D4,11tu, it Is W1Ib y , s ha - nt b 'mio any years tua dcaoes i In projpor tion to pulation, as when the number M tire, also, that tl o annual inor ta!qy of-the c4spital of Massachusetts is lower thnht ha evee beepbefore.- -Among other iatifying clitim1tandi'M onducing to this rsIult, raibroads, W are inelnei to .i a ontrIi''t~dmor than- pysicians *-.-or others oern to have suspected. ihe peo. ple of Boston'and we presume also of other eities,avl themselves of a pleasant aid rap id deovdyance in cars, on their way to trans ect an immerise amount of business. Thou. sands of active enterprising men, who are identified with the mercantile and mechani cal thtift, characteristic of -Boston, reside from two to twenty-five, and sometimes forty Miles off, in the beautiful surrounding towns and villages, which are always accessible by numerous railroads at various hours of the day and evening. After the fatigues of the day, and the exit of customers, they hie them selves to' the magnific6iit scenery which farms and gardens, hills and dales, render incalculably inviting through tkie warm season to pass the night' in untainted atmosphere, and in clean, well-ventilated houses. The following morning thay are again brought, by an early train, to city, both physically and mentally prepared for the pursuits of the day. This class thus secure a remarkable degree of health; and longevity, in degrees varying according to the healthful or unhealthful na ture of habits, will follow as a necessary con sequence. Then, again, the different mem bers of families are constantly making ex cursions hero and there from the city, in con sequence of the facility, rapidity, and econo my in moving about. All the various influ ences operating on the play of muscles of the body, on the nerves, on the mind, and on the circulation of the blood, by rushing through the atmosphere with the momentum of a bird on the wing, are each-of them bettering the condition of the body, and brace it up firmly to resist the ordinary sources of indisprsition, and secure the individual that measure of health on which much of his happines3 and usefulnOss in society depend. Rail roads, therefore, aside from their pecuniary enrich ing influences, and the resources they furni Ih for trade and - extended intercourse, are im. proving the condition of hunmanity more par ticularly, in the way of pro:noting and sus taining the he alth of cities. We have felt an unusual degree of gratifi cation in success of Mr. Spear, a gentleman of unbounded philanthropy, who secures to the poor children of Boston, annually, a pleas ant trip to some sieet grove beyond the ever lasting din of our crowdeJ streets. where their Iungs.can be expanded ly unvitiated air and their sensus regaled by the magnificence of the-Creator's works in the green fields, the wild flowers, the waving forests, and the bal my breezes of the country. The sickly and feeble are also benefited by railroads.' iyspeptics, those with irratable lunge, and debilitated children are improved in health by frequent transits in the cars; and it would be the .very spirit of benevolence to furnish poor and sickly females, a numerous body of silent patient suflerers in all large cities, the means for riding from ten to twen. t miles on a rail road, at least twice a week uring the summer months. While soine have treated of the moral influences of rail roads, and all familiar with their commercial importance in developing the resources of a country, it is our agreeable province to herald another property singularly overlooked ina community exceedingy blessed by their con. struction-viz: the stability they are calcula. ted to give to the public health.-Boil!on Mcdi. cal and Surgical Jou nal. METHODIST fEVscoPAL CHURci.-MAost oI our readers are probably aware that the Metho. dist Episcopal Church his been devided into two bodies-the MI.. lE. Church south, and the M. E. Church north--on the nuestion of slave. ry. The southern brauch of the Church de mnanded an equitable distributicn of the co:n. mon property of the chureb, and the quest;in of arbitation was discussed at the last Natioa al Conference held at P'ittsburg. Ence that +.imne the agents of the northerni branch of the~ Church, in a teher addressed to the Conims sioners of the M. E. Church south, state that they are "satisfied tint no power which ok4 concern of the Methodist Episcopal Church to the decision of arbiters. la this decision the agents are sustained by Judlge MCLean. The decision will of course cause mumch excitement among the Methodist at the south and a suit at law will probably result from ihi decision, which will be tranisferred to th~ .Sut. promo Court. Hon. Messrs. Daniel Weobste~r and Reverdl .fohnson have been engagedl by thme Com,mis sieners of the M. E. Church, Saut hi, as coun sel in the prosecution fortheo funds of thme M E. Church. lHon. ufus Choite his ben r y. tined, It is said, by the flonk agents of tihe .\l E. Church, as one of their counsel in thme ex. pected prosecution of the~ cimi oft lie M. 1E Church, South, on the property of the Church. Zion't Herald. COTr-oN SEED ExrmAcron.-The North. ern papers, we notice, are describingr at cn siderable length a newv invention for extract ing the seed of the cotton pilanlt. It is of ther simplest construct ion, compiJosed miniily of two cylidders, closely set together, a feeder, and the ordinary fani. The cotton conitainin~ the seeds is thrown on the feeder, from whmich it is taken by the cylinders, which extract thec seeds wvhole, the cotto'i being parsed by thec fan into a receiver. Thle quantity of cotton cleaned by this machine, it is said, will far ex. coed that by the ordinary saw-gin inow in uise, and a third less power is requtired to keep it in operation. By ihis muothied the texture nmi length of the fibre is comipletely presered, thme value of cotton ivill be greatly enhanced, and the intrinsic w.ort hi is iincreused from cent to a cent and a h:df p3er poun id. it i, calculated that a thousand poundis of cottoi ean be extracted in the samno space. of timec that is required to- ext ract twenty-four poumndi by the common saw..gin. Tlhae niacionmay be worked for ten years without requiring re. pair.-National intelligencer. A FOLDING lloUSF..--We have hieard tell of folding doors and folding winidows, lbuta folig htouso is sometihinig of a invelty: *tDays, the New York India-rubbher deal. er; has got tip. a portable bioiilo and ~boatt toi gpid-finders. Ainon" the poenliar advant a ges of tid~s inventtion for travellers in Cauliforn mislthe facility with which a boat of ninc feot long, by six feet wide, cani be coniverted into a housoof eight hundred and ekeven feet, ,the me iscon eZL7- the shebt o bber cloth fti the Y:d Mrns the a to a C hisertab .i? The. whole weight of o them is 0i6y sevinty pounds -n ana .ipakeittaway.jnf an -ordinary trubln Day'say, thiat shoul the, travellor ed apama,.wthiageabou ,of. this nd ihlih can be so arranged 's to spread a sail, a arty may oinbarc -upon the gentle PacifC, aid, by oasting alonhet share, can reich the valle of the S'a ranen to, and evein penetrate, to the gold region it-. self." TUE PAcnEco SLAVEc CASE.-The N. Y. Tribune gives the following statements of the facts upon which the Pacheco clain is found od: - "Early in the progress of the Florida War upon the- Seinoleo, Major Dade hired of Pa checo at-825 per month, his sr.vo Lewis to guide throngh the country of the hostile savages the expedition w iclh Major Dade caornanded Lewis was a negro of remark able abilities, spoke four languages fluently, and it would seem was a secret confederate and spy of hlie Indians at the time. When a bout half way to its destinnation, the expediton was suddenly attacked by the Indians and al most entirely destroyed, hardly a nan escap ing. The negro was no more heard of until near the close ofthe war, whon ie caine in among a band of Seminoles whosurrendered, fndinng longer rcsistance imlossible. Ile was now claimed by his old mnater but (whe ther in accordance with the teams of cIpitu lation or otherwisc does not appear.) Gen. Jes sup resisted the claim, and iecided that Low is must go West with the discorittied sa. vages-admi so be did. Whvinreupon Pache co claims payment for him by the Govern. mnent." WANT OF FitFsH AIn.-ilonn. Iorace Mann, alludning to, ill ventilated school-rooms, remarks as follo(vs: "To put children on short allowance of fresh air, is as foolish as it would hive been for Noah duritig the deluge, to put his family on a short allowance of water. Since G.id has pi'ired out an atnosphiere fifty miles deep, it is enough to make a irnisor weep, to see our children stinted in breathing." RrMOLrITo BAIrnAnnrY.-A pr:vato letter received in P'ittsbur;, from Helena, Arkan sna, relates a circuistance of revolting bar baritv: - "A steamboat touchd at the wharf, amn landed a man, his wife and child, suffering with the cholera. It was raining at the time, and the nii, enfeeih.ed by disOaea, felt mio the river be!ore lie reached the shores. lie finally strunggled out, and sick ns he was, ic. ga searcnmng for a place (nt siotmer. Not a door was opened for him; the hotels refused him admittance. At lenngth ie found a shad which afiorded some sort of shiefler fron. the rain. Here lie took hnis wife and child-and in a few hours the whole threc of them were dead." Tizounr.E IN GEoGIA..--Thlrc. appears te be considerable excitement in llenry Coun ty, growing out of tie result of the late elee tion in that county for Judges of the Inferior Court. The returns of tie election, which were deposited in tihe iail to be forwarded to the Governor, are said to have been abstract ed from the m-di-tiag; two cetts of Jludges are now in power-two Clerks of the Court of Ordinary, appoin.ed. It appears that the election for Clerk was tie point upon which the election of Judges tiurni, and the princi pal cause of the Iresenit excitennit. The Governor ins refused to insue comi.ssions for either set of the Judges, and will lay the matter before the Supreme Court for adjudi cat;on.-..i ugusta Republic. To Srri' Mb.Eri.mNG AT -ii. NosE--Dr N-rier, a e'nci sirgeon, s.ys III it the sinnnple elevaton'i of a pes'sonn's arn w il al ways stop ing!0 s at tihe n1se. IIc explains the fact Ihysioiogica l ly, and declares it a piusitive reicly. It is certainly easy of tri al. WVe would to:nmennd tine foliinvng state menit to tine conisidleration of tho~se wiho give ins our daily beef. Ve sincre!v trusnt thmat nione of thnemi iwh ft . it apl~~icabnfe to) them se!ves-iough tfne:r b~e ;m n:ght: certainy be. better: "Thne mnedicail mien whno pranctice in thne city of I snndnn, dec lare that cancerou:s andi pin Imno na~ry afl~ ct:ons ha~ve be:'n emnrnmouv incr~eas o I, of Ilate yeanrs, by the quantit t of' mnent un lit for hnan foodn, wich is d-Inly dispos d of withn tihe baI!s of nacrt-:y A GooD IDEl'A.-lt is pnropos~ed by the I'la delphnia Ledger that carriage bodies mnighit be mnadec of woe wire, with tine foilunwiing ad. vanitagen: I .ess thia n hi:n Ithm~e weighnt of wood(. mnore tihain thrnee-mil tine stremngthn, andl equal I)y great er embiiran nce, im one bieauty and va riy of descigin; and fin-ldiv, an vrv cosindera ble reduction of cost. \Vfno iil strike out for tihe honor and tine profit of this inmrove unt I No gravel or Mc.\dlaminzed r.d is fit ror use until it is cemntned firmolv by continuned t ravel. So s-ays thne report of thne Kentucky hoard of internal inmprovemients. "O~ch!"' says Pad. dy, "I'll never lbe able to punt thnese boots oin unitil I hnave worni thnemn a week or two. Louiscille Journal. A MounsruJ. Rr.uc.--Then edhitor of thne Buton Itoinge Advocate inas received from Capt. C. MI. liaihe, lute of tine U. S. Armiy, now residing at Ifhervilke, a relic of- mnournf ul worth which is diescribed by tine foliowinig note that accomipanied it: Enclosed is a slip of paper sttained wvithn thne blood of tine celebratedi C~apt. Walker, wiho was killed nit I lnannanta, Mexico. Tine piece of paper hnappenied tio fall inuon tine inan imainto bodly oif thne gallant WValker, soon afier lie b~reathled his lanst, aund somen of hnis clottedl hlood adhering to it, was preservedl as a relie. I carried it innmy pocket sceera nmtns in .Mexico. I sennd it to yout edpstdi yorcabinet oif curiosities. Gu:s. -Mc fuir.-Th'e Charhestomiun Mr cuiry says: WVe are much grat ified in be inig aubc to state, nuponi tine annthority of a let ter fromn hist phnysician, we hanve ourselves seen that tine hlthni of (Gen. iMcDunlli is imnprov inig innder tihe wautnr cnre treatnmeint tom whichn ine is at preseint sunbmnittinig. i The General is nowi in M illeudgville, Georgin, and his frieuin entertaiin hopes oft apormnannent amelioration of his hnealth. I uiois Su:swron. In tihe St. Louis Reopublican, of tine 15th inst., we have autheontic intelbngence of tine election of Glen, Jameis Shilds to tine Senate of tine United States from tine St ate of Ilflinois FRANCIS i. ADAM, EDITfl - AGENTS FOR TIIJE ANNEUR. Messrs. WHITE, & Co. Sumterville, S. C. T. W. PEGurs, Esq., Camden, S. C. Sons of Temuperawace. There will be a public meeting of Sumter Division No. 12, Sons of Temperance, .on Friday the 0th day of this month at Sum. tervilleI, at 12. o'clock (M) in the Method ist Church. The public are Invited. The members of the Order are reiluired to meet about 11 o'clock at the Town Hall. Feb..6th, 1840. Cotton. Charlcs!on.-Prices, from 5 1-9 to 0 78. The news by the Canada had an unfavorable ef'ect on tle market, causing a decline of 1 8 c. on the prices current beore the arrival of the steamcr. Sumter Convention. We suggest that a Convention of Sumter District be held shortly, to shew our approval of the procdedings of the southern members in respect to the Address, and our deterihina. tion to sustain them in their resistance to ag. gression. Secession is preferable to submis sion, and cicil war to inequality and resulting degradation, oppression and ruin, anl the loss