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The Ascent of Popocatepetl. Pr. S. W, Crawford, United States Army. has succeeded in reaching the summit of Mount Popocatepetl. He was one of a party of eighteen, who set out for that purpose from the city of Mexico, on the 12ih inst. The following is from his own account of the feat. We arrived at Amccameca on the even- 1 Ing of the 11th inst. hour of our number hi?d b?en oblige I to return, and another, with servants, left us at Araecameca. At this point, through the kindness of our hospital friends, wo procured our guides and made the necessary arrangements for the ascent of the mountain. NVhen our object became known, we were at once joined by n number of volunteers, all anxious to accoinpaer us to the summit. Wbilo some spoke of the season of the tear, and of the intense cold we might anticipate, others told us of a path to the crater, made by the Indians going up and return mg wiiii me smpnur; but we found that1 but few of our friends had been beyond the enow line, and that (ho mountain had not been, ascended by even an Indian for months, the working of the sulphur cea-tng with the commencement of the iniuy seaton. At noon, on the 18th, we took leave of our kind host and turned our horses' heads towards tho mountains. Wo soon reached Tomacoca. We were here joined by a par- f ty, among whom was I)oii Pablo Perez, a gentleman who had been engaged in extract ! ing the sulphur from the volcano, and who j had pursued the occupation for three years. I His ascents had been frequent, and we felt'1 reassured by his resolution to accompany us. Our road now was up, over steep ascents, j through the cedars and pines ; wild flowers I of every hue grew through tho tangled shrubbov. Ity sundown we arrived much fatigued from our day's journey, at Tlainacas. Our party numbered twenty, including guides and peons. We set out from Tlamacus next morning, en horseback as far as La Crtu, some thousand feet above. Here, with two of my companions, 1 ?.et out on foot, the remainder rode on some distance. At the same time we all joined, and after i the final arrangements of packs, ?ke., we1 grasped our spears, and protecting our eyes from the reflection, set out upon the snow, our guides ahead?The Indians with our i packs followed. Dm- first start out was j steep and amid frozen snows. The guides j' and Indians struck boldly out, without spear j or stall'; tho rest <>(' u?, clinging to our snow j sircars slowly followed. Up we went some eig'.h hundred feet, when getting in advance of the party, wc halted to tr.ko breath?respiration had become labored and difficult? i end as I sat exhausted on (Lie snow, a dead j loolrne# #????.% t.s ? """",x ~ ir\ iiiiii, iumii l?-f ^rvmu7'>. ( .uhu l?\k'l fill". | Rallying, however, f looked around mo for 15 inr companions, and of ail those who had i1 joined us at Ainecamcca. not one remained :; Two of.my friends, with the guides, were above mo shouting to us to follow. On we i went, slowly ami tedioudy. The difficulty i f of traveling increased with every ?vp. The j ^ servants who accompanied us had nil given , i out, and taking the barometer from one w ho I had sunk exhausted, 1 joined my compan ' ions above. < >n we toiled some hundred | yards further, and again wo stopped lorert. i; Our number was now reduced to four and ; < our two guides. The same sukness I had * experienced was now felt by others; the ej>- ! t presston was extreme. j i The cold was iiiten?e. My companions j < complained loudly of their feet, and so great i was the suffering of one of them that I per- ! i siiaded him to return. One only aceompa j nied mo for a short distance, w hen lie re- t turned with one guide to follow his descend-11 ing companions. I was now alone with one JI guide and but halt way to the summit.?j i The ascent became more difficult, as break- j ing the ico at every step we progressed slow i s !y and tediously. Once more 1 turned to j look back tr<>n? mv dizzy height. One ii)is- > a step, and inevitable destruction awaited us j o in ilio abyss below. The stillness of the | v giave was over everything, and recoiling I n from the sight I looked down no more. To j t< go oti for more than eitjht or ten paces with- 1 a *>ut stopping to take rest was impossible, so j rariticd had the air become. At one time, j after an extraordinary exertion to rtach my j s guide, I fell exhausted and for some, mo- 11 ments w as unconscious. The blood gushed j p from my nostiil*. llhccking i; with the fto- I i zen snow I rallied and clambered on. Mv|i fuido, more inured to stub trips, bad got far j abend. The sickening sensation I bad tit jn first experienced, returned with redoubled j i force. As T again sank exhausted on the ' t snow, a heavy weight ace mod pressing upon . j me, and everything appeared to grow dim | > again, when I was aroused l>v loud shouts I from my guide, as standing high abovo me 11 be shouted, "the crater 'the crater 1" j? Up, up, again 1 climbed, clinging to bis foot- i( f rials : one long, painful struggle inor-, and j i sank exhausted upon its brinks. 1. I looked around me, and l bo world seem- tl . J .,.,.1-11 . L '1-1 I I en si roicri oeueain my i no jovcIV ' < valley of Mexico, with it* lakes and monn-j; tains, lay like r. map beneath me; to the|i South and West lay the Tierra Caliente, its I, hill* red in the setting s'in. A misty riin of silver showed '.ho <iuIX*of Mexico far to the ) eastward, and the frosty top of Orizaba rose gradually from the purple landscape.--. Though conversant with n> ire, I had novcr before beheld her in such magnificence. To remember that sight must ever boa glory ? t?> forget it can only occur with a general I decay of the fac I lea. The Doctor is n<>w in Mexico, \ rcparing for another ascent, in order to make a thor otigh examination of the crater < f the vol- i cano, -< -?? ??? 'irt'df.nh iv Washington.?The Washington Star says: Among the 20/-00 strangers who are r.os here are at least one hundred students of the six hundred and fifty now attending I the Viiginia T'niver*ity at Charfottesville.' A finer body of youth is rarelv, indeed, tO he 1 seen than this vamc one hundre 1 Htndcntsof j the Virginia h*nj>er-?ty. _l.J 11 -LJZH? Ml ! . ' Narrow Escape of the President Elect from a Violent Deatn. About the tituo Mr. Buchanan returned from his late visit to Washington, we heard whispers of a singular and mysterious nature in regard to his illness nnd stidd*n return home. In prosecuting our inquiries, we ascertained that Mr. lfumes Porter, of this city, came home from Washington with Mr, Uuchr.nr.3, also: sick, nnd was oblig d to . lake his bed, where he has been ever since. At the-same time we were-satis tied of the truth of the statements which we give below, but as extraordinary efforts were made here . hs well as nt Washington to keep the mat tor hushed up, we yielded to the solicitations ' or friends, and withheld the facts in our j?os- ] session. As they are now coming out through other channels, it is duo to our read- , era to give them a history of this extraordinary case of a narrow escape from whole- ' n!e poisoning. ' When Mr. Buchanan went to \Vashing- ( ton, ne put up at the National House, where . J. Glancoy Jones, Jolin L. Dawson and otliera were stopping. It appears that this hotel has been terribly infested with rats of ' late, and ono of the boarders?as the story ( goes?conceived the idea that they ought to I be disposed of effectually before the day of ( inauguration. Accordingly, ho procured f extra largo doses of arsenic, which ho disposed of in the most tempting manner about JI the house. The rats ate the poison. It is j < well known that when rats partake of arsenic thev put directly for water. There is a I largo tank of water in the upper part of the' < hotel referred to, and into this the host ofl^ rat? plunged, drank, burstod and died.? Krotn this tank the house is supplied with I water for drinking and cooking purposes. Twenty ov thirty of the guests were sudlenly, and some of them severely, affected, ( Votn the uso of water thus impregnated i j with the poison. Mr. Buchanan left sud-l lenly for Wheatland, where he arrived suf-1 ering severely from diarrhoea. He was. j lowever, less severely affected than the oth j 0 >r< H!-rt in fi cli.irl ti.na ?..n: > , .... . ... Km . .ivi I IIUIU H Vf'CI VU OH I.IV. It'll I 1 >' j I' o receive visitors?but the fatigue incident i n 0 entertaining two or three hundred persons j % nude it absolutely necessary for him to lius- ' >atid his strength, hv refusing to ?ee anv 1 >ul his most intimate personal friends?a J ule which was rigidly observed up to thol tour of his departure this morning. I >r. Jones, of Iforks, was more severely af-' cctcd, and has been lying iu n critical con-| 1 iti<-n ever since?and a doubt about his j eeovecv h.as left his appointment to a place | n the Cabinet an open question tip to the! ncsent time. Among the others most se t ereiy atfccted was Hon. John L. Dawson,| md it was rumored this morning that he i ir.s since died, The report, however, needs', o lonfirtnn'.ion. Mr Porter, of this eitv, wr?sj ilso severely affected, and though coulined : o his room ever risico, wo believe he is out ' . if danger.?Lancaster L'xprcsa. | ? 4*W?- | Senate of the United States. 1? The President pro (on, of the Senate, heore pronouncing that body adjoined on, A'eduosih.y morning last, made the follow-! ng brief but felicitous remarks: 1 ii Mil. M tSOS's Sl'KKt it. I h Senators: In closing, with you, the'a present Congress, 1 beg permission t<> \ ! . >ro>s to all Senators my sincere achnmvl-; " nlgeinents for the courtesy and forbearance!0 .vI.:. 11 have inark d their intercourse with;" lie (.'hair, ai.(! for their pcromai kindness to1 t.s temporal-y occupant. I have ccriatr.ly V sndcavored, I v diligence and caro in thej?. ! .-patch (.f the public business, and by slriiM i S input tiality, to deserve it. < || I 1 older to each and to all of you, sen iors, my earnest wish for a happy and grnte ' p ul meeting with those awaiting you at your 1 p ionics, and for your prosperity and welfare! ji a life. j f( Jt remains only to declare that the Senate j a tands adjourned without day. j <| Soon after the ndjournmcn*, the Senate s-?oniblcd in pursuance of the proclamation I c f the President. The Vice-President elect.' a ras introduced by the committee of arrange- j Jnents, and the oath of ollice was adminis- ^ nred to him ; whereupon ho look tlie chair, c nd addressed the Senate as follows: n Mil. DRKCKRNIIIOOk'b 81'KKCII. C Senator<t: In assuming the duties of this tation, I ntn quite conscious that I bring to! y heir discharge few other qualifications than 1 a i deep sense of the importance of ibis body f a the scheme of the government and a fcelng of respect for its members. I,] II ippily, my dtuies are comparatively few ; r, nd simple ; and 1 am sure they will be I y nade easy bv a prevailing scire of propric- I a y which will of itself on ail occasions to e reserve the dignity and decorum of the, 'j Senate. ! a iii administering the rules which you j c iav* adopted for tbe convenience of your c rroeeeding*, I shall often need your kind in-! lolgence, and I anticipate with confidence's rour forbearance t > wards the errors that I 'I'linj? from inexperience. Cherishing I lie liopo that our official and personal intercourse will he marked by mutual confidence | and regard, I look forwa.d with pleasure to! a mi'- association in the performance of public j c iluties. i j It shall be my constant aim. gentlemen of j ^ the Senate, to exhibit at ull times, and to every member of this body, the courtesy ami ' impartiality which is duo to the rcprcsunta- ? lives of equal States. j Prf.sbnt for Mr. Buchanan.? Mr. Win !!:r.m Robertson, ex-American Consul at Tr.este, who a.rived at New York on' Saturday in the Edinburgh, has brought 1 with him a magnificent and beautifully enameled gold ehroii )meter watch, which has been made to order by some Italian repuh li tans fur a present to President Buchanan. Tub uicnkrt Iron or.r in tug World. The Montgomery Mail has a specimen, weighing 15 lbs. < f the richest Iron Oro in tho worf.l?about 70 per cent, pure metal. It was brought from the lien Mountain of Shelby county, Vj?. 1 .9 Soitlljont Cnlcrpvisr' ' W P. PRICE, Editor. J OOB MOTTO?*EQOAli BIGHTS TO ASA" < #T?7 ' Tbnrsday, march 19i IM7. Return Ray. 1 The number of cases returned on Satur- ' ilay last for Greenville District, was unusually light, amounting to less than 0110 hundred cases, ike number of acceptances we suppose would 8well the whole number to about 125. Wo arc unable to say whether this ?m?)l nmniint rtf Itixinnu in mrtni* .> il>? prosperity of tbe District ami tho solvency t>f its citizens, or the forbearance of creditors generally. We hope it may be the former, although the latter is at all times commend *ble. Tlio teturns made in other Districts, M>beville, Anderson and Pickens,exhibiting omparatively very few cases, lead us to inor that tho money market is in a healthful condition, and tliat the citizens of tho upper egion of tho Stato enjoy a pecuniary happiness that will compare favorably with an)* >ther portion of our State. Major Obnerat..?Col. Augustus M. smith, of Abbeville, has been elcctod Major jicueral of tho 1st Division S. C. M., vico 7en. McGowan, resigned. The Drkd Scott Cask.?The opinion of Jhief Justice Taney in tho Scott Died caso s, that negroes have 110 lights as citizens inder the Constitution?that the Missouri Compromise is unconstitutional^ being an xcrcisc of power not delegated by the States l> the General Government under tho ordiances of 1*787, binding ns an net of the cveral States prior to tho formation of the i Constitution. Tifk Cauinbt.?The following gentlcmcu j omposc Mr. I>uchnnan's Cabinet: Lewis Cass, Secretary of State. | Howell CVl.l., Seeretaiy ofTreasury (, John II. Flovd, Secretary of War. c Jacob Thompson. Secretary of the Navy. A. V. Ihown, Postmaster Genera!. ! p I-jmio Toueey, Attorney General. j,V Judge Black, (of Penii.,) Secretary ?.f j |? lie Intelior. | T b Ameni?.\;knth to the criminal code cf ^ have pa.?sod the Senate to pro- . ihil liitlinrd playing, and to prohibit labor ! ^ u the* Sabbath. i ^ Columbia Male Academy a The following compliment to the above n is.itution *s from the colntnnH of the C'oro tl <ixi Times. The principal, RicnAim I'oitii, V is :? gentleman of Hue ability ami learn-ji' ig. Mr. Ilt'tili S. Tuomi sox, a graduate ' p f the < 'itndel, and fornieily of this place, is i C n .fiMstant teaelicr : I z< ' T ix ' 0. M. A. CV?The Columbia 1 It [ale Academy Cadets, under the command jS f Captain Win. I). Gail!.ml. and I.ieut. II. 'ril(llltt\<iill IMtt (..f 1 1 \Href lint" 1 \ rough llie City on Saturday afternoon last, j I1 Passing our oflke wo. were as much stir- js rised as delighted with their soldierly ap- r oninnce, promptness anJ the exact manner J n n which thev executed orders. Their uni- j, jiui is neat and their discipline as thorowgh I s may he I >oked for in seme of our best 1'' rilled Military Companies. jo We cannot speak in too strong terms of n ommendation, when referring to the able e nd finished head of the Institution, Mr. li. j 'ord.and his accomplished assistants, Messrs. laillard and Thompson. They have sue- ^ ceded in producing what has long been eeded, a well organized and thorough dis- r ipline for the government and instruction p f youth, and with pride and propriety, Ir. Ford can point to the fruit of his labors r n?l present a model for similar institutions n hroughout the State. # n As regards Education, parents and guar- r ians may safely commit to Mr. Ford ibo er.ponsible duty of developing the mind of outh and secure for them at tho same time ^ pousn in manners annou entire.v neglect- iv d in other similar institutions of learning, lie Columbia Mule Academy is now resided the. Iinstitution for this section of ountry, and we take great pleasure iu re?.inmending it to parents and guardians if hey wish to secure for pupils thorough intraction in every branch of learning.'' Negroes Hiring their Own Time. For the information of those who have isked u* in regard to the above matter, we opv the act entire in relation to it. There s no ordinance onacved by the Town Coun.1 of Greenville concerning this matter. \ heavy penalty, recoverable by indictment, s inflicted upon owners of slaves so effecting, and it would be well for theiu to remember tbis: An Act to alter the Laic in relation to Slaves hiring their own Time, arul for other purposes. i He it emu-ted, by the Senate and House < of Representatives, now met and sitting in i Geucial Assembly, and by the authority of ; the same, That the sixth Section of an Act, < entitled "An Act for the belter Regulation 1 :?h1 Govonunetit of Free Negroes and Ter- i sons of Color, and for other purposes," passed the twenty-first of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand tight hundred and twenty two, be it so altered ami amended, that froin and afier the twelfth day of March next, it shall not D; lawful for any person, owning, or having in charge, any insli on Female slave, to permit such slave to hirehial yr her time, labor or service ; and any per- J >or, owuiagor having is charge, a slave or * tlaves, so offending shall be liable to a pen- { dty of Filly Dollars, to be/eoovered by in- < iictiuent, one half sliaJl be paid to the In- t Former, and (he other half to the use of the t District In which the offence is tommitteri ; j V)d that all provisions heretofore made by t Idw in gelation to said offsnco, be, ,and tbe t >amo are hereby repealed. ? In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of \ December, in tbo year of Our Lord one < thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, and in the seventy-fourth year of the Sov- < creignty and Independence of the United States of Ameiica. j Anoc8 Patterson, ( President of the Senate. j Jons IzAKO MlDDLETOV, I Speaker House of Representatives. ChqHesloi) Golrlrc?f>oi}deHce. J ? 1 Chari.kston, March 0, 1857. s Dear Enterprise?Our variable clime has t igain committed one of its freaks, in changng from weather almost unplensantly warm T o that as disagreeably cold. f Within a few hours after the storm of last, t I- if i iveck uie cuango was ro great as 10 can inio cquisition coal tiros and overcoats. Some 1 )f tho Indies were a little early in imagining | hat winter had bowed himself out; and v tere and there a light colored muslin might c >e seen on promenade, but for which they tl vere soon glad to exchange tho more coinoriablo fabrics of December. March ro far ins behaved in a very creditable manner, as " egards high winds and their companions? .' nsufierablo clouds of dust?aro coucernod. c 3nr'tig this month it is almost impossible p o walk the streets that are not paved. The P esidents on them can fully appreciate its j lelights, and hail its advent with no greatly >y. A great many country merchants aro i it town and stiil arriving in crowds. Tho' a wholesale trade is consequently in fuli blast, h ltd our merchants aro engaged early and j! tte, while the bright lavs that beam forth om their iiluinlncd windows on the small ? I ours of hazv morn testify to tho heaviness w f tho trade. | 1' Tho distinguished Kngii.sh hanker, Mr. J1 n.\ body, has been in the city for the hist * | m w days, slopping at lite Mills llouro, and ^ p as received imicii attention during his stay.! si his is more than a great many lions can >< oust of, who in veiling Charleston, expect- Sl d to be much sought after and toadied as | icy had been in other cities; but were sore- ^ 7 disappointed to find the daily routine ? asxed off as quietly as usual, and that tlieir' ugust presence could be on the street*Ml , , i P ilhoiit producing any greater commotion j linn would be by an oidinnry individual. Vlien a compliment is offered by a city of C iis character it i* only the more highly an- H! . . i 1, reciated. Mr. Pkahoov was \isited bv ,7 i St lov. At.i.siON and lady and by many cm- . ns to whom lie expressed himself as being igbly pleased with Charleston. Ho left on at uiday for New Orleans. 1 It A very melancholy occurrence has taken 1 a lace, which from its suddenness, ca*t* a I 'l' I ' ' hade over many a brow. A young mar- a icd lady was out llie other evening at anjc, ssemblagc of friends, and who was asked b o play the piano. Slie complied and was ^ laying quite happiiv, when she was observd to totter and fall, and in a few short mo- a acuta, the soul of her who was in the full: s njoyment of health, was wafted into the n snd of spirits. She died of palpitation of the c ... 51 A lady in crossing the rail road track was g I... 1 1-1 1 i uu uici \iy ni'j titri mm nau iier leg so j >udly crushed that amputation was necessa-1 |( y. The cut-throats of t!ie Northern cities ? ,re being frightened farther south if one nay judge from the deeds that aio taking dace around us. | A gentleman on passing through Citadel ' ;rcen. a few nights ago, at about eleven ^ 'clock, was knocked down and robbed of (120. I think it will be well after this, to s id opt the plan of a rather verdant iniporta- < ion of Erin, that I have heard of, who coins to think 44 discretion is the better pari >f valor," and who, when out at night since ( his occurrence, walks through the middle t >f the strecls, and takes good care to give he corners and all dark spots a wide berth. f The Cadets were reviewed on last Wednes lay by his Excellency Gov. Ai.i-ston, and , cceived the highest commendation at his i lands. 1 John Drkw, the great performer in Irish ' sotnedy, is pla)*ing to very good houses, not withstanding there nro so many other ] sources of amusement in town at present. < Yours, S. Tirki? of " Liberty." ? About eight I yiouths ago an intelligent and vHlpnbla. ne- 1 ^ro man ran nv/ny from his owner, a iady ' residing in this city. On Saturday last, we learn, hire received a letter fruin him dated | si Toronto, Canada, in which he respectful- i ly asks permission to return, and promises 1 to be a faithful servant to her for the re- | mainder of his lifo. He -ays there is more | in the name of freedom than in the reality, I and f??r his o?rt ho is completely tired of be- i ing free, and Is now anxious to return to his j former acceptation, where he enjoyed more ] real freedom than he has evor done since h?- < left iL?Norfolk ( TV) lierahJ. i i^fTnv -f-ri in Wahiun u ri)N, Ma/xb 0. Supreme Court?Drid Stxitt Com.?the Supremo Court gave i'? <Jocisioj> iolhe pred Scott case to-dav. 0h|4?f Justice Taney'a ipinion was to the effeti tHiftt negroes had ?o lights as citizens under the Constitution, he ordinance of 1^87 binding, KS being the ict of the several Stales as sovereigns prior :o the formation.of the Constitution?and .hat-tho Missouri Compromise wits uucon trtutional, as heihg an hot of tlm General jtQvoi umout, exercising ft power uot delegat; hI by tlie Slates as sovoretgn. The following incideutal points tycre also lecided. ftiat the expression as to the territory ind other proporty of the Union, in the Constitution, applies to territory only aj >o.-visaed at the adoption of the Constitute n. 1*1. _a .. n . 1 . .1 iinu a* congress uocs noi possess Hit >ower to make enactments relative to tin >er?oti3 or property of citizens of the United stales, in tlie federal territory other than he Constitution confers, so it cannot con itilutioiially delegate any such powers to r crritorial government. And that the condition of the slave wa< tot atfoctcd bv liis sojourn in another State is the plaintiff was not a citizen of Missouri md therefore cannot sue in the courts ol he United States. The casO'Was dismissed for want of juris Iiction. Judge Nelson was of Judge Taley's opinion. Catrom was of tlie opinion hat the court has jurisdiction, but concurred vilh Taney that the Compromise was un< onsiitulional. Several oilier judges will leliver their views to morrow. 1?a88aoe ok the Tauifk Hill.?The tar[f subject was disposer! of by the final adop ion by both Houses of the report of the hnt committee of conference on the subject, oinpromising their differences. In the find lace, by the bill as passed, the one hundred er cent, schedule, and so much of tlie old >rty per cent, schedule as was not reduced own to the low schedules or tiee list, were tit down to thirty per cent. All the forty er cent, schedule, including all the spices nd articles not produced in this eounlry, lit which cuter into the general consumpon, were either put on the free list or on le four per cent, schedule. Many articles ere brought fcoin the thirty per cent, ached lc down to the lower schedules. The same as the case with the intermediate schedules etweon C and J. The. House committee i?'lded to the amendment of the Senate, hich proposed a reduction of the hi"her u. ?!.; ?? -...i .1. v. 11 jr J'VI UWIIU i|im 111 IIJ'J roinisc <?f tbe matter have procured ibataniialiy their free li^t yielding ?o?no nmatctral points in that res| oeL The other diednhs were reduced a!?mt twenty per 'nt. '1 he remainder of tit) oi l thirty per lit. schedule fttw hi ought down to twenty>ur per cent. The twenty-five per cent. :hedu!? was brought down to nineteen per ?nt.; the twenty percent, to fifteen ; the ftcen to twelve ; the ten to eight; and that art, of the oh! five per cent, schedule which ad not been included in the free list want upon the four pet cent- schedule. Mr. 'ainpbell, of Ohio, in reporting this measure, nd ho w is satisfied that the passage of this ill would give relief to the country, an 1 iiuulate and strengthen ilo industrial pur fits. Nominations ron tu:? Li'.gipi.atirf:.? 1. B. Boylston, K>?p, of Win.sboro', S. C., prominent member of our present Legisituro, has been nominated, by a corresponcnt of the Fairfield Ilegister, a' a candidate ?r tIre Slate Senate, to fill the vacancy ocusioued by the death of Hon. N. A. I'eay, ito Senator from Fairfield l>i*trfct, and ames B. McCanLs, Ksrp, a popular and ronnncnt lawyer of the same town, ha? een nominated Lv the same corresnondent s a candidate 10 till the jnace of Mr. llroylton, in the House, in case the latter gentleinn is elected to the Senate. Iioth are apital nominations; and either of these cntlemeu would till either position with onor to themselves, their District, and their date. Since the above was placed in type, wc inve learned that Mr. Doylston declines the miuination. Lkoai. Tkkm?r.?The law regarding the taymcnt of debts with coin, provides the dllowing'coin to he the legal tender. 1. All gold coin at their respective value? or debts of any amount. 2. The half dollar, quarter dollar, dime md half dime, at their respective values foi fob' ; of amounts under live dollars. 3. Three cent pieces for debts of amount mder thirty cents ; and 4. By the law just passed, we may ado >no cent pieces for debts of amount undo; on cents. By a law of Congress, passed some foul >r live years ago, gold, instead of silver, wai nana the legal tender for large amounts.? I'hose who, to get rid of large quantities o ents and fmall coin, sometimes pay bill: >vith it, to the annoyance of the creditor ivill perceive that theio is a stoppage put t< thai antic l'?y law. AvoTriRft Warniko Auainrt hasty BU mars.?The Cassville ((la.,) Standard ha tho following; Front n loiter received by our country man, Mr. Robert H. Tonilinsou, we take tin following extract. It is from a genllctnai whose character cannot be doubted : Bur icr (Jountv, Jan. 31, 1857. Mr. R. <1. Tomunson : Thp most ?ur prising thing that has happenedd?, that Trd ion K. Butler, a timber gatherer, of fccriven went to Savannah since Christmas, to sol timh?r, and whs taken si< k and it wa thought died. There being n boat about t< leave, his remains wore deposited in n coffii And sent home. On opening the coffin aftc its arrival, he was discovered to smile Medical assislanco was immediately obtain f*d, and it is said that he in fast recovering li? was in Ids coffin nearly two days! Kditimg k N* wrp pKnLr^TBho majority of t renders seem to think that* tn 0iu% can l>? i more easy or pleasant than to adit a paper ; i but of all the different em doymenU by which men make their brea I and butter, , there ia none, we firnily bclievJCt^at so taxes i tbe mind, temper and flesh, an that of editing a paper. There ia noue that requires a nicer tact, a quicker wit, or a kinder heart. A curtish temper could never aucooed as an I editor; nor n narrow minded man, nor an ignorant one, nor a rnsty one. nor an nnforgiving one. An editor*nwu or neeeaaity > .turn hiipself inside out to the public. fH? 4 , cannot |hi a hypoci ite any mora thaa a Wband cof;ld be airypoerite to his wife. He i luu-t expose himself in all that he does, as i much in selecting tlierlhoughts of ot)i*iy, as in publishing hi* own, afid therefore th^jetter way for Tiiin in the ouls'el* T* ttT'TSfht > | frankly, to save himself from after contmJicII lion* and mortifications. Whoever succeeds [ 1 tolerably well Ax an-editor. is something , I II- J -? ? ? I Iiiviv VII0II ???? uuiiiioi^.IIIHII, jva 1119 .content* purnrie* think of liim as they will, i [\K*chaiigf i Ssocder Temperance Association; 1* if . "i PLEDGE. r pKCKMHKtl HI, 1856. Wo, the undersigned, do hereby solemnly, And as gentlemen, pledge ourseNes to ourselves, and to each other, save and except in eases of sioknesa, nnd upon the preftcriplioii of a regularly graduated physician,-absolutely to ubstain fiotn all and every into*Seating liquor or beverage, for the space pf twelve months from the Onto of this iustru- | ment. And do furthermore promise, each and all of us, that the one violating said pledge shall be pronounced a liar and unworthy of trust. MEMBERS. March 5th, 1357. R. K. l'omet oy, ?- L-. It. SuiitL. ? V J.^B. Smith, * Wm. Knix, Sr.. V. M. Burgess. Isaac A. Gridlev, I .1. II. Edwards, Z. Martiu, . John Gulletlge, S. W. Benedict, W. A. Mcliugh, Ambrose Brissey, I'. B. Burnham, II. S. Colhrnn, A. -T. Snyder, Francis Thotnnson, I M. Divver, | ! S. P. Pear man, A. L. Barron, A. I'. Bradt, Y. T. Jones, | -T. P. Curoton, J. 0. IRokv * j (iirard PuFie, Thos. WiUmah, P. Benson, Thos. R. Orogsn, A. Powell. F. Bossott, J no. i?. Forrrcst, Daniel Grngnn, II. G. Murphy, John W.Grogrn, P. P. Curelon, Fiank Smith* j S. Martin, Andrew Monk; , II. W. West, N. J. 8;tron, ! .las. W. Young, J. R. O.vnor, E. I. P?n*on, K. II. Watson, 4 Elijah Satterfield, A. K. Purge*#, j P. C. Snyder, To Let, ETIIE HOUSE, in the town of Greenville, recently occupied by Mr*. Ann lluar. lor further par lie aims enquire.qf ; MI, 12 44-2 W. IlYwATSON. Street Tax?Last Notice. 'rpilOSE still owing their ROAD and , J. STREET TAX for the year 1657, are ' notified that the same must ho paid immrdiatolv. Further indulgence cantiot ho granted. W. I>. PRICE, " Mh 12 44-1 i Town Clerk. Auction. Oil! YES ! you who want to buy FURNITURE, take notice, that on 8AT! URDAY, the 21st instM at McIWa Hall.M I 10 o'clock. A. M., I will offer for sale the best lot of NEW FURNITURE ever brought to j this place. TiiKifs.?All sums under $5, Cash; all over j that sum, on six months credit, with note and '; two approved securities. Mh 12 44-2 JOHN KRAUSF. NEW MLIJNEttY , AND Dress-Making Establishment. i MItS. WATTS AND MlSSflfe I GORDON beg leave to inform thc^Jt ' Ladies of Greenville anil vicinity that they have r I opoued.|i?eir new | MILLINERY & DRESS-MAKING ESTABLISHMENT, 4 < and would most respectfully aolicit .a ahare of I patronage, feeling well assured that they can I i give as full satisfaction a? at any similar tie tabj iishment this side of New York city Also, that Ihey are prepared to Gut and Baste I>resae?-on the shortest notice and at the very lowest easb p prices. R B- B?Wo shall receive, in about two weeks, f Slock of * of the choicest, assortment ever exhibited* in ,1 Greenville, embracing the latest I'aris and liony don Fashions, which has been selected. with great care, by a friend of Mrs. Watts' in New"YoA.J Old Straw llata done over and made te look a? good as ucw. Also, Country Merchants and * I Milliners supplied with pattern* of the latest s ! styles. t%* House opjxMito the Foet Otllee. Mh 12 44. If * ST ATE O V SOUTH ARULIIU. GREENVILLE MSTRICT. ' Tiy Robert McKay, K*q., Ordinary o/midDUtfict \\f 11F.RKAS. J. M. i^iiun and 0, W. Timxm T have filed a Petition in my Office,'pray * ing that fitters of Administration, with the will * annexed, on ail and singular the goods and ehati tela, rights and credit* ofHnnrnrl' kboukom, late of ' the District aforesaid, deceased, should be granted to them: * These are, therefore. to eite and admonish all D and singular the kindred and creditor* of the 3 * aid deceased, to ho and appear' In the Court of r Ordinary for said 1 fistriet, to he holden at flreenvi!'e Court ttcnise, on the 2?d day of'lltreh '* Inst., to shew cause, if any, why the said Admiais- I * tratioQ should not l>e granted. ROBERT McfCATVt).<*1* , Ordinary's Office, 7th March, ltt!\7? . <4