icorge said that bo was free ati ; wanted bis hrotlmr and sister scivants to In- i i free aa himself, i y . I On another occasion one ot ih old mail's n TO | . j grot-s (HiI'd) became unruly, and Tucker reipn j i ted Mr. McKelvy to send lor Bird, and tu1 him to his place, and keep him at work until ! ! got more traetible, adding that as Bird iiii? j.(l i not be disposed to go, lie (McKelvy) bad bett |(_ j bring two persons with him. McKelvy and tv I j others went for Bird the next morning, who 1 j fused to go. Bird went to the old man, w | t finaily concluded (hat. Bird might not go. II .. George said that Bird should go, for they i no had to work, and Bird lull t work too; ill j somebody must he master, and he (Georf! jte might as well he mauler as any one; and Hi was sent. ,vn This was substantially the evidence for n lie against, the exercise of undue influence, u nu also for and against the violation of I he Act cjr 1811, under each of which, if sustained, t Will was. void Mr. Thomson, of Abbeville, opened the cc for the Will, and briefly but pointedly touch >ni upon the prominent points involved in the en; he lie argued thai the case was out of the Statu to because the Will wnH not a bequest of negro' n cr, the negroes had been conveyed by Deed to A ire Belcher, und not mentioned iu the Will ; tl ivc in regard to competency no proof had be ing brought forward?the Defendants relied up uid the peculiar idiotfyncracie* of the testator iu i gard lo witchcraft, and other delusions; thai ess this was proof of incompetency, then the grci say est uiastei of English Literature?JoIiukoi! iei- couui not iniiKe a win, lor tie uetieved in glio icir and witches, and would occasionally, when t the dor the influence of such delusion, full upon era knees and say the Lord's Prayer; lie saw he- proof of tin me influence?110 swli influence itm would amount to the substitution of the Will one for the Will of another, and felt sure tl the Jury would not disfranchise a citizen taking a way the right to make what legal da- position he pleased with the property accumt the ted by the work of his hands and the swc? lent kis brow. 9W8 Mr. Simpson followed, against the Will, i in an elaborate argument, made a very g ave case out of what we conccived to be a v ^cr weak one. efn s of Mr. Young followed upon the same Bide. It did not hear his remarks, but understand tin v ?1'1 was a fine effort ourevj. Mr. Henderson followed in reply, and v rorn considerable ability and ingenuity, collected left testimony, and remarked upou it. ? ~~ His Honor, Judge O'Neall, charged the J the somewhat at length, upon the points of 1 lself and facts involved in the case f'stated toll ,onK that the case did not come within the Stat 70V& - - - - as was decided at tlio lost Court of Appeals The the celebrated " JoIifTo " case; that the Deft y to aula had n remedy in the Court of Equity if Deed of Oift constrained tho Statute of ]l hut (hat the Will could not bo aot aside 11 ,aVP that grouud. In regard to competency and such due influence, tho Judgo charged them, ilia rent these points turn upon questions of fact, it l8, competent for them to decide ultimately. l? ever, that tlic proof with regard to bo'*, oj t P?n- points, by no means sufficiently established ineou petency of the testator,, or the fact 8ix tho Will of another had been substitdta i are place of the WiU oi the testator ; that ho ?Mre UDiforn-'y' ten'years, expressed that Wil nore the e.aect that his relations should not enjo] il nV, property, and that its flowing into n'stri y re- channel, however unnatural It nnglit appeal 'ten n? m?an8? from that fact, be regard< eben Pro^uce^ by Uie operation of undpo influeac seels The Jury retired, and returned wjth a vei settipg aside tlje WU\ Jbe case will f>e U to the A^ppeal Cqnrt n?tni ence ireft, **'* oral . An Alabama Quartette.?Tho He!ma (. and *ut?a tint a negro oraaa helqn thai ? - RAruer. lJying near Moutevallo, bama, gave birth to fotir Children (i hree Is of and one boy) on the 28Ui-olUmo, They at I fcy iffrg *??d #aid jVto be thriving. The whol th#R only weighed fifteen pounds. From the I.aurcsville Herald. Lavuknbvh.i.k., April 9, 1857. Mr. Ssokes?Dear Sir : In the lust number ' of your paper n Communication appeared, signed " Laurens & Abbeville," putting ino in nomiim* tion to fill the vucmicy in our representation in Congress, occasioned by the death of our luto (Tullmit nnd esteemed representative, Col. 1'. 8. Brooks. The highly complimentary terms in which tuy name has been used in conncction with the position, as well at) the solicitations from esteemed and cherished friends, in many parts of our Congressional District, have deeply I affected tho best feelings of my heart, and created a debt of i?r?titi.il??- for wliiM. ? t 0 , ? ? ? ""J octvico * could render would be n most inadequate compensation, and which, I am cure, 110 time can extinguish in my memory. TI10 respect and regard fur the kindness and good opinion of my fellow-citizens, with me, nrc above nil price, i Permit me, therefore, to return, through you, my most grateful nekuowledgiueiitsfor the houorublo notice taken of me, and to say that I do not fct>| ' at liberty to declino the couiinutiou, although ifc is accepted at no small personal sacrifice. 1 With high consideration nnd respect, Yours truly, C. P. SULLIVAN. THE CANDIDACY. We are requested to say that Mr. Spnnn it a candidate for Congress, although lie has not been able to visit tho other Districts, either to see op address the people His expectations was that the (inventor would not order the election before i/cionrr, aim ii?di in Hie meantime an opportunity would be afforded the various candidates to | canvass I lie Congressional District- lie rcqueato us to add that lie i* willing however to address his fellow-citizens in respect to his views of tho Federal Constitution and the proper policy of our Government, whenever called on ; although the space of time before the election and his., personal engagements will not, he fears, permit anything like elcctiunoorliig, even if he had n disposition for hiirIi it task. ! Gen. Iioiiham i* well known to be fully in tha I field, so it is unnecessary to say ivnytUittg in ! reference to that fact. I \Vo are t he more ready to make this state iiiviiv ?.-) UIIC U| mil ?..\i;ii<iii^C9 m mc vuilgroffsional District lias expressed a ilcsirc for definite information in the matter.?Kdgrfield Advertiter . The J'crif* of thr Sen.?The official tints of ; wrecks fur I H.Vl'i, us just pulilitslicd in Great Brit- ? am, exhibits a fearful amount of d'saaier. We 1 | learn that. u<> less than 1,15ti shijw were wrecked. 1 I or met with casualties, on or near tho coast of . ! tho L'tiiteil Kingdom. Tho burthen of these L ! shins amounted in ihu aggregate to 3g?),i)3tt ton*, 1 aim the number of l-uiuls eiu|iloycd to 10.010,? ' ; The largest number of cusualties occurred-jn 1 ' January, February, November and December. s | <Jf those ships, fc'81 were Hritish, registered at ! home; 32 British, registered in ilie colonies; ami :237 foreigners. 546 were Railing ships over sen ,4^11 coasters, 139 colliers, and 3-1 steamship*. i- .'?0ti wrecks, ifcc., occurred on tho east, 301 on. . s tlx- west coast, I I!) on the south coast, 155 on ; the Irish const, 13 off ihe Sicily Isles, 11 off . '' \ I.utidy Island, 5 oil" the Isle of Mnu, und 37 off *~ 't i the northern isles. 2<>1 of iho ships were com5. i manded by ma-tors holding certificates oi coin,1 1 (luteue.y, 2'.hi by masters holding certificates of j service, 2'J7 by masters of coasters, 95 by |icr1 | sous whose qualifications ure unknown, mid 210 | by foreigners. id The reader may well imagine a terrible us amount of MitVuring. In some eases entire crews perished, and in others bet few were saved.? Among Ihe causts, 118 are attributed to sires* o- of weather, In to mistaking lights, 37 to linsea,s. worthiness, 38 to fog, 3 to dcleclivo cbartd, 12 t | to errois in judgment, 3 to iguoruuee of coast, 7, to errors of pilot, 3 to want of pilot, 01 to negl,e leet of loud, 1 1 to want of caution, and 0 to genlit oral negligence. From l>iie;ii/a?Intelligence rccoivcd at vo Now Orleans frotn Vuueziila, represents that e- Republic in a prosperous condition, and that the ho people arc alive to the development of the material resources of the country. In particular 111 it is said that the effect that the Grand Central ill Hail Itoad, connecting Porto Cuhcllo with the in! headwaters of the O-inoco, is no longer hi un,ej certainty. The government had been very ' lihcrul with (ho company, not only grantiug the rc exclusive right of way lor twenty-five years, hut guaranteeing the stockholders 7 per cent, on , their investment*. It also freely gives 600 acre* "H ..t i i ... 1 i. ? vii iuiiii, i<> in: svinivu in uuy [lufiion ni uie jinn" tioiuil domain, for every mile of roarl built, and of expects the materials used iu construction from , |le all duty. It is i bought the road will pay * vdivideud of not le.<B than 21 pci cent, the first year, running, as it will, nearly tlio whale di*? lS0 tance through a Buttled country, and couuectiug , ed points of so much impoitanoe,_ Tlio contractors ie arc making preparations to begin the work at once. A branch road is also to bo constructed * to Caraccas. Property in that town, as also in 1? I'orto Oubello, has already' advanced, iirconseIr. ipience ot the now assured realization T<o( this lftt iinportant enterprise. r c" Railroads in Kfw York.?The annual report m on of the Railroad Commissioners has been ie?eived._\ re_ We g: ther the following interesting statistics from its copious details: Thntf the dividend* ' " paid on the completed, roads 'throughout the i?t- State average from 4 to 8 per cent, on tlio aggrei gate capital stock; that the double track laid is nearly equal to one-fourth of the whole length of the made, and the sidings to one-eighth; that >n~ the total number of locomotive enginca is 78& his of passenger anil baggage cars 900,"freight c'nra- _ . |JO 7,5tlO. und the persons employed. 18,0154 ; tha^of, , the whole number of person'* killed eight pft> 08 cent, were passengers, thirty-one^per ceut. enrii of ployees, and sixty-one per cent, neither, paasehliat geiF no employees; and tlmt four-fifths-of .the v' ()V passt-ngers killed and one-third of those snfT.-red in consequencc of their own iinprudcracer.. t*,s' A comparison of the safety of Railroad traVelila ling on the roads af-this .Stute and those of Groat i of Britain, during th6 - last four years, shttws that there was a greater number of passengers killed, and a less member"! njured upon our roads in pro- ' ? ind nortion to the number carried thhn thdsp'in Great \- ? ood Britain. ' - J. .e ?VY * erJ Co(. C. O. Memminper, of Charleston.-?The address of thin gentleman before th& Young ^yc Men's Christian AsM>cration of Rich'mond, oa ? Tuesday evening/ was exceedingly appropriate ?"* ll '' in conception, elegant in diction, and calculated;" to produce a rusting imprrtfeion upon,* the mind* eith of liis auditory. _ ifis design was to d?J)ieUflM[, * . ,, humanity of tlie'Pavfcor?to represent hiifl' IlkVhis historic*! character, .IjtWiig^' ?nd--njovlpg A?' * miliarIy*ainong men, and!f^nrehui^th>dt.1?!W>. ury the sublimest example oi piety aw.^bdl^nra?: ' He referred tu the early prjmkrfotd , not, only thf first advent trTfh'e< Mcaawh Im' * foretold, but also his filial appenron'o? pu e&rth., < * utc, xiio murWed attention which ?the ?* >, in ceived from liisUudianor, afforded tiieliig hesbf . /* > nd- proof of. the cxoellenco.. of his di&Courqo.?J7f\ ' ' m ?""A v *. 341,. For;Aa?M?.-7Capt Dan forth ^m Eottu&T '" says the Columbus Sp* of^j, mo^l^f^,^ *.* P" for Kansas pissed though tills v'ty oaTwM?^.eventng, accorr^anied by forty-five emtniltsb ? i t as pfinr.Vpally from Barbour county J ,'OBSt* D." ^ ^as '.< accompanied by hieWaraily, ba^ aii<tbaj?i:aie> i ow. C?pt Cllyton -cwmp^^^^r^^^ of the way. Captam Dapfprtb a. e I joined at this piaee by fl BIV ' Av the editor of the Enquirer, who.^Oes.oat oVvPffljj^ t. that pep??ng t?nr? , . of tlie Sun may expert an oecHsion^desenWi#j'\*V * dnguorreotypo of that far off regiQR-^-ita; l?n<^ ; --1; ^ had productions and' ' J. Sur<jicalm Operation.?Dj. Big^Vi^jTihitA ' recently remoYedljrom tbe lungs of-'fl^aip^tffe-i*uge fear* qf aste, a mncSoth i Kibble about tli* ??*>?# ? \ i - r, by Hfrge hazel nttf, '^Uic>i had id ai mo^ . Al^ lfBhment now coAmwr^?5 t> all VOa pound# of yarn, 800 po?tt*<iiS3^&^ x le of 100 pound* of tvlak 150 /n?ihATm* *JAa.g??.- A be*id?? carpet warp and bagging. 'Wi *v -.^ Vj