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RIANCIS. A8 d4a.- o--r ~$i~iih ~in of six isonths, the end or the yeas. iind until3 all am ernges *on of Ape e isr4atSEVENTY. e,.(IS line, or se,) fo I ~, a upi for eAChi aubeequent e s o be marked tuea e tiey ill be publishid' beioontinued,-an charged NFAiOLR per square for a single e rterly-and Monthly Advertise rd the iam an a single in d PA the sam as now ot-se kW C1rL'urAL TASTE.-The Prai r liii. f excellent editorial W dtlonrmof the tarste for her. ,thi effects on the charae. I. We ext;ct a few i~ Is a true home of beau. sriculture is the frce school 0111; ii;:hth all our readers uiy M.st pupils if they choose, and P'ed 1usful proessors if they %a help to crcate. a., mich :their spare hours as th'e qr izen can -purchase, with the tofears to decorate his brick . . ...... te ulace in the metropolis. 0af14 no inere ornament, in the buase!,or outot ni, .jo cheap ard so f wl as healthy plr aiv and flower., ny ofvilll.hear ten persoi-s 4f ser.se tdkng. your geraniims or fuschie, bgiffne-will notice your rich cur. Ig anid tall mirrors. And out -16ers#1h'e eye thrt would never be at Needrby glarlig paint, cornice or NNi fwill! be intantly arrested by e liMingatarabesijte of a nati vs ecreep. 9194*6, umbrageous outline of an - tree. ou ot admire that simple lit itge, with its graceful trees, rFi m11 batve- woods? The vines, Ingbeauqifrl- while they conceal - r ;l bt-building!; the little ny,' or more 6tiag lawn, gem pwith rhruboery and sparkling ers, with neat walks4 with a tt velvety turf, or natural ones ain keep'ig, and all suited _-1 t eans of the tasteful owner. )eteen able to lift the .vei: hides the life within, have you totfound real omfort avid true happi essthfire d are ir t tue imnates eserving of what ly enjoy? Wo. nw .uch in time and money ISadl his os?- Perhaps less than kiithe ofrwhatyour rich neighbor has 4nded- to rear that, great pile of i d '-hinglesor more amlbi. brit-k aud mortar, -lit i4eai blankas an n idiot'e, and as barren of a umber-yard or a brick not a. thiing-except weeds -n 1egrounds or paints onl- the walls atieur greener or brighter than the lAt1 fbcnan deem this 'huge abortion the *S eIu ultra of architectural taste. -.ti~ to one, ho-who, built that dwell. * ~4iit I afaraner, is one of those who ' 4Tar rather hane at hill of potatoes ta rosebiush,' and would sooner aesnarling than planit a becautiful A LiiOUnSAvaY PICTrS.- A cor sonda~rhL.f the New York Hlome J'iafniaaols gives the foI 4iWigdee'irption of' the Indiana As. he al for the A-tsembly, or low. P r house, is like the Senate~ Chamber, ditnnltely ypoi led by enormous pillars ruagarouand the semi-circle of seat.. UIt it'is the appear nc of the m'-m u~A'iril wish to call attention. Of the hd nyor seventy present, six or ~ight looked like well educated, intel *~lferien; about twenty appeared like 8:Vehdnct hearted farmers, while the rest, "~' eemned' to me, wer e designed by na. ~~ttrefor any thing bnt legislators. One ru~llooking young gent was strutting ~arou'ng with his coat out at both el "owslahother showed a wide streak of W*higarQotmd his body, where his vest S1"allgd.to connect with his pants; sever. wrbasthat somehow strangely ~- e#fInded you of bricks; and a majority hmI:am sure, will fmnd their wash ll aall part of their expenses. Thli all'mokeperseveringly; so I er tn it is a rule of the house. iniiiiaelyfiledw'th tobacco, so that n'time "was lost. I witnessed the comfnencement of' the afternoon ses 4slo. 3A young man, untshaven and nuuobed, sauntered awkwardly up to ~he Speaker's chair, with the everlast.. S'ncgar and naewsipaper, aind seating If ery comfortably, with his feet dtiotable befere him, smoked and cted awhile, then, giv'ng two or mufN an' called the house to order. ~ d a6 takig' any noticen, he called 'Oti d riainbers to come within the bitwothirds cf the members st fthemselves in their places, ~~~~$ilthe rest were lautghing, chatting, ~an 'namg In the aisle around the grplt pillars. Pretty soon the boots, ;."iumnber' twelue pegged," began to m-:iake: their appearance on the desks, 4 a~n ieads disappeared behind news. " ';:papers. On coufnting, I found in sight i~{ohy-seven boots to forty heads. I do K4li' Imnow but this is their way of vo. g If so, it must be a party vote, 2dbottyeen heels and heads,) but at any SYSte, oots were in a clear majority of s'~eje'dn joint-ballot. After waiting Sthrlejlhours to see, them do business, 6'~ $' o being able' to disoover any, I a l~~st about the time the A' ~ted down street ew a mpjake a quorum. - ____ -n 'niinied- Massio has damas.asbAshy '~ 'nr~~~Ns ~~n$ ht. a a DiG -on W man! fortthe, lfgh jf whose presence msVa spirit yearneth ird bowels grumbleth, dost thou "ask n Why 7 .s it nout wrifften tl4at for tune.Iimis upon Al?'l A1d fkr he sake of, theseG. xmiles ha li not -thy ser vant been making a foiol,- yea,sn uniss :f himself, in vain? iorGie years aid ten days h lis sojourned in this place-he as divtd intO, the water -ne has torn ancieeptoaks trm iheir rpsthli; plaoes, and removed thom afar f-he has also'torn his ,breches . i, parts not to be spoken of! .1. is heard hath grown ong-the skm1- upon h1is hands and faceo hath ehanged its color; until he is. now likened unto a wild beast, and his garments are reuat aind soiled, so tha' 'sackcloth and ashes' would be a4 fine as linen nud purp!e to him. Ie would fain feed on hubs, but, there are none. Yes, he who in ime past was wont to fare sumnptuous ly, and to gmmibl over greater d&. uaeies th.'a were ;iled before Dives, now cul's with glahness the .agrunee of pork and b-;,ns, and gnauhes hi teeth imnpatienty at a frying slaijack. Ile bolteth a raw onion with unspeak ahleo idity. Potatoe skins fear 3i presence, beef vanishes from befre him, and dogs look in vain for the bone.. Ilie sigihs for the flesh pots of Egypt, and morns over the-barrenness oik he '=md. In his sleep, nevertheless, the good angle of the past deigns to visit hin, and delightful visions are opened to his recollection, of a deli ci-.u- 'bill of fare' floats before the min1d of the. dreamer, and he orders 'oystera and te-rrapin fur six,' only to awaken to infernal slapjacks and 'mo lasses. Ail this bath thy servant endured. Is he not a fool, an abomination in the sight of wisdom? And dispenseth her favors? Yet she haes deserted me. I approach her, aid -he fleeth! 'I doulle on her trail.' and she turneth away! I wait her coming, and she stands still1 I secret mysel in her path and seize her unawares! But she glideth off, as tiough I had caught a hog by his greased tail! Sictrans!it, I exclaim, a with a sick heart I revile poverty and curse fbrtune. Lo? are not these evils, and where. fore, should they be visited on thy s.rvani0i Surely he bath not sinned as other men sinneth. He hath not coveted his neighbor's ox, nor assinnr mn.i, servant, aor his m,.iJ strvant f r c it unkniown int.) thee, that there are no maid servants here. le had abided by the -Law and the Prophets, but the proafis havd not abided by him. Now, therefore, I renounce these diggings-I absquatulate these prem. ises-1 'vanose the ranch'-1 take ofi -1 put out-I go--I slope, without scrip-or prove'nder, taking no heed for the morrow, for the mnorrow takes no careo nie Before 'five dAivi have passed, the shirt tail of thv servant will be waving in the breezes of the Nevada. A remnant of it will be nailed upon the top of tho highest mountain that lhe crosses, as arid em. blem of the .extremnity to which a man may be reduced in this land of Ophir. lBut thinik not, Oh! Elisha, that I would rend may garment for this alone. Ver! ly, I say unto thee, an evil cenious hath long persi'ed 'ne. She fo~llowed so close upon imy thoatteps thaL every thread and fibre of mty shirt are famnil iar to her eye. AnsI if in her pursitl of mne, she should gaze noion this re'ic in the solitary fastnesses of the mnoun tain, she will at once recognize it, and believing me to have been torn aind destroyed by wild beasts will retrae her step, and thus I will escape her. I go hence Elisha, um. o the town at Sonsora where it has been pro)plheied that thy servant will heal the sick, and prosper wit h amazing prosperity. As Moses roared the serpent in the wil. derne~ss, for the children to look upon and be cured of their inifirmiities, so will I elevate my tin amno'g the Gentiles, that ths-y may, gaze upon it and bE madle whole. lncir ollerings of gold and silver will be acceptable unto me, and if they live not afterwards, peraid venture they may find treasure ir heaven! The Board of Trade of Basltimore are taking snch mneasuares for the clean, ing2 and deepeniing of the ship channel, as to l".ad to the belief that, by the pe. rio)d that the first steamier of the news Liverpool line can ho ready for sea, the chaninel will be in ain improved convdition of affordieg the increased de~pth of water that may be needed te insure hr'r departuare. The steam dredg ing machine is finished, and also the ten lighters which are to receive and dlsicharge th mu n and taken from the channel. A suitable stenam, boat, for towing the dredge and light ers to their positionis, has been pair chased and all the preparaition4 are conaverging to the finsal and muchs de. sired point of actual operations. INFORMATO.-In consequlence 01 numerous inquires frrcim persons re. siding -in othier States, we repnh.list an article which appeared in our col umns some w' eeks since in reference te long cotton. We add the following replies to additional queries in a let ter' from an Alabama correspondent. The best wild lands sell from $8 te 12 per acre for hamamock lands usnim piroved. We believe abouit ten aicres to the land, besides providon crop is usually cultivated, the number of bales9 to the land will depend on the quan tity of land cultivated, pine lands are more easily -worked than hammock lands and more aores can be cultiva. ted, but the product is less. .We sup pose that two to three bales per hand .rould be about-the run of the product of Soe' Iland Cotton ' planiing-.-the Long cotton bales usually wmegh about -400 lbse-to -the bafe, id ood bagging, All this desacriptIon of edthotels now wotith for~y atflh dui:M . n 'L,17t"N N n luhnge whkle ll oe l't~ e~ f: aacco of t'h a-Ceein Of the recent Ab i, . ouvtlition nin o . tr. ie. ry Q Wright commencell by saying thu b was"an atheist to anything..whiel; saintioned lavry, I wouldiput my4'e@ Wh yg erinmeunt wbwe aetioned' a avery.. IfGod santwti- e-d slavery I wouM, put my heel an Him. (Iliblss md applause-"Order" fiom the. chair-,a hisses and laughter from the gallery.) Yes, I 'would refuse to- cshy such a God; I would.,ut, Pch ,God :pon thek atuctio)n hI-k, and-sell him like ji* beast. (is. . Mr. Wrightt proceeded to say that he was a atheit to uMy'' God 'that %sictioned slavery; lie would spend his money arid his life.to overthrow such a God and such a- government. The day i past -en we should look to at tribut-4 or -.hes. e - had no r6 s;eet for tL name e' Gcl in e :rouith of a warrt'r, a bnyveho!der, or a rumiseller." Tutz C1UaCa H1oME.--The Third Anniversary of. this charitable. in. stitution was celebrated on Satur day, the 11th Irest. at St. Phillip's Church. Di.-Ine survice was ret d by the Rev. P. G. Jenkins. M. D. An eloquent and beautiful disconrse was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Davis Bish. op elect of the Diocese. The annual report was read by the Secretary, froia 'vhich we lean that the Institution has noW 14 orphaa girls and 10 adults: that it has property worth sume $16,. 000, and owes a debt of $8,400, and that it has a fatir prospect of beco:.-inag a widely useful istitution. The present officers are: President-ihe Bishop of the Dio cese. Viec President-The Rev. P. T. Keith. Chaplain and Secretairy-The Rev. C. Wallace. Trustees-The Rev. Messrs. D.hon, Howe and Campbell, lion. D. E. Huger, Dr. 1. M. Campbell, Judge Fr ost, Hion. W m. Aike:n,.Co. E. b. White, C. 1.. Car, esq., Wa Iat ton, esq., and .*. K. Sass, esi. Collection :_6, the dow-s, $90 50.- Chas. Mercuryt. BABNJ3 IN CJuOen.-- ' Colivwing in'ident. reL:.d in the April number -f the Ladics Repoitc-ry, shows that Labiv n :hr. . -o not aL -.vay re. gardeA a- ,an s. There iS 'Some thing very to'uch-#g Onlit It; "A lruthor ju. t retirned from -Cal iforia says ie was. present In the r. an. gregato-n of Brother Owen, when a babe in the armin f ltsuother began to cry. A thing sa unusual in Cailifor nia attracted not alitt -e atteItkn, a11d the mother -to0' rtrio.: 'I-on't lave,' sa. the prefcher;2hosopd of that babe's voieM is 110r iuite*, cfing to many in tids cor gegatian than miy own. it is perhdpu. the sweetest mius id many a rman bhs he.ard since a long time ago he to leave of his distart home.' The effat was instantancous and powerful, and a lege portioin of the congregation melt ed into tears." PaIAecTC I casour.-"lt is extravi g:mnee and inm;.ro ' der 'e, and no'ming' else, whieb ks'-ps the laboring classes in thel power of' 'apital." So say' the insdefatigali. M r:. E'isishelmn, a-i so we imnplicitly believ e. Every an thinks him..e!f as good], to say the least, as every o ther mians; and to proive Lt fae:. he rtelvesa o :hve as well; in consequecnce of' which most of our p~oor people waar broadeloth and] pate..t le-athe-- eait rich dinners and live ins zcemed housea. In these days of cominuations, plain and hone'st 'men should combine to promote the laudable purpose of living economni al Iy. Tus CIuzronNJa IIARVET.--Ihe Wd Vices from California to the 7th Maiv state the farmers there were then bus'y in cutti'g and curing their grass, the crop of which is very abundant. The grain haraLst would conimence in adout a fortnigl. ', and continue for nearly three month. i. Wheat, bar ley and huts p'romaise an a .und:.;at crop. Potatoes naid advanced to 15 cents per lb. by the quantity. On. ions selling at 45 a 50 cents per lb., by which farmners would get three hundred dollars cash fur five ordinary sized gunny bag~s of onions. *?,5 per 100 lbs. haLd been oflfered for 1,000 Ieeves, to be deliver ed in lots by January 1st, but the holder asked and expected $3d. Eg A ges: tle.nan of Prinee George's County, Md., purchased some mseal at B'...diensb~urgs, or Tuesdny, with which he fed his jour horse. In a short thne three of themn di*'d. :aa tihe fourth was not expected to live. Another gentle. man in the village also purchmased some of the muaa, and fed his hugs and p'ool. try, and they too died soon after eat inmg it. It wvas subsequently ascertained that ini the ial wher~e the meal w'as gro.und, aron'rie was dady used for the destruction of rata, and it is sumppose~d that it accidenad~y got thrown among dhe corn. PaRPEFTY OF M nhai '.DWoa. Under the requirements of the co'nsti ti-ion, the L--gslature of Maryland, at its re~ent se ,is passed the fol lowing act., 'o protct the property of the wife from the debts of her hus band: Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen eral Assembly of Maryland, That the property, real a:.d perso-unl, belonging to a woman at the time oft her nmar riago, and all property whinh she may acquire or receive, ufter~her marriage, by purchase, gift, grant, devise, be quest, or in a coumrte of distribution, shallbe protectMd frome tho' debts of her-hdebtald afnd not in any- wna IL aenin ilat amrthern cNdtafabl rHytOo atsah the iiljortance uid alueethi i 4 i -. ,1 Lit t1dir~tn 'of A1Abbillia . District, who sqein t) speaLk eq catlhdrhawh infm-i1. ed the t'dttowrd tIin' AMi'r:'viit k3gr ne'r tn a N%,rthern jivnt sttek (A>:n. road, dging thvselves to wapiete at 6n d'a jlfliyders, rrpon the following terms. To subscribe for one-fturth-of4tN.'stbek t ba paid 'iea jsrrk, 4r se-fouirth th0y Avril take FHbn~dM f ' the 'g~O' ny,.th rem 'tninmg..t -ltiaiif toe pai for in cash as the work progrisem. If tlais leroposhiood be accepted, i pae S thiu grand Projct beyntd the.. p6i. bility of doubt. THE BANNER, J. RICHARDSON LGAN, EDITOR, 'RIDAY, JUN13 24, 1853. COTTON M1YARts ET. Chareston, June 23, 1,853. The market during 4he past week las evinced no dleci'ed ouange. Prices range from,8 1.2 tol 1-4 et. .,. Thc delay in the isse of our paper thit week is owing to one of those unavoidable ar-cints, to which ' the best 6f regiflate famiies " are 'bthiietimeir liable, and on course Newspaper ai -f' On our iret and fourth pages thiu week will be found a varinty of herestun mtwtter, and some Viluable Agrienitural se. leCtions to whi ' we would 4liroit the at tention of the nitenr.-? Cotton1; fioossa.. . Tie 1i rat cotton. blossoms of tho seasn which we ave seen, were brought, ant oiti o nire (n Friday iadt by Lr. 0. P.vMcRor from his pian'tatiokiaienir town, nJ on Sat. irday we received one from Mr. W. H BnuF&T- taken froup his fields near Fr. nd. maiip. A 1as, Chance. b1X WELJ4MAN, the 'agimireotvpOist who has been- ding a ighing busin"ss ile gives notice, by hja advor..idmenat, that U witl remain nut one veek longen. .etoiae Accitdent.' We are mi dL-U thait of Tudla v nigit la eia Giermwt r niatept3d to get or the Charl'stan?xp eo fram f i uthe Snd Carolina Railrohit near. Ridgevilk-. whillb it-was ild falling 91. the irack id boti or i..rg.-i-so badly n i d t) amputatsAi will be nlaces"ry. ~ h ii not expect ed to recover. -TIase Wen er naad'Crops. We a'mnot had -a rain) sev"eral timga dur. ing the past week, but it has not comt( quite ; thme ground i~s very dry' an~d th< crops are looking parchod, andl perkilsing fromn th ist. Weo lier -ud ceomd aiata fron al th-.i tarmer- wj.3ale raesei have e!3nga ted con.iderably sinc - plantin se~ason. Ther Rev. Mr. JEmtssi. Miss.'or,.rv tr China, l-etuire~d inii pmjlace ,an yesterdlai est'd ali'hen'e ; after the J~ctuore a co!'ec. tin wVas taken up.' which we are informer f(au7 p';t-i,'ed th.' chiaracte'r for liberalin~ ina 'he chiri.-ti in comnm'maity of Sinmterv ille Mr. JENK~iNS iis wiuh him a native Ci nese, whoi am ails niatmnal costume attracta no lit tie attentv'n. Denratim of Mtajor MIcCletlandi Thme Cam:den Journal of ahe 21hr inst. anunce's the dleath in thait place oi a:1 oh anal valumed citizen, !Majmir JOHN McCLIEL LANfl, who died on Sunday evening last Maajor McGLELLa.ND wVas over eight) years of age, anid had served his countrj anm an oflcer under Genera! Ja' scon. HIe and Gen. Scott, weo believe, were Catptaina at the same time. For a number of years,.he han heen learihg member of the Episcopal Church of Camden, andI dico in the faith and com. musnion of th:t Cnurt h. Work for thae Fourtli. Under this head the Columbia Souti Crrohniozn, of Monday urges upon then peopic of Richaland District the propriety of for'ning on the fourth of July next Calhoun Monumniat Association, for thae purpose of aidamg in the erect ion of an menu. ment t:, the maanory of Carlina's groal man. We cana thik of no nobla~r way o celebarating the birtha.day of American hb erty than, this suggested, and woul-i f ar' ticularly call the :.ttention of the citizenu of Saumterville to it. There ame no ecee brastaons to be in thii District on that dlay th~at we nave heard of, anid the fourth be..q usma.day will dre w a aiher hf persons tn tow a, who we dIoubit not wall cheerfulhi lend their aid in doing~ honor to the illustrE one dead. Let ,on: Sium'er be beiad he' neighboring i~ntr.cts. Senastor fear Edgefield. Col. JAUtes P. CAatIIOLL has bee;. e!eet, ed State Senator for Edpioid D)istrac' u suppiy thme yaucaacy occasioned by thn death of the Hion. N. L,. GaIFFIN1. Fro:.s Onaliforsia. Thme steamer Croac.'nt, City has arrived Ironm California, with news one week iatei from San Francisco. Site brings *524, 000 in gold. Otheor news unianportamnt. The editorof the Columbia Banner wsa revelling n p uches flvrigitin ett rkle e e i " Lis tii we itru. r a Ssk- of.ikings t which v woul cll atentiltn. ,Firat and Mdost conjlife'uous appears a bottle. 'mirked' " Sldrim '# 0napp," wih being interprg-ted twe trans&:jMfrem the stoell) meant very go *lPand1 Gian,. eva oxfellentrmediline, but Oarp thv,d vry tid'stuff tu get ech'napped on. NAi we haO n e bWNie labele s* Citrate.of.Magnedia sor Jemonade Pur.., gative," which in the best tasting physic we lav4ver litiiard 6f, and if We.had'not boe warnieidby the diregttos as to the 1 -#.er, might have nad tle mstako abro ther of the "quill*" did, and drank ithree or four bottles of it for seda water, when."i Oh ! th Iuider AAt but not r b ,4 comes a liberal supply fthe followang ex cellent and Must popular br4ands of Cigars "iiyAflower'" "La Planthropa" "La 1o; De La 4iligencia*' Ceu~ury" "ILa Pahna" "La Filanthropj. pressol.' and 'Ba)i-rui.netta, pressed." IfVa saker can't h, suited out of this choice lot, he deserves to be condemned to " Clh roote," and we will pass the sentence. BatolE JAI..-The Edgefield Ad rer. tiser mentions that on Monday night, last two prisoners, Williams and New effeoted thoir esape from their: new Jail. The.critne of ther former wasI Burgltry--.of the lat , n'ogro'stelIng. A writer in that paper says' it was Dom the "very calpable neglect of the jailor." SThe following act has beets passed and approved in Massachusotts: .When, after the birth of ani illegiti mate child, his pnrents have intermar. ried or --hali intermarry, and his ftth. er has aoknow'odged, or siall, aft.Ar thr marriage, noknowledge him as his child, such child shall be considered as legitimatu-to all intents. and. pur SAARY AND PlCKINos.-The Cap. tain General of Cuba, according to one of ,he -nowspapor corrospondents, receives an unual inoomo of a lit tie over four hu:ndred tholusaAd d,.l. irs, of which anouit only $5,00is !.s regular salary, S250,000 being his revemate from the- slave importatmi, $24,OO fron pa.sport fees, 32,000 from the appontments of' subordinate officors allowvanea for extra expenseq, and a.4it $40,000.froniiotheirsources: T u U. S. CONSUL AT IV . KNA -A letter from Havana reports that odge Shlui re.l HI ill at :th t p~rtlt' 'foe his ligue, . i sippi, P.n the Cherokee, which sailed op the 2d. inst. Col. Wr. - Robertson would discharge tho duties of' Com Idercial 'Agent until thoe arrival of Jaudge Claythn, the newly appoint ed Con.ul, Mr. Sime oo Draper sold at New York on Fridz:y a $I,000( Bond of the NV:hinin. ton and Manchwwer Railroad, at 93 1-. Nrew YOnIK, Junie 18, 1853. Cotton slightly improved in this market to-day. Sales 5,000 hales, Sales; ofthe week. 9,500 balas. Mid diing Upltads 10 3-4, M~iddi Mo. 'aile Ii-, M addling Orleanis 11 1.3 - fTaee tunchaniged Sales. of the wieek 000 tie.s Th~e Noah British Reriew'for May has been rec:eived, and presents the following tale oif contetnts:N Mallivray's Bris Bi'rds, limernal Relaiionas and th--* principles ofrour.reign Policy, lUaisens II ppobly. tus. English II'rtmeters, Ruth, ; The Reign of Poraale Novelists, Mlemoirs of French Protestantigrm, ife under ani Ital ian Despotism, Glimpses of or Poetry, The' Higher instrnction and its Representatives in Scotland, Wellington in the Peninsula, Layard's Assyrian Discoveries. T'he Southern Standard.-B. C. PREIS ny, Esq.. has withdrawna from the Editorial departme'nt oi this parier. which he has conductedi with suchu skill, anid distingr~sh. ed aibility, aind is succeededl by LEOSIoAS W. SPUAT, on w1hom the managenent of the &undard.as for some time devolved The Edinburg Reriew.--We have re ceived from the publIishers in this country Messrs. Lecon: Scott & Co., Kew York, the April number of this mnonthly, which preser ts thi. followving table of contente : Allbson':: H.story of Europe since 1815, Marriage witl- a deceased WVife'a Sist':r, 'The Ch.iurci of Enigland in the Moun~aasiu, Recent Novols, Agthla's Ilusbanrd, Mr. D.raeli, his character and career, Public Education, Marcellus, MemoIrs of the Re itoratisan, The Inconme Tax. The South Carolinian.-~.The proprietors of this popub:ar and valuable paper olf'er one halt imierest in it for sale. The C'aro Liniani hias a large circulation and an oxien sive advertising patron.ge. TIhe Family Frierd.-8. A. Gorns the Editor and Pubinsber of this widely circu lated paper advertises for a partner. Ihis present duties being more than his health will allow him to bear. We should think this a good opportunity for any one wish. ing to en'sr the ne wipaper business. T1he Southern Patri.-..C. L ELtORn, Esaq., th junior Editor has withdlrawn froap his connection with this payeriatng trrasferredttheproprietorshipto his hiNoNzo al depsrtganie til c~i~d nedl midedfa h p asentat aE, as crved un' so llong yan4 ithfudly hi;thae. 4ato 1 slatir g hai annoudi.i:1teh. ion to dffIneda Nloi loN~nti .,t1hP* 6VV, 0 we' otyurOnnur ud l f4 If C 6ol. Jt RD -VFUBMsAN:Hie s0-Awa ll ad ortliysecoessor oT Cot Asktot.. o.iL hsoN's ieiied hait has' bin'th aune of is not being 'verf xtei'yif ondwn; but hisghdegree or intellgenge 4, ien byis oen exeri!ons4 nd! under ifavbrile circumstfa'ces, hilose hp li. iatien to busilless, Jii aptie td les ronprehend aInd-appredate thi importance ifnoy ttubljeL submitted to his decision, vith a remarkabig OieW judgient, pecu. iarly Itta. hiln to succeed. one who has so reatly disitinguished himswelf under similar 'Bremnattes, and whoe Evy en.Iergy md eiTrt well he direted to h'le 'good of liD' Statue, lie intieret of I is constituteits n general, atid especialy to thosie of the wojile of th. SALEM'S. DiSTRESSINO HOMioIDE.-Wo learn that a Mr. Geanes who resided near aehalor'"Ietreat, in Pick-ins D. trict, was killed by his step-son one lay r.s weIk. The old man was un ortunately. intoxicated, and was en. gaged.in abusing his wife, when the son of the latter interfered, and dur. ing a fracas which ensued, stnbbied hib ster-rather with a .knif so seric;uslv 3s to cause his death in two' ,r three dlays. It is reported that previous to his death he insisted that hii step-nn should not be punished for the. deed. urging that he hinselr. provoked the assault and was altogether in fault. [Anderson Advocate. DxAT o, Masi. L. P. PPRusTON. The simpathy- of a wide spread con inunity of friends will be sincerely felt with'the IIon. Wm. C. Pr.ston, when they learn the intellbgence of his afMl.othig behavement, in t66 loss, of his devoted wife. For years the hand of dlease has borne down 'his once statoly frame, and the sAaee of his suffering has been assuaged -by the untirirg devotion of her bWiurse death we n8ow announce. She is too well known for its 'now 'n.do more than allude to-the mournfutl tat,- that ithe tomb has closedove her. mortal re Maires. ,Tak-anl iw a -distant State, h4 f f'many weeks lay upon ihe fchfdie, arida nothi n; but th" susta..iining ni'onetO of ari pi(if did sire to se jonce, iora an, aged.and. venerableparentcould have. support ed - the_ frai. tvneuient of her ,r1n. mind to reach h.r hmne .t.d:e. With the ritchu; inhrane-.,hqt -S viour's love, a'd'the ceraW hipe ' ~hd Christian, he e ~ 'l diied on Saturday -vqt0: aqr her Sueinr Honie, near 6 lumibia .Bannq. The Colunbia Banner 'festerday says that the Sttp .Ba tuet Con venitionr willa semble at Green. ville on Saturday n6.u The Grcon viiie anilt Coldiyghia RdilroadI will take, 'we uniderstanid, pakr-engers a fi as WiI lianzj'ton, eighte en mniles fromi Girefen. ville, where there will bd an ample supy of hacks and stages expressly for the ite-enunodation of' all who may eieo attend the L'mv~ention. A C'mmitteex, we also perceive, has be 'apPiittud. who will attend at M r. G. 1. E!;rd's Book Store, opt Mainh-streetL.ndi tht evningbeare, and the m-iaring of the~ assemnbling of thte Conaventioin, to meet the delegates arn] visimr'ra anid provide for their en 2~W Counterfeit feour dollar notes are ini circulIation, of the Batik oef the Sta:a of Nou th Caroltinua, oid p.late. TIhe Winngt4n Joainal say. re. ceiv-e none which upon being cut in hailf wil! not cut the engravers names. The general a:ppearaneco and en graving of the ci-terfeits is much co'arser than that of the genuine, but the above is the most certain test.-. It is supposed that a good many of these billk have reconfly been put in erdat-on. COius IN MssiPPr-The Vichg. burg W hig, of the 7th instan't, says : There being an tunusualdly large- numi ber uf pelanters in' at tendance upon Court on yesterday, we took oiccasionl to inquire asi to the prospect (of the crops, and we were gratified to 'learn that notwithstanding the lateness of tbe spring, that the cotton crop promises remnarkably' well, anud also the corn crop. A few weeks since, the planters in this viCInuiy were depressed by. the appe-ara:.ce of the crops; anid the state oheweather. W~sil~o~oIANSIN LUcu,-A let. ter from1 Downieville, California, which appears in the Washington News, states that Nathan Fales, John WV. Kraut, James E. Ennis, and James Loyed, of W~ashington city, hatve. dis. eovered an extremely rich treasury1 fr-om which they took out twelve thou. sand dollars ir, five days. "If the clahin holds out as they antticipate.," satys the writer, "they will go horme next fall with abhout onei hundred thousand dol lars aipiee. A WVOan iN SEAsON.-The Phila. delphia Inquirer has, the following' ^ The strawberry, which is, now at the height of ita p'rfietion in our markets, if applied wivit a brush to the teeth, will reinov~thie tartau' more efectual ~than aiY"delitifrice ever )iqvehted, rib, ,e gheqdrmnga~,~wlheleggan t ia ahe case be do a -C~i~bM4 iCow !eI be paid un ,presamed that'tete mecqIvgty --m i O tiv tho dertiui o~ia.1~'ai ph.t th'dd dngsc; teir lo u, O)ut certaiij. ve ih~e abra'to of theoa na. &ui by that of hee which h't.hcouai 4 HAIL 87oBMy-3eW unI a severe hsfl r tin much whid, passd -kv 4 day or Wediiesday -it tensivezy .ithe cott.Ae 4 one plantaiou, t kait ol C. Singleton, aind on one . 1eat hs,th a d rn is'ui.4s) stroyed, aid bthe otton is, plight- Columbia Banite Railroad AcelGesi An a&cident occu'rrdon road to-day, by which, eleven\. anotwtly frish, were kill_. RICH Max.-Ge-orge the American banker in said to be worth sbout .fi .Of dollars. He waa. i.y Mass., in 1795, and, in. e Europe to reside, prvous ,i earried on the mereainti a Baltimore. In 1834 -h e his preset business a iis foomerly resided at eomet C.; also engaged 'fiest as gtral dry goods business Kith (Charl.)ston) Chria4.ian.... A 3rd. inst. says: . . *'Isio P -CAhRaS : speaid i this eity, pecw mnu1OW non., and gigh wita 4rr31 and bhy jittle infanio twenty year*'of He l newing hi V 6 -1 hTe ll-ip Gm r- as tnltJe b hre in Chnareston ,asi" with about 1700 1ler of bbls Rouin, aill of VIii Te tr-en it' the. lao o tin'Ne in this oounitry will-meet h et ineO tob e n n. at.p 4 at iaMn ayego ooton, as picking. rt'leberriek . by a, large- '6 "k wli .editu W. nk"' In- time. ' iw or fiftee"i ya Otue. ieanisays that. goantleman~wb ~ esprnied' Qn boti Lhde tree au4the manfactr,~ their leaves for--yoars.ad&~ the worky has leftthapic climate of the.Soist, irt 1I stockof yong pansu1 cry Jespect to thqsequ~ late Dr. Juniu&8emith~ije .South Carolina. Ta't ChIsr'nyPad YorAllerald sayso thehq bids fair-to ike~ Ngri pe rmnendenms, taaptaln-Dohpournan Davis,,are at their 'workx allot0, A and assigning locationg. terday in the huiling P the Coast Survey, in conduhation~vJ Superintenagent,, itsto tbe~ftQa~ givens to thes pies tigtruuen da Wo' learri that tielig era are not at all e igrned b h11l~ ~* the opening, particu Irly & a T the finest month ineha ye a Mr. Wilson is offwith ; ~ ~ the agrieuhural regins.M,.* i, gomg stothe luanuturing ij' iar kliesmer'e is about mak~g* C Canada, so as to eniable themakj& somethuing of the conr tun here to the openin4on SaNut1LAR AND PAIr. ~ Gettysburg (Pa.) se'niihel sae Millerstown, recently, Dr-. tractaed from the ri rht car'1 f seems that a fly or bug entered of his ear..who beo immendiatu~aae tjj the physician; but before he~!eee~~i~jJ to insect hiad left its tenaemen.' Ti curred two days previotie ttexfa~ in which .timne the pagent snffat~t pain. It is supposed by the ( i the -net had deposited lts'E , the aatrt'tim, it was in thes er.a' flower garden, saysthC is the Sacramento,' Valle4 I any place you please outs~he and whereever the po husbzandmann hias' jo n 4 you find a bed of-beaatifu[(j ecrs of every huie ai'cd~ t Travellers; b. the %A season of the yeard i'~ ing in1 a paradise of Mrs, Snphift Dad~ gamst. .her filI4 pa "I a yllain, if dred-dqllarsk' proved-'. itd lu~&aA. 8