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the end or the yeas.
iind until3 all am ernges
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beioontinued,-an charged
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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.
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