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& ? TKpjjGwiBh Bill in tho British Parliament b. At *' TIic progress of civil and religious liberty ii ^ j , England during the past quarter of a century a , is shown in tho admission" of- protestant dit _ centers to equal rights with tlio members e the established church ; in tho removal of t!i 5V * .Rqjilan Catholic disabilities, nnd -in tho oft rc '? pcated efforts to repeal the form of oath pre pcribed, which now excludes nil Jews from th ^ V -Urifish Parliament- Four times has n l>il v iuta-bdueed for this purpose, passed the J,owe jjV 'House, ajijJ has a3.often been rejaetcJ by th * Y.onls.-oacU'^Timo tlic a<l vocatcs of th * ^ffteasnrc have increased in intellectual and mi jncWcal strength ; the firrifc-conptitticnej* of th pi. ' ** ' kijOg'Jurilj tli^t of.iiondon, linvo persisted ii PV ,. '* v ' feuding Baron ?-E'otli\Ghild, a Jew to Parlia P ^moifft, though he liKs beon 'unable to take hi EjV* r scat ohd this year, for tho Jiftli time, Lui'i pc 'J - I'hlmerctoii has brought in n Uill to strike on . "the-words of "the oath,, "On tlis true faith 'of.-i jk .^christian" which no Jow can couscicntiouslj !&. ' t qfti^oi'lhe : ? - "Thc^ijl wns adopted by tho lower TTouso 1$V , ' p7? very:Jiirgc majority, nnd it was eon^flent \\i l? oxijeoted would bo sanctiontd by thelicrcd rftry|braueh oftlfQtogislatnre. Lord Shaftes v' *a}, , .1 bury,-the head of,, the Evangelical party ir 'J5i>glaud, eitprvsscdjlM -^daolution to supporl v. it ; tho Bishop of Catfdftn, one of alho mosl ^ taknled and distiugu)i>hed prelates on th< " " I'lpiseiyVirt beifeh, declared it to he unjust t< oxcUado Jowa from Parliament, and .that tlieii r. . n(litii'-siori "would Jip .fnoro ton?l to impair tlx vV " ' lVotestnnt!ch a raster of the I'arlianitSDt.Athni *-*. di^ that^of Xhe Roman Catholics twenty year * ; ? * * ago; Jjisd some of the most distinguished peer* :/v<?;' - ' bot'i 'lay and el?*rk-al, warmly approved it Nevertheless,the llouse of Lords rejected tin s."* biiupu tMo lOtli jnst., when brought tip for j V~? _ ' pec'ond j*eadinfc.A^? a majority of 31'; lo'J mem W. ' bora" -voting for the 1>!1I, mid 113 against it This result will doubtless be received with ex 4"* ' trerae displeasure by the negnle. who, for tli< _ last ten ye^ts have loudly oitllcd for the tJiro ? ' -V gntion of 11 to Lust remnant of religious intoler^ nnce^nud the admission of tho .Tqws to l'arlia . iiK-nt. It will of course incite them to fresl ngilaCion, and to prepare for a fresh struggle &V niuPXviU cause them to renew the (fuestiot itlreaJy mooted more than once, whether it ii just or right that the will of the people sc ?ioc!<1cdly expressed,, should- 1>e continually Frustrated b\-an irresponsible body, ovtfr whom tl.evhave no control, and who, instead of representing the liberality, tolerance and sense ol the British jiation, array themselves in dcfeucc of exploded and obnoxious prejudices. >> Life at the Whito Sulphur. The X'dlowihg",skolch from the pen of 31. .1. - W., the well known correspondent of the (."Tfaleston'"Comrirr. presents an interesting page from'the Journal of life at a Southern Watering place..-The writer wields a graphic pen, n#jd a (lords*, th at happy, mixture of narrative nnd disquisition, in her sketches, which lend to them-their piquancy and interest: ,-r< j^CbCex Biuaii, July, 18">7.Most people have secn^a "J)rc?* Half' in oui r, citicvjaml tlio?e who.lmve scon .one have eecr a thotftaud ; the same blaze of light, the same \ ' 'band o? -music, the pnmo syt)per table, and the V- Fame tumult .at the door. lBnt a "Ball" at the r. ''White -Sulpher" ia a very different nffair, There is here nofier'cc. contention with wrang ling mobs of foachmcn?no cojjfusod phalanx ofwcaprtrtges?TicfcjVantiiig footman?no curtsey inj*.nnd^ oVer-heatcd hostess com polled to f ? Elunding position with a collected mob staring \ntjb?ir-diamond tiara?no labored decoration* ? ?>fTertfp<Wry .verdure?no tedious ascent o crowdcdslairs^and no peevish belief wrangling in'flteieloak room. ' " 6uf -first J&Dresa JialT' .-presented none o tliCfe objcctifinable. .features. The room win crowdc'd, but aftc-r some dificultv wc succeeded > < # ' in pecifpFrij! a stnnding position in tlic crowd whc.roremained as incapable of locomotion iib- if-.CMloeod la tho "Black llolo" of Cal cults/ - , ' . In Lite train of lovely women before us, seem jug as interminable as Banquo's vision of crown - cd licndv.-otir roving eye . foil ^upon n y?mng, & timply-drcesed uirl, with a cluster of wild flow * 41 el's in her'hair, just such flowers as she mighl have picked tip in passing through the wooils, The tip of her head was tlie inost we could see of hor, for she was so surr6undcd with beaux, Uiatjt was impossible to approach the footstep? of her throne. One waa .tormenfing her witli liistndUcriininatc flatteries with tho drone ol a bhio-bottlo lly ; another tendering to hej acceptance some of those cnt-unddriea scntcn ces which he liad^catowed upon the successivt bells-of -the ball-rbom for the lust fifteen years. l>qorrgh,l! .her oountenanco seemed to anneal to thti~.aid.of ber l$dy friends Vs to th'at .Qi . good Psfnaritnnfc for she -had "fallen among 1% thidv^a." a ' ItVlinrdly necessary to tell our readers thr.t ?- t liis fair gii'l is nn heiress ! Tlic ..gentlemen . here,, with all their pretended intouciancr., knew 'pretty well from what miart^r the trade . _ wind blow*, and the are not often found clho.wintrench other to obtain the haAd of portionles; girls, e'Von if a9 fair as Hebcs. A few no doubl ara attracted. bytho personal charms aof thii very lotfcljs "person, but -by far tho greatei number.l>v "letifawe ycug dc ?<$cn?sctte. Fan .* " ore. Ifi^e Thifdtnliag* prince, who >Tcry frankly told aUEii^fliili commoner, when ho made lw . proposals'?*)!? Bis daughter, that his chief in iluccmenfc^o *narrw',,Vin l>pir<?mi hecbeing*an h?ret{j^wa$ that ho might rcpai nnd'Tofurnwb lii?.placc at Getfoa. lispered. licre that tliift fair girl ho been woofcd by lialf tho resident planted o own" State, nnd> wandering cavijibrs o othej^tatc>'; and^tbatsho lys driven nonii jrlp,;t5kf- Mississippi,-and some iato, >ttfe Lak .l'outliSninfn, by her obduracy. Among al *tb? o?jvrnnt-?,"* the opo who eucqccds ?houl< climb Jlie "TjryTizc horse on Presid$?t Square nn4. -proclaim liis good fortune by sounds o "jffils- ,waa tlierc^inai. d&u^Io iircl^ of tin ligMtSft tulle, loaWngTW^ijifUuaViind etliefen ns if'she were ftfd- on .royp leasee, alfcl (Irani L^aoiflthinc fluid from cups.the eizc.of an acori nhd'eonsisftney of a canary's eggshell. It i said. thift 0. young Goorgin plturtor hai'won tli Ireftft of tins fair "girl, but ic^-tmnk tjfc gentle ?ian>i?ho_wnB hor shadow all the bveningnyr * jjrov?j- U*e fhouso to nibble a liole in the ne y liriki/Ai tlrtl .lolSnM * , TJiC jIpnof tj^c mate crowd was Mr. ? vk. vfUcrHk established among the celebrities licr -?^ij'TU&rt in.' Jffllic*?recognized by the publi as if Ji?y;ned'puodjt and travelled man, win ' ha# been- Co-the four qpartcrs of tlio globle /iTid brought l?ojne as mucU ^useful knowld^g , ad make hi in one of the -f^asan^st companion ijt iu .HV \?or!d.; Open-mojUhcd audiences aut .? roirad him Mtiiey'mighi havo done an orimta tple-tdk-r ofltaljari improvisator*. He ha seen not only )Jj# ;$?6uye,'.'*but tho domc 0 . Mecca, and sat face to face \rilh thoj-jnumfhy ? of Moops, by the light- of bfl? DalTs tenft L lamp? in the (Jteat Pyramid. |Io has dranl Bcluir wat^rr.freali from the rook, visited th . . oafiftet j? thosJapanese palace at Dresden, aei< - tho CWebrgtcd -reutanrant& T#t Touloise, wlier Jp t ^elrob/of geese nre candied iji pngnr. ^ rn -t?? a KroUP 0 r ^0Tjt*6w>K fllrl?^-ruS? oCth? widely ccle 'lintapico bo, witn thai ?r>jonrnfag liftra wfTfr ffa'week* * *V . jfjSkBMfcemaos-^gWi^nate M*VfntfdS\r* ' preset* in ouj cy^ kp' ;; THE "INOEl'ENPENf *P4tEJ 15 VVISI.ISIIKD KVKUY FRIDAY MOliMNO IIV i- LEB & WILSON. f W. A. LEB, - . - - Editc e ' , Itulinidtut/.\ like tuitions, fitil in vothintj trhi >/' >/ bolilfi/ ottriii/if, trhrn Kimtaincd hi/ virtm purpose, mi'1 J' trrmimdresolution.?IIexiit^ij 0 " 11 'Hittii/ to praise, i/rl not afraid to blame." i- Terms?Two Dollars a Year, in Advanc C 1 1 1 1 a...! i " 0 ABBEVILLE O. H. e Kill DA Y, rAUciT;ST 7, 1857. 1 A Merited Honor. 3 Tlic Dogreo of Doctor of Divinity 1ms lic< 1 conferred .?? Rcv- T- Buiat of Grounvill t S. C., l>y tiic University of Oglethorpe Cieorgi The Address on Saleday. In another column will bo round ft pyno sis of the address of Mr. Samuel Jordan, d livorcd in the Courthouse on last Solcdav, ai which a friend has kindly prepared at our r qncflt.. Oglethorpe Commoncement. Among the (speakers at the late Commrnc ) inent of Oglethorpe University, Milledgcvil i" Ga., we find tlie names of \V. A. Oregfr, Mar : on, S. C., subject; "Senator Butler;" Iluuj. g Hunter, Abbeville, S. C. The I'rcadamite Ag< , and h. T5. "Wilson, Sumter S. C., Valedictory i the gradual ing class. (First honor.) 1 Election. An F.leclion for Colonel of Cavalry, was lie! on Saturday last, and resulted in electing Cap : Run-is. without onnosition. Ah Election was also lielil here the same da; lo fill vacancies in the Southern Rights Dr ( goons, and the following gentlemen were elec , ed, W. M. lladden, 1st. Lieut; J. Frazier Li ^ ingston, 2nd. Lieut; S. C. Dellruhl, 3d. Loin Advertisements. | "We invite aUeution to the Fresh Arrivals ; the Family Grocery of II. S. Kerr; to the sa f of a valuable tract of land by Fdward Nobi ICsq.; .to the sale of Goods at Cost bj Mossr Ferryman ?fe Waller, the well known Me chants of Greenwood ; and to the other ne advertisements in our present issue. Stato Temperance Society. Afc a meeting "bf tlic State Temperance S ciety on the 21st ult, at G'hcstcrvillc the follow ing Committee wore appointed for Abbevill to revive the Temperance cause in tlic Di triet: H. A. Jones, Tie v. Mr. Johnson, Dr. f'nllioti Dr. K. E. Grossly, O. AV. Prcssly, I)r. Devli Uev. Mr. iloyt," ?' -o- -o The Recent Rain. ! The True Carolinian says the recent rail ' have . greatly benefitted the crops in Ande son District^. It says that over a half err . of corn wilt bo made on the_ upland?, and i <?i?flhc season continues favorohle, the yie > from bottom lands will be very great. C'otto { j i# low, but a fair crop will be made, unless tl . frost comos on too cnrly. Public Lecture. \Vc ave requested to state that Gen. W. ( Moragne, of Kdgefield, will deliver an ad<lre: before tlio Young Men's Christian Associatio on this evening, in the Courthouse : Subjc ?"The Oratorical Statesman." From the cultivated taste, and literary ti tainmcntsof the speaker, we anticipate som thing very good, and struct that he will 1 greeted by a large audience. Religious Notice. "We are requested to state that the Rev. T Arthur, of Greenville, will preach in the F.pi copal Church on nest Sabbath, at the usu nours. At night. lie will, l>y invitation, deliv s a discourse before the Young Men's! Christie ' Association. j. The R?^. I?. Johnson will also preach c Thursday next; at half-past 10 o'clock, \ipr which occasion he will administer the Sacr mcnt to his congrrgatioD. damp Meeting at Smyrna. InRpito of the inclemency "of tlio , weaflic ? we learn lH?t the attendance, at the Smyri - camp meeting was quite large, and the njeetii \ a vcrjr interesting one. Various distinguish* . ministers were present from a dinf.nri<vA Innl r ding tljc presiding cldeiy'tho Rev. ^"ri^Boiy * the. Itcv. .W.-A. Mc8w*rr?*ohd oUiera. At t missifttiary collection.'1, on Sunday, we und< r Blond;-that -about' tho sum of $300 was raise The meeting closed on Tuesday. 9 .? ^ ,::?r ' ?? ; ? , Railroad Mooting at Dorn'B. ? ' Tho friends of tjio Savannah Volley Ro n' intend having a-Railroad pic-nic on Thursd 1 thel5tli iiiet, to which the public generally o 1 invited. Various speakers have been invifc | to address tho meeting, and quite a denaonsti tion.is cxpeetod. ^ a Tlie success of this groat enterprise is alr< J3T placed beyond doubt; and*-we learn th contracts lor work will propably be let 01 s early in the next month. 6 * s- f Greenville Court, 7 the United States Court was in session I 1 the first time at Greenville onTuesday. JuO /l. G. Magrath w:jll preside, and James Conn* e U. S. District Attorney ; Marshal Condy a c II. Y. Gray, JSsq., Clerk of the Court, were ? attendance. Thcro is a prisoner now in j e awaiting bia trial for "pfesing countcrfc'* ec s of ^ie United States currency. This Cou '* the 'itiatriol enm unif^o nil iK??? ? ? _ - ' WW HU Wi^pvwcio Ul 1 District and Circuit C6urts of tho Unit ,f States. - , a jr The Weather and the Crops. *' ? * We have had riiin, wo believe, during t |j past week, almost every day, wiUftpaly oci e sional gleams "of BunsUinc. The rarmers some sections o^tho pintrict ar<> 'already co' f plaining ibp.t their corn is* beginning to fi * The damage as ^et, however, we suppc^, . ignite partiaL Tho continuance Qt the \ret *wt l ther has dona eon?ii??raW<? IU BUI ; neighborhoods to tho wheat wliich Iim be I stacked iff tho fields; and without a chai< \ soon mbst operate very much against the gro 0 ing -crops of corn and cotton. % J, 4- .^Handsome Testimonial. 1 the pleasure of in*peeti h apl^nfiU silver pitolier, winch hits beoa J WMjIwm TStvtr York by Mr. H. T. Tusten R'J^lFvyt^fi-eifliahklf of on-? * io ?amts M- t'eT"n' 1 : ^Wf^Urg^^tl^ A^^?t'?"' 'rho pitc |SllJilll W^wm ' " !C Russell's Magazine. * AVe oro indebted to Messrs. Branch" ?fc Allen, tlio agents, for ilio August number of this pop. ular monthly, jvliich presents its usual choice literary attractions. Tlie editorial depart,r" lntrnt is particularly Interesting. .TlnS^rollowl'' ing is tin; table contends! Letter lo the Evangelical Christians of the United States; 8ong?"Where honeysuckles breathe perfume lv?tcourt; or. The Memoirs ofa Virginia Gentleman?Chap. XVI, The Sole. eret'IIiiiid ; Cliap. XV, Esteourt's Journal; ? Chap. X VJ, The Mask of tlie Actor; Forest Fmieies; '1'liu Merchant; A Love Song; Cheap Literature?Its Benefits and Injuries ; From the Persian of Ilnliz; Wolfsden?A Review; Porter's Semi Contcnnial Address; From tlie ? Persian of Sndi ; The Fresh; Lines?'"Thy beauty rose upon my sight;" European Cor>11 respondent!*; Tlie I'uel; Tlie Seasons | Chinese]; , i The Voice, the Hand, and the Silhouette; Lul' ey Sheldon's Broum. . flnmmencnment. The Annual Commencement in Kiskiuo Cyl^ lege will occur this year on Wednesday, the 12th of August. The examination of the Classes will commence c on Thursday, the Glli, and continue until Tuesday. The Baccalaureate Sermon will bo preached 0- l?y Itev. T. L. Mc Bride, of l'cudlcton, S. (J., on ]o ! SabbaS.li prce tiling Commencement 1- | A Sermon will bo preached before the Socioj. j ty of Inquiry in Krskinc College, , probably on , ;. Saturday evening before Commencement by j Lo ! l?ov. 1). CS. Phillips, The Board of Trustees will meet on Tuesday, ) the 1 ltli, at 10 o'elwck. The Alumni Address, (if iiny) will be deliver- : od on Tuesday* night. 'k Society Diplomas delivered also, on Tuesday I night 4 J' i r?.. ?1 .. ?i.-o ?: I 1 . the liaccalain-cale of tlnj l'residon t, and Hie ' ; Auniversnry Address before the Literary SocioX ' ties, by 1'ichard Yeadon, lv?|., of Oliiirlcstnn. Music for the oeens>iou by the Governor's ISiiiiil from Columbia. Ic Musquitoes in Florida. e W'c lately lieanl a friend who hn'l just re ! ,s' turned from Florida, say in reply to an oii'jui j r_ rv, that he hail seen more musqtiitoes in Ab- | beville siiic?' his return tlian during his whole ! stay in the land of floxvora. This comewl&t, I surprised us, as we have the most vivid rccol- j lection of a night spent among the lmisqiiitocs | of Tampa Hay, ami can testify Xroni sail expcv. rietiee, as to the number <>C*J>he foe and the e frequency of their attacks. It seems however, that our friend did not reach the favored lonealities; the everglade?, where they are as much n indigenous to the soil and as hard to eradicaten, as the Seniinolcs themselves. Tlie following, from the AVy }Wst Correspondent of the Charleston Jhrrtiri/ gives one some idea of tlie capabilities of those troublesome pests : in tlie everglades these pests of Southern life r- arc frightfully abundant. At Fort Dallas they are so plentiful that both ofliecrs and men rave; the guaril on duty pass their whole time under ln bars. The sentry is provided with a niusquito Id veil, or rather bag thrown over the head, and n kept out from the face by a hoop; woolen 1C clothes, hoots and gauntletcd gloves protect the limhs and body from their murderous nt. invito. ii'inmn ? ll? inn i: JUlb C.\[>ei" ICI:CC<1 this beauty of Southern life will scarcely believe that horses and cattle are actually blc<l p. to death ill a single night; and woe be to the soldier or ecatnan. who, by means of liquor, *' loses ooniinand of himself and falls to the n? ground helpless and unprotected?these insatict able vampires will fasten their fangs upon him and draw from his besotted body what fevered j blood remains. e- " * * The Apprentice System and tho Slave 'C Trade. The policy of introducing free labor from Africa under cover of the apprenticeship sysg tern has been a subject of discussion for some lg_ time in England and the United States. France . an spite of the remonstrances of the inhabitants 1? _i?1? ?- ? - v/i himiiiinjiiu iius uiivuuy ujkcii measures ior a trial of the system in lier West India colonics. The aid of the English Government has recently been invoked in behalf of the s}-stcni by persons interested in the British West India plantations, and who advocated the system a means of abolishing the Afiicai3fl?lave Trade. In this point of view,"it has also been supported by the London Tim's, but it is highly doubt,r ful whether it will ever receive the oountenanco m of the Government, as in the recent debates in 1g Parliament, tlio expression of opinion by the e(j leading members, was dcei<\<Mlly against the u_ experiment. In the following cxtract, from the Washingke ton States, we liare a clear abatement of the >r- practical operation of the system : (j Great Britain lias tried the scheme of Asiatic apprenticeship at* Ceylon. In that instance, the Asiatics were engaged ns apprentices for the term of seven years ; but, in no single in stance did tho apprerftficcs survive -Uie third ad year. Tlicir employera were interested in making the most of the boin:3 and sinews over ^ which their contract gave them a control. , 11-0 *t, The same would be the result, no doubt, of ed the introduction of Africans, as apprentices, in pa. the British, French and Spnuieh West Indies. Instead of surviving their term of ten years, fiid returning to Africa, to enjoy the fruits of *ft" their labors, and carrying with them the arts at and habits of civilization, as has bc6n promised, it they will probably lay their bones nt the feet of tbeir task-masters. But, if the}' survive the ten years, how arc they to return to Africa? and ln w are they to be supported ? Will they not bccoinc practically, and to nil purposes, Tor slaves? - * I t jf' , ^ * '6? The scheme is a poor substitute for the revior, val of tho African slave trade. -vThc interest of humanity would be-betttivconsuHed by j removing all restrictions frooi*Mf??lnvo trade than by the adoption ot the prg?$sed ieheme. umici nru uupuriea 111 lauiKles, while the >io apprentices are to consist onty of males. The rf slaves and their families?effectives nn?l nonl effectives?nre tojhe taken care of, whether ?sick or well, and soloirg as they live. But the cd apprentice is denied the comfort of a family, and -when his strength fails, will be abandoned to faraiM and death. ^fe^this country the apprentice system has jie been favorably noticed by two of tho Northern . journals, tly? Boston Traveller and tho New * York Ti*e?. The farmer treated it under the in. commercial head, and as a'means of promoting m- eastern commerce and m&nufrtctoros. The V?n/ n-1 jf-.- _? ?- * r .,vn u.iniuii umui Rirennsuaij advocates the scheme, but does not hesitate to avow the factj that it wovtd bo tantamount in its result to it ?- restoration pf the slave-trade. ? ne There is, no probability that, in tha en United States, the scheme will find any general iga favor, or that it will ever be practically ndoptw The United States Government onght, however, to consider its Adoption by Qreat Britain as a piwaQpal restoration of tho slave-trade, garid therefore a violation of an existing treaty nff for its atTODresaion?T3L. ^ re- y _ ? i m ?f Pim Tfe'Pav g|gg4a?aaaaag ''" Sffi'SSh4''* 0r<'" ^ i3^e ;.', .v<^' aV~W^- * .ctLa?-;. -t^Jiift/r t'W^ - - c-. A Vicious Litcraturo. The New York lht>j ]>ook, in view of the *1 increase in the number of eases of Ruicido in of tlTafccity, iiml;oh the following well considered w!i remarks upon the influence of a corrupt litem- ntc ture in depraving the public taste, and pniulor- alt ing to those vicious passions, which lead to the km commission of crime : ' There can be no doubt tlifit ono of the most c)"1 palpable eauscs of the vast demoralization ' " around us is to be found in a corrupt ami vi- *'u clous literature. Three quarters of the novels v written nn<l published represent false and dis- [ 1"' ensed^conditions o f human society. They in* y^!l culeaW erroneous notions of life, stimulate Ihc i passions and encourage just such desperate j ends as suicide and murder. The-.weekly pa j "" j>crs, which furnish the mental pabulum of j w half the young women in the city, arc unlit for j ?i'respectable people to read. Two or three of ) theSundiiv pape'-s arc in the habit of publish- i '''' ;n? ?i.?i? > 1 ? 1 -r uiiivii ik-mi.iii) niahi; inu uiuuu run j " collito glance at. Such vulgar vice,, such ineffaMe baseness, Mich horrible examples of <1??pravity jumbled together in" such a frightful ' pile of" horror#, corrupt the minds of the young, j nu<) iuM fuel to the flames of passion burning i in llic breast of others. w' If wo add to such licliliotia literature the j tin scenes nt most of our theatres, where vico and j 'H>' lewdness arc painted off in their most alluring t w' colors, and we have two streams of pollution j so? <juito enough to poison thousands of minds. I ',,a After the mental system has onco been dis- j wl turbed, there arc a hundred chances to one 1"J that the peifnn will go on from bad to worse j w 1 until the original taint brings forth its natural I < fruit of open shame and crime. How unlike to ! 1 old fashioned times is such tin artitieial way of! t.i:i living! If fancy never usurped the place of ||v reason, if passion were curbed by wholesome j an restraints, igid the latent, germs of virtue slim- j tin nlated into activity, there would not be so li<. many fatal wrecks along the highway of human ! an life. In sober old days, when a few good | 1 books constituted the library, when sickly : ah novels had not comc into vogue, life was com- ; In paratively free from those shocking occurred- j tin cos which now startle us day by day, until ! vice actually loses its natural horror, and vir- ! As tile almost becomes a bye word and a reproach, j of Senator Mason's Leller. ' .... Senator Mason <>f Vn., has scut thy followin;j letter, to the Richmond South, in reference j " to Slavery in Kansas: J av WisriiiMToU, Ya., .T11I3- 22, IS.'iT. | ha To tin K-Utor of tlv: ''South" j I hi Itrur Sir?lit votir paper of Monday last, in hi? an article headed '"Walker's Usurpation," 1 oh j sin serve tlie following paragraph: I ul? IJut, we are told that Hunter ami Mason, i lie and other distinguished Southern Senators, in pr the debate on the Nebraska-Kansas bill, expressed the same opinion, that Kansas must be hi: a free State." ?Vc. 1 cannot undertake to say what opinions f,.; may have been expressed by my honored" col- (]t league, or by other senators from the Soutlo j|(( in reference In i!n> .-.f ir-?- I ens; though from ft general knowledge of their j ^ views in regard t?> tluvt territory. 1 should not doubt that liny opinions so expressed f0, would have references to circumstances ftiid j,,, contingencies which necessarily qualified them, j,;, T<> ftvoid misconstruction, however, I think it proper to say that I never expressed the opinion ,|0 thus ascribed me, because I never entertained it. At the time the law passed organizing the . tcrritoiial government, there were few with whom 1 conversed who did not believe that (_ the future state would take its place with . * those recognizing and cherishing the condit/on of African slavery. There was at tlmf time, corlainly, every reason to believe why this should lie so, and none why it should not. The State of Missouri, bordering its eastern f frontier, was a slaveholding stato, holding at f that time nearly an hundred thousand slaves, 1,0 and those were eltii.llv lw.1.1 In tl./. ........ tic,. J-*~ ca TIicstate of Arkansas, adjccentlo the tcrri- C!l1 tory on the South, was likewise a slavehohling state. The foil and the elimatc of Kansas ^' were well adapted to tltoge valuable product*, chielly hemp and tubacco, which gave labor to 011 Missouri. The proximity of its population J'' with the attractions of new, fertile and cheap 1:1 and, 1 believe would lead the slaveholders in, nu Missouri to diffuse themselves speedily over Kansas, and the prohibitory line of :{tj ISO being s,>i obliterate^, tUero was no reason why they let should not I had no fear of fair competition to in such appropriation of the new territory 'm fromnny qaarter. Unfuir competition 1 di?l Uu not look to. sin What may yet lie the result ns to the condition Kansas, notwithstanding tlic cxtrnordi- cy nary and unscrupulous efforts of Northern n" Abolitionists to force a population there, I be cannot undertake to say. Hor will I allude in this place to the new und unexpected aspect now exhibited of affairs in that territory, with so much propriety ri-prehendcd in the columns of the "South." Whatever may be the infor* ?' (nation of others, I certainly am not sufficiently rej informed of the existing state of things iu Kan- ;C1] sas to form a cb*ar opinion?onc -irny or the , other : yet I will venture to say this much, t hat if Africnn slnvnpv lll> till itllntMl! nvnlnrln.l ' ? from Kansas, it will be effected by the numer- ' eial force or organizei majorities, operating - . against the usual laws which govern cmigralion: and wilt present a new anil most iustructive lesson to the Southern States. J Very respectfully, I uin yours, Ac. <fce. , J. M. MASON. , 1 ^ Settlement of the Nkw Granadian Diffi itltv.?"Ion," tkc correspondent of the Bal- jt| timore Sun, writes : "It is understood that Gcn.? ITerran, the Minister from Now Granada, nfttr several interviews with the Secretary of the State, has j|n offered propositions embracing all the points j(; of difference between tho United States and ,r his government, with a view to their final ad | justment, and that the propositions will be ac- p ceptcd. lfso, tho negotiation will sooj^ftetcr- j ininated in a treaty. The particulars in regard to the propositions have not trans- ^ pircd, but It nuiy be prclniiiSo that they do not 0f not essentially differ from the demands repor- j ted to have been made by our special commis- jjj sioner, Mr. Morse. _c An essential provision in Mr. Morse's projeet was tho transfer to the United States of jurisdiction over the island of Tobago, in the j0 bay'of l'anama, the property of which is now w in the hands of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Perhaps this concession may be w taken by the United States as a sufficient indemnity for tho outrages of tTie 15th of April, er j 18jt5, oyd as a security for American interests in future. In this caso the money demand m which Messrs. liowlin and Moore represented as an ultimatum, must be .gssuuiMd t>y-the .Uni- ?, tod States (iovcrnment. If they hjjvc wtinia- re ted the damages at too high a runrP^-four hundred thousand, dollars?it vfilr T?e still or claimed by the parties, and ;tho government cannot depute Mr own estimate.'' gp The Glasgow Poisoning Case.?Tlio trial of yj Miss Mad?leino Smith, for the alleged murder, by poisoning, of her lover, a Frenchman named* ^ I/Angolicr, which has occupied a large Bliare 6t of public attention in England^ and even on this ftr side of tho Atlantic, Las resulted, as was gener-* to ally supposed, in tho Scotch verdict df "not ^ pro von," which, though tantamount in its legal effect to'onr verdict??"not guilty." does not j morally amount (o an acquittal, but signifies that though the jury entertain strong suspicions ol of the nrison?r"n trnill ?* , - o > ?..ucn?o UUM 1IVI> warrant a verdict of "guilty," which would no- to cessarily entail tho death penalty. Previous w to the painful circumstances being made known, fe w]uch led to the arreat and trial of this unfor- tu tanato young woYnan, *he occupied a^poaitioi). of consideration and affluence. t Jler "?ran<Ms-. ther was one of tho most renowned architects ' In the British Empire, and his plans far'tho fi new HousesipfParliament w?r? adjudged moondio tho?#oftho successful competitor. Six jn Chafes Otfty. J i m ~ t . - ? .. Frrr.s.?House keepers, grocers and hotohera* H*J cry out against tho flic;. ' Iloro is a remedy : ^ -*n A travoTler remarks JJ??t tfce butcher-shops of Getfera are jll open, and although immenso' r?' numbers <7f flieFtnay bfl 'a?ou on tko. owtoicUf walls, not.on a comosin 1 H>ts is ctuse&b?><fc?: . VJ |n?a? walls bejng robbed oWitt, l^prjl oil, 5* whioh is an cfTfectivo preventivo against tSe intrusion of these-trm*bl<?m>me fftscots. A Frciich J1* papeij' in alluding to this foet, states that fr *Hu?htor a roomin which d;Wroath of wnlout .P.r' ietfvc?h?bficO-lnin^.np' JW . ' **' if-* Tho Foot Bcranger. fho Into forcigu news brings intelligence Th< llio dunth of tJernnger, tlio French poet, 10 by tho liberality. of hi>? political Hctili- 1 11U and the simple beauty of bin lyrics, baa i?13" ained a lusting fninc on this side of the A!- ^,<:i itic: . 'Boranifo.r litis nhvnvs sought sceluiion, e-^po- "n" Uv during the bitter yeH&Sfhia bfo. 1 'assy, wit 11 tn in hi can, Tours, and <ptiM, Ibanjon have j sit ered his retirement; and ho wiw const ant- j ( hanging his rcsidenflo toTwoApc popular ini- ' it ii ii i I v. The names <?f the Kin/lish nml w" icrientis wlrotinilj' l?o.?iot;c* (lie poet of !,iselt<\ con 1 the sunia'bf money which they oHTer his 01|l iisckeeper, <<? be admitted. would till n vi?l- S|I?. to. "The poor, dear insui!" said one of his * . vantx, "they want mo to allow him for nion- i The clergy, anion;* (lie rest, applied several ' a(|, ies with j^reat reserve, durini; the latter part . his nojoiirn at I 'assy. In 1 HI'.', Silioiir, ' eliliishop of Pali?, accompanied by his vicars i 1 the curate of Pussy, visited the poet, who | wh eived him politely, hut in such a manner pi-,, it lie luul no desire of renewing the visit. . "After death of lliividsiin Aiifjcr.i ho only " died lo walk upon the liouIvVard, to take 5 morning air. lie loved to walk without era inic recognised in litis thronged quarter; and f,?. leiievcr lie could walk to the Haslile without ! linsr even the cap oT un artisan raised before j 1 i white lock*, ho scorned more pleased than | ' icti Fouie indiscreet promenade attracted a | tlia pillar ovation. "At last," he would .say, ! eon III a satisfied smile, '1 am to be left uuiet for 1 ; ??y." IX "They were always frying to nialce a politi- ' ' n of Herair/er; but he would never be one. ; was a favorite with all tlie frovernnients; mo >1 independent of a?" parties. Liberal uhder j em > lies)oral ion, a republiean under the repub- 1 |)<(| . he has passed a peaceful life, unswayed bv iliifion or enthusiasm. I 111:1 'The politics of lJcrangcr, T should say, have j did viiv.s omisisft'il in lt?-?-jii?>ir clear of politics. 1 t)lf1 1;?? said. "that the slanderers declared ,1 it, lie did it fro.*ii laziness." "In resijiniii'-r his scat in the Constitutional : seinhly of IS |K, ho wrote: "It is not the vow j thai u philosopher, much less of a sane ; it is the i On \v of nil old rhymer who thought if lie lost ' jj lid the clamor of public affairs his indepeudr-e of soul, lie should survive the only blcsr-ing which he wns ever ambitious." ' pe< "In spite of all the effort* of Berringcr totur oid caresses and the conflict of opinions, he j # s a)ways stood as the most popular type of i! republican parf^ in France. This is due to ",il steady fame, his independence, his poverty, cut d his political integrity, which were always ,,f| live SII^I'ICKMI. l MUV IIIIIIIII. nLMli'K Ills Sliep- . ism. or own liis literary t;onius. I>nt his noble [ . ivate ehnraeter is above all criticism. \ ' The following authentic incident illustrate* of > character: j mi "A few years since TCeranercr called upon a ! lav end who was a b.inker. "Here," said In-,' art: 1 /j, ree thousand francs, which I do not know | w to use, I know nothing of the bourse, of ! K-ks or bonds. Use it for inc as you "choose; j feu vill let you have it." [ ihi "His friend took eh urge of the money; ami j ^ several years paid him interest upon itregu- | ly. llut, finally, one <lay ho culled upon ii and offered him the amount. "'Why do you return ine this money ? I have I demanded it." "'I do not wish to keop it," rep]ioil the nker; "I am about to retire from business." inr "'What dftes that signify ?" replied the poet, cm cave run the money as a friend?not as a -, J . an< nker. " 'I do not wish to do nny more business." ,ln] " 'It is not business; it isa favor which I ask." lie "'It is absolutely impossible." e<| '"All, well," responded lJerantrer, "I have no ^ j ir; you conccnl something. Tell ine, is there t some hidden motive i" "f "Jlis friend denied that lie had any conceal- of motive. IJeranger insisted; tho friend ho- i|1( tiii* airitafed, and finally declared that his j(( jition bad been compromised, and lhal.be | is upon the verge of bunkruptey. Ho added: j wo ly rich creditors can lose a little money with- | tut t injury to their business; but you. this is all j ur fortune; you arc not a speculator. von I ve nothing to risk ; yon must take back your nioy." * '" " 'My dear friond," said Hcrnngcr, ''to a cur- ntM y observer, you have done nil net just ftml tioi jnl, which, in truth, is reprehensible, and one j which I cannot become uii accomplice. You ve acted in good faith, and without reproach. 001 it I cannot consent that for my sake you Loi juld be false to yourself. Keep the money." ,,f "The banker was compelled to keep the 111011in spite of himself, fn a few days he failed, d Itcran^er only received a tciitFi of the sum r'}? had lent." tec m the American Artist Abroad. ?1 A correspondent of the New York Journal j> r< Commerce, writes thus from Florence, with Sir jard to Mr. Powers, aiul the future ofAnicr- tor in Art : tin Tlio reputation of Mr. Powers is very dear wi every American, ami his studio is a favorite (,r sort, lie receives his countrymen with cat cordiality, and his black eyes sparkle th pleasure when he.spcaks of home. His kr< urns arc full of workmen, and from the nuin- po r of busts of distinguished men in the United tio atcs on which they were employed, 1 judged . at this patronage was as large as he wished. " c is probably his excellence in this kind of ork that has led some to depreciate his gen- del j and call him a niero portrait maker. If trn s ' Greek Slave, were his only original work, . might indeed be supposed that it was the re- c " It of accident?a happy hit,?or the rcpro- ] iotion of I.f. t w. ,b..u ivim VI llftll# mc ill cscapcil tlio observation of others. But s statutes of America and California, nvc a 0X1 iumphaut refutation of all such slanders. luericn trampling oti timing, asserting the lin- gni stricted freedom of the human soul, aeknowlgcing no law but that which Heaven or- ' tined, and appealing with sublime confidence "u that Divine control, is a conception worthy all Powers, and his genius has wrought it out tiii immortal marble, llis California is n beau- 0 "ul siren, charming the world by her Hone; of Id only to add to their sorrows. Perhaps nn' r. Powers would object to this description ef tin s ideal form, and also to my impression, while nt okiiiL'llI>011 this effort of hU m-iiiiu <! ? ? ns a mistake lo represent in enduring mar 1 o ft commonwealth by one characteristic ori Iiieli is to pn.?a awny with llic present pencr- lib ion. Ilia success, however, in those nml oth- ;i], works is evidence Unit the future wijl wit!33 still bolder conceptions end works still ore worthy of himself and his country. Pr< In this connection I wish to say n word of tin merienn artist generally, in relation to their wn sidence abroad. J.tnly i%jt>full of them. any arc men of undoubted genius, and it is id of their highest privileges to stand in the or csence of the old masters, And catch the in- bci iiration of their woiks. And yot there is tj0 mething better and grander than this. hen they have bccome familiar wifli the ffercnt schools of art, nnd havo enlarged 80, cir soula and refined their lastc by such qu ndy, let tbom retire from these influences, the id nourish their genius At home. It is timo ^ lav the broad foundations nf nn ni-imnnl 1 merican school ijf^qrt, Thoro is everything P?x our wild and ra^priticent scenery, in our wo orious institutions, in our unrestricted free- ?|0 >m, in the.confliats of liberty with lnw, in >, ir universal-intelligence, and in tho high amtion and irrepressible activity ot all classes, P" produoo a national character such as tho po' orld never saw. Science feels it> and is'" al- Bot ady bringing her richest treasures. Iitera-- ex rc has received frorcf it somo of its. noblest . iDulses. laud there is a list of names already ,rar rollod in history and poetry and fiction and of ilrrafire bf whien the nation is' proud. The " \ id.arte b*yo their enthusiastic adoyrcra a* >ng us, Andtho scores of American artist# ?? ' Italy damoaatr&te the present tendency of otu ma, original Amcrioap intellects. If they ton 11 Vreak away from their bondage to ' Italy d tK&past, iithey xriHretiyn to their glo- . >n? nati vo moantdim-ond Tallies, and listen *10 riot simply ^to tlw np'ir of Niagara bnt to- tioi a wild, ytty^y rfimm of .freedom, whieft j u' mar,Ue .of ^xi,<>Ie* , MMeLbta fallen nptm thejp. It seem* t?l ? 1 i tfeatthey are camping ttorir owe gaaios sab thoir roiiulcnco abroad^ tnttfsfHn triie ftp- CftS JC^Uon of the present groatneM ?iA] , fiituro "5 >ry of Uicir nntivc-.lrfhn. ^ . ^ ^ . ? / ? >., ' W '?*V * , . i .+'<?' ? : v [FOR THK IN1?KPKNI?KNT I'HRHS.] a Address of Samuol Jordan, Esq., on Salcday. 'lie renders of the /'rrx* snw n tiotieo in the 0 before the last, that Mr. .Jordan would adsshisfellowcitizoiis on Monday, on State and eral Polities. He redeemed bis promise d.'ani(.'ly, and sot forth lil.i political creed, h force and clearness. Ir. Jordan labors under the misfortune of big an impediment In his speech ; artded to ieh the weakness of his voice and the had struction of the Court house, made it dillilv, if not impossible, f<>r till lo hear him iciently well, to understand exactly the ft of his remarks. f we did not mistake his meaning, (without tmpling to (rivi- a minute detail of all he 1.) lie set out by declaring that, in his opin, nefTlim1 of the three great parlies into ieli the country was now divided, could itect our rights under the Constitution, if ir doctrines were pushed to the wall : that oilIkt of these parties, tlie Whig, the Demotic, timl the Know Nothing, was contending , whs power, without regard to the means y were lifting to accomplish their ends, or interests of the masses in tlie meantime;? t (he Sfi'/'' Jiti/fi.'s iloctrinf, ns heretofore it ended for hy our State, ami now so conL'uloiisly characteristic of the efforts of the i >litioiii/.<'d North to disolvc the Union, was ' prolific source <if error from which all, or | si, of th"- calamities now rife in this gov- j iineiit, ha-1 sprung ; that, that doctrine, was only unconstitutional, hut wrong /?? ? *c ; t it placed sovereignty where that power not reside, in the Legislatures of the States; ( it it was in I lie jno/,'r of the several States in j :ir individual and unorganized capacity, and . in the Legislatures of the several States, 1 it sovereign power resided ; and so of the | nitress of the failed Slates; that l/utl, with ... . I i.i III41VII.IH-IJ mm iiivuiKiiicii ramilieailons , departments, was only tho agent of off. tho ! >p!es of tho United States, 113 tho I.crista- ' cs of tho several States, was that of th<ir \ pcctivo peoples?for speoilio purposes, and ; it those purposes wore in extension, auiplili- ; ion, and the greater, mid surer, protection , .ho rights then en.joyc?l I'}', and existing ang. the peoples?that, consequently, neither j constitutions of tho several Slates, nor that tho United States, authorized, or would pert, tho enactment of cxpo.il furtu laws, oil's impairing the obligation of contracts; > :ro Mr. Jordan read extensively from the j nstitution and the original articles of con- : oration, in support of his doetrino ;) and j it therefore, all rights existing at the forma j n of tho Constitution, must assuredly exist | \v. He contended, furllier, llint the power to ciol the Const itulion liv two-thirds of the ites, was a J uiwcr to as the word ports, to make holler, more ample ami scthat which already had an existence ; 1 not a power to destroy, to curlnil, or in y manner, to ntl'eet, injuriously. From this, 1 concluded that in as much as slavery cxisliu all the thirteen States, when the Cunstiiou was formed, ninl the citizens of any one the States, wore protected in the enjoyment that property in any of the other States, ! States have acquired no right since to dish those rights, anil that, consequently, j have as much right, now, under the Consliion, to go into ant/ of the Slates, willi our ! ve property as we had then, and if ih<* j csuon woreiniule in I lie proper court, in : proper manner, the law would'ao proinoe ; otherwise, it would he cmtsr for rcvuluii, not fur Kccrxsioit, or nnffijietilio)i. Le made a distinction, furl her, he I ween the ning into the Union as States, of Florida, iiisiann, and Texas, and that of any portion the territories of the United Slates, as ites. The former were forchjn and had no Ills which we were under oh ligation to prot, and could, therefore, impose terms upon mii when they came into the Union as States nit not so with the latter. They were jointyjtcrhi, in which each citi/.eu of the United iteshad an interest, and to the extent of his in<1 1. ? ' ?- * t;i imitiii, iiicii ciiirxn mm it rigui ID go ' :ro, ami take, mul enjoy, his properly there, J Ihout, "let, or hiudurnnce," whether before, j after, its organization ns a State, into tl?? lion ; and this could he done under the >ad shield of the Constitution ; otherwise a wer hud crept into tho country-since theadopn of tho Constitution unknown to tho peo! before?a power which had abolished most the rights of some of the States and rencd their enjoyment perfectly nugatory when insforred to other State?, and would, unices sckcd, ultimately destroy the Union itself, lie went further, into detail, in the enforce ntand illustration of his political faith, l>y iinplc'3 drawn from (lie State?, both in their ranized form?, and when they were iinoruized as territories, and when they were in losition which ipinlified them to come into ; Union as States ; hutfo follow him tnrough his illustrations, would unnecessarily extend s already too protracted a notice. Wo will itent oursolf, therefore, l?y simply noticing other view he presented in connection with ; right to hold property in slaves as existing 11)0 formation of tne Constitution, nnd as 'dificd nnd, in a measure, abrogated by the orn which liavo crept into tlio ndminfstrin of the Constitution since that time. lie. nitrated this view by Kansas, lie said any ivchohlcr might go thcro now with his slave iperty while it was a territory, and thatnei;r the peoplo now unorganized, nor aflerirds, when they might bo reeognized, as a ?to, had any right or power, by majorities otherwise, to deprive liini of that right; same that was a rignt existing at the-ndopn of the Federal Constitution, nnd nothing d been done by the peoplo sloo^ in their rercign capacity, by which they have relinislicd that right; and tliat all the aot? of ) States in which slavery has been abolished, olisliing that institution, tcerc assumption* of oer unauthorized by the Comt'Uulion, and ro in the teetli of Mint clause of Hint instrtr-? nt which proclaimed, that neither It??tho tigress of tTio Onited States?nor tbe"so?oral ,tes, shcMU, or would, *evcr nrrognf^ the arer ttrpfis expoZt fouto laws, ?nd 'tliafWoh s were cxpwt f&to, becau8o*4Sn^y wero iress derogation of riglflf, privileges, and nunities existing prior to the Constitution^ the United States, x * 7 ,* " ifr. Jordan disolnimed imputing impurity motivo.to any of fcbe leaders in the erroneopininiona'ho conibatfcd. He was condiner 'for DJ'incinleH nrrninnt. nrln/>inl? ?? --.1 v m t AUU oonolusious Ire announced, wero the eon-' ifons,fChis mind as to- tho true interpret*-. I of iae Constitution of the patted States. Io wa? lj|^D?cyj^4hrooghont, rfibpect^ *ti<mtion.''*11re day 'being inclerr.onf^^'t uaoy cituena were out a?. yjttten^as, iday, bat nil,'or myst, whrf'.dtl torn <tatfg jJiim a j ., *' " J * v, " [t?UK tllK*INI?KVF.NI)BNT Tho Abbovillo District Biblo Booioty. The Tliirty-fourtli Annivorj:iry of this Society wns held in tli(v,lVesl?y terian Church in thin place, on Wcilncailuy, the 2'Jtli Jay of Inly, 1857. The Hoard of Malingers convened in tlio store of K. II. Wurdluw, at half past lOo'cloek; A. M., for tlii! purpose of transacting the usual business preliminary to tlie meeting of the Society, after which tliey repaired to the Church, where the Society was immediately organised, and the l*?-v. T. A. Iloyl, according to appointmeiit, preached the sermon usual on tho occa hhmi. 11<; nan iop iih subject-, "Tlio Incomprehensibility <>f tlic Nature and Character of (lull." It. was truly an able diseourae, containing ami logical reasoning, exposing the fallacy and absurdity of arguments urged against tlie lliblo by finite being.-*, wltonr iU Author is infinite. Wliy the Almighty nhould allow sin to exist., aiul that too in its most DM; lignant forms in tho world, "involving rfs.ifc docs, rebellion, against llis authority, the vio^-; lation of His most sacred precepts,. and "ur?peakable woe to I lis creatures, andsiIIe a boing infinite in holiness, full of lovo to Ilia orotfturea, ami at the same time possessed of illitn- * y itable powers, and why he should resort tcf Mich extraordinary means for the salvation of tho<c whom lie will save, are mysteries far beyond our powers of comprehension." l>r. 0. W. Pressly delivered the addrcsaj* 11is siiDjcei was, "M"l?e claims of llie Bible upori the 11iiniaii llacc." Ho portrayed in n vivid ninl iiii* manner the claims of the Itiblo upon the female portion of our race. It has raised woman from a condition of abject ign'oraneo and servile degradation, to her proper sphere, where *he imparts a refining mid elevating influence to society, becomes the soother of man's sorrows, the purilierof his joys, and the instructor of his children in llie precepts of Heavenly Truth. After the address the Minutes of the Inst meeting were called for, rend, approved and adopted. Delegates from the following auxiliary Socities came forward ; from Lebanon, Itev. J. F. <;ibert, 1>r. .1. S. lteid, Thos. (>uflm and Andrew Kennedy. 1'roin firecnville, Col. R.Don ? II >->111 ' MCCII WOO.I, JvCV. Jfc. A. iioljs. Lowndcsvillc and Willington weire not represent imI. The Report of (he Hoard anil Directors was then rend and a dopted. On motion of \Y. It. Hemphill, a committee, consisting of lite Rev. T. A Hoyt, Dr. E. E. I'ressly and T. C. IVrrin, was appointed to ' correspond with the 13oar<l of tho American I!il>lc Society, in relation to the changes and effect made in their late publication of the I tilde. The Ucv. T. Murehison was si'rbstitnted in the place of the Rev. H. II. Durant, (lately . moved to Spa itsinhurg,) on the committee to secure a Colporteur for this District and also as a 1 >irector oT this Society. The Reports of the Treasurer and Librarian were then made, and referred to an auditing Committee, consisting of Dr. (J. W. l'rcssly, A. C. Hawthorn :ui?l P. II. KraJIcy, proved to ha correct and properly attested?ordered to be filed. Tlio Rev. Mr. I5..I Is then made a report for I lie (Jivcnwood Society, which was ordered to he li led. Dr. Keid made a verbal report from Lebanon ' Society; also a donation of ten l)ollars($IO.) A motion was then made by the ]$cv. Jlr. liolk that (lie next I>il>lo Convention bo held at this plaefc, on the last Wednesday in July next?Carried. A Committee consisting of the {'resident and other otlieers of the Society, wero appointed to correspond with Directors of the Charleston.? ami Columbia Societies, in relation to Che-Convention. motion of Dr. I. Branch, resolved that tlio thanks of this Societybc tendered to tlio Iter. * T. A. Hoyt, for his able Sennon, and Dr. G. W. 1'ressUy for his warm and appropriate Addreu. M-- > ' ? " * ... vii .>11. I . it. v,tumor was suiistitMteil in tho place of R (.?. Thomas, removed from tho District. By motion, Hie same Oflieere were retained for tln? next year. - ? Tho Rev. .1. I. Iionnor was elected to preach i the next sermon, and the llev. Mr, Murclpidoii, his alternate. Dr.R Livingston was elected to deliver tlia next Address, and 1 ?r. Ueid, his alternate. ^ Upon motion, it was resolved that this Society Rend, as a donation to the parent Society, , ti ft.y dolhirJ^pnd that it he so much paid towards making our President, T. (_'. 1'erriu, a lifo director. - ? ... Jiexolved, That the Board issue * circular dirceted to the ministers throughout the District, requesting them to preach upon the subject of the IJihte, and if they should think proper, Uk* up collections. </j uivn wijuimivu in iiiucl again on the last Wednesday in'.Iilly next, . liiffliediately after the Society adjourned, a meeting of tho Hoard of directors vim called, anil the following Resolutions passed : * 1st. Tlint the Treasurer (ft this Society In! directed to purclinse oire hundred dollars' worth uf llih'es. 2d. That tho Bonrd of Directors meet on tli? fir.-t Monday in Oetoher next, at 10 o'clock. The Hoard then adjourned. r\." W. M. HAPPEN", Soo'y. di m -afc.ln this Village, onilie 20lh of Consumption. Mrs. MARY HISPERSON, *1ho eighth daughter of thelnto&Ir. James Irwip, Chrrickfergns, Ireland, in tho 86th year of- hft^agb. The deceased was a native of Cirrickfergwj;. - Ireland, whore the greater portion *of her lifer, w as spent, mtd loving friends and the enofcant ijig Boon os of tho Kniernld Isle. Sba ear If bo-' came n raenibor of the I'resbytffridrj Church inr licr nntivo town, then u?<lor?tlio pastorship of * the Uev. Dr. James Jjeaton Reid, and by ?-oonsistcnt w^lk and-(toftversation, evinced the tmthfnltffsa 6f IierySrofession.. I n htfp*pr?rtrnctpjlrillnussMjf.mor^s tlian thre# moiHha, Bhe mnflifosttd fehc greatest cheerful-' ncss and resignation-^ the- will ofcher HeavenJy Father, nndj^w^jida tho closing sepntfs <J|T* lier life, cxprtjapfl an*eam<a$t desWo toRdenarsaad be a Ureal. -Par from tins sea-girujstoui?6 uave her birtb ghf^leeps, and a etrkWen an<&disconsolate bnabAnd nrtpifnaMiis sad bcrearerrwTiat. M?y tbis ?aftHctiffo dispensation o# Providence bo sanctified to tho good- bf hi* . soul. 'At bis reaidenpet in tbfa PaotMn^ JX onMMir fridav tha aith. of Juli'.r fiLAMUI^L RF2I> Esq., in ihM (J9t^ywr^f .&&&. la tbedesUtwUio rifctf#cstim*bla ra?t)f tjA j only.fins liia immediate fnniily snffyredrfft ?wt * becfljttmuent. bot ? wJiolo <jommw6jty Hptltt* wiflWn iireparnWe low,., Qpyofth+fllfoi*" {v; pi nitiing relics of a pap, genoratbn-^f^r^fSii-.^. ^Justly regarded n? t!ie p*trii*rah.of hftj' Jbifrtr. borhood. Having inherited a fluenee from hUVen?ir?ble f*tl??, and strengthened it'roth^ integtfijvSf^Ub^,* ehaftpter by the Jrt&driets of liisi h^m&B*dS8Ri' -th^igor^Wl ju_. ? i 9